ASVAB practice test

London is painting a wall. One bucket of paint can cover $30$ square feet of wall space. If the wall is $8$ feet high and $10$ feet wide, how many buckets of paint does London need to buy to cover the wall?

A plane travels $170$ miles in $2$ hours. How far will it travel in $11$ hours if it maintains the same speed?

Adlai spends $40\%$ of their paycheck on rent, $20\%$ on food, and $15\%$ on transportation. If their paycheck is $\$2{,}000$, how much do they have left over after these expenses?

Adlai is going bowling. It costs $\$6$ to rent a pair of shoes, and $\$8$ for every game they play. If they spend a total of $\$62$, how many games did they play?

A training video runs for $5{,}580$ seconds. How long is the video in hours and minutes?

A driver travels $120$ miles at $40$ miles per hour, then another $120$ miles at $30$ miles per hour. What is the total travel time?

$15\%$ of a number is $6$. What is the number?

How much simple interest is earned on $\$1{,}000$ invested at $1\%$ for $3$ years?

A dinner bill comes to $\$51$. The group adds a $10\%$ tip and splits the total evenly among $3$ people. How much does each person pay?

A cleaning solution mixes $1$ part bleach to $2$ parts water. How much bleach is needed to make $6$ cups of solution?

A triangular garden has a base of $8$ feet and a height of $6$ feet. What is its area?

A spinner has $5$ equal sections, $2$ of which are red. What is the probability of not landing on red?

A tank is $\frac{3}{4}$ full. If $\frac{1}{3}$ of the water in the tank is drained, what fraction of the tank is still full?

A basketball team of $5$ players averages $6$ points per game each. How many points does the team score in a game?

Maria is $3$ times as old as her son. In $8$ years, she will be twice as old as he is. How old is Maria now?

What does the word “subterranean” most nearly mean?

What is the meaning of “potable”?

What does the word “chronic” most nearly mean?

What does “transport” most nearly mean?

What does “anachronism” most nearly mean?

What does the word “abduct” mean?

What does “restructure” most nearly mean?

She approached the difficult task with fortitude.

What does “fortitude” most nearly mean?

What does “restrict” most nearly mean?

The donation was beneficial to the charity.

What does “beneficial” most nearly mean?

The war lasted for a century.

What does “century” most nearly mean?

What does “culprit” most nearly mean?

What does “cumbersome” most nearly mean?

The athlete caught the ball with great dexterity.

What does “dexterity” most nearly mean?

What does “durable” most nearly mean?

This passage is taken from Pride and Prejudice written by Jane Austen.

Her performance was pleasing, though by no means capital. After a song or two, and before she could reply to the entreaties of several that she would sing again, she was eagerly succeeded at the instrument by her sister Mary, who having, in consequence of being the only plain one in the family, worked hard for knowledge and accomplishments, was always impatient for display.

What does the passage suggest about Mary's accomplishments, such as her music?

This passage is taken from The Travels of Marco Polo, translated by Henry Yule (3rd edition, revised by Henri Cordier, 1903), describing the trading city of Layas.

Howbeit, they have a city upon the sea, which is called Layas, at which there is a great trade. For you must know that all the spicery, and the cloths of silk and gold, and the other valuable wares that come from the interior, are brought to that city. And the merchants of Venice and Genoa, and other countries, come thither to sell their goods, and to buy what they lack. And whatsoever persons would travel to the interior (of the East), merchants or others, they take their way by this city.

According to the passage, what does the trade passing through Layas suggest about the city?

This passage is taken from American Lives, Postoffice Workers found on Library of Congress.

N’s getting the gate. Liquor. I don't know, but it looks as if there's more guys get fired out of the place for drinking too much than for any other reason.…N. was caught drunk on the route the other day. They caught him with a bottle on him.

Based on the context, what does the phrase “getting the gate” mean?

This passage is taken from The Red Badge of Courage written by Stephen Crane.

He felt that something of which he was a part—a regiment, an army, a cause, or a country—was in crisis. He was welded into a common personality which was dominated by a single desire.

What does the phrase “welded into a common personality” suggest about the soldier?

This passage is taken from Oath of Commissioned Officers found on Army.mil.

I ___, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.

What can be inferred from this oath about where an officer's primary allegiance lies?

This passage is taken from Walden written by Henry David Thoreau.

The very simplicity and nakedness of man's life in the primitive ages imply this advantage at least, that they left him still but a sojourner in nature. When he was refreshed with food and sleep he contemplated his journey again. He dwelt, as it were, in a tent in this world, and was either threading the valleys, or crossing the plains, or climbing the mountain tops.

What does the author mean by saying early man “dwelt, as it were, in a tent in this world”?

This passage is taken from Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Infantry of the Army of the United States, 1917 written by the United States War Department.

The rifle you are armed with is the most accurate in the world. If it gets dirty or rusty it will deteriorate in its accuracy and working efficiency, and no subsequent care will restore it to its original condition.

According to the passage, what happens once the rifle becomes dirty or rusty?

This passage is taken from Up from Slavery written by Booker T. Washington.

I pity from the bottom of my heart any nation or body of people that is so unfortunate as to get entangled in the net of slavery.

What does the phrase “entangled in the net of slavery” suggest about slavery's effect on a nation?

This passage is taken from Manual of Military Training written by Colonel James A. Moss.

The excellence of an organization is judged by its field efficiency. The field efficiency of an organization depends primarily upon its effectiveness as a whole. Thoroughness and uniformity in the training of the units of an organization are indispensable to the efficiency of the whole; it is by such means alone that the requisite team-work may be developed.

What is the main idea of this passage?

This passage is taken from The War of the Worlds written by H. G. Wells.

The planet Mars, I scarcely need remind the reader, revolves about the sun at a mean distance of 140,000,000 miles, and the light and heat it receives from the sun is barely half of that received by this world. It must be, if the nebular hypothesis has any truth, older than our world; and long before this earth ceased to be molten, life upon its surface must have begun its course.

According to the passage, how much light and heat does Mars receive compared with Earth?

Which of these is the smallest value? $\frac{3}{2}$, $0.466$, $\frac{9}{20}$, $0.52$?

What are the solutions for $x$ in the equation $x^2-5x-6=0$?

Simplify $\sqrt{8}$.

What is the hypotenuse of a right triangle with leg lengths of $4$ and $3$?

What is $102\div4$?

A line has a slope of $-\frac{2}{3}$. What is the slope of a line perpendicular to it?

What is $12.1-9.15$?

Expand $(2x+1)(x-5)$.

Simplify $(2a^9)^0$.

A circle has a diameter of $6$. What is its area?

An isosceles triangle has a vertex angle of $20^\circ$. What is the measure of each base angle?

What is $0.121$ written as a percent?

Solve the system using substitution: $y=2x-1$ and $5x+y=13$.

What is $2^{-3}$?

Solve for $m$: $\frac{3}{m-2}=\frac{2}{4}$.