ASVAB Arithmetic Reasoning Practice Test 506461 Results

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1

If a mayor is elected with 76% of the votes cast and 31% of a town's 21,000 voters cast a vote, how many votes did the mayor receive?

49% Answer Correctly
3,841
4,232
4,817
4,948

Solution

If 31% of the town's 21,000 voters cast ballots the number of votes cast is:

(\( \frac{31}{100} \)) x 21,000 = \( \frac{651,000}{100} \) = 6,510

The mayor got 76% of the votes cast which is:

(\( \frac{76}{100} \)) x 6,510 = \( \frac{494,760}{100} \) = 4,948 votes.


2

On average, the center for a basketball team hits 50% of his shots while a guard on the same team hits 60% of his shots. If the guard takes 15 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
35
18
30
33

Solution
If the guard hits 60% of his shots and takes 15 shots he'll make:

guard shots made = shots taken x \( \frac{\text{% made}}{100} \) = 15 x \( \frac{60}{100} \) = \( \frac{60 x 15}{100} \) = \( \frac{900}{100} \) = 9 shots

The center makes 50% 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 = \( \frac{9}{\frac{50}{100}} \) = 9 x \( \frac{100}{50} \) = \( \frac{9 x 100}{50} \) = \( \frac{900}{50} \) = 18 shots

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


3

Damon loaned Ezra $1,000 at an annual interest rate of 8%. If no payments are made, what is the interest owed on this loan at the end of the first year?

74% Answer Correctly
$12
$80
$91
$72

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 $1,000
i = 0.08 x $1,000
i = $80


4

What is the greatest common factor of 60 and 48?

77% Answer Correctly
41
34
12
17

Solution

The factors of 60 are [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 20, 30, 60] and the factors of 48 are [1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 48]. They share 6 factors [1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12] making 12 the greatest factor 60 and 48 have in common.


5

If there were a total of 100 raffle tickets sold and you bought 4 tickets, what's the probability that you'll win the raffle?

60% Answer Correctly
15%
4%
8%
11%

Solution

You have 4 out of the total of 100 raffle tickets sold so you have a (\( \frac{4}{100} \)) x 100 = \( \frac{4 \times 100}{100} \) = \( \frac{400}{100} \) = 4% chance to win the raffle.