ASVAB Arithmetic Reasoning Practice Test 112515 Results

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1

What is \( 7 \)\( \sqrt{112} \) - \( 6 \)\( \sqrt{7} \)

38% Answer Correctly
\( \sqrt{16} \)
42\( \sqrt{16} \)
22\( \sqrt{7} \)
\( \sqrt{784} \)

Solution

To subtract these radicals together their radicands must be the same:

7\( \sqrt{112} \) - 6\( \sqrt{7} \)
7\( \sqrt{16 \times 7} \) - 6\( \sqrt{7} \)
7\( \sqrt{4^2 \times 7} \) - 6\( \sqrt{7} \)
(7)(4)\( \sqrt{7} \) - 6\( \sqrt{7} \)
28\( \sqrt{7} \) - 6\( \sqrt{7} \)

Now that the radicands are identical, you can subtract them:

28\( \sqrt{7} \) - 6\( \sqrt{7} \)
(28 - 6)\( \sqrt{7} \)
22\( \sqrt{7} \)


2

A menswear store is having a sale: "Buy one shirt at full price and get another shirt for 15% off." If Charlie buys two shirts, each with a regular price of $17, how much money will he save?

70% Answer Correctly
$2.55
$8.50
$0.85
52

Solution

By buying two shirts, Charlie will save $17 x \( \frac{15}{100} \) = \( \frac{$17 x 15}{100} \) = \( \frac{$255}{100} \) = $2.55 on the second shirt.


3

If a car travels 120 miles in 6 hours, what is the average speed?

86% Answer Correctly
20 mph
40 mph
65 mph
50 mph

Solution

Average speed in miles per hour is the number of miles traveled divided by the number of hours:

speed = \( \frac{\text{distance}}{\text{time}} \)
speed = \( \frac{120mi}{6h} \)
20 mph


4

What is \( \frac{-3y^6}{9y^3} \)?

60% Answer Correctly
-3y9
-\(\frac{1}{3}\)y3
-\(\frac{1}{3}\)y-3
-\(\frac{1}{3}\)y\(\frac{1}{2}\)

Solution

To divide terms with exponents, the base of both exponents must be the same. In this case they are so divide the coefficients and subtract the exponents:

\( \frac{-3y^6}{9y^3} \)
\( \frac{-3}{9} \) y(6 - 3)
-\(\frac{1}{3}\)y3


5

\({b + c \over a} = {b \over a} + {c \over a}\) defines which of the following?

55% Answer Correctly

distributive property for multiplication

distributive property for division

commutative property for multiplication

commutative property for division


Solution

The distributive property for division helps in solving expressions like \({b + c \over a}\). It specifies that the result of dividing a fraction with multiple terms in the numerator and one term in the denominator can be obtained by dividing each term individually and then totaling the results: \({b + c \over a} = {b \over a} + {c \over a}\). For example, \({a^3 + 6a^2 \over a^2} = {a^3 \over a^2} + {6a^2 \over a^2} = a + 6\).