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ASVAB MEPS EXAM GUIDE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
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Question 1: A radar is designed to report the track of an aircraft
every second. If this radar reports 30 tracks in one minute, what percentage of the time did the radar track the aircraft?
CORRECT ANSWER : 50%
Question 2: Jerry walked a dog from 6:40 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. one day. If he was paid at the rate of $6 per hour, how much did he earn that day?
CORRECT ANSWER : $5.00
Question 3: A woman is looking for a bigger square office. She
finds an office twice the area of her current office. If the perimeter of her current office is 88 feet, how many square feet is the new office?
CORRECT ANSWER : 968 sq feet
Question 4: If the perimeter of a square garden is 84 feet, what
is the area of the garden?
CORRECT ANSWER : 441 sq ft
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Question 5: How many feet of chain fence are necessary to
enclose a dog pen that is square and has an area of 64 sq feet?
CORRECT ANSWER : 32 feet
Question 6: Five people, each working 8 hours a day can
assemble 400 toys in a 5 day work week. what is the average number of toys assembled per hour per person?
CORRECT ANSWER : 16
Question 7: If a 5-foot post casts an 8-foot shadow at the same
time that a nearby tree casts a 48-foot shadow, how tall is the tree?
CORRECT ANSWER : 30 feet
Question 8: if 35 of the 140 cars delivered to a dealer were blue..
what % were blue?
CORRECT ANSWER: 25%
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Question 9: Before being painted, a concrete play area was
marked off into squares and then into triangles. For the square shown, what is the area of the triangular part labeled XYZ?
CORRECT ANSWER : 16 sq ft
Question 10: A pie was cut into two equal pieces. Each of the
pieces of pie was cut into halves again, and each of those smaller pieces was cut into two equal pieces. If two of the pieces of the pie were eaten what portion of the pie remains?
CORRECT ANSWER : 3/4
Question 11: A box of nails weigh 1-5/6 pounds. What is the
weight of 12 boxes?
CORRECT ANSWER : 22
Question 12: A plumber has a car payment of $250 per month.
$225 of which goes to paying off the principal, and the rest goes towards the interest. What percent is being payed for interest?
CORRECT ANSWER : 10%
Question 13: How many 5-pound bags of apples can be made
from 400 apples, each weighing 1/4 pound?
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