ASVAB Arithmetic Reasoning Practice Test 843205 Results

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1

What is the next number in this sequence: 1, 7, 13, 19, 25, __________ ?

92% Answer Correctly
31
30
27
36

Solution

The equation for this sequence is:

an = an-1 + 6

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 + 6
a6 = 25 + 6
a6 = 31


2

What is 3\( \sqrt{5} \) x 6\( \sqrt{2} \)?

41% Answer Correctly
9\( \sqrt{5} \)
18\( \sqrt{2} \)
9\( \sqrt{2} \)
18\( \sqrt{10} \)

Solution

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

3\( \sqrt{5} \) x 6\( \sqrt{2} \)
(3 x 6)\( \sqrt{5 \times 2} \)
18\( \sqrt{10} \)


3

On average, the center for a basketball team hits 40% of his shots while a guard on the same team hits 50% of his shots. If the guard takes 15 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
26
12
28
18

Solution
If the guard hits 50% of his shots and takes 15 shots he'll make:

guard shots made = shots taken x \( \frac{\text{% made}}{100} \) = 15 x \( \frac{50}{100} \) = \( \frac{50 x 15}{100} \) = \( \frac{750}{100} \) = 7 shots

The center makes 40% 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 = \( \frac{7}{\frac{40}{100}} \) = 7 x \( \frac{100}{40} \) = \( \frac{7 x 100}{40} \) = \( \frac{700}{40} \) = 18 shots

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


4

Which of the following is a mixed number?

82% Answer Correctly

\({a \over 5} \)

\({7 \over 5} \)

\(1 {2 \over 5} \)

\({5 \over 7} \)


Solution

A rational number (or fraction) is represented as a ratio between two integers, a and b, and has the form \({a \over b}\) where a is the numerator and b is the denominator. An improper fraction (\({5 \over 3} \)) has a numerator with a greater absolute value than the denominator and can be converted into a mixed number (\(1 {2 \over 3} \)) which has a whole number part and a fractional part.


5

Simplify \( \frac{20}{68} \).

77% Answer Correctly
\( \frac{5}{17} \)
\( \frac{7}{16} \)
\( \frac{7}{18} \)
\( \frac{8}{11} \)

Solution

To simplify this fraction, first find the greatest common factor between them. The factors of 20 are [1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20] and the factors of 68 are [1, 2, 4, 17, 34, 68]. They share 3 factors [1, 2, 4] making 4 their greatest common factor (GCF).

Next, divide both numerator and denominator by the GCF:

\( \frac{20}{68} \) = \( \frac{\frac{20}{4}}{\frac{68}{4}} \) = \( \frac{5}{17} \)