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A car travels 60 miles in 1.5 hours. What is its average speed in miles per hour?
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Q1. A car travels 60 miles in 1.5 hours. What is its average speed in miles per hour?
Correct answer: A. 40
Speed = distance / time = 60 / 1.5 = 40 mph. Check: 40 x 1.5 = 60 miles, which matches.
Q2. A shirt costs $25 and is on sale for 20% off. What is the sale price?
Correct answer: B. 20
20% of $25 is $25 x 0.20 = $5, so the sale price is $25 - $5 = $20. Check: $20 / 0.80 = $25, which matches the original price.
Q3. Working alone, Maria can paint a fence in 6 hours. Working alone, Tom can paint the same fence in 3 hours. If they work together at their same individual rates, how long will it take them to paint the fence?
Correct answer: C. 2 hours
Maria's rate is 1/6 fence per hour and Tom's rate is 1/3 fence per hour; combined that is 1/6 + 2/6 = 3/6 = 1/2 fence per hour, so the job takes 2 hours. Check: 2 hours x 1/2 fence per hour = 1 whole fence.
Q4. A recipe calls for 3 cups of flour to make 12 cookies. How many cups of flour are needed to make 30 cookies, keeping the ratio the same?
Correct answer: D. 7.5
The ratio is 3/12 = 0.25 cups per cookie, so 30 cookies need 30 x 0.25 = 7.5 cups. Check: 7.5 / 30 = 0.25, the same ratio as 3/12.
Q5. An investor deposits $2,000 into an account that earns 5% simple interest per year, based only on the original deposit. After how many full years will the account balance first exceed $2,500?
Correct answer: A. 6
Simple interest adds $2,000 x 0.05 = $100 each year, so the balance after n years is 2000 + 100n. Setting 2000 + 100n > 2500 gives n > 5, so it takes 6 full years; check: after 5 years the balance is exactly $2,500 (not yet exceeding it), and after 6 years it is $2,600.
Q6. Solve for x: x + 7 = 15.
Correct answer: B. 8
Subtracting 7 from both sides gives x = 15 - 7 = 8. Check: 8 + 7 = 15, which matches the original equation.
Q7. What is the area of a rectangle with length 9 cm and width 4 cm?
Correct answer: C. 36
Area = length x width = 9 x 4 = 36 square cm. Check: adding 9 four times (9+9+9+9) also gives 36.
Q8. If 3x - 5 = 16, what is the value of x?
Correct answer: D. 7
Adding 5 to both sides gives 3x = 21, so x = 21 / 3 = 7. Check: 3 x 7 - 5 = 21 - 5 = 16, which matches.
Q9. What is the value of sqrt(144) + sqrt(25)?
Correct answer: A. 17
sqrt(144) = 12 and sqrt(25) = 5, so their sum is 12 + 5 = 17. Check: 12^2 = 144 and 5^2 = 25, confirming both roots.
Q10. A right triangle has legs of length 6 and 8. What is the length of the hypotenuse?
Correct answer: B. 10
By the Pythagorean theorem, hypotenuse = sqrt(6^2 + 8^2) = sqrt(36 + 64) = sqrt(100) = 10. Check: 10^2 = 100, which equals 36 + 64.
Exam facts and objectives sourced from the official Official ASVAB certification page. Last reviewed June 2026.
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