ASVAB Arithmetic Reasoning Practice Test 264728 Results

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1

How many hours does it take a car to travel 240 miles at an average speed of 60 miles per hour?

86% Answer Correctly
7 hours
8 hours
4 hours
9 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 = \( \frac{240mi}{60mph} \)
4 hours


2

If a mayor is elected with 54% of the votes cast and 49% of a town's 25,000 voters cast a vote, how many votes did the mayor receive?

50% Answer Correctly
6,248
6,615
7,473
7,105

Solution

If 49% of the town's 25,000 voters cast ballots the number of votes cast is:

(\( \frac{49}{100} \)) x 25,000 = \( \frac{1,225,000}{100} \) = 12,250

The mayor got 54% of the votes cast which is:

(\( \frac{54}{100} \)) x 12,250 = \( \frac{661,500}{100} \) = 6,615 votes.


3

What is 2\( \sqrt{2} \) x 9\( \sqrt{2} \)?

41% Answer Correctly
11\( \sqrt{2} \)
36
11\( \sqrt{4} \)
18\( \sqrt{4} \)

Solution

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

2\( \sqrt{2} \) x 9\( \sqrt{2} \)
(2 x 9)\( \sqrt{2 \times 2} \)
18\( \sqrt{4} \)

Now we need to simplify the radical:

18\( \sqrt{4} \)
18\( \sqrt{2^2} \)
(18)(2)
36


4

Which of the following statements about exponents is false?

47% Answer Correctly

all of these are false

b0 = 1

b1 = b

b1 = 1


Solution

A number with an exponent (be) consists of a base (b) raised to a power (e). The exponent indicates the number of times that the base is multiplied by itself. A base with an exponent of 1 equals the base (b1 = b) and a base with an exponent of 0 equals 1 ( (b0 = 1).


5

In a class of 23 students, 7 are taking German and 5 are taking Spanish. Of the students studying German or Spanish, 2 are taking both courses. How many students are not enrolled in either course?

63% Answer Correctly
13
11
10
21

Solution

The number of students taking German or Spanish is 7 + 5 = 12. Of that group of 12, 2 are taking both languages so they've been counted twice (once in the German group and once in the Spanish group). Subtracting them out leaves 12 - 2 = 10 who are taking at least one language. 23 - 10 = 13 students who are not taking either language.