ASVAB Arithmetic Reasoning Practice Test 590898 Results

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1

On average, the center for a basketball team hits 40% of his shots while a guard on the same team hits 60% of his shots. If the guard takes 30 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
86
31
45
55

Solution
If the guard hits 60% of his shots and takes 30 shots he'll make:

guard shots made = shots taken x \( \frac{\text{% made}}{100} \) = 30 x \( \frac{60}{100} \) = \( \frac{60 x 30}{100} \) = \( \frac{1800}{100} \) = 18 shots

The center makes 40% 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 = \( \frac{18}{\frac{40}{100}} \) = 18 x \( \frac{100}{40} \) = \( \frac{18 x 100}{40} \) = \( \frac{1800}{40} \) = 45 shots

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


2

What is the greatest common factor of 44 and 36?

77% Answer Correctly
20
36
15
4

Solution

The factors of 44 are [1, 2, 4, 11, 22, 44] and the factors of 36 are [1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 36]. They share 3 factors [1, 2, 4] making 4 the greatest factor 44 and 36 have in common.


3

What is the distance in miles of a trip that takes 3 hours at an average speed of 75 miles per hour?

87% Answer Correctly
270 miles
150 miles
180 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 = \( 75mph \times 3h \)
225 miles


4

What is the least common multiple of 4 and 8?

72% Answer Correctly
1
5
2
8

Solution

The first few multiples of 4 are [4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 36, 40] and the first few multiples of 8 are [8, 16, 24, 32, 40, 48, 56, 64, 72, 80]. The first few multiples they share are [8, 16, 24, 32, 40] making 8 the smallest multiple 4 and 8 have in common.


5

How many hours does it take a car to travel 315 miles at an average speed of 35 miles per hour?

85% Answer Correctly
1 hour
9 hours
3 hours
7 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 = \( \frac{315mi}{35mph} \)
9 hours