Civil Service
Arithmetic Reasoning
Practice Test Results
Question
1
43% answer correctly
The total water usage for a city is 450,000 gallons each day. Of that total, 15% is for personal use and 44% is for industrial use. How much more water is used for personal use than for industrial purposes?
130,500 gallons
265,500 gallons
67,500 gallons
198,000 gallons
Question
2
32% answer correctly
Sam`s sports card collection contains football, baseball, and basketball cards. If the ratio of football to baseball cards is 9 to 2 and the ratio of baseball to basketball cards is 9 to 1, what is the ratio of football to basketball cards?
81:2
18:3
9:1
72:2
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45% answer correctly
On average, the center for a basketball team hits 50% of his shots while a guard on the same team hits 57% of his shots. If the guard takes 230 shots this year, how many shots will the center have to take to score as many points as the guard assuming each shot is worth the same number of points?