ASVAB Arithmetic Reasoning Practice Test 585809 Results

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1

A menswear store is having a sale: "Buy one shirt at full price and get another shirt for 20% off." If Roger buys two shirts, each with a regular price of $26, how much money will he save?

70% Answer Correctly
$5.20
$9.10
$1.30
$2.60

Solution

By buying two shirts, Roger will save $26 x \( \frac{20}{100} \) = \( \frac{$26 x 20}{100} \) = \( \frac{$520}{100} \) = $5.20 on the second shirt.


2

The total water usage for a city is 25,000 gallons each day. Of that total, 24% is for personal use and 34% is for industrial use. How many more gallons of water each day is consumed for industrial use over personal use?

58% Answer Correctly
2,500
13,000
12,000
12,250

Solution

34% of the water consumption is industrial use and 24% is personal use so (34% - 24%) = 10% more water is used for industrial purposes. 25,000 gallons are consumed daily so industry consumes \( \frac{10}{100} \) x 25,000 gallons = 2,500 gallons.


3

\({b + c \over a} = {b \over a} + {c \over a}\) defines which of the following?

56% Answer Correctly

commutative property for division

distributive property for multiplication

commutative property for multiplication

distributive property for division


Solution

The distributive property for division helps in solving expressions like \({b + c \over a}\). It specifies that the result of dividing a fraction with multiple terms in the numerator and one term in the denominator can be obtained by dividing each term individually and then totaling the results: \({b + c \over a} = {b \over a} + {c \over a}\). For example, \({a^3 + 6a^2 \over a^2} = {a^3 \over a^2} + {6a^2 \over a^2} = a + 6\).


4

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

86% Answer Correctly
70 mph
45 mph
60 mph
40 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


5

What is \( \frac{-8a^5}{9a^4} \)?

60% Answer Correctly
-\(\frac{8}{9}\)a-1
-\(\frac{8}{9}\)a\(\frac{4}{5}\)
-\(\frac{8}{9}\)a9
-\(\frac{8}{9}\)a

Solution

To divide terms with exponents, the base of both exponents must be the same. In this case they are so divide the coefficients and subtract the exponents:

\( \frac{-8a^5}{9a^4} \)
\( \frac{-8}{9} \) a(5 - 4)
-\(\frac{8}{9}\)a