ARITHMETIC REASONING PICAT EXAM QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS VERIFIED GRADED A+
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?
B. $5.00
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?
C. 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?
C. 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?
C. 1-1/2 hours
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
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?
B. .40
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 for this August was 3.7%. What is
the new rent per
B. $1,607.35
If the ratio of the sides of two squares is 3:1, what is the ratio of their perimeters?
SOLUTIONS VERIFIED GRADED A+
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?
B. $5.00
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?
C. 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?
C. 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?
C. 1-1/2 hours
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
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?
B. .40
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 for this August was 3.7%. What is
the new rent per
B. $1,607.35
If the ratio of the sides of two squares is 3:1, what is the ratio of their perimeters?
