AsVab Arithemetic Reasoning Study Card Set – Flashcards
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At Joe's Restaurant, one-fourth of the patrons are male and one-fifth of the patrons are from out of town. What proportion would you expect to be male and out of town?
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1/20
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There are 112 male and 78 females working at a hospital. What percentage of the hospitals workforce is female?
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41%
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What is the estimated product when 620 and 374 are rounded to the nearest hundred and multiplied
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240,000
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William is from England and is visiting the United States. On his trip he visits Texas and notices that it is very hot. He looks at a thermometer and it reads 95 degrees fahrenheit. William wants to know what this converts to in Celcius? Assume C = (F- 32) / 1.8
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35 degrees C
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A student scores 74, 87, 68, 63, 76 on his last five exams. His teacher will drop the lowest grade to compute the student's average. What is the students average in the class?
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76.3%
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If a patient doesn't receive treatment for a certain injury within 2 hours after injury, the patient's chance of survival starts decreasing by 15% each hour. If no treatment has been given within 4 hours after injury, roughly, what chance of survival will the patient have?
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72%
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21/4 + 63/8
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8 5/8
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A world map has a scale of 1/4 of an inch equals 250 miles. You measure the distance between New York, NY and Los Angeles, California and it equals 3 inches. What is the real distance between New York and LA?
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3000
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Of 1,000 dogs, 72% are male. Among the males, 3 out of 5 were over the age 5. How many of the dogs were males age 5 or older
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432
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There are 78 female and 54 male patrons at a local diner. What percentage of the diner's patrons are female
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59%
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A new cancer treatment provides a 50% success rate for patients with lung tumors. Lung tumors make up 10% of all cancer patients. What percentage of all cancer patients will this new drug work on
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5%
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A person who has a heart attack can be saved 90% of the time if a defibrillator is used within 5 minutes of the heart attack. Of the people that have heart attacks, defibrillators are within the vicinity 40% of the time; however, they are only used 60% of the time even when they are in the surrounding area. How many people who suffer a heart attack are saved because of the use of a defibrillator?
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22%
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A paint company mixes it's paint with water to create more paint per gallon. They currently have ten gallon jugs which contain 10% water. How much water must they add to create a 80/20 mix of paint to water
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1.25 gallons
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A mail carrier can deliver mail to 1,400 different homes in one day. In the city of Utopia, their are 52,800 residents. How many mail carriers must be hired to deliver mail to all of the residents of Utopia each day?
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38