ASVAB Arithmetic Reasoning Practice Test 317389 Results

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1

The total water usage for a city is 10,000 gallons each day. Of that total, 30% is for personal use and 54% is for industrial use. How many more gallons of water each day is consumed for industrial use over personal use?

58% Answer Correctly
4,600
8,000
7,200
2,400

Solution

54% of the water consumption is industrial use and 30% is personal use so (54% - 30%) = 24% more water is used for industrial purposes. 10,000 gallons are consumed daily so industry consumes \( \frac{24}{100} \) x 10,000 gallons = 2,400 gallons.


2

If there were a total of 400 raffle tickets sold and you bought 24 tickets, what's the probability that you'll win the raffle?

60% Answer Correctly
14%
6%
8%
11%

Solution

You have 24 out of the total of 400 raffle tickets sold so you have a (\( \frac{24}{400} \)) x 100 = \( \frac{24 \times 100}{400} \) = \( \frac{2400}{400} \) = 6% chance to win the raffle.


3

How many 8-passenger vans will it take to drive all 38 members of the football team to an away game?

81% Answer Correctly
7 vans
3 vans
5 vans
8 vans

Solution

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

vans = \( \frac{38}{8} \) = 4\(\frac{3}{4}\)

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


4

On average, the center for a basketball team hits 40% of his shots while a guard on the same team hits 55% of his shots. If the guard takes 10 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
19
13
9
22

Solution
If the guard hits 55% of his shots and takes 10 shots he'll make:

guard shots made = shots taken x \( \frac{\text{% made}}{100} \) = 10 x \( \frac{55}{100} \) = \( \frac{55 x 10}{100} \) = \( \frac{550}{100} \) = 5 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 = \( \frac{5}{\frac{40}{100}} \) = 5 x \( \frac{100}{40} \) = \( \frac{5 x 100}{40} \) = \( \frac{500}{40} \) = 13 shots

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


5

What is \( \frac{3}{6} \) ÷ \( \frac{1}{5} \)?

68% Answer Correctly
\(\frac{1}{8}\)
2\(\frac{1}{2}\)
\(\frac{1}{18}\)
\(\frac{2}{45}\)

Solution

To divide fractions, invert the second fraction and then multiply:

\( \frac{3}{6} \) ÷ \( \frac{1}{5} \) = \( \frac{3}{6} \) x \( \frac{5}{1} \)

To multiply fractions, multiply the numerators together and then multiply the denominators together:

\( \frac{3}{6} \) x \( \frac{5}{1} \) = \( \frac{3 x 5}{6 x 1} \) = \( \frac{15}{6} \) = 2\(\frac{1}{2}\)