FREE NYC Civil Service Math and Logic Questions and Answers

Question 1

A city park ranger records the number of visitors to Central Park each hour. If at 9 AM there were 120 visitors, and the number increased by 15% by 10 AM, how many visitors were in the park at 10 AM?

Accepted Answer

138 visitors

Answer

135 visitors

Answer

129 visitors

Answer

142 visitors

Question 2

If a city bus route is 18 miles long and a bus completes 5 round trips each day, how many miles does the bus travel in a 5-day work week?

Accepted Answer

450 miles

Answer

900 miles

Answer

180 miles

Answer

360 miles

Question 3

Which of the following logical statements is equivalent to 'If it rains, then the street is wet'?

Accepted Answer

If the street is not wet, then it did not rain.

Answer

If the street is wet, then it rained.

Answer

If it does not rain, then the street is not wet.

Answer

It rains if and only if the street is wet.

Question 4

A sanitation truck can hold 12 cubic yards of refuse. If the truck makes 6 trips to the landfill and is 75% full on average for each trip, how many cubic yards of refuse does it collect in total?

Accepted Answer

54 cubic yards

Answer

72 cubic yards

Answer

60 cubic yards

Answer

48 cubic yards

Question 5

A public library purchases new books at a cost of $25 per book. If they have a budget of $1500 for new books this quarter, how many books can they purchase?

Accepted Answer

60 books

Answer

75 books

Answer

50 books

Answer

45 books

Question 6

Consider the sequence: 3, 7, 11, 15, ... What is the 7th term in this arithmetic progression?

Accepted Answer

27

Answer

23

Answer

31

Answer

35

A city park ranger records the number of visitors to Central Park each hour.If at 9 AM there were 120 visitors, and the number increased by 15% by 10 AM, how many visitors were in the park at 10 AM?

A city park ranger records the number of visitors to Central Park each hour.
If at 9 AM there were 120 visitors, and the number increased by 15% by 10 AM, how many visitors were in the park at 10 AM?