PICAT VERIFICATION AR & MK (88 Questions with 100% Correct Answers)
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?
A. 3%
B. 30%
C. 40%
D. 50% Correct Answer: 50%
Jerry walked a dog from 6:40am to 7:30am one day. If he was paid at the rate of 6$ per hour,
how much did he earn that day?
A. $4.50
B. $5.00
C. $5.40
D. $5.90
E. $6.60 Correct Answer: $5
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?
A. 176 sq feet
B. 352 sq feet
C. 968 sq feet
D. 1,200 sq feet Correct Answer: 968 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?
A. 256
B. 64
C. 32
D. 16 Correct Answer: 32
A train goes twice as fast downhill as it can go uphill, and 2/3 as fast uphill as it can go on level
ground. If it goes 120 mph downhill, how long will it take to travel 45 miles on flat land?
A. 1/2 hour
B. 2/3 hour
C. 1-1/2 hours
D. 2 hours Correct Answer: 1/2
Each August, a restaurant's rent is adjusted to the cost of living index. The rent has been 1,550 a
month, and the cost of living index for this August was 3.7%. What is the new rent per month?
A. $1,594.28
B. $1,607.35
C. $2,123.50
D. $5,735.00 Correct Answer: $1,607.35
, There are 9 red and 6 green marbles in a bag. A child reaches in the bag and randomly takes one
marble. What is the probability of that child getting a green marble?
A. .66
B. .40
C. .33
D. .10 Correct Answer: 0.40
Shawn purchased a shirt for $22.05. If this includes a 5% sales tax, what was the actual price of
the shirt?
A. $17.50
B. $20.95
C. $21.00
D. $23.15 Correct Answer: $20.95
The pet store had 6 puppies selling for $104 each and 12 kittens selling for $24 each. Today,
only 2 puppies and 8 kittens were left. In dollar terms, what was the ratio of sales of puppies to
kittens?
A. 13 to 3
B. 11 to 1
C. 8 to 7
D. 1 to 3 Correct Answer: 13:3
If the ratio of sides of two squares is 3:1, what is the ratio of their perimeters?
A. 3:1
B. 4:1
C. 9:1
D. 12:1 Correct Answer: 3:1
Jamie just bought two boxes. The first box is square, with each side measuring 10 units, and is 4
units high. The second box is rectangular and has twice the volume of the square box. If the
height of the second box is 5 units, and the width is 10 units, what is the length of the second
box?
A. 10 units
B. 12 units
C. 16 units
D. 18 units Correct Answer: 16 units
A printing press will print 6,000 copies in 20 minutes. A second press can print 15,000 copies in
60 minutes. How many more copies per minute will the faster press print than the slower press?
A. 50 copies
B. 150 copies
C. 450 copies
D. 3,000 copies Correct Answer: 50
A radar is designed to report the track of an aircraft every second. If this radar reports 30 tracks
in one minute, what percentage of the time did the radar track the aircraft?
A. 3%
B. 30%
C. 40%
D. 50% Correct Answer: 50%
Jerry walked a dog from 6:40am to 7:30am one day. If he was paid at the rate of 6$ per hour,
how much did he earn that day?
A. $4.50
B. $5.00
C. $5.40
D. $5.90
E. $6.60 Correct Answer: $5
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?
A. 176 sq feet
B. 352 sq feet
C. 968 sq feet
D. 1,200 sq feet Correct Answer: 968 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?
A. 256
B. 64
C. 32
D. 16 Correct Answer: 32
A train goes twice as fast downhill as it can go uphill, and 2/3 as fast uphill as it can go on level
ground. If it goes 120 mph downhill, how long will it take to travel 45 miles on flat land?
A. 1/2 hour
B. 2/3 hour
C. 1-1/2 hours
D. 2 hours Correct Answer: 1/2
Each August, a restaurant's rent is adjusted to the cost of living index. The rent has been 1,550 a
month, and the cost of living index for this August was 3.7%. What is the new rent per month?
A. $1,594.28
B. $1,607.35
C. $2,123.50
D. $5,735.00 Correct Answer: $1,607.35
, There are 9 red and 6 green marbles in a bag. A child reaches in the bag and randomly takes one
marble. What is the probability of that child getting a green marble?
A. .66
B. .40
C. .33
D. .10 Correct Answer: 0.40
Shawn purchased a shirt for $22.05. If this includes a 5% sales tax, what was the actual price of
the shirt?
A. $17.50
B. $20.95
C. $21.00
D. $23.15 Correct Answer: $20.95
The pet store had 6 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?
A. 13 to 3
B. 11 to 1
C. 8 to 7
D. 1 to 3 Correct Answer: 13:3
If the ratio of sides of two squares is 3:1, what is the ratio of their perimeters?
A. 3:1
B. 4:1
C. 9:1
D. 12:1 Correct Answer: 3:1
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?
A. 10 units
B. 12 units
C. 16 units
D. 18 units Correct Answer: 16 units
A printing press will print 6,000 copies in 20 minutes. A second press can print 15,000 copies in
60 minutes. How many more copies per minute will the faster press print than the slower press?
A. 50 copies
B. 150 copies
C. 450 copies
D. 3,000 copies Correct Answer: 50
