ASVAB Arithmetic Reasoning Practice Test 849400 Results

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Questions 5 5
Correct 0 3.26
Score 0% 65%

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1

A sports card collection contains football, baseball, and basketball cards. If the ratio of football to baseball cards is 9 to 2 and the ratio of baseball to basketball cards is 9 to 1, what is the ratio of football to basketball cards?

53% Answer Correctly
81:2
7:6
5:6
9:4

Solution

The ratio of football cards to baseball cards is 9:2 and the ratio of baseball cards to basketball cards is 9:1. 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 81:18 and the ratio of baseball cards to basketball cards as 18:2. So, the ratio of football cards to basketball cards is football:baseball, baseball:basketball or 81:18, 18:2 which reduces to 81:2.


2

Which of these numbers is a factor of 16?

69% Answer Correctly
6
20
8
5

Solution

The factors of a number are all positive integers that divide evenly into the number. The factors of 16 are 1, 2, 4, 8, 16.


3

Which of the following statements about exponents is false?

47% Answer Correctly

b1 = 1

b1 = b

all of these are false

b0 = 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).


4

What is the next number in this sequence: 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, __________ ?

92% Answer Correctly
37
40
44
36

Solution

The equation for this sequence is:

an = an-1 + 7

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 + 7
a6 = 29 + 7
a6 = 36


5

A triathlon course includes a 200m swim, a 40.2km bike ride, and a 16.1km run. What is the total length of the race course?

69% Answer Correctly
56.5km
28.9km
52.7km
54.7km

Solution

To add these distances, they must share the same unit so first you need to first convert the swim distance from meters (m) to kilometers (km) before adding it to the bike and run distances which are already in km. To convert 200 meters to kilometers, divide the distance by 1000 to get 0.2km then add the remaining distances:

total distance = swim + bike + run
total distance = 0.2km + 40.2km + 16.1km
total distance = 56.5km