:Q 1. At 50 miles per hour, how long does it take a car to travel a mile? (a) 5/6 min. (b) 72 sec. (c) 60 sec. (d) 1 1/6 min. (e) 50 sec. :RCB :Q 2. How much longer does it take a boat to travel 1 mile at 12 mph than at 15 mph? (a) 1 min. (b) 10 min. (c) 3 min. (d) 20 min. (e) 2 min. :RCA :Q 3. A jet plane flies at 720 miles per hour. How far does it go in 1 second? (a) 12 mi. (b) 5 mi. (c) 1/50 mi. (d) 1056 ft. (e) 1280 ft. :RCD :Q 4. Abby can run around a circular track in 40 seconds. Paul takes 50 seconds to do one lap. In a race covering several laps, how long after the start will Abby come next to Paul again? (a) 10 sec. (b) 20 sec. (c) 6 min. (d) 3 1/3 min. (e) 12 min. :RCD :Q 5. Two planes flying in opposite directions leave Chicago at the same time. The eastbound plane flies at 330 miles per hour, and the west-bound plane at 280 miles per hour. In how many hours will the planes be 1525 miles apart? (a) 2 1/4 (b) 5 (c) 1 1/2 (d) 1/4 (e) 2 1/2 :RCE :Q 6. Train A is scheduled to leave New York City at 10:30 AM and arrive in Albany NY at 5 PM. Train B is scheduled to leave New York City at noon. If train A runs at an average speed of 24 miles per hour, what speed should train B average if it is to arrive at Albany at the same time (5 PM)? Answer to the nearest unit. (a) 30 mph (b) 35 mph (c) 31 mph (d) 51 mph (e) 15 mph :RCC :Q 7. A speed boat is 2/3 of a mile behind an outboard and trying to overtake it. If the outboard is doing 20 miles per hour and the speed boat is moving at 30 miles an hour, in how many minutes will the speedboat catch up with the outboard? (a) 15 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 6 (e) 10 :RCB :Q 8. A car going at 40 miles per hour is 1 1/2 miles ahead of a car at 46 miles per hour. In how many minutes will they be next to one another? (a) 1/4 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) 15 (e) 18 :RCD :ET :ET Copyright ARROW INSTRUCTIONAL SYSTEMS July 1983
