ASVAB Arithmetic Reasoning Practice Test 462311 Results

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Questions 5 5
Correct 0 3.10
Score 0% 62%

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1

What is \( 3 \)\( \sqrt{8} \) - \( 6 \)\( \sqrt{2} \)

38% Answer Correctly
18\( \sqrt{4} \)
0\( \sqrt{2} \)
18\( \sqrt{2} \)
-3\( \sqrt{16} \)

Solution

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

3\( \sqrt{8} \) - 6\( \sqrt{2} \)
3\( \sqrt{4 \times 2} \) - 6\( \sqrt{2} \)
3\( \sqrt{2^2 \times 2} \) - 6\( \sqrt{2} \)
(3)(2)\( \sqrt{2} \) - 6\( \sqrt{2} \)
6\( \sqrt{2} \) - 6\( \sqrt{2} \)

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

6\( \sqrt{2} \) - 6\( \sqrt{2} \)
(6 - 6)\( \sqrt{2} \)
0\( \sqrt{2} \)


2

4! = ?

84% Answer Correctly

3 x 2 x 1

4 x 3

4 x 3 x 2 x 1

5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1


Solution

A factorial has the form n! and is the product of the integer (n) and all the positive integers below it. For example, 5! = 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1 = 120.


3

What is \( \frac{3}{5} \) x \( \frac{2}{5} \)?

72% Answer Correctly
\(\frac{6}{25}\)
\(\frac{16}{63}\)
\(\frac{2}{15}\)
\(\frac{1}{72}\)

Solution

To multiply fractions, multiply the numerators together and then multiply the denominators together:

\( \frac{3}{5} \) x \( \frac{2}{5} \) = \( \frac{3 x 2}{5 x 5} \) = \( \frac{6}{25} \) = \(\frac{6}{25}\)


4

A triathlon course includes a 400m swim, a 20.5km bike ride, and a 7.5km run. What is the total length of the race course?

69% Answer Correctly
67km
56.4km
28.4km
46.4km

Solution

To add these distances, they must share the same unit so first you need to first convert the swim distance from meters (m) to kilometers (km) before adding it to the bike and run distances which are already in km. To convert 400 meters to kilometers, divide the distance by 1000 to get 0.4km then add the remaining distances:

total distance = swim + bike + run
total distance = 0.4km + 20.5km + 7.5km
total distance = 28.4km


5

On average, the center for a basketball team hits 40% 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
33
59
27
30

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 40% 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 = \( \frac{13}{\frac{40}{100}} \) = 13 x \( \frac{100}{40} \) = \( \frac{13 x 100}{40} \) = \( \frac{1300}{40} \) = 33 shots

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