ASVAB Arithmetic Reasoning Practice Test 329166 Results

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1

A menswear store is having a sale: "Buy one shirt at full price and get another shirt for 10% off." If Ezra buys two shirts, each with a regular price of $46, how much money will he save?

70% Answer Correctly
$4.60
$16.10
$2.30
$23.00

Solution

By buying two shirts, Ezra will save $46 x \( \frac{10}{100} \) = \( \frac{$46 x 10}{100} \) = \( \frac{$460}{100} \) = $4.60 on the second shirt.


2

If a mayor is elected with 55% of the votes cast and 64% of a town's 36,000 voters cast a vote, how many votes did the mayor receive?

49% Answer Correctly
12,672
18,893
20,275
19,814

Solution

If 64% of the town's 36,000 voters cast ballots the number of votes cast is:

(\( \frac{64}{100} \)) x 36,000 = \( \frac{2,304,000}{100} \) = 23,040

The mayor got 55% of the votes cast which is:

(\( \frac{55}{100} \)) x 23,040 = \( \frac{1,267,200}{100} \) = 12,672 votes.


3

What is \( \frac{3a^6}{4a^4} \)?

60% Answer Correctly
\(\frac{3}{4}\)a10
\(\frac{3}{4}\)a24
\(\frac{3}{4}\)a2
\(\frac{3}{4}\)a1\(\frac{1}{2}\)

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:

\( \frac{3a^6}{4a^4} \)
\( \frac{3}{4} \) a(6 - 4)
\(\frac{3}{4}\)a2


4

The __________ is the smallest positive integer that is a multiple of two or more integers.

56% Answer Correctly

least common factor

absolute value

greatest common factor

least common multiple


Solution

The least common multiple (LCM) is the smallest positive integer that is a multiple of two or more integers.


5

In a class of 28 students, 14 are taking German and 12 are taking Spanish. Of the students studying German or Spanish, 7 are taking both courses. How many students are not enrolled in either course?

63% Answer Correctly
9
22
20
17

Solution

The number of students taking German or Spanish is 14 + 12 = 26. Of that group of 26, 7 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 26 - 7 = 19 who are taking at least one language. 28 - 19 = 9 students who are not taking either language.