ASVAB Arithmetic Reasoning Practice Test 423950 Results

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Questions 5 5
Correct 0 3.45
Score 0% 69%

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1

How many 14-passenger vans will it take to drive all 69 members of the football team to an away game?

81% Answer Correctly
9 vans
5 vans
12 vans
11 vans

Solution

Calculate the number of vans needed by dividing the number of people that need transported by the capacity of one van:

vans = \( \frac{69}{14} \) = 4\(\frac{13}{14}\)

So, it will take 4 full vans and one partially full van to transport the entire team making a total of 5 vans.


2

What is the next number in this sequence: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, __________ ?

92% Answer Correctly
20
4
15
11

Solution

The equation for this sequence is:

an = an-1 + 2

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 + 2
a6 = 9 + 2
a6 = 11


3

Solve for \( \frac{2!}{6!} \)

67% Answer Correctly
\( \frac{1}{120} \)
\( \frac{1}{15120} \)
\( \frac{1}{72} \)
\( \frac{1}{360} \)

Solution

A factorial is the product of an integer and all the positive integers below it. To solve a fraction featuring factorials, expand the factorials and cancel out like numbers:

\( \frac{2!}{6!} \)
\( \frac{2 \times 1}{6 \times 5 \times 4 \times 3 \times 2 \times 1} \)
\( \frac{1}{6 \times 5 \times 4 \times 3} \)
\( \frac{1}{360} \)


4

On average, the center for a basketball team hits 50% of his shots while a guard on the same team hits 60% of his shots. If the guard takes 25 shots during a game, how many shots will the center have to take to score as many points as the guard assuming each shot is worth the same number of points?

42% Answer Correctly
30
52
31
36

Solution
If the guard hits 60% of his shots and takes 25 shots he'll make:

guard shots made = shots taken x \( \frac{\text{% made}}{100} \) = 25 x \( \frac{60}{100} \) = \( \frac{60 x 25}{100} \) = \( \frac{1500}{100} \) = 15 shots

The center makes 50% of his shots so he'll have to take:

shots made = shots taken x \( \frac{\text{% made}}{100} \)
shots taken = \( \frac{\text{shots taken}}{\frac{\text{% made}}{100}} \)

to make as many shots as the guard. Plugging in values for the center gives us:

center shots taken = \( \frac{15}{\frac{50}{100}} \) = 15 x \( \frac{100}{50} \) = \( \frac{15 x 100}{50} \) = \( \frac{1500}{50} \) = 30 shots

to make the same number of shots as the guard and thus score the same number of points.


5

What is \( \frac{5}{6} \) - \( \frac{5}{12} \)?

61% Answer Correctly
2 \( \frac{6}{14} \)
\( \frac{1}{7} \)
1 \( \frac{1}{12} \)
\(\frac{5}{12}\)

Solution

To subtract these fractions, first find the lowest common multiple of their denominators. The first few multiples of 6 are [6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36, 42, 48, 54, 60] and the first few multiples of 12 are [12, 24, 36, 48, 60, 72, 84, 96]. The first few multiples they share are [12, 24, 36, 48, 60] making 12 the smallest multiple 6 and 12 share.

Next, convert the fractions so each denominator equals the lowest common multiple:

\( \frac{5 x 2}{6 x 2} \) - \( \frac{5 x 1}{12 x 1} \)

\( \frac{10}{12} \) - \( \frac{5}{12} \)

Now, because the fractions share a common denominator, you can subtract them:

\( \frac{10 - 5}{12} \) = \( \frac{5}{12} \) = \(\frac{5}{12}\)