ASVAB Arithmetic Reasoning Practice Test 928669 Results

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Questions 5 5
Correct 0 3.19
Score 0% 64%

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1

What is \( \frac{3}{5} \) ÷ \( \frac{1}{8} \)?

68% Answer Correctly
\(\frac{1}{40}\)
24
\(\frac{8}{27}\)
4\(\frac{4}{5}\)

Solution

To divide fractions, invert the second fraction and then multiply:

\( \frac{3}{5} \) ÷ \( \frac{1}{8} \) = \( \frac{3}{5} \) x \( \frac{8}{1} \)

To multiply fractions, multiply the numerators together and then multiply the denominators together:

\( \frac{3}{5} \) x \( \frac{8}{1} \) = \( \frac{3 x 8}{5 x 1} \) = \( \frac{24}{5} \) = 4\(\frac{4}{5}\)


2

If a mayor is elected with 52% of the votes cast and 44% of a town's 30,000 voters cast a vote, how many votes did the mayor receive?

49% Answer Correctly
11,352
8,052
10,296
6,864

Solution

If 44% of the town's 30,000 voters cast ballots the number of votes cast is:

(\( \frac{44}{100} \)) x 30,000 = \( \frac{1,320,000}{100} \) = 13,200

The mayor got 52% of the votes cast which is:

(\( \frac{52}{100} \)) x 13,200 = \( \frac{686,400}{100} \) = 6,864 votes.


3

What is \( \frac{6\sqrt{18}}{3\sqrt{9}} \)?

71% Answer Correctly
\(\frac{1}{2}\) \( \sqrt{2} \)
2 \( \sqrt{2} \)
2 \( \sqrt{\frac{1}{2}} \)
\(\frac{1}{2}\) \( \sqrt{\frac{1}{2}} \)

Solution

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

\( \frac{6\sqrt{18}}{3\sqrt{9}} \)
\( \frac{6}{3} \) \( \sqrt{\frac{18}{9}} \)
2 \( \sqrt{2} \)


4

The total water usage for a city is 30,000 gallons each day. Of that total, 14% is for personal use and 41% is for industrial use. How many more gallons of water each day is consumed for industrial use over personal use?

58% Answer Correctly
3,100
8,100
10,000
3,000

Solution

41% of the water consumption is industrial use and 14% is personal use so (41% - 14%) = 27% more water is used for industrial purposes. 30,000 gallons are consumed daily so industry consumes \( \frac{27}{100} \) x 30,000 gallons = 8,100 gallons.


5

Damon loaned Betty $1,500 at an annual interest rate of 7%. If no payments are made, what is the total amount owed at the end of the first year?

71% Answer Correctly
$1,605
$1,635
$1,620
$1,590

Solution

The yearly interest charged on this loan is the annual interest rate multiplied by the amount borrowed:

interest = annual interest rate x loan amount

i = (\( \frac{6}{100} \)) x $1,500
i = 0.07 x $1,500

No payments were made so the total amount due is the original amount + the accumulated interest:

total = $1,500 + $105
total = $1,605