ASVAB Arithmetic Reasoning Practice Test 125711 Results

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1

The total water usage for a city is 20,000 gallons each day. Of that total, 33% is for personal use and 66% is for industrial use. How many more gallons of water each day is consumed for industrial use over personal use?

58% Answer Correctly
6,750
6,000
6,600
4,500

Solution

66% of the water consumption is industrial use and 33% is personal use so (66% - 33%) = 33% more water is used for industrial purposes. 20,000 gallons are consumed daily so industry consumes \( \frac{33}{100} \) x 20,000 gallons = 6,600 gallons.


2

What is -2a6 - 4a6?

71% Answer Correctly
-6a6
2a12
2a6
2a36

Solution

To add or subtract terms with exponents, both the base and the exponent must be the same. In this case they are so subtract the coefficients and retain the base and exponent:

-2a6 - 4a6
(-2 - 4)a6
-6a6


3

This property states taht the order of addition or multiplication does not mater. For example, 2 + 5 and 5 + 2 are equivalent.

60% Answer Correctly

associative

commutative

PEDMAS

distributive


Solution

The commutative property states that, when adding or multiplying numbers, the order in which they're added or multiplied does not matter. For example, 3 + 4 and 4 + 3 give the same result, as do 3 x 4 and 4 x 3.


4

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

55% Answer Correctly

commutative property for multiplication

distributive property for multiplication

commutative property for division

distributive 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, \({a^3 + 6a^2 \over a^2} = {a^3 \over a^2} + {6a^2 \over a^2} = a + 6\).


5

Latoya scored 81% on her final exam. If each question was worth 3 points and there were 240 possible points on the exam, how many questions did Latoya answer correctly?

57% Answer Correctly
55
65
70
73

Solution

Latoya scored 81% on the test meaning she earned 81% of the possible points on the test. There were 240 possible points on the test so she earned 240 x 0.81 = 195 points. Each question is worth 3 points so she got \( \frac{195}{3} \) = 65 questions right.