NYC NYC Civil Service Mathematical Reasoning Questions and Answers 3

Question 1

A city bus route is 14.4 miles long and is divided into equal segments at 6 stops. What is the distance between each stop?

Accepted Answer

2.4 miles

Answer

2.0 miles

Answer

2.2 miles

Answer

2.6 miles

Question 2

A fire station responds to 312 calls over 12 months. What is the average number of calls per month?

Accepted Answer

26

Answer

24

Answer

28

Answer

30

Question 3

A police precinct's budget is $4,800,000. If 40% is allocated to personnel costs, how much money is spent on personnel?

Accepted Answer

$1,920,000

Answer

$1,600,000

Answer

$1,880,000

Answer

$2,000,000

Question 4

A city worker completes a task in 45 minutes. If she has 6 similar tasks to complete, how many hours will it take to finish all of them?

Accepted Answer

4.5 hours

Answer

3.5 hours

Answer

4.0 hours

Answer

5.0 hours

Question 5

A survey shows that 3 out of every 8 NYC residents use public transit daily. In a sample of 2,400 residents, how many use public transit daily?

Accepted Answer

900

Answer

750

Answer

800

Answer

1,000

Question 6

A city contractor bids $75,000 for a project but the actual cost comes in 12% over budget. What is the actual project cost?

Accepted Answer

$84,000

Answer

$83,000

Answer

$85,000

Answer

$86,000