Math in Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security

You are a state game warden working in New York. In New York, it is illegal to catch female crabs that are bearing eggs. Over the past month, 30% of the ticket you issued were for crabbers catching egg-bearing crabs. What fraction of tickets issued last month were for crabbers catching egg-bearing crabs?

• 1/30

• 1/10

• 3/20

• 1/5

• 3/10

You are a fire code inspector. Of the properties you inspected today 21 percent failed the inspection. Also, 32 percent of the properties had to have another inspection scheduled. The remaining properties passed inspections. What percentage of the properties did not pass inpection?

• 44%

• 50%

• 53%

• 57%

• 59%

You are a state trooper. Today, you spent three hours patrolling highways. During each of these hours, you drove 10-1/2 miles. At the end of the day you fill out a gas reimburement sheet which required you to record the number of miles you drove during the day. How many miles did you drive while patrolling highways today?

• 25

• 27

• 28.5

• 30.5

• 31.5

You are a law clerk working for a major law firm. The case you are working on has required several legal documents to be retrieved from storage. You have retrieved three fitfths of the documents needed. What percentage of the documents have you retrieved?

• 60%

• 65%

• 69%

• 75%

• 76%

You are an animal control officer working in a large city. You work four hours in the morning and four hours in the afternoon. In the morning, you pick up 11 stray dogs. In the afternoon, you pick up 6 stray dogs. How many dogs do you pick up?

• 8

• 9

• 14

• 17

• 20

You are a self-employed private investigator. The business you run has a total of four private investigators employed. There are 12 new cases, and you plan to assign an equal number of cases to each investigator. How many assignments does each investigator get?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 8

• 15

In your work as a probation officer, you check in with paroled criminals and confirm that they are not violating their parole conditions. Yesterday you were supposed to hear from 13 parolees, but only 10 parolees contacted you. How many parolee still need to contact you?

• 3

• 5

• 7

• 11

• 13

As an emergency management coordinator in Wisconsin, one of the duties is to prepare for harsh winter weather. There was a blizzard yesterday, and temperatures sank to -12 degrees Fahrenheit. Today the temperature rose to 14 degrees Fahrenheit. How much warmer is it today than it was yesterday?

• 11 degrees Fahrenheit

• 14 degrees Fahrenheit

• 21 degrees Fahrenheit

• 23 degrees Fahrenheit

• 26 degres Fahrenheit

You are a computer forensics examiner. Your job is to search confiscated computers for evidence of illegal activities. At the start of the week, your team had 23 computers to search. During the week, your lab received 15 more computers that needed to be searched and your team searched 21 computers. How many computers need to be searched at the end of the week?

• 2

• 15

• 17

• 21

• 23

As an officer in a canine unit, you work primarily with a German shepard who eats 32 ounces of dog food a day. You want to purchase enough dog food for the entire month. Each can of dog food contains 8 ounces. How many cans of dog food do you need to feed the German shepherd for a 31-day month?

• 35

• 71

• 124

• 150

• 416