ASVAB Arithmetic Reasoning Practice Test 473388 Results

Your Results Global Average
Questions 5 5
Correct 0 3.37
Score 0% 67%

Review

1

A sports card collection contains football, baseball, and basketball cards. If the ratio of football to baseball cards is 9 to 2 and the ratio of baseball to basketball cards is 9 to 1, what is the ratio of football to basketball cards?

53% Answer Correctly
3:8
9:6
1:6
81:2

Solution

The ratio of football cards to baseball cards is 9:2 and the ratio of baseball cards to basketball cards is 9:1. To solve this problem, we need the baseball card side of each ratio to be equal so we need to rewrite the ratios in terms of a common number of baseball cards. (Think of this like finding the common denominator when adding fractions.) The ratio of football to baseball cards can also be written as 81:18 and the ratio of baseball cards to basketball cards as 18:2. So, the ratio of football cards to basketball cards is football:baseball, baseball:basketball or 81:18, 18:2 which reduces to 81:2.


2

What is the next number in this sequence: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, __________ ?

92% Answer Correctly
9
10
6
-3

Solution

The equation for this sequence is:

an = an-1 + 1

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 + 1
a6 = 5 + 1
a6 = 6


3

If the ratio of home fans to visiting fans in a crowd is 5:1 and all 41,000 seats in a stadium are filled, how many home fans are in attendance?

50% Answer Correctly
39,167
29,600
34,167
28,667

Solution

A ratio of 5:1 means that there are 5 home fans for every one visiting fan. So, of every 6 fans, 5 are home fans and \( \frac{5}{6} \) of every fan in the stadium is a home fan:

41,000 fans x \( \frac{5}{6} \) = \( \frac{205000}{6} \) = 34,167 fans.


4

What is the least common multiple of 6 and 14?

72% Answer Correctly
84
18
42
16

Solution

The first few multiples of 6 are [6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36, 42, 48, 54, 60] and the first few multiples of 14 are [14, 28, 42, 56, 70, 84, 98]. The first few multiples they share are [42, 84] making 42 the smallest multiple 6 and 14 have in common.


5

A menswear store is having a sale: "Buy one shirt at full price and get another shirt for 50% off." If Bob buys two shirts, each with a regular price of $29, how much money will he save?

70% Answer Correctly
$14.50
$5.80
47
$1.45

Solution

By buying two shirts, Bob will save $29 x \( \frac{50}{100} \) = \( \frac{$29 x 50}{100} \) = \( \frac{$1450}{100} \) = $14.50 on the second shirt.