ASVAB Arithmetic Reasoning Practice Test 5491 Results

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1

If the ratio of home fans to visiting fans in a crowd is 4:1 and all 40,000 seats in a stadium are filled, how many home fans are in attendance?

50% Answer Correctly
32,000
24,667
27,000
26,400

Solution

A ratio of 4:1 means that there are 4 home fans for every one visiting fan. So, of every 5 fans, 4 are home fans and \( \frac{4}{5} \) of every fan in the stadium is a home fan:

40,000 fans x \( \frac{4}{5} \) = \( \frac{160000}{5} \) = 32,000 fans.


2

What is the distance in miles of a trip that takes 9 hours at an average speed of 25 miles per hour?

87% Answer Correctly
240 miles
135 miles
60 miles
225 miles

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 distance:

distance = \( \text{speed} \times \text{time} \)
distance = \( 25mph \times 9h \)
225 miles


3

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 20 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
14
24
18
32

Solution
If the guard hits 40% of his shots and takes 20 shots he'll make:

guard shots made = shots taken x \( \frac{\text{% made}}{100} \) = 20 x \( \frac{40}{100} \) = \( \frac{40 x 20}{100} \) = \( \frac{800}{100} \) = 8 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 = \( \frac{8}{\frac{25}{100}} \) = 8 x \( \frac{100}{25} \) = \( \frac{8 x 100}{25} \) = \( \frac{800}{25} \) = 32 shots

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


4

What is \( 8 \)\( \sqrt{8} \) - \( 8 \)\( \sqrt{2} \)

38% Answer Correctly
64\( \sqrt{16} \)
64\( \sqrt{2} \)
0\( \sqrt{4} \)
8\( \sqrt{2} \)

Solution

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

8\( \sqrt{8} \) - 8\( \sqrt{2} \)
8\( \sqrt{4 \times 2} \) - 8\( \sqrt{2} \)
8\( \sqrt{2^2 \times 2} \) - 8\( \sqrt{2} \)
(8)(2)\( \sqrt{2} \) - 8\( \sqrt{2} \)
16\( \sqrt{2} \) - 8\( \sqrt{2} \)

Now that the radicands are identical, you can subtract them:

16\( \sqrt{2} \) - 8\( \sqrt{2} \)
(16 - 8)\( \sqrt{2} \)
8\( \sqrt{2} \)


5

If a rectangle is twice as long as it is wide and has a perimeter of 42 meters, what is the area of the rectangle?

47% Answer Correctly
18 m2
72 m2
98 m2
128 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 42 meters so the equation becomes: 2w + 2h = 42.

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

2w + 2h = 42
w + h = \( \frac{42}{2} \)
w + h = 21
w = 21 - h

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

w = 21 - 2w
3w = 21
w = \( \frac{21}{3} \)
w = 7

Since h = 2w that makes h = (2 x 7) = 14 and the area = h x w = 7 x 14 = 98 m2