ASVAB Arithmetic Reasoning Practice Test 246120 Results

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Questions 5 5
Correct 0 2.72
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1

On average, the center for a basketball team hits 35% of his shots while a guard on the same team hits 50% of his shots. If the guard takes 30 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
43
33
31
29

Solution
If the guard hits 50% of his shots and takes 30 shots he'll make:

guard shots made = shots taken x \( \frac{\text{% made}}{100} \) = 30 x \( \frac{50}{100} \) = \( \frac{50 x 30}{100} \) = \( \frac{1500}{100} \) = 15 shots

The center makes 35% 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 = \( \frac{15}{\frac{35}{100}} \) = 15 x \( \frac{100}{35} \) = \( \frac{15 x 100}{35} \) = \( \frac{1500}{35} \) = 43 shots

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


2

What is \( \frac{12\sqrt{14}}{4\sqrt{7}} \)?

71% Answer Correctly
3 \( \sqrt{2} \)
\(\frac{1}{2}\) \( \sqrt{\frac{1}{3}} \)
\(\frac{1}{3}\) \( \sqrt{\frac{1}{2}} \)
2 \( \sqrt{3} \)

Solution

To divide terms with radicals, divide the coefficients and radicands separately:

\( \frac{12\sqrt{14}}{4\sqrt{7}} \)
\( \frac{12}{4} \) \( \sqrt{\frac{14}{7}} \)
3 \( \sqrt{2} \)


3

Which of these numbers is a factor of 16?

68% Answer Correctly
4
15
13
18

Solution

The factors of a number are all positive integers that divide evenly into the number. The factors of 16 are 1, 2, 4, 8, 16.


4

If the ratio of home fans to visiting fans in a crowd is 5:1 and all 49,000 seats in a stadium are filled, how many home fans are in attendance?

50% Answer Correctly
30,750
29,250
20,000
40,833

Solution

A ratio of 5:1 means that there are 5 home fans for every one visiting fan. So, of every 6 fans, 5 are home fans and \( \frac{5}{6} \) of every fan in the stadium is a home fan:

49,000 fans x \( \frac{5}{6} \) = \( \frac{245000}{6} \) = 40,833 fans.


5

What is \( 6 \)\( \sqrt{125} \) - \( 7 \)\( \sqrt{5} \)

38% Answer Correctly
42\( \sqrt{5} \)
42\( \sqrt{25} \)
23\( \sqrt{5} \)
42\( \sqrt{125} \)

Solution

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

6\( \sqrt{125} \) - 7\( \sqrt{5} \)
6\( \sqrt{25 \times 5} \) - 7\( \sqrt{5} \)
6\( \sqrt{5^2 \times 5} \) - 7\( \sqrt{5} \)
(6)(5)\( \sqrt{5} \) - 7\( \sqrt{5} \)
30\( \sqrt{5} \) - 7\( \sqrt{5} \)

Now that the radicands are identical, you can subtract them:

30\( \sqrt{5} \) - 7\( \sqrt{5} \)
(30 - 7)\( \sqrt{5} \)
23\( \sqrt{5} \)