ASVAB Arithmetic Reasoning Practice Test 662738 Results

Your Results Global Average
Questions 5 5
Correct 0 2.87
Score 0% 57%

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1

If all of a roofing company's 8 workers are required to staff 4 roofing crews, how many workers need to be added during the busy season in order to send 6 complete crews out on jobs?

55% Answer Correctly
9
17
4
8

Solution

In order to find how many additional workers are needed to staff the extra crews you first need to calculate how many workers are on a crew. There are 8 workers at the company now and that's enough to staff 4 crews so there are \( \frac{8}{4} \) = 2 workers on a crew. 6 crews are needed for the busy season which, at 2 workers per crew, means that the roofing company will need 6 x 2 = 12 total workers to staff the crews during the busy season. The company already employs 8 workers so they need to add 12 - 8 = 4 new staff for the busy season.


2

Solve for \( \frac{3!}{4!} \)

67% Answer Correctly
\( \frac{1}{20} \)
\( \frac{1}{4} \)
9
6

Solution

A factorial is the product of an integer and all the positive integers below it. To solve a fraction featuring factorials, expand the factorials and cancel out like numbers:

\( \frac{3!}{4!} \)
\( \frac{3 \times 2 \times 1}{4 \times 3 \times 2 \times 1} \)
\( \frac{1}{4} \)
\( \frac{1}{4} \)


3

A machine in a factory has an error rate of 4 parts per 100. The machine normally runs 24 hours a day and produces 8 parts per hour. Yesterday the machine was shut down for 7 hours for maintenance.

How many error-free parts did the machine produce yesterday?

49% Answer Correctly
156.8
141.1
130.6
104.9

Solution

The hourly error rate for this machine is the error rate in parts per 100 multiplied by the number of parts produced per hour:

\( \frac{4}{100} \) x 8 = \( \frac{4 \times 8}{100} \) = \( \frac{32}{100} \) = 0.32 errors per hour

So, in an average hour, the machine will produce 8 - 0.32 = 7.68 error free parts.

The machine ran for 24 - 7 = 17 hours yesterday so you would expect that 17 x 7.68 = 130.6 error free parts were produced yesterday.


4

A menswear store is having a sale: "Buy one shirt at full price and get another shirt for 40% off." If Ezra buys two shirts, each with a regular price of $13, how much will he pay for both shirts?

57% Answer Correctly
$16.25
$20.80
$18.85
$5.20

Solution

By buying two shirts, Ezra will save $13 x \( \frac{40}{100} \) = \( \frac{$13 x 40}{100} \) = \( \frac{$520}{100} \) = $5.20 on the second shirt.

So, his total cost will be
$13.00 + ($13.00 - $5.20)
$13.00 + $7.80
$20.80


5

If there were a total of 100 raffle tickets sold and you bought 8 tickets, what's the probability that you'll win the raffle?

60% Answer Correctly
10%
14%
16%
8%

Solution

You have 8 out of the total of 100 raffle tickets sold so you have a (\( \frac{8}{100} \)) x 100 = \( \frac{8 \times 100}{100} \) = \( \frac{800}{100} \) = 8% chance to win the raffle.