2 Arithmetic reasoning

together, two people earn $28,000. One earns $2,000 more than the other. How much is the smaller income

• $30,000

• $26,000

• $14.000

• $13,000

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 ?

• $4.50

• $5.00

• $5.40

• $5.90

• $6.60

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 ?

• 176 sq ft

• 352 sq ft

• 968 sq ft

• 1,200 sq ft

How many feet of chain fence are necessary to enclose a dog pen that is square and has an area of 64 square feet ?

• 256

• 64

• 32

• 16

A train goes twice as fast downhill as it can go uphill, and 2/3 as fast uphil as it can go on level ground. If it goes 120 miles per hour downhill, how long will it take to travel 45 miles on flat land ?

• 1/2 hour

• 2/3 hour

• 1-1/2 hour

• 2 hour

Each August, a restaurant's rent is adjusted to the cost-of-living index. Te rent has been $1,550 a month, and the cost-of-living indexfor this August was 3.7 %. What is the new rent per month?

• $1,594.28

• $1,607.35

• $2,123.50

• $5,735.000

Shaw purchased a shirt for $22.05. If this incluides a 5% sales tax, what was the actual price of the shirt ?

• $17.50

• $20.95

• $21.00

• $23.15

The pet store had puppies selling for $104 each and 12 kittens selling for $24 each. Today, only 2 puppies and 8 kittens were left. In dollar terms, what was the ratio of sales of puppies to kittens?

• 13 to 3

• 11 to 1

• 8 to 7

• 1 to 3

There are 9 red and 6 green marbels in a bag. A child reaches in the bag and randomly taks one marble. What is the probability of that child getting getting a green marble ?

• .66

• .40

• .33

• .10

Jamie just bought two boxes. The first box is square, with each side measuring 10 units, and is 4 units high. The second box is rectangular and has twice the volume of the square box. If the height of the second box is 5 units, and the width is 10 units, what is the length of the second box?

• 10 units

• 12 units

• 16 units

• 18 units