ASVAB Arithmetic Reasoning Practice Test 31592 Results

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Questions 5 5
Correct 0 3.32
Score 0% 66%

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1

Solve 4 + (2 + 3) ÷ 2 x 3 - 52

52% Answer Correctly
1
-13\(\frac{1}{2}\)
3
2\(\frac{2}{3}\)

Solution

Use PEMDAS (Parentheses, Exponents, Multipy/Divide, Add/Subtract):

4 + (2 + 3) ÷ 2 x 3 - 52
P: 4 + (5) ÷ 2 x 3 - 52
E: 4 + 5 ÷ 2 x 3 - 25
MD: 4 + \( \frac{5}{2} \) x 3 - 25
MD: 4 + \( \frac{15}{2} \) - 25
AS: \( \frac{8}{2} \) + \( \frac{15}{2} \) - 25
AS: \( \frac{23}{2} \) - 25
AS: \( \frac{23 - 50}{2} \)
\( \frac{-27}{2} \)
-13\(\frac{1}{2}\)


2

What is the next number in this sequence: 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, __________ ?

92% Answer Correctly
15
20
16
13

Solution

The equation for this sequence is:

an = an-1 + 3

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 + 3
a6 = 13 + 3
a6 = 16


3

What is \( \frac{3c^8}{2c^2} \)?

60% Answer Correctly
1\(\frac{1}{2}\)c10
\(\frac{2}{3}\)c6
1\(\frac{1}{2}\)c6
\(\frac{2}{3}\)c-6

Solution

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

\( \frac{3c^8}{2c^2} \)
\( \frac{3}{2} \) c(8 - 2)
1\(\frac{1}{2}\)c6


4

On average, the center for a basketball team hits 25% of his shots while a guard on the same team hits 35% 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
48
21
40
26

Solution
If the guard hits 35% of his shots and takes 30 shots he'll make:

guard shots made = shots taken x \( \frac{\text{% made}}{100} \) = 30 x \( \frac{35}{100} \) = \( \frac{35 x 30}{100} \) = \( \frac{1050}{100} \) = 10 shots

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

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


5

If a car travels 120 miles in 6 hours, what is the average speed?

86% Answer Correctly
25 mph
20 mph
45 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 = \( \frac{120mi}{6h} \)
20 mph