ASVAB Arithmetic Reasoning Practice Test 326294 Results

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1

Which of the following is a mixed number?

82% Answer Correctly

\({5 \over 7} \)

\({a \over 5} \)

\({7 \over 5} \)

\(1 {2 \over 5} \)


Solution

A rational number (or fraction) is represented as a ratio between two integers, a and b, and has the form \({a \over b}\) where a is the numerator and b is the denominator. An improper fraction (\({5 \over 3} \)) has a numerator with a greater absolute value than the denominator and can be converted into a mixed number (\(1 {2 \over 3} \)) which has a whole number part and a fractional part.


2

How many 15-passenger vans will it take to drive all 51 members of the football team to an away game?

81% Answer Correctly
5 vans
14 vans
6 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 = \( \frac{51}{15} \) = 3\(\frac{2}{5}\)

So, it will take 3 full vans and one partially full van to transport the entire team making a total of 4 vans.


3

What is the next number in this sequence: 1, 3, 7, 13, 21, __________ ?

69% Answer Correctly
35
30
31
36

Solution

The equation for this sequence is:

an = an-1 + 2(n - 1)

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 + 2(6 - 1)
a6 = 21 + 2(5)
a6 = 31


4

If the ratio of home fans to visiting fans in a crowd is 5:1 and all 31,000 seats in a stadium are filled, how many home fans are in attendance?

50% Answer Correctly
24,000
27,750
31,200
25,833

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:

31,000 fans x \( \frac{5}{6} \) = \( \frac{155000}{6} \) = 25,833 fans.


5

Convert z-5 to remove the negative exponent.

68% Answer Correctly
\( \frac{1}{z^5} \)
\( \frac{-1}{z^{-5}} \)
\( \frac{1}{z^{-5}} \)
\( \frac{-1}{-5z} \)

Solution

To convert a negative exponent to a positive exponent, calculate the positive exponent then take the reciprocal.