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Missouri permit practice test
Practice for the Missouri written test, then line Missouri up against Kansas or any other state with the comparison tool.
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Practice questions written from the state handbook and federal rules. Not the official test.
A Missouri teen can apply for an instruction permit at 15 years through the Department of Revenue, which handles driver licensing. Driver education is not required. The permit is kept 6 months, during which the learner logs 40 hours of driving with a qualified supervisor, 10 of them at night. The intermediate license follows at 16 years, with a license fee of $5; the permit fee itself was not confirmed. The intermediate license brings a curfew (no driving 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. unless accompanied (exceptions: school, work, emergency)) and a passenger cap: max 1 non-family passenger under 19 for first 6 months, then max 3. Restrictions fall away at 18 years. Drivers under 21 face a 0.02 alcohol limit. The written test's length and pass mark do not appear on the pages we could read, so the practice test uses 20 questions with an 80 % goal.
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Permit age
15 · 14
| Time on the permit | 6 months · 12 months |
| Supervised hours | 40 h · 50 h |
| Test questions | – · – |
| Restrictions end | 18 · 16½ |
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Missouri or Kansas?
Families in the Kansas City area often compare the two sides of the state line. The tool opens on Missouri and Kansas; change either state to compare any pair.
Compare two states
Permit age
15 · 14
| Time on the permit | 6 months · 12 months |
| Supervised hours | 40 h · 50 h |
| Test questions | – · – |
| Restrictions end | 18 · 16½ |
The gap is real: Kansas opens the permit at 14 years and keeps learners on it 12 months, while Missouri starts at 15 years with 6 months. A teen must follow the rules of the state where they live, not the one where they go to school or work.
The largest gap with Kansas is time, not age alone: a Kansas learner keeps the permit 12 months and logs 50 hours, against 6 months and 40 hours in Missouri. For a family that has lived in both states, the Missouri path feels short.
Four Midwest states compared
| Step | Missouri | Kansas | Iowa | Nebraska |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Learner permit | 15 years | 14 years | 14 years | 15 years |
| Hours to log | 40 | 50 | 20 | 50 |
| Intermediate license | 16 years | 15 years | 16 years | 16 years |
| Full privileges | 18 years | 16 years 6 months | 17 years | 17 years |
Missouri's 40-hour requirement is lighter than the 50 hours many states demand, but double the 20 hours of Iowa.
How the Missouri path runs
At 15 years, the learner passes the vision and written tests at a license office. With the permit, driving is allowed only with a qualified supervisor in the front seat. After 6 months without violations and with the 40 hours signed off, the teen can take the driving test for the intermediate license at 16 years. That license carries the curfew and the passenger rule until 18 years, when the full license becomes available.
Most of the rules a new Missouri driver has to remember belong to the intermediate stage. The passenger rule moves in two steps: max 1 non-family passenger under 19 for first 6 months, then max 3, family members excluded. The curfew reads: no driving 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. unless accompanied (exceptions: school, work, emergency). Alcohol is handled more strictly than for adults, with a 0.02 limit under 21, so even one drink before driving can cost the license. None of these limits last forever. Write the key dates on a calendar the day the intermediate license is issued: the six-month mark for passengers and the birthday at 18 years for the rest.
Topics to study
The written test pulls from the Missouri driver guide: traffic signs, signals, right of way, speed limits, safe following distance, railroad crossings, sharing the road with trucks and farm equipment on rural highways, and the effects of alcohol and drugs. Interstate merging around St. Louis and Kansas City, and winter storms across the state, explain why lane discipline and stopping distance come up often. Signs follow the federal MUTCD.
The figures here come from the Missouri Department of Revenue; this site is independent of the Department of Revenue.