ASVAB Arithmetic Reasoning Practice Test 171997 Results

Your Results Global Average
Questions 5 5
Correct 0 3.18
Score 0% 64%

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1

How many hours does it take a car to travel 25 miles at an average speed of 25 miles per hour?

86% Answer Correctly
8 hours
1 hour
7 hours
3 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 = \( \frac{25mi}{25mph} \)
1 hour


2

What is the next number in this sequence: 1, 5, 13, 25, 41, __________ ?

69% Answer Correctly
65
67
64
61

Solution

The equation for this sequence is:

an = an-1 + 4(n - 1)

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 + 4(6 - 1)
a6 = 41 + 4(5)
a6 = 61


3

What is the greatest common factor of 36 and 24?

77% Answer Correctly
11
19
1
12

Solution

The factors of 36 are [1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 36] and the factors of 24 are [1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24]. They share 6 factors [1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12] making 12 the greatest factor 36 and 24 have in common.


4

If a mayor is elected with 73% of the votes cast and 68% of a town's 13,000 voters cast a vote, how many votes did the mayor receive?

49% Answer Correctly
7,426
6,453
7,160
5,216

Solution

If 68% of the town's 13,000 voters cast ballots the number of votes cast is:

(\( \frac{68}{100} \)) x 13,000 = \( \frac{884,000}{100} \) = 8,840

The mayor got 73% of the votes cast which is:

(\( \frac{73}{100} \)) x 8,840 = \( \frac{645,320}{100} \) = 6,453 votes.


5

What is \( 4 \)\( \sqrt{32} \) + \( 8 \)\( \sqrt{2} \)

35% Answer Correctly
12\( \sqrt{64} \)
12\( \sqrt{2} \)
32\( \sqrt{2} \)
24\( \sqrt{2} \)

Solution

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

4\( \sqrt{32} \) + 8\( \sqrt{2} \)
4\( \sqrt{16 \times 2} \) + 8\( \sqrt{2} \)
4\( \sqrt{4^2 \times 2} \) + 8\( \sqrt{2} \)
(4)(4)\( \sqrt{2} \) + 8\( \sqrt{2} \)
16\( \sqrt{2} \) + 8\( \sqrt{2} \)

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

16\( \sqrt{2} \) + 8\( \sqrt{2} \)
(16 + 8)\( \sqrt{2} \)
24\( \sqrt{2} \)