ASVAB Arithmetic Reasoning Practice Test 816050 Results

Your Results Global Average
Questions 5 5
Correct 0 3.44
Score 0% 69%

Review

1

If all of a roofing company's 9 workers are required to staff 3 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
9
1
7
15

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 9 workers at the company now and that's enough to staff 3 crews so there are \( \frac{9}{3} \) = 3 workers on a crew. 8 crews are needed for the busy season which, at 3 workers per crew, means that the roofing company will need 8 x 3 = 24 total workers to staff the crews during the busy season. The company already employs 9 workers so they need to add 24 - 9 = 15 new staff for the busy season.


2

Simplify \( \sqrt{8} \)

62% Answer Correctly
2\( \sqrt{2} \)
9\( \sqrt{4} \)
8\( \sqrt{4} \)
9\( \sqrt{2} \)

Solution

To simplify a radical, factor out the perfect squares:

\( \sqrt{8} \)
\( \sqrt{4 \times 2} \)
\( \sqrt{2^2 \times 2} \)
2\( \sqrt{2} \)


3

What is the greatest common factor of 80 and 68?

77% Answer Correctly
62
4
17
67

Solution

The factors of 80 are [1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 16, 20, 40, 80] and the factors of 68 are [1, 2, 4, 17, 34, 68]. They share 3 factors [1, 2, 4] making 4 the greatest factor 80 and 68 have in common.


4

Which of the following is not an integer?

77% Answer Correctly

\({1 \over 2}\)

-1

0

1


Solution

An integer is any whole number, including zero. An integer can be either positive or negative. Examples include -77, -1, 0, 55, 119.


5

Ezra loaned Latoya $900 at an annual interest rate of 3%. If no payments are made, what is the total amount owed at the end of the first year?

71% Answer Correctly
$936
$927
$909
$954

Solution

The yearly interest charged on this loan is the annual interest rate multiplied by the amount borrowed:

interest = annual interest rate x loan amount

i = (\( \frac{6}{100} \)) x $900
i = 0.03 x $900

No payments were made so the total amount due is the original amount + the accumulated interest:

total = $900 + $27
total = $927