ASVAB Arithmetic Reasoning Practice Test 844294 Results

Your Results Global Average
Questions 5 5
Correct 0 2.99
Score 0% 60%

Review

1

A sports card collection contains football, baseball, and basketball cards. If the ratio of football to baseball cards is 7 to 2 and the ratio of baseball to basketball cards is 7 to 1, what is the ratio of football to basketball cards?

53% Answer Correctly
7:4
9:4
7:6
49:2

Solution

The ratio of football cards to baseball cards is 7:2 and the ratio of baseball cards to basketball cards is 7:1. 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 49:14 and the ratio of baseball cards to basketball cards as 14:2. So, the ratio of football cards to basketball cards is football:baseball, baseball:basketball or 49:14, 14:2 which reduces to 49:2.


2

Which of the following is not an integer?

77% Answer Correctly

1

-1

\({1 \over 2}\)

0


Solution

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


3

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

41% Answer Correctly
6\( \sqrt{30} \)
6\( \sqrt{6} \)
6\( \sqrt{5} \)
5\( \sqrt{5} \)

Solution

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

2\( \sqrt{5} \) x 3\( \sqrt{6} \)
(2 x 3)\( \sqrt{5 \times 6} \)
6\( \sqrt{30} \)


4

How many 14-passenger vans will it take to drive all 57 members of the football team to an away game?

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

Solution

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

vans = \( \frac{57}{14} \) = 4\(\frac{1}{14}\)

So, it will take 4 full vans and one partially full van to transport the entire team making a total of 5 vans.


5

On average, the center for a basketball team hits 45% of his shots while a guard on the same team hits 65% of his shots. If the guard takes 20 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
29
45
41
57

Solution
If the guard hits 65% of his shots and takes 20 shots he'll make:

guard shots made = shots taken x \( \frac{\text{% made}}{100} \) = 20 x \( \frac{65}{100} \) = \( \frac{65 x 20}{100} \) = \( \frac{1300}{100} \) = 13 shots

The center makes 45% 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 = \( \frac{13}{\frac{45}{100}} \) = 13 x \( \frac{100}{45} \) = \( \frac{13 x 100}{45} \) = \( \frac{1300}{45} \) = 29 shots

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