ASVAB Arithmetic Reasoning Practice Test 141174 Results

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Questions 5 5
Correct 0 3.30
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1

A menswear store is having a sale: "Buy one shirt at full price and get another shirt for 45% off." If Ezra buys two shirts, each with a regular price of $34, how much money will he save?

70% Answer Correctly
$1.70
$6.80
$3.40
$15.30

Solution

By buying two shirts, Ezra will save $34 x \( \frac{45}{100} \) = \( \frac{$34 x 45}{100} \) = \( \frac{$1530}{100} \) = $15.30 on the second shirt.


2

What is (z3)2?

80% Answer Correctly
2z3
z6
z-1
z5

Solution

To raise a term with an exponent to another exponent, retain the base and multiply the exponents:

(z3)2
z(3 * 2)
z6


3

Solve 5 + (4 + 2) ÷ 5 x 2 - 22

53% Answer Correctly
1\(\frac{1}{4}\)
3\(\frac{2}{5}\)
2
\(\frac{2}{7}\)

Solution

Use PEMDAS (Parentheses, Exponents, Multipy/Divide, Add/Subtract):

5 + (4 + 2) ÷ 5 x 2 - 22
P: 5 + (6) ÷ 5 x 2 - 22
E: 5 + 6 ÷ 5 x 2 - 4
MD: 5 + \( \frac{6}{5} \) x 2 - 4
MD: 5 + \( \frac{12}{5} \) - 4
AS: \( \frac{25}{5} \) + \( \frac{12}{5} \) - 4
AS: \( \frac{37}{5} \) - 4
AS: \( \frac{37 - 20}{5} \)
\( \frac{17}{5} \)
3\(\frac{2}{5}\)


4

On average, the center for a basketball team hits 45% of his shots while a guard on the same team hits 60% of his shots. If the guard takes 20 shots during a game, how many shots will the center have to take to score as many points as the guard assuming each shot is worth the same number of points?

42% Answer Correctly
27
44
38
24

Solution
If the guard hits 60% of his shots and takes 20 shots he'll make:

guard shots made = shots taken x \( \frac{\text{% made}}{100} \) = 20 x \( \frac{60}{100} \) = \( \frac{60 x 20}{100} \) = \( \frac{1200}{100} \) = 12 shots

The center makes 45% of his shots so he'll have to take:

shots made = shots taken x \( \frac{\text{% made}}{100} \)
shots taken = \( \frac{\text{shots taken}}{\frac{\text{% made}}{100}} \)

to make as many shots as the guard. Plugging in values for the center gives us:

center shots taken = \( \frac{12}{\frac{45}{100}} \) = 12 x \( \frac{100}{45} \) = \( \frac{12 x 100}{45} \) = \( \frac{1200}{45} \) = 27 shots

to make the same number of shots as the guard and thus score the same number of points.


5

How many hours does it take a car to travel 55 miles at an average speed of 55 miles per hour?

86% Answer Correctly
1 hour
2 hours
4 hours
5 hours

Solution

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

speed = \( \frac{\text{distance}}{\text{time}} \)

Solving for time:

time = \( \frac{\text{distance}}{\text{speed}} \)
time = \( \frac{55mi}{55mph} \)
1 hour