ASVAB Arithmetic Reasoning Practice Test 465879 Results

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Questions 5 5
Correct 0 2.93
Score 0% 59%

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1

A menswear store is having a sale: "Buy one shirt at full price and get another shirt for 30% off." If Charlie buys two shirts, each with a regular price of $19, how much will he pay for both shirts?

57% Answer Correctly
$19.95
$13.30
$32.30
$22.80

Solution

By buying two shirts, Charlie will save $19 x \( \frac{30}{100} \) = \( \frac{$19 x 30}{100} \) = \( \frac{$570}{100} \) = $5.70 on the second shirt.

So, his total cost will be
$19.00 + ($19.00 - $5.70)
$19.00 + $13.30
$32.30


2

Bob loaned Roger $200 at an annual interest rate of 7%. If no payments are made, what is the interest owed on this loan at the end of the first year?

74% Answer Correctly
$14
$13
$30
$24

Solution

The yearly interest charged on this loan is the annual interest rate multiplied by the amount borrowed:

interest = annual interest rate x loan amount

i = (\( \frac{6}{100} \)) x $200
i = 0.07 x $200
i = $14


3

A machine in a factory has an error rate of 3 parts per 100. The machine normally runs 24 hours a day and produces 9 parts per hour. Yesterday the machine was shut down for 3 hours for maintenance.

How many error-free parts did the machine produce yesterday?

49% Answer Correctly
183.3
131
108.3
157.9

Solution

The hourly error rate for this machine is the error rate in parts per 100 multiplied by the number of parts produced per hour:

\( \frac{3}{100} \) x 9 = \( \frac{3 \times 9}{100} \) = \( \frac{27}{100} \) = 0.27 errors per hour

So, in an average hour, the machine will produce 9 - 0.27 = 8.73 error free parts.

The machine ran for 24 - 3 = 21 hours yesterday so you would expect that 21 x 8.73 = 183.3 error free parts were produced yesterday.


4

Solve for \( \frac{5!}{6!} \)

67% Answer Correctly
\( \frac{1}{6} \)
3024
8
6720

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:

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


5

If a rectangle is twice as long as it is wide and has a perimeter of 42 meters, what is the area of the rectangle?

47% Answer Correctly
162 m2
72 m2
18 m2
98 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 42 meters so the equation becomes: 2w + 2h = 42.

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

2w + 2h = 42
w + h = \( \frac{42}{2} \)
w + h = 21
w = 21 - h

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

w = 21 - 2w
3w = 21
w = \( \frac{21}{3} \)
w = 7

Since h = 2w that makes h = (2 x 7) = 14 and the area = h x w = 7 x 14 = 98 m2