ASVAB-SECTION-2 Online Practice Questions and Answers

If 4 people can stain a deck in 2 days, how many people would be required to stain the deck in only 1 day?

A. 8

B. 2

C. 4

D. 12

If a gas tank can hold 30 gallons, how many gallons does it contain when it is three-fifths full?

A. 15

B. 12

C. 24

D. 18

Amy wants to fence in a yard using 400 feet of fencing.

If she wants the yard to be 30-feet wide, how long will it be?

A. 170 feet

B. 175 feet

C. 180 feet

D. 185 feet

If 4 pipes of equal length measure 44 feet when they're connected together, how long is each pipe?

A. 11 feet

B. 4 feet

C. 22 feet

D. 9 feet

Heather bought a rectangular Persian rug with an outer perimeter measurement of 45 feet. If the long sides measure 15 feet each, how long is each short side of the rug?

A. 7.5 ft

B. 10 ft

C. 12.5 ft

D. 15 ft

A technology reseller purchasing agent procured 20 mid-brand DVD players for the listed wholesale price of $80 each, but receives a 25% discount because he is an established customer and friend of the wholesale dealer. His store then sells these DVD players at a 20% markup above the original wholesale price.

What is the store's profit margin on each DVD player?

A. $16

B. $72

C. $20

D. $36

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

Carpet stain protector costs $0.65 per square yard to apply.

A. $187.20

B. $62.40

C. $20.80

D. $96.00

Miriam bought five cases of motor oil on sale. A case of motor oil normally costs $24.00, but she was able to purchase the oil for $22.50 a case.

How much money did Miriam save on her entire purchase?

A. $7.50

B. $1.50

C. $8.00

D. $22.50

Karl is driving in Austria, where the speed limit is posted in kilometers per hour. The car's speedometer shows that he's traveling at a rate of 75 kilometers per hour. Karl knows that a kilometer is about 5/8 of a mile.

Approximately how many miles per hour is Karl traveling?

A. 47

B. 120

C. 50

D. 53

A carpenter needs to cut four sections, each 3-feet 8-inches long, from a piece of molding. If the board is only sold by the foot, what's the shortest length of board she can buy?

A. 15 feet

B. 14 feet

C. 16 feet

D. 12 feet

Your car uses gasoline at the rate of 21 miles per gallon.

If gasoline costs $2.82 per gallon, and you drive for 7 hours at a speed of 48 miles per hour, how much will you pay for gasoline for the trip?

A. $38.18

B. $45.12

C. $47.73

D. $59.27

A balloonist circumnavigated the globe in 13 days, 12 hours, 16 minutes, and 13 seconds. A plane circumnavigates the globe in 4 days, 10 hours, 15 minutes, and 7 seconds.

How much longer did it take for the balloon to go around the world?

A. 12 days, 7 hours, 11 minutes, and 35 seconds

B. 9 days, 2 hours, 1 minute, and 6 seconds

C. 8 days, 14 hours, 16 minutes, and 6 seconds

D. 9 days, 7 hours, 3 minutes, and 20 seconds

A stack of lumber is 6-feet high.

If each piece of lumber is 4-inches thick, how many pieces of lumber are in the stack?

A. 72

B. 12

C. 18

D. 10

A recipe calls for 8 ounces of black beans or red beans. The cheapest option to buy and use would be __________.

A. two 4-ounce cans of black beans at $0.79 each

B. one 8-ounce can of red beans at $1.49

C. two 3-ounce cans of black beans at $0.59 each

D. three 3-ounce cans of red beans at $0.65 each