ASVAB Arithmetic Reasoning Practice Test 361963 Results

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Questions 5 5
Correct 0 3.32
Score 0% 66%

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1

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

92% Answer Correctly
27
36
41
30

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


2

What is 4b2 + 3b2?

66% Answer Correctly
7b4
7b2
b-2
-b-2

Solution

To add or subtract terms with exponents, both the base and the exponent must be the same. In this case they are so add the coefficients and retain the base and exponent:

4b2 + 3b2
(4 + 3)b2
7b2


3

What is \( 5 \)\( \sqrt{50} \) - \( 5 \)\( \sqrt{2} \)

38% Answer Correctly
25\( \sqrt{100} \)
25\( \sqrt{2} \)
0\( \sqrt{100} \)
20\( \sqrt{2} \)

Solution

To subtract these radicals together their radicands must be the same:

5\( \sqrt{50} \) - 5\( \sqrt{2} \)
5\( \sqrt{25 \times 2} \) - 5\( \sqrt{2} \)
5\( \sqrt{5^2 \times 2} \) - 5\( \sqrt{2} \)
(5)(5)\( \sqrt{2} \) - 5\( \sqrt{2} \)
25\( \sqrt{2} \) - 5\( \sqrt{2} \)

Now that the radicands are identical, you can subtract them:

25\( \sqrt{2} \) - 5\( \sqrt{2} \)
(25 - 5)\( \sqrt{2} \)
20\( \sqrt{2} \)


4

If the ratio of home fans to visiting fans in a crowd is 5:1 and all 30,000 seats in a stadium are filled, how many home fans are in attendance?

50% Answer Correctly
27,333
32,250
25,000
27,200

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:

30,000 fans x \( \frac{5}{6} \) = \( \frac{150000}{6} \) = 25,000 fans.


5

If a car travels 315 miles in 7 hours, what is the average speed?

86% Answer Correctly
45 mph
25 mph
40 mph
70 mph

Solution

Average speed in miles per hour is the number of miles traveled divided by the number of hours:

speed = \( \frac{\text{distance}}{\text{time}} \)
speed = \( \frac{315mi}{7h} \)
45 mph