ASVAB Arithmetic Reasoning Practice Test 753643 Results

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1

If the ratio of home fans to visiting fans in a crowd is 4:1 and all 42,000 seats in a stadium are filled, how many home fans are in attendance?

50% Answer Correctly
33,600
28,333
41,667
28,000

Solution

A ratio of 4:1 means that there are 4 home fans for every one visiting fan. So, of every 5 fans, 4 are home fans and \( \frac{4}{5} \) of every fan in the stadium is a home fan:

42,000 fans x \( \frac{4}{5} \) = \( \frac{168000}{5} \) = 33,600 fans.


2

What is the least common multiple of 8 and 10?

72% Answer Correctly
43
40
67
30

Solution

The first few multiples of 8 are [8, 16, 24, 32, 40, 48, 56, 64, 72, 80] and the first few multiples of 10 are [10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90]. The first few multiples they share are [40, 80] making 40 the smallest multiple 8 and 10 have in common.


3

Solve for \( \frac{6!}{3!} \)

66% Answer Correctly
7
\( \frac{1}{4} \)
120
\( \frac{1}{210} \)

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:

\( \frac{6!}{3!} \)
\( \frac{6 \times 5 \times 4 \times 3 \times 2 \times 1}{3 \times 2 \times 1} \)
\( \frac{6 \times 5 \times 4}{1} \)
\( 6 \times 5 \times 4 \)
120


4

If all of a roofing company's 4 workers are required to staff 2 roofing crews, how many workers need to be added during the busy season in order to send 4 complete crews out on jobs?

55% Answer Correctly
8
12
4
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 4 workers at the company now and that's enough to staff 2 crews so there are \( \frac{4}{2} \) = 2 workers on a crew. 4 crews are needed for the busy season which, at 2 workers per crew, means that the roofing company will need 4 x 2 = 8 total workers to staff the crews during the busy season. The company already employs 4 workers so they need to add 8 - 4 = 4 new staff for the busy season.


5

Simplify \( \frac{28}{52} \).

77% Answer Correctly
\( \frac{7}{18} \)
\( \frac{7}{13} \)
\( \frac{3}{10} \)
\( \frac{5}{8} \)

Solution

To simplify this fraction, first find the greatest common factor between them. The factors of 28 are [1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 28] and the factors of 52 are [1, 2, 4, 13, 26, 52]. They share 3 factors [1, 2, 4] making 4 their greatest common factor (GCF).

Next, divide both numerator and denominator by the GCF:

\( \frac{28}{52} \) = \( \frac{\frac{28}{4}}{\frac{52}{4}} \) = \( \frac{7}{13} \)