ASVAB Arithmetic Reasoning Practice Test 539889 Results

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Questions 5 5
Correct 0 2.63
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1

The total water usage for a city is 20,000 gallons each day. Of that total, 20% is for personal use and 39% is for industrial use. How many more gallons of water each day is consumed for industrial use over personal use?

58% Answer Correctly
2,000
3,800
13,500
7,350

Solution

39% of the water consumption is industrial use and 20% is personal use so (39% - 20%) = 19% more water is used for industrial purposes. 20,000 gallons are consumed daily so industry consumes \( \frac{19}{100} \) x 20,000 gallons = 3,800 gallons.


2

On average, the center for a basketball team hits 25% of his shots while a guard on the same team hits 40% of his shots. If the guard takes 30 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
36
24
48
39

Solution
If the guard hits 40% of his shots and takes 30 shots he'll make:

guard shots made = shots taken x \( \frac{\text{% made}}{100} \) = 30 x \( \frac{40}{100} \) = \( \frac{40 x 30}{100} \) = \( \frac{1200}{100} \) = 12 shots

The center makes 25% 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 = \( \frac{12}{\frac{25}{100}} \) = 12 x \( \frac{100}{25} \) = \( \frac{12 x 100}{25} \) = \( \frac{1200}{25} \) = 48 shots

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


3

If there were a total of 350 raffle tickets sold and you bought 10 tickets, what's the probability that you'll win the raffle?

60% Answer Correctly
15%
3%
6%
12%

Solution

You have 10 out of the total of 350 raffle tickets sold so you have a (\( \frac{10}{350} \)) x 100 = \( \frac{10 \times 100}{350} \) = \( \frac{1000}{350} \) = 3% chance to win the raffle.


4

Convert x-2 to remove the negative exponent.

67% Answer Correctly
\( \frac{-1}{-2x} \)
\( \frac{-2}{x} \)
\( \frac{1}{x^{-2}} \)
\( \frac{1}{x^2} \)

Solution

To convert a negative exponent to a positive exponent, calculate the positive exponent then take the reciprocal.


5

What is \( 2 \)\( \sqrt{175} \) + \( 6 \)\( \sqrt{7} \)

35% Answer Correctly
8\( \sqrt{1225} \)
12\( \sqrt{7} \)
16\( \sqrt{7} \)
12\( \sqrt{175} \)

Solution

To add these radicals together their radicands must be the same:

2\( \sqrt{175} \) + 6\( \sqrt{7} \)
2\( \sqrt{25 \times 7} \) + 6\( \sqrt{7} \)
2\( \sqrt{5^2 \times 7} \) + 6\( \sqrt{7} \)
(2)(5)\( \sqrt{7} \) + 6\( \sqrt{7} \)
10\( \sqrt{7} \) + 6\( \sqrt{7} \)

Now that the radicands are identical, you can add them together:

10\( \sqrt{7} \) + 6\( \sqrt{7} \)
(10 + 6)\( \sqrt{7} \)
16\( \sqrt{7} \)