ASVAB Arithmetic Reasoning Practice Test 57399 Results

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Questions 5 5
Correct 0 3.63
Score 0% 73%

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1

Ezra loaned Diane $900 at an annual interest rate of 5%. If no payments are made, what is the total amount owed at the end of the first year?

71% Answer Correctly
$909
$936
$945
$918

Solution

The yearly interest charged on this loan is the annual interest rate multiplied by the amount borrowed:

interest = annual interest rate x loan amount

i = (\( \frac{6}{100} \)) x $900
i = 0.05 x $900

No payments were made so the total amount due is the original amount + the accumulated interest:

total = $900 + $45
total = $945


2

If a car travels 300 miles in 4 hours, what is the average speed?

86% Answer Correctly
70 mph
75 mph
55 mph
30 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 = \( \frac{300mi}{4h} \)
75 mph


3

If all of a roofing company's 8 workers are required to staff 4 roofing crews, how many workers need to be added during the busy season in order to send 7 complete crews out on jobs?

55% Answer Correctly
8
3
6
9

Solution

In order to find how many additional workers are needed to staff the extra crews you first need to calculate how many workers are on a crew. There are 8 workers at the company now and that's enough to staff 4 crews so there are \( \frac{8}{4} \) = 2 workers on a crew. 7 crews are needed for the busy season which, at 2 workers per crew, means that the roofing company will need 7 x 2 = 14 total workers to staff the crews during the busy season. The company already employs 8 workers so they need to add 14 - 8 = 6 new staff for the busy season.


4

Convert b-5 to remove the negative exponent.

68% Answer Correctly
\( \frac{1}{b^5} \)
\( \frac{-5}{-b} \)
\( \frac{-5}{b} \)
\( \frac{1}{b^{-5}} \)

Solution

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


5

Which of the following is a mixed number?

82% Answer Correctly

\({5 \over 7} \)

\(1 {2 \over 5} \)

\({a \over 5} \)

\({7 \over 5} \)


Solution

A rational number (or fraction) is represented as a ratio between two integers, a and b, and has the form \({a \over b}\) where a is the numerator and b is the denominator. An improper fraction (\({5 \over 3} \)) has a numerator with a greater absolute value than the denominator and can be converted into a mixed number (\(1 {2 \over 3} \)) which has a whole number part and a fractional part.