ASVAB Arithmetic Reasoning Practice Test 951985 Results

Your Results Global Average
Questions 5 5
Correct 0 3.53
Score 0% 71%

Review

1

This property states taht the order of addition or multiplication does not mater. For example, 2 + 5 and 5 + 2 are equivalent.

60% Answer Correctly

commutative

distributive

associative

PEDMAS


Solution

The commutative property states that, when adding or multiplying numbers, the order in which they're added or multiplied does not matter. For example, 3 + 4 and 4 + 3 give the same result, as do 3 x 4 and 4 x 3.


2

What is (a3)3?

80% Answer Correctly
a0
a9
3a3
a6

Solution

To raise a term with an exponent to another exponent, retain the base and multiply the exponents:

(a3)3
a(3 * 3)
a9


3

Ezra loaned Christine $1,500 at an annual interest rate of 4%. If no payments are made, what is the total amount owed at the end of the first year?

71% Answer Correctly
$1,620
$1,515
$1,560
$1,605

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 = 0.04 x $1,500

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

total = $1,500 + $60
total = $1,560


4

What is the next number in this sequence: 1, 6, 11, 16, 21, __________ ?

92% Answer Correctly
17
35
32
26

Solution

The equation for this sequence is:

an = an-1 + 5

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 + 5
a6 = 21 + 5
a6 = 26


5

If a mayor is elected with 54% of the votes cast and 31% of a town's 15,000 voters cast a vote, how many votes did the mayor receive?

50% Answer Correctly
2,372
3,534
2,511
2,744

Solution

If 31% of the town's 15,000 voters cast ballots the number of votes cast is:

(\( \frac{31}{100} \)) x 15,000 = \( \frac{465,000}{100} \) = 4,650

The mayor got 54% of the votes cast which is:

(\( \frac{54}{100} \)) x 4,650 = \( \frac{251,100}{100} \) = 2,511 votes.