ASVAB Arithmetic Reasoning Practice Test 612335 Results

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1

How many 10-passenger vans will it take to drive all 95 members of the football team to an away game?

80% Answer Correctly
5 vans
7 vans
10 vans
8 vans

Solution

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

vans = \( \frac{95}{10} \) = 9\(\frac{1}{2}\)

So, it will take 9 full vans and one partially full van to transport the entire team making a total of 10 vans.


2

What is the next number in this sequence: 1, 10, 19, 28, 37, __________ ?

92% Answer Correctly
38
48
50
46

Solution

The equation for this sequence is:

an = an-1 + 9

where n is the term's order in the sequence, an is the value of the term, and an-1 is the value of the term before an. This makes the next number:

a6 = a5 + 9
a6 = 37 + 9
a6 = 46


3

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

86% Answer Correctly
495 miles
140 miles
225 miles
180 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

This property states taht the order of addition or multiplication does not mater. For example, 2 + 5 and 5 + 2 are equivalent.

59% Answer Correctly

commutative

PEDMAS

associative

distributive


Solution

The commutative property states that, when adding or multiplying numbers, the order in which they're added or multiplied does not matter. For example, 3 + 4 and 4 + 3 give the same result, as do 3 x 4 and 4 x 3.


5

What is \( \frac{6}{8} \) - \( \frac{5}{12} \)?

61% Answer Correctly
\(\frac{1}{3}\)
\( \frac{1}{24} \)
2 \( \frac{8}{12} \)
2 \( \frac{4}{24} \)

Solution

To subtract these fractions, first find the lowest common multiple of their denominators. The first few multiples of 8 are [8, 16, 24, 32, 40, 48, 56, 64, 72, 80] and the first few multiples of 12 are [12, 24, 36, 48, 60, 72, 84, 96]. The first few multiples they share are [24, 48, 72, 96] making 24 the smallest multiple 8 and 12 share.

Next, convert the fractions so each denominator equals the lowest common multiple:

\( \frac{6 x 3}{8 x 3} \) - \( \frac{5 x 2}{12 x 2} \)

\( \frac{18}{24} \) - \( \frac{10}{24} \)

Now, because the fractions share a common denominator, you can subtract them:

\( \frac{18 - 10}{24} \) = \( \frac{8}{24} \) = \(\frac{1}{3}\)