ASVAB-SECTION-2 Online Practice Questions and Answers

A grocery store has a special on sodas. Three 12 packs for $9.00. How much does five 12 packs of soda cost?

A. $9.00

B. $12.00

C. $15.00

D. $18.00

A farmer sold 3 pints of strawberries for $1.98 each, 5 pints of raspberries for $2.49 each, and a bushel of peaches for $5.50 at his roadside stand.

How much money did the farmer make?

A. $9.97

B. $23.89

C. $18.39

D. $18.91

A basketball team won 70% of the 40 games it played. How many games did it lose?

A. 28

B. 30

C. 22

D. 12

Temperature readings on a certain day ranged from a low of -4癋 to a high of 16癋. What was the average temperature for the day?

A. 10癋

B. 6癋

C. 12癋

D. 8癋

A triangle has two equal sides. The third side has a length of 13 feet, 2 inches.

If the perimeter of the triangle is 40 feet, what is the length of one of the equal sides?

A. 13 feet, 4 inches

B. 26 feet, 10 inches

C. 13 feet, 11 inches

D. 13 feet, 5 inches

A contractor bids $300,000 as her price for erecting a building. She estimates that 1/10 of this amount will be spent for masonry materials and labor, 1/3 for lumber and carpentry, 1/5 for plumbing and heating, and 1/6 for electrical and lighting work. The balance will be her profit.

How much profit does she expect to make?

A. $24,000

B. $80,000

C. $60,000

D. $50,000

Alice leaves her house, driving east at 45 miles per hour (mph). Thirty minutes later, her husband Dave notices she forgot her cell phone and sets off after her.

How fast must Dave travel in order to catch up with Alice 3 hours after he leaves?

A. 49 mph

B. 50.5 mph

C. 52.5 mph

D. 54 mph

The cost of a protein bar increased from $2.50 to $2.80. How much was the percent increase to the $2.80 rate?

A. 16%

B. 10%

C. 15%

D. 12%

A patio measures 12 feet by 14 feet.

How many 8-inch-square paving stones are needed to pave the patio?

A. 21

B. 252

C. 32

D. 168

Sarah found a wallet containing $500 in the street. She returned the wallet to its owner, who gave her a $30 reward.

What percentage of the $500 was the reward?

A. 5%

B. 6%

C. 7%

D. 4%