ASVAB Arithmetic Reasoning Practice Test 541147 Results

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Questions 5 5
Correct 0 3.42
Score 0% 68%

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1

If a car travels 240 miles in 4 hours, what is the average speed?

86% Answer Correctly
60 mph
25 mph
65 mph
45 mph

Solution

Average speed in miles per hour is the number of miles traveled divided by the number of hours:

speed = \( \frac{\text{distance}}{\text{time}} \)
speed = \( \frac{240mi}{4h} \)
60 mph


2

What is the next number in this sequence: 1, 10, 19, 28, 37, __________ ?

92% Answer Correctly
49
51
46
53

Solution

The equation for this sequence is:

an = an-1 + 9

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 + 9
a6 = 37 + 9
a6 = 46


3

A machine in a factory has an error rate of 3 parts per 100. The machine normally runs 24 hours a day and produces 10 parts per hour. Yesterday the machine was shut down for 5 hours for maintenance.

How many error-free parts did the machine produce yesterday?

49% Answer Correctly
184.3
190.1
215.6
112.8

Solution

The hourly error rate for this machine is the error rate in parts per 100 multiplied by the number of parts produced per hour:

\( \frac{3}{100} \) x 10 = \( \frac{3 \times 10}{100} \) = \( \frac{30}{100} \) = 0.3 errors per hour

So, in an average hour, the machine will produce 10 - 0.3 = 9.7 error free parts.

The machine ran for 24 - 5 = 19 hours yesterday so you would expect that 19 x 9.7 = 184.3 error free parts were produced yesterday.


4

Which of these numbers is a factor of 40?

68% Answer Correctly
28
8
22
33

Solution

The factors of a number are all positive integers that divide evenly into the number. The factors of 40 are 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 20, 40.


5

If a rectangle is twice as long as it is wide and has a perimeter of 12 meters, what is the area of the rectangle?

47% Answer Correctly
72 m2
8 m2
32 m2
162 m2

Solution

The area of a rectangle is width (w) x height (h). In this problem we know that the rectangle is twice as long as it is wide so h = 2w. The perimeter of a rectangle is 2w + 2h and we know that the perimeter of this rectangle is 12 meters so the equation becomes: 2w + 2h = 12.

Putting these two equations together and solving for width (w):

2w + 2h = 12
w + h = \( \frac{12}{2} \)
w + h = 6
w = 6 - h

From the question we know that h = 2w so substituting 2w for h gives us:

w = 6 - 2w
3w = 6
w = \( \frac{6}{3} \)
w = 2

Since h = 2w that makes h = (2 x 2) = 4 and the area = h x w = 2 x 4 = 8 m2