ASVAB Arithmetic Reasoning Practice Test 605944 Results

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1

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

56% Answer Correctly

distributive property for multiplication

distributive property for division

commutative property for division

commutative property for multiplication


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, \({a^3 + 6a^2 \over a^2} = {a^3 \over a^2} + {6a^2 \over a^2} = a + 6\).


2

How many 12-passenger vans will it take to drive all 93 members of the football team to an away game?

81% Answer Correctly
6 vans
9 vans
8 vans
11 vans

Solution

Calculate the number of vans needed by dividing the number of people that need transported by the capacity of one van:

vans = \( \frac{93}{12} \) = 7\(\frac{3}{4}\)

So, it will take 7 full vans and one partially full van to transport the entire team making a total of 8 vans.


3

What is the greatest common factor of 52 and 80?

77% Answer Correctly
38
12
39
4

Solution

The factors of 52 are [1, 2, 4, 13, 26, 52] and the factors of 80 are [1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 16, 20, 40, 80]. They share 3 factors [1, 2, 4] making 4 the greatest factor 52 and 80 have in common.


4

What is \( \frac{9\sqrt{15}}{3\sqrt{5}} \)?

71% Answer Correctly
\(\frac{1}{3}\) \( \sqrt{3} \)
3 \( \sqrt{3} \)
\(\frac{1}{3}\) \( \sqrt{\frac{1}{3}} \)
3 \( \sqrt{\frac{1}{3}} \)

Solution

To divide terms with radicals, divide the coefficients and radicands separately:

\( \frac{9\sqrt{15}}{3\sqrt{5}} \)
\( \frac{9}{3} \) \( \sqrt{\frac{15}{5}} \)
3 \( \sqrt{3} \)


5

On average, the center for a basketball team hits 30% 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
11
13
20

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 30% 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 = \( \frac{6}{\frac{30}{100}} \) = 6 x \( \frac{100}{30} \) = \( \frac{6 x 100}{30} \) = \( \frac{600}{30} \) = 20 shots

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