ASVAB Arithmetic Reasoning Practice Test 920062 Results

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1

The total water usage for a city is 40,000 gallons each day. Of that total, 24% is for personal use and 46% is for industrial use. How many more gallons of water each day is consumed for industrial use over personal use?

58% Answer Correctly
2,500
2,800
8,800
11,000

Solution

46% of the water consumption is industrial use and 24% is personal use so (46% - 24%) = 22% more water is used for industrial purposes. 40,000 gallons are consumed daily so industry consumes \( \frac{22}{100} \) x 40,000 gallons = 8,800 gallons.


2

4! = ?

85% Answer Correctly

3 x 2 x 1

4 x 3 x 2 x 1

4 x 3

5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1


Solution

A factorial has the form n! and is the product of the integer (n) and all the positive integers below it. For example, 5! = 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1 = 120.


3

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
2\(\frac{3}{4}\) cups
\(\frac{5}{8}\) cups
\(\frac{3}{8}\) cups
2\(\frac{7}{8}\) 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


4

How many 10-passenger vans will it take to drive all 39 members of the football team to an away game?

81% Answer Correctly
9 vans
4 vans
8 vans
6 vans

Solution

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

vans = \( \frac{39}{10} \) = 3\(\frac{9}{10}\)

So, it will take 3 full vans and one partially full van to transport the entire team making a total of 4 vans.


5

If a rectangle is twice as long as it is wide and has a perimeter of 30 meters, what is the area of the rectangle?

47% Answer Correctly
50 m2
32 m2
2 m2
128 m2

Solution

The area of a rectangle is width (w) x height (h). In this problem we know that the rectangle is twice as long as it is wide so h = 2w. The perimeter of a rectangle is 2w + 2h and we know that the perimeter of this rectangle is 30 meters so the equation becomes: 2w + 2h = 30.

Putting these two equations together and solving for width (w):

2w + 2h = 30
w + h = \( \frac{30}{2} \)
w + h = 15
w = 15 - h

From the question we know that h = 2w so substituting 2w for h gives us:

w = 15 - 2w
3w = 15
w = \( \frac{15}{3} \)
w = 5

Since h = 2w that makes h = (2 x 5) = 10 and the area = h x w = 5 x 10 = 50 m2