ASVAB Arithmetic Reasoning Practice Test 834458 Results

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Questions 5 5
Correct 0 3.27
Score 0% 65%

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1

What is the next number in this sequence: 1, 10, 19, 28, 37, __________ ?

92% Answer Correctly
54
48
52
46

Solution

The equation for this sequence is:

an = an-1 + 9

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 + 9
a6 = 37 + 9
a6 = 46


2

Which of the following statements about exponents is false?

47% Answer Correctly

b1 = b

b0 = 1

all of these are false

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).


3

The total water usage for a city is 20,000 gallons each day. Of that total, 13% is for personal use and 39% is for industrial use. How many more gallons of water each day is consumed for industrial use over personal use?

58% Answer Correctly
4,800
11,550
10,000
5,200

Solution

39% of the water consumption is industrial use and 13% is personal use so (39% - 13%) = 26% more water is used for industrial purposes. 20,000 gallons are consumed daily so industry consumes \( \frac{26}{100} \) x 20,000 gallons = 5,200 gallons.


4

A factor is a positive __________ that divides evenly into a given number.

78% Answer Correctly

improper fraction

integer

fraction

mixed number


Solution

A factor is a positive integer that divides evenly into a given number. For example, the factors of 8 are 1, 2, 4, and 8.


5

A sports card collection contains football, baseball, and basketball cards. If the ratio of football to baseball cards is 5 to 2 and the ratio of baseball to basketball cards is 5 to 1, what is the ratio of football to basketball cards?

53% Answer Correctly
25:2
1:4
7:1
1:8

Solution

The ratio of football cards to baseball cards is 5:2 and the ratio of baseball cards to basketball cards is 5:1. To solve this problem, we need the baseball card side of each ratio to be equal so we need to rewrite the ratios in terms of a common number of baseball cards. (Think of this like finding the common denominator when adding fractions.) The ratio of football to baseball cards can also be written as 25:10 and the ratio of baseball cards to basketball cards as 10:2. So, the ratio of football cards to basketball cards is football:baseball, baseball:basketball or 25:10, 10:2 which reduces to 25:2.