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Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery Test: General Science, Arithmetic Reasoning, Word Knowledge, Paragraph Comprehension, Mathematics Knowledge, Electronics Information, Automotive & Shop Information, Mechanical Comprehension, Assembling Objects (Page 12 )

Updated On: 16-Feb-2026

Dinner at a nice restaurant cost $35.98.
If Joan gave the cashier $40.00, how much change should she get back?

  1. $5.02
  2. $4.02
  3. $3.92
  4. $1.02

Answer(s): B

Explanation:

Subtract $35.98 from $40.00 to get $4.02.



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?

  1. 12 days, 7 hours, 11 minutes, and 35 seconds
  2. 9 days, 2 hours, 1 minute, and 6 seconds
  3. 8 days, 14 hours, 16 minutes, and 6 seconds
  4. 9 days, 7 hours, 3 minutes, and 20 seconds

Answer(s): B

Explanation:

Subtract the speed of the plane from the speed of the balloon to determine how much longer it took the balloonist:
13 days 12 hours 16 minutes 13 seconds
4 days 10 hours 15 minutes 7 seconds
9 days 2 hours 1 minute 6 seconds



Darlene bought 12 boxes of cookies for $48.00.
What was the cost of each box of cookies?

  1. $4.00
  2. $0.48
  3. $0.40
  4. $4.80

Answer(s): A

Explanation:

Divide the total cost by the number of boxes purchased to determine the cost per box: $48 ÷ 12 = $4.



A tune-up increases a car's fuel efficiency by 5%.
If a car averaged 20 miles per gallon before the tune-up, how many miles per gallon will it average after the tune-up?

  1. 25
  2. 22
  3. 201/2
  4. 21

Answer(s): D

Explanation:

Multiply 20 × 0.05 to determine how many more miles per gallon the car will get. The answer is 1. Then add the number of additional miles per gallon the car will get to the original number of miles per gallon the car gets to reach the new average: 1 + 20 = 21.



If you pay $22.90 for a DVD that includes a 7% sales tax, what is the price of the DVD before the sales tax?

  1. $21.40
  2. $21.30
  3. $21.50
  4. $20.95

Answer(s): A

Explanation:

If y represents the price of the DVD before the tax. Then price with tax would be y + 0.07y = $22.90. Therefore, 1.07y = 22.90, or y = 22.90/1.07 = $21.40. Be careful not to just take 7% of $22.90 and subtract. That is incorrect.






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