ASVAB Practice Test

A printing press will print 6,000 copies in 20 minutes. A second press can print 15,000 copies in 60 minutes. How many more copies per minute will the faster press print than the slower press?

1. 1,000

2. 2,000

3. 3,000

4. 3,500

The correct answer is: 1,000

To find out how many more copies per minute the faster press prints compared to the slower press, we first need to calculate the printing speeds of both presses. The first press prints 6,000 copies in 20 minutes. To determine its speed in copies per minute, we divide the total number of copies by the number of minutes: 6,000 copies / 20 minutes = 300 copies per minute. The second press prints 15,000 copies in 60 minutes. We perform a similar calculation: 15,000 copies / 60 minutes = 250 copies per minute. Now, we can determine the difference in their speeds. The first press prints 300 copies per minute and the second press prints 250 copies per minute. The difference between their printing speeds is: 300 copies per minute - 250 copies per minute = 50 copies per minute. Given this calculation, it turns out the first press prints 50 more copies per minute than the second press. Thus, it's clear that the answer to how many more copies per minute the faster press prints than the slower press does not align with your selected answer. The correct answer reflects that the first press, operating at a faster speed, only has a margin of 50 copies per