ASVAB Arithmetic Reasoning Practice Test 4587 Results

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1

On average, the center for a basketball team hits 30% of his shots while a guard on the same team hits 45% of his shots. If the guard takes 30 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
65
43
39
23

Solution
If the guard hits 45% of his shots and takes 30 shots he'll make:

guard shots made = shots taken x \( \frac{\text{% made}}{100} \) = 30 x \( \frac{45}{100} \) = \( \frac{45 x 30}{100} \) = \( \frac{1350}{100} \) = 13 shots

The center makes 30% 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 = \( \frac{13}{\frac{30}{100}} \) = 13 x \( \frac{100}{30} \) = \( \frac{13 x 100}{30} \) = \( \frac{1300}{30} \) = 43 shots

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


2

If a rectangle is twice as long as it is wide and has a perimeter of 30 meters, what is the area of the rectangle?

47% Answer Correctly
72 m2
50 m2
162 m2
8 m2

Solution

The area of a rectangle is width (w) x height (h). In this problem we know that the rectangle is twice as long as it is wide so h = 2w. The perimeter of a rectangle is 2w + 2h and we know that the perimeter of this rectangle is 30 meters so the equation becomes: 2w + 2h = 30.

Putting these two equations together and solving for width (w):

2w + 2h = 30
w + h = \( \frac{30}{2} \)
w + h = 15
w = 15 - h

From the question we know that h = 2w so substituting 2w for h gives us:

w = 15 - 2w
3w = 15
w = \( \frac{15}{3} \)
w = 5

Since h = 2w that makes h = (2 x 5) = 10 and the area = h x w = 5 x 10 = 50 m2


3

Solve 3 + (4 + 2) ÷ 5 x 2 - 22

53% Answer Correctly
1\(\frac{1}{6}\)
3\(\frac{1}{2}\)
1\(\frac{2}{5}\)
1

Solution

Use PEMDAS (Parentheses, Exponents, Multipy/Divide, Add/Subtract):

3 + (4 + 2) ÷ 5 x 2 - 22
P: 3 + (6) ÷ 5 x 2 - 22
E: 3 + 6 ÷ 5 x 2 - 4
MD: 3 + \( \frac{6}{5} \) x 2 - 4
MD: 3 + \( \frac{12}{5} \) - 4
AS: \( \frac{15}{5} \) + \( \frac{12}{5} \) - 4
AS: \( \frac{27}{5} \) - 4
AS: \( \frac{27 - 20}{5} \)
\( \frac{7}{5} \)
1\(\frac{2}{5}\)


4

53% Answer Correctly
1
3.5
1.2
1.5

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1


5

A tiger in a zoo has consumed 32 pounds of food in 4 days. If the tiger continues to eat at the same rate, in how many more days will its total food consumtion be 80 pounds?

56% Answer Correctly
1
5
6
3

Solution

If the tiger has consumed 32 pounds of food in 4 days that's \( \frac{32}{4} \) = 8 pounds of food per day. The tiger needs to consume 80 - 32 = 48 more pounds of food to reach 80 pounds total. At 8 pounds of food per day that's \( \frac{48}{8} \) = 6 more days.