ASVAB Arithmetic Reasoning Practice Test 641249 Results

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1

What is the greatest common factor of 80 and 64?

77% Answer Correctly
10
57
17
16

Solution

The factors of 80 are [1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 16, 20, 40, 80] and the factors of 64 are [1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64]. They share 5 factors [1, 2, 4, 8, 16] making 16 the greatest factor 80 and 64 have in common.


2

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
30
75
55
45

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.


3

Simplify \( \frac{36}{60} \).

77% Answer Correctly
\( \frac{3}{5} \)
\( \frac{4}{17} \)
\( \frac{4}{19} \)
\( \frac{7}{12} \)

Solution

To simplify this fraction, first find the greatest common factor between them. The factors of 36 are [1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 36] and the factors of 60 are [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 20, 30, 60]. They share 6 factors [1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12] making 12 their greatest common factor (GCF).

Next, divide both numerator and denominator by the GCF:

\( \frac{36}{60} \) = \( \frac{\frac{36}{12}}{\frac{60}{12}} \) = \( \frac{3}{5} \)


4

What is -9x2 x 7x4?

75% Answer Correctly
-63x-2
-2x2
-63x6
-2x4

Solution

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

-9x2 x 7x4
(-9 x 7)x(2 + 4)
-63x6


5

What is \( \frac{6}{5} \) + \( \frac{2}{9} \)?

60% Answer Correctly
1\(\frac{19}{45}\)
\( \frac{4}{45} \)
\( \frac{5}{9} \)
1 \( \frac{6}{12} \)

Solution

To add these fractions, first find the lowest common multiple of their denominators. The first few multiples of 5 are [5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50] and the first few multiples of 9 are [9, 18, 27, 36, 45, 54, 63, 72, 81, 90]. The first few multiples they share are [45, 90] making 45 the smallest multiple 5 and 9 share.

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

\( \frac{6 x 9}{5 x 9} \) + \( \frac{2 x 5}{9 x 5} \)

\( \frac{54}{45} \) + \( \frac{10}{45} \)

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

\( \frac{54 + 10}{45} \) = \( \frac{64}{45} \) = 1\(\frac{19}{45}\)