ASVAB Arithmetic Reasoning Practice Test 199364 Results

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Questions 5 5
Correct 0 3.55
Score 0% 71%

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1

A menswear store is having a sale: "Buy one shirt at full price and get another shirt for 50% off." If Frank buys two shirts, each with a regular price of $14, how much money will he save?

70% Answer Correctly
$7.00
$5.60
$0.70
$1.40

Solution

By buying two shirts, Frank will save $14 x \( \frac{50}{100} \) = \( \frac{$14 x 50}{100} \) = \( \frac{$700}{100} \) = $7.00 on the second shirt.


2

What is (z2)4?

80% Answer Correctly
z-2
z8
z6
2z4

Solution

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

(z2)4
z(2 * 4)
z8


3

What is -7y7 x 4y3?

75% Answer Correctly
-28y10
-28y-4
-3y21
-28y21

Solution

To multiply terms with exponents, the base of both exponents must be the same. In this case they are so multiply the coefficients and add the exponents:

-7y7 x 4y3
(-7 x 4)y(7 + 3)
-28y10


4

On average, the center for a basketball team hits 40% of his shots while a guard on the same team hits 50% 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
45
25
21
32

Solution
If the guard hits 50% of his shots and takes 20 shots he'll make:

guard shots made = shots taken x \( \frac{\text{% made}}{100} \) = 20 x \( \frac{50}{100} \) = \( \frac{50 x 20}{100} \) = \( \frac{1000}{100} \) = 10 shots

The center makes 40% 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 = \( \frac{10}{\frac{40}{100}} \) = 10 x \( \frac{100}{40} \) = \( \frac{10 x 100}{40} \) = \( \frac{1000}{40} \) = 25 shots

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


5

If a car travels 375 miles in 5 hours, what is the average speed?

86% Answer Correctly
75 mph
35 mph
70 mph
15 mph

Solution

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

speed = \( \frac{\text{distance}}{\text{time}} \)
speed = \( \frac{375mi}{5h} \)
75 mph