Police Math Test Police Math Ratios and Proportions 2

Question 1

A patrol sector has 3 officers for every 2 patrol cars. If 18 officers are on duty, how many patrol cars are available?

Accepted Answer

12

Answer

10

Answer

9

Answer

15

Question 2

A map uses a scale of 1 inch to 5 miles. Two crime scenes are 3.5 inches apart on the map. What is the real distance?

Accepted Answer

17.5 miles

Answer

15 miles

Answer

20 miles

Answer

12.5 miles

Question 3

Evidence bags and case files are kept in a ratio of 5 to 4. If there are 45 evidence bags, how many case files are there?

Accepted Answer

36

Answer

40

Answer

32

Answer

54

Question 4

A speed-radar sample shows 7 speeders for every 28 vehicles checked. What is this ratio in simplest form?

Accepted Answer

1 to 4

Answer

1 to 3

Answer

2 to 7

Answer

1 to 5

Question 5

If 4 squad cars use 60 gallons of fuel per shift, how much fuel do 6 squad cars use at the same rate?

Accepted Answer

90 gallons

Answer

80 gallons

Answer

100 gallons

Answer

75 gallons

Question 6

A department's officer-to-citizen ratio is 1 to 500. For a town of 12,000 citizens, how many officers are needed?

Accepted Answer

24

Answer

20

Answer

30

Answer

18

Question 7

During training, recruits pass and fail in a ratio of 8 to 3. If 33 recruits failed, how many passed?

Accepted Answer

88

Answer

66

Answer

99

Answer

77