ASVAB Arithmetic Reasoning Practice Test 361609 Results

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Questions 5 5
Correct 0 3.52
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1

A menswear store is having a sale: "Buy one shirt at full price and get another shirt for 30% off." If Roger buys two shirts, each with a regular price of $50, how much will he pay for both shirts?

57% Answer Correctly
$52.50
$85.00
$35.00
$15.00

Solution

By buying two shirts, Roger will save $50 x \( \frac{30}{100} \) = \( \frac{$50 x 30}{100} \) = \( \frac{$1500}{100} \) = $15.00 on the second shirt.

So, his total cost will be
$50.00 + ($50.00 - $15.00)
$50.00 + $35.00
$85.00


2

If all of a roofing company's 12 workers are required to staff 4 roofing crews, how many workers need to be added during the busy season in order to send 6 complete crews out on jobs?

55% Answer Correctly
12
17
8
6

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 12 workers at the company now and that's enough to staff 4 crews so there are \( \frac{12}{4} \) = 3 workers on a crew. 6 crews are needed for the busy season which, at 3 workers per crew, means that the roofing company will need 6 x 3 = 18 total workers to staff the crews during the busy season. The company already employs 12 workers so they need to add 18 - 12 = 6 new staff for the busy season.


3

What is the next number in this sequence: 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, __________ ?

92% Answer Correctly
28
36
33
40

Solution

The equation for this sequence is:

an = an-1 + 7

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 + 7
a6 = 29 + 7
a6 = 36


4

Which of the following is not an integer?

77% Answer Correctly

1

0

\({1 \over 2}\)

-1


Solution

An integer is any whole number, including zero. An integer can be either positive or negative. Examples include -77, -1, 0, 55, 119.


5

Which of the following is an improper fraction?

70% Answer Correctly

\({a \over 5} \)

\({7 \over 5} \)

\(1 {2 \over 5} \)

\({2 \over 5} \)


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.