ASVAB Arithmetic Reasoning Practice Test 128513 Results

Your Results Global Average
Questions 5 5
Correct 0 2.70
Score 0% 54%

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1

If the ratio of home fans to visiting fans in a crowd is 4:1 and all 39,000 seats in a stadium are filled, how many home fans are in attendance?

50% Answer Correctly
31,200
33,000
32,500
28,000

Solution

A ratio of 4:1 means that there are 4 home fans for every one visiting fan. So, of every 5 fans, 4 are home fans and \( \frac{4}{5} \) of every fan in the stadium is a home fan:

39,000 fans x \( \frac{4}{5} \) = \( \frac{156000}{5} \) = 31,200 fans.


2

What is 3z2 - 2z2?

71% Answer Correctly
-z2
-z-2
z2
5z4

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:

3z2 - 2z2
(3 - 2)z2
z2


3

The total water usage for a city is 30,000 gallons each day. Of that total, 13% is for personal use and 46% is for industrial use. How many more gallons of water each day is consumed for industrial use over personal use?

58% Answer Correctly
7,800
9,900
16,500
10,500

Solution

46% of the water consumption is industrial use and 13% is personal use so (46% - 13%) = 33% more water is used for industrial purposes. 30,000 gallons are consumed daily so industry consumes \( \frac{33}{100} \) x 30,000 gallons = 9,900 gallons.


4

A menswear store is having a sale: "Buy one shirt at full price and get another shirt for 25% off." If Monty buys two shirts, each with a regular price of $29, how much will he pay for both shirts?

56% Answer Correctly
$37.70
$50.75
$21.75
$36.25

Solution

By buying two shirts, Monty will save $29 x \( \frac{25}{100} \) = \( \frac{$29 x 25}{100} \) = \( \frac{$725}{100} \) = $7.25 on the second shirt.

So, his total cost will be
$29.00 + ($29.00 - $7.25)
$29.00 + $21.75
$50.75


5

What is \( 8 \)\( \sqrt{12} \) + \( 5 \)\( \sqrt{3} \)

35% Answer Correctly
40\( \sqrt{12} \)
13\( \sqrt{12} \)
21\( \sqrt{3} \)
40\( \sqrt{36} \)

Solution

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

8\( \sqrt{12} \) + 5\( \sqrt{3} \)
8\( \sqrt{4 \times 3} \) + 5\( \sqrt{3} \)
8\( \sqrt{2^2 \times 3} \) + 5\( \sqrt{3} \)
(8)(2)\( \sqrt{3} \) + 5\( \sqrt{3} \)
16\( \sqrt{3} \) + 5\( \sqrt{3} \)

Now that the radicands are identical, you can add them together:

16\( \sqrt{3} \) + 5\( \sqrt{3} \)
(16 + 5)\( \sqrt{3} \)
21\( \sqrt{3} \)