PPAER Police Mathematics and Computation 3

Question 1

A department budget of $4,800,000 is divided equally among 6 precincts. How much does each precinct receive?

Accepted Answer

$800,000

Answer

$850,000

Answer

$750,000

Answer

$960,000

Question 2

An officer issues 12 parking tickets on Monday, 9 on Tuesday, and 15 on Wednesday. What is the average number of tickets issued per day?

Accepted Answer

12

Answer

11

Answer

13

Answer

14

Question 3

A police evidence bag weighs 2.75 pounds. If an officer collects 8 identical bags, what is the total weight?

Accepted Answer

22 pounds

Answer

20 pounds

Answer

24 pounds

Answer

18.5 pounds

Question 4

A patrol area covers 48 square miles and is divided into 6 zones. Zone A covers 25% of the total area. How many square miles is Zone A?

Accepted Answer

12 square miles

Answer

8 square miles

Answer

10 square miles

Answer

14 square miles

Question 5

An officer's report states that 144 vehicles were stopped in March. If stops were distributed evenly across 4 weeks, how many stops occurred per week?

Accepted Answer

36

Answer

32

Answer

40

Answer

28

Question 6

A suspect's blood alcohol content (BAC) of 0.18 is exactly how many times the legal limit of 0.08?

Accepted Answer

2.25

Answer

2.0

Answer

2.5

Answer

1.8

Question 7

A detective works 9 days straight and logs 11.5 hours each day. How many total hours does she log?

Accepted Answer

103.5 hours

Answer

99 hours

Answer

108 hours

Answer

115 hours