ASVAB Arithmetic Reasoning Practice Test 66782 Results

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Questions 5 5
Correct 0 3.32
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1

Convert a-4 to remove the negative exponent.

68% Answer Correctly
\( \frac{-1}{-4a^{4}} \)
\( \frac{1}{a^{-4}} \)
\( \frac{1}{a^4} \)
\( \frac{-1}{a^{-4}} \)

Solution

To convert a negative exponent to a positive exponent, calculate the positive exponent then take the reciprocal.


2

What is \( \sqrt{\frac{9}{81}} \)?

70% Answer Correctly
\(\frac{1}{3}\)
1\(\frac{1}{3}\)
\(\frac{2}{5}\)
\(\frac{3}{7}\)

Solution

To take the square root of a fraction, break the fraction into two separate roots then calculate the square root of the numerator and denominator separately:

\( \sqrt{\frac{9}{81}} \)
\( \frac{\sqrt{9}}{\sqrt{81}} \)
\( \frac{\sqrt{3^2}}{\sqrt{9^2}} \)
\(\frac{1}{3}\)


3

What is the greatest common factor of 52 and 36?

77% Answer Correctly
27
29
5
4

Solution

The factors of 52 are [1, 2, 4, 13, 26, 52] 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 52 and 36 have in common.


4

What is the next number in this sequence: 1, 5, 13, 25, 41, __________ ?

69% Answer Correctly
61
55
70
63

Solution

The equation for this sequence is:

an = an-1 + 4(n - 1)

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 + 4(6 - 1)
a6 = 41 + 4(5)
a6 = 61


5

If a rectangle is twice as long as it is wide and has a perimeter of 36 meters, what is the area of the rectangle?

47% Answer Correctly
32 m2
2 m2
50 m2
72 m2

Solution

The area of a rectangle is width (w) x height (h). In this problem we know that the rectangle is twice as long as it is wide so h = 2w. The perimeter of a rectangle is 2w + 2h and we know that the perimeter of this rectangle is 36 meters so the equation becomes: 2w + 2h = 36.

Putting these two equations together and solving for width (w):

2w + 2h = 36
w + h = \( \frac{36}{2} \)
w + h = 18
w = 18 - h

From the question we know that h = 2w so substituting 2w for h gives us:

w = 18 - 2w
3w = 18
w = \( \frac{18}{3} \)
w = 6

Since h = 2w that makes h = (2 x 6) = 12 and the area = h x w = 6 x 12 = 72 m2