ASVAB Arithmetic Reasoning Practice Test 669527 Results

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1

The total water usage for a city is 30,000 gallons each day. Of that total, 19% is for personal use and 47% is for industrial use. How many more gallons of water each day is consumed for industrial use over personal use?

58% Answer Correctly
850
13,000
12,400
8,400

Solution

47% of the water consumption is industrial use and 19% is personal use so (47% - 19%) = 28% more water is used for industrial purposes. 30,000 gallons are consumed daily so industry consumes \( \frac{28}{100} \) x 30,000 gallons = 8,400 gallons.


2

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 8 complete crews out on jobs?

55% Answer Correctly
6
3
8
13

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. 8 crews are needed for the busy season which, at 2 workers per crew, means that the roofing company will need 8 x 2 = 16 total workers to staff the crews during the busy season. The company already employs 8 workers so they need to add 16 - 8 = 8 new staff for the busy season.


3

What is \( \frac{30\sqrt{14}}{6\sqrt{7}} \)?

71% Answer Correctly
5 \( \sqrt{2} \)
\(\frac{1}{2}\) \( \sqrt{\frac{1}{5}} \)
2 \( \sqrt{5} \)
\(\frac{1}{5}\) \( \sqrt{2} \)

Solution

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

\( \frac{30\sqrt{14}}{6\sqrt{7}} \)
\( \frac{30}{6} \) \( \sqrt{\frac{14}{7}} \)
5 \( \sqrt{2} \)


4

If a rectangle is twice as long as it is wide and has a perimeter of 42 meters, what is the area of the rectangle?

47% Answer Correctly
128 m2
8 m2
72 m2
98 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 42 meters so the equation becomes: 2w + 2h = 42.

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

2w + 2h = 42
w + h = \( \frac{42}{2} \)
w + h = 21
w = 21 - h

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

w = 21 - 2w
3w = 21
w = \( \frac{21}{3} \)
w = 7

Since h = 2w that makes h = (2 x 7) = 14 and the area = h x w = 7 x 14 = 98 m2


5

A bread recipe calls for 2\(\frac{5}{8}\) cups of flour. If you only have 1\(\frac{3}{8}\) cups, how much more flour is needed?

62% Answer Correctly
\(\frac{1}{4}\) cups
1\(\frac{1}{4}\) cups
1\(\frac{1}{8}\) cups
3\(\frac{1}{8}\) cups

Solution

The amount of flour you need is (2\(\frac{5}{8}\) - 1\(\frac{3}{8}\)) cups. Rewrite the quantities so they share a common denominator and subtract:

(\( \frac{21}{8} \) - \( \frac{11}{8} \)) cups
\( \frac{10}{8} \) cups
1\(\frac{1}{4}\) cups