ASVAB Arithmetic Reasoning Practice Test 704110 Results

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Questions 5 5
Correct 0 3.03
Score 0% 61%

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1

Which of the following statements about exponents is false?

47% Answer Correctly

all of these are false

b1 = b

b0 = 1

b1 = 1


Solution

A number with an exponent (be) consists of a base (b) raised to a power (e). The exponent indicates the number of times that the base is multiplied by itself. A base with an exponent of 1 equals the base (b1 = b) and a base with an exponent of 0 equals 1 ( (b0 = 1).


2

The __________ is the greatest factor that divides two integers.

67% Answer Correctly

absolute value

least common multiple

greatest common factor

greatest common multiple


Solution

The greatest common factor (GCF) is the greatest factor that divides two integers.


3

How many 11-passenger vans will it take to drive all 83 members of the football team to an away game?

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

Solution

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

vans = \( \frac{83}{11} \) = 7\(\frac{6}{11}\)

So, it will take 7 full vans and one partially full van to transport the entire team making a total of 8 vans.


4

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

66% Answer Correctly
\( \frac{1}{336} \)
\( \frac{1}{4} \)
120
504

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:

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


5

On average, the center for a basketball team hits 35% of his shots while a guard on the same team hits 55% of his shots. If the guard takes 25 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
32
23
37
34

Solution
If the guard hits 55% of his shots and takes 25 shots he'll make:

guard shots made = shots taken x \( \frac{\text{% made}}{100} \) = 25 x \( \frac{55}{100} \) = \( \frac{55 x 25}{100} \) = \( \frac{1375}{100} \) = 13 shots

The center makes 35% 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 = \( \frac{13}{\frac{35}{100}} \) = 13 x \( \frac{100}{35} \) = \( \frac{13 x 100}{35} \) = \( \frac{1300}{35} \) = 37 shots

to make the same number of shots as the guard and thus score the same number of points.