ASVAB Arithmetic Reasoning Practice Test 913139 Results

Your Results Global Average
Questions 5 5
Correct 0 3.29
Score 0% 66%

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1

A bread recipe calls for 1\(\frac{7}{8}\) cups of flour. If you only have 1\(\frac{1}{2}\) cups, how much more flour is needed?

62% Answer Correctly
1\(\frac{5}{8}\) cups
3\(\frac{5}{8}\) cups
\(\frac{3}{8}\) cups
1 cups

Solution

The amount of flour you need is (1\(\frac{7}{8}\) - 1\(\frac{1}{2}\)) cups. Rewrite the quantities so they share a common denominator and subtract:

(\( \frac{15}{8} \) - \( \frac{12}{8} \)) cups
\( \frac{3}{8} \) cups
\(\frac{3}{8}\) cups


2

How many 9-passenger vans will it take to drive all 65 members of the football team to an away game?

81% Answer Correctly
8 vans
12 vans
3 vans
5 vans

Solution

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

vans = \( \frac{65}{9} \) = 7\(\frac{2}{9}\)

So, it will take 7 full vans and one partially full van to transport the entire team making a total of 8 vans.


3

April scored 80% on her final exam. If each question was worth 4 points and there were 280 possible points on the exam, how many questions did April answer correctly?

57% Answer Correctly
56
57
66
52

Solution

April scored 80% on the test meaning she earned 80% of the possible points on the test. There were 280 possible points on the test so she earned 280 x 0.8 = 224 points. Each question is worth 4 points so she got \( \frac{224}{4} \) = 56 questions right.


4

A machine in a factory has an error rate of 6 parts per 100. The machine normally runs 24 hours a day and produces 6 parts per hour. Yesterday the machine was shut down for 6 hours for maintenance.

How many error-free parts did the machine produce yesterday?

49% Answer Correctly
92
73.5
101.5
186.1

Solution

The hourly error rate for this machine is the error rate in parts per 100 multiplied by the number of parts produced per hour:

\( \frac{6}{100} \) x 6 = \( \frac{6 \times 6}{100} \) = \( \frac{36}{100} \) = 0.36 errors per hour

So, in an average hour, the machine will produce 6 - 0.36 = 5.64 error free parts.

The machine ran for 24 - 6 = 18 hours yesterday so you would expect that 18 x 5.64 = 101.5 error free parts were produced yesterday.


5

Simplify \( \frac{36}{80} \).

77% Answer Correctly
\( \frac{9}{20} \)
\( \frac{6}{11} \)
\( \frac{6}{19} \)
\( \frac{9}{19} \)

Solution

To simplify this fraction, first find the greatest common factor between them. The factors of 36 are [1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 36] and the factors of 80 are [1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 16, 20, 40, 80]. They share 3 factors [1, 2, 4] making 4 their greatest common factor (GCF).

Next, divide both numerator and denominator by the GCF:

\( \frac{36}{80} \) = \( \frac{\frac{36}{4}}{\frac{80}{4}} \) = \( \frac{9}{20} \)