ASVAB Arithmetic Reasoning Practice Test 547301 Results

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1

How many hours does it take a car to travel 130 miles at an average speed of 65 miles per hour?

85% Answer Correctly
4 hours
2 hours
1 hour
8 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 = \( \frac{130mi}{65mph} \)
2 hours


2

In a class of 29 students, 12 are taking German and 14 are taking Spanish. Of the students studying German or Spanish, 3 are taking both courses. How many students are not enrolled in either course?

63% Answer Correctly
10
6
11
14

Solution

The number of students taking German or Spanish is 12 + 14 = 26. Of that group of 26, 3 are taking both languages so they've been counted twice (once in the German group and once in the Spanish group). Subtracting them out leaves 26 - 3 = 23 who are taking at least one language. 29 - 23 = 6 students who are not taking either language.


3

On average, the center for a basketball team hits 35% of his shots while a guard on the same team hits 40% 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
17
12
11
10

Solution
If the guard hits 40% of his shots and takes 15 shots he'll make:

guard shots made = shots taken x \( \frac{\text{% made}}{100} \) = 15 x \( \frac{40}{100} \) = \( \frac{40 x 15}{100} \) = \( \frac{600}{100} \) = 6 shots

The center makes 35% 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 = \( \frac{6}{\frac{35}{100}} \) = 6 x \( \frac{100}{35} \) = \( \frac{6 x 100}{35} \) = \( \frac{600}{35} \) = 17 shots

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


4

If a mayor is elected with 64% of the votes cast and 45% of a town's 33,000 voters cast a vote, how many votes did the mayor receive?

49% Answer Correctly
10,989
9,504
8,019
9,059

Solution

If 45% of the town's 33,000 voters cast ballots the number of votes cast is:

(\( \frac{45}{100} \)) x 33,000 = \( \frac{1,485,000}{100} \) = 14,850

The mayor got 64% of the votes cast which is:

(\( \frac{64}{100} \)) x 14,850 = \( \frac{950,400}{100} \) = 9,504 votes.


5

Which of these numbers is a factor of 48?

68% Answer Correctly
35
3
10
8

Solution

The factors of a number are all positive integers that divide evenly into the number. The factors of 48 are 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 48.