ASVAB Arithmetic Reasoning Practice Test 33515 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 5:1 and all 47,000 seats in a stadium are filled, how many home fans are in attendance?

50% Answer Correctly
25,333
28,667
39,167
31,667

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:

47,000 fans x \( \frac{5}{6} \) = \( \frac{235000}{6} \) = 39,167 fans.


2

If all of a roofing company's 8 workers are required to staff 4 roofing crews, how many workers need to be added during the busy season in order to send 7 complete crews out on jobs?

55% Answer Correctly
6
11
12
5

Solution

In order to find how many additional workers are needed to staff the extra crews you first need to calculate how many workers are on a crew. There are 8 workers at the company now and that's enough to staff 4 crews so there are \( \frac{8}{4} \) = 2 workers on a crew. 7 crews are needed for the busy season which, at 2 workers per crew, means that the roofing company will need 7 x 2 = 14 total workers to staff the crews during the busy season. The company already employs 8 workers so they need to add 14 - 8 = 6 new staff for the busy season.


3

A bread recipe calls for 3\(\frac{1}{8}\) cups of flour. If you only have \(\frac{3}{8}\) cup, how much more flour is needed?

62% Answer Correctly
2\(\frac{3}{4}\) cups
\(\frac{3}{4}\) cups
1\(\frac{7}{8}\) cups
3\(\frac{1}{4}\) cups

Solution

The amount of flour you need is (3\(\frac{1}{8}\) - \(\frac{3}{8}\)) cups. Rewrite the quantities so they share a common denominator and subtract:

(\( \frac{25}{8} \) - \( \frac{3}{8} \)) cups
\( \frac{22}{8} \) cups
2\(\frac{3}{4}\) cups


4

Which of the following statements about exponents is false?

47% Answer Correctly

b1 = b

all of these are false

b0 = 1

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).


5

Which of these numbers is a factor of 28?

68% Answer Correctly
24
8
2
4

Solution

The factors of a number are all positive integers that divide evenly into the number. The factors of 28 are 1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 28.