ASVAB Arithmetic Reasoning Practice Test 332807 Results

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Questions 5 5
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1

If the ratio of home fans to visiting fans in a crowd is 4:1 and all 33,000 seats in a stadium are filled, how many home fans are in attendance?

50% Answer Correctly
33,600
24,667
32,667
26,400

Solution

A ratio of 4:1 means that there are 4 home fans for every one visiting fan. So, of every 5 fans, 4 are home fans and \( \frac{4}{5} \) of every fan in the stadium is a home fan:

33,000 fans x \( \frac{4}{5} \) = \( \frac{132000}{5} \) = 26,400 fans.


2

Which of the following statements about exponents is false?

47% Answer Correctly

all of these are false

b0 = 1

b1 = b

b1 = 1


Solution

A number with an exponent (be) consists of a base (b) raised to a power (e). The exponent indicates the number of times that the base is multiplied by itself. A base with an exponent of 1 equals the base (b1 = b) and a base with an exponent of 0 equals 1 ( (b0 = 1).


3

53% Answer Correctly
5.4
2.0
1
6.0

Solution


1


4

What is (a4)4?

80% Answer Correctly
4a4
a16
a8
a0

Solution

To raise a term with an exponent to another exponent, retain the base and multiply the exponents:

(a4)4
a(4 * 4)
a16


5

A machine in a factory has an error rate of 9 parts per 100. The machine normally runs 24 hours a day and produces 7 parts per hour. Yesterday the machine was shut down for 2 hours for maintenance.

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

49% Answer Correctly
140.1
98.9
100.1
100.8

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:

\( \frac{9}{100} \) x 7 = \( \frac{9 \times 7}{100} \) = \( \frac{63}{100} \) = 0.63 errors per hour

So, in an average hour, the machine will produce 7 - 0.63 = 6.37 error free parts.

The machine ran for 24 - 2 = 22 hours yesterday so you would expect that 22 x 6.37 = 140.1 error free parts were produced yesterday.