ASVAB Arithmetic Reasoning Practice Test 266759 Results

Your Results Global Average
Questions 5 5
Correct 0 3.19
Score 0% 64%

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1

A tiger in a zoo has consumed 84 pounds of food in 7 days. If the tiger continues to eat at the same rate, in how many more days will its total food consumtion be 168 pounds?

56% Answer Correctly
7
6
11
10

Solution

If the tiger has consumed 84 pounds of food in 7 days that's \( \frac{84}{7} \) = 12 pounds of food per day. The tiger needs to consume 168 - 84 = 84 more pounds of food to reach 168 pounds total. At 12 pounds of food per day that's \( \frac{84}{12} \) = 7 more days.


2

A machine in a factory has an error rate of 2 parts per 100. The machine normally runs 24 hours a day and produces 5 parts per hour. Yesterday the machine was shut down for 6 hours for maintenance.

How many error-free parts did the machine produce yesterday?

49% Answer Correctly
88.2
211.2
89.3
145.6

Solution

The hourly error rate for this machine is the error rate in parts per 100 multiplied by the number of parts produced per hour:

\( \frac{2}{100} \) x 5 = \( \frac{2 \times 5}{100} \) = \( \frac{10}{100} \) = 0.1 errors per hour

So, in an average hour, the machine will produce 5 - 0.1 = 4.9 error free parts.

The machine ran for 24 - 6 = 18 hours yesterday so you would expect that 18 x 4.9 = 88.2 error free parts were produced yesterday.


3

The total water usage for a city is 10,000 gallons each day. Of that total, 33% is for personal use and 62% is for industrial use. How many more gallons of water each day is consumed for industrial use over personal use?

58% Answer Correctly
6,000
7,350
11,200
2,900

Solution

62% of the water consumption is industrial use and 33% is personal use so (62% - 33%) = 29% more water is used for industrial purposes. 10,000 gallons are consumed daily so industry consumes \( \frac{29}{100} \) x 10,000 gallons = 2,900 gallons.


4

How many 14-passenger vans will it take to drive all 57 members of the football team to an away game?

81% Answer Correctly
6 vans
10 vans
5 vans
4 vans

Solution

Calculate the number of vans needed by dividing the number of people that need transported by the capacity of one van:

vans = \( \frac{57}{14} \) = 4\(\frac{1}{14}\)

So, it will take 4 full vans and one partially full van to transport the entire team making a total of 5 vans.


5

Roger loaned Bob $100 at an annual interest rate of 6%. If no payments are made, what is the interest owed on this loan at the end of the first year?

74% Answer Correctly
$6
$84
$40
$21

Solution

The yearly interest charged on this loan is the annual interest rate multiplied by the amount borrowed:

interest = annual interest rate x loan amount

i = (\( \frac{6}{100} \)) x $100
i = 0.06 x $100
i = $6