ASVAB Arithmetic Reasoning Practice Test 135878 Results

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Questions 5 5
Correct 0 3.19
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1

A menswear store is having a sale: "Buy one shirt at full price and get another shirt for 5% off." If Alex buys two shirts, each with a regular price of $49, how much money will he save?

70% Answer Correctly
$4.90
$2.45
$12.25
$22.05

Solution

By buying two shirts, Alex will save $49 x \( \frac{5}{100} \) = \( \frac{$49 x 5}{100} \) = \( \frac{$245}{100} \) = $2.45 on the second shirt.


2

What is the next number in this sequence: 1, 6, 11, 16, 21, __________ ?

92% Answer Correctly
25
34
31
26

Solution

The equation for this sequence is:

an = an-1 + 5

where n is the term's order in the sequence, an is the value of the term, and an-1 is the value of the term before an. This makes the next number:

a6 = a5 + 5
a6 = 21 + 5
a6 = 26


3

A sports card collection contains football, baseball, and basketball cards. If the ratio of football to baseball cards is 5 to 2 and the ratio of baseball to basketball cards is 5 to 1, what is the ratio of football to basketball cards?

53% Answer Correctly
3:2
1:1
25:2
1:8

Solution

The ratio of football cards to baseball cards is 5:2 and the ratio of baseball cards to basketball cards is 5:1. To solve this problem, we need the baseball card side of each ratio to be equal so we need to rewrite the ratios in terms of a common number of baseball cards. (Think of this like finding the common denominator when adding fractions.) The ratio of football to baseball cards can also be written as 25:10 and the ratio of baseball cards to basketball cards as 10:2. So, the ratio of football cards to basketball cards is football:baseball, baseball:basketball or 25:10, 10:2 which reduces to 25:2.


4

The __________ is the smallest positive integer that is a multiple of two or more integers.

56% Answer Correctly

greatest common factor

least common multiple

least common factor

absolute value


Solution

The least common multiple (LCM) is the smallest positive integer that is a multiple of two or more integers.


5

A machine in a factory has an error rate of 3 parts per 100. The machine normally runs 24 hours a day and produces 5 parts per hour. Yesterday the machine was shut down for 3 hours for maintenance.

How many error-free parts did the machine produce yesterday?

49% Answer Correctly
177.7
107.5
169.2
101.9

Solution

The hourly error rate for this machine is the error rate in parts per 100 multiplied by the number of parts produced per hour:

\( \frac{3}{100} \) x 5 = \( \frac{3 \times 5}{100} \) = \( \frac{15}{100} \) = 0.15 errors per hour

So, in an average hour, the machine will produce 5 - 0.15 = 4.85 error free parts.

The machine ran for 24 - 3 = 21 hours yesterday so you would expect that 21 x 4.85 = 101.9 error free parts were produced yesterday.