ASVAB Arithmetic Reasoning Practice Test 481617 Results

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1

If a mayor is elected with 55% of the votes cast and 80% of a town's 23,000 voters cast a vote, how many votes did the mayor receive?

49% Answer Correctly
11,960
10,120
12,512
9,752

Solution

If 80% of the town's 23,000 voters cast ballots the number of votes cast is:

(\( \frac{80}{100} \)) x 23,000 = \( \frac{1,840,000}{100} \) = 18,400

The mayor got 55% of the votes cast which is:

(\( \frac{55}{100} \)) x 18,400 = \( \frac{1,012,000}{100} \) = 10,120 votes.


2

How many hours does it take a car to travel 200 miles at an average speed of 40 miles per hour?

86% Answer Correctly
6 hours
1 hour
5 hours
2 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 = \( \frac{200mi}{40mph} \)
5 hours


3

A sports card collection contains football, baseball, and basketball cards. If the ratio of football to baseball cards is 3 to 2 and the ratio of baseball to basketball cards is 3 to 1, what is the ratio of football to basketball cards?

53% Answer Correctly
1:1
3:2
5:4
9:2

Solution

The ratio of football cards to baseball cards is 3:2 and the ratio of baseball cards to basketball cards is 3:1. 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 9:6 and the ratio of baseball cards to basketball cards as 6:2. So, the ratio of football cards to basketball cards is football:baseball, baseball:basketball or 9:6, 6:2 which reduces to 9:2.


4

What is the next number in this sequence: 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, __________ ?

92% Answer Correctly
9
16
21
14

Solution

The equation for this sequence is:

an = an-1 + 3

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 + 3
a6 = 13 + 3
a6 = 16


5

What is the next number in this sequence: 1, 5, 13, 25, 41, __________ ?

69% Answer Correctly
65
61
57
60

Solution

The equation for this sequence is:

an = an-1 + 4(n - 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 + 4(6 - 1)
a6 = 41 + 4(5)
a6 = 61