ASVAB Arithmetic Reasoning Practice Test 436466 Results

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1

How many hours does it take a car to travel 110 miles at an average speed of 55 miles per hour?

86% Answer Correctly
6 hours
3 hours
2 hours
7 hours

Solution

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

speed = \( \frac{\text{distance}}{\text{time}} \)

Solving for time:

time = \( \frac{\text{distance}}{\text{speed}} \)
time = \( \frac{110mi}{55mph} \)
2 hours


2

Find the average of the following numbers: 12, 8, 11, 9.

75% Answer Correctly
14
11
10
7

Solution

To find the average of these 4 numbers add them together then divide by 4:

\( \frac{12 + 8 + 11 + 9}{4} \) = \( \frac{40}{4} \) = 10


3

On average, the center for a basketball team hits 45% of his shots while a guard on the same team hits 60% of his shots. If the guard takes 15 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
17
20
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23

Solution
If the guard hits 60% of his shots and takes 15 shots he'll make:

guard shots made = shots taken x \( \frac{\text{% made}}{100} \) = 15 x \( \frac{60}{100} \) = \( \frac{60 x 15}{100} \) = \( \frac{900}{100} \) = 9 shots

The center makes 45% 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 = \( \frac{9}{\frac{45}{100}} \) = 9 x \( \frac{100}{45} \) = \( \frac{9 x 100}{45} \) = \( \frac{900}{45} \) = 20 shots

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


4

A tiger in a zoo has consumed 64 pounds of food in 8 days. If the tiger continues to eat at the same rate, in how many more days will its total food consumtion be 112 pounds?

56% Answer Correctly
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32

Solution

If the tiger has consumed 64 pounds of food in 8 days that's \( \frac{64}{8} \) = 8 pounds of food per day. The tiger needs to consume 112 - 64 = 48 more pounds of food to reach 112 pounds total. At 8 pounds of food per day that's \( \frac{48}{8} \) = 6 more days.


5

a(b + c) = ab + ac defines which of the following?

75% Answer Correctly

distributive property for division

commutative property for multiplication

distributive property for multiplication

commutative property for division


Solution

The distributive property for multiplication helps in solving expressions like a(b + c). It specifies that the result of multiplying one number by the sum or difference of two numbers can be obtained by multiplying each number individually and then totaling the results: a(b + c) = ab + ac. For example, 4(10-5) = (4 x 10) - (4 x 5) = 40 - 20 = 20.