ASVAB Arithmetic Reasoning Practice Test 520471 Results

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1

What is \( \sqrt{\frac{64}{49}} \)?

70% Answer Correctly
\(\frac{3}{4}\)
1\(\frac{3}{5}\)
1
1\(\frac{1}{7}\)

Solution

To take the square root of a fraction, break the fraction into two separate roots then calculate the square root of the numerator and denominator separately:

\( \sqrt{\frac{64}{49}} \)
\( \frac{\sqrt{64}}{\sqrt{49}} \)
\( \frac{\sqrt{8^2}}{\sqrt{7^2}} \)
\( \frac{8}{7} \)
1\(\frac{1}{7}\)


2

Cooks are needed to prepare for a large party. Each cook can bake either 3 large cakes or 14 small cakes per hour. The kitchen is available for 3 hours and 30 large cakes and 100 small cakes need to be baked.

How many cooks are required to bake the required number of cakes during the time the kitchen is available?

41% Answer Correctly
7
5
12
14

Solution

If a single cook can bake 3 large cakes per hour and the kitchen is available for 3 hours, a single cook can bake 3 x 3 = 9 large cakes during that time. 30 large cakes are needed for the party so \( \frac{30}{9} \) = 3\(\frac{1}{3}\) cooks are needed to bake the required number of large cakes.

If a single cook can bake 14 small cakes per hour and the kitchen is available for 3 hours, a single cook can bake 14 x 3 = 42 small cakes during that time. 100 small cakes are needed for the party so \( \frac{100}{42} \) = 2\(\frac{8}{21}\) cooks are needed to bake the required number of small cakes.

Because you can't employ a fractional cook, round the number of cooks needed for each type of cake up to the next whole number resulting in 4 + 3 = 7 cooks.


3

Find the average of the following numbers: 18, 12, 17, 13.

74% Answer Correctly
15
16
11
14

Solution

To find the average of these 4 numbers add them together then divide by 4:

\( \frac{18 + 12 + 17 + 13}{4} \) = \( \frac{60}{4} \) = 15


4

A circular logo is enlarged to fit the lid of a jar. The new diameter is 50% larger than the original. By what percentage has the area of the logo increased?

51% Answer Correctly
22\(\frac{1}{2}\)%
30%
25%
27\(\frac{1}{2}\)%

Solution

The area of a circle is given by the formula A = πr2 where r is the radius of the circle. The radius of a circle is its diameter divided by two so A = π(\( \frac{d}{2} \))2. If the diameter of the logo increases by 50% the radius (and, consequently, the total area) increases by \( \frac{50\text{%}}{2} \) = 25%


5

A triathlon course includes a 200m swim, a 40.6km bike ride, and a 10.5km run. What is the total length of the race course?

69% Answer Correctly
60.7km
59.3km
51.3km
55.1km

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 200 meters to kilometers, divide the distance by 1000 to get 0.2km then add the remaining distances:

total distance = swim + bike + run
total distance = 0.2km + 40.6km + 10.5km
total distance = 51.3km