ASVAB Arithmetic Reasoning Practice Test 96886 Results

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Questions 5 5
Correct 0 3.23
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1

A menswear store is having a sale: "Buy one shirt at full price and get another shirt for 45% off." If Bob buys two shirts, each with a regular price of $47, how much money will he save?

70% Answer Correctly
58
$21.15
$16.45
$18.80

Solution

By buying two shirts, Bob will save $47 x \( \frac{45}{100} \) = \( \frac{$47 x 45}{100} \) = \( \frac{$2115}{100} \) = $21.15 on the second shirt.


2

The __________ is the greatest factor that divides two integers.

67% Answer Correctly

least common multiple

greatest common multiple

absolute value

greatest common factor


Solution

The greatest common factor (GCF) is the greatest factor that divides two integers.


3

Convert 4,095,000 to scientific notation.

63% Answer Correctly
4.095 x 105
4.095 x 10-5
4.095 x 106
4.095 x 107

Solution

A number in scientific notation has the format 0.000 x 10exponent. To convert to scientific notation, move the decimal point to the right or the left until the number is a decimal between 1 and 10. The exponent of the 10 is the number of places you moved the decimal point and is positive if you moved the decimal point to the left and negative if you moved it to the right:

4,095,000 in scientific notation is 4.095 x 106


4

On average, the center for a basketball team hits 35% of his shots while a guard on the same team hits 45% of his shots. If the guard takes 20 shots during a game, how many shots will the center have to take to score as many points as the guard assuming each shot is worth the same number of points?

42% Answer Correctly
16
20
26
29

Solution
If the guard hits 45% of his shots and takes 20 shots he'll make:

guard shots made = shots taken x \( \frac{\text{% made}}{100} \) = 20 x \( \frac{45}{100} \) = \( \frac{45 x 20}{100} \) = \( \frac{900}{100} \) = 9 shots

The center makes 35% of his shots so he'll have to take:

shots made = shots taken x \( \frac{\text{% made}}{100} \)
shots taken = \( \frac{\text{shots taken}}{\frac{\text{% made}}{100}} \)

to make as many shots as the guard. Plugging in values for the center gives us:

center shots taken = \( \frac{9}{\frac{35}{100}} \) = 9 x \( \frac{100}{35} \) = \( \frac{9 x 100}{35} \) = \( \frac{900}{35} \) = 26 shots

to make the same number of shots as the guard and thus score the same number of points.


5

What is the greatest common factor of 16 and 36?

77% Answer Correctly
11
4
1
14

Solution

The factors of 16 are [1, 2, 4, 8, 16] and the factors of 36 are [1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 36]. They share 3 factors [1, 2, 4] making 4 the greatest factor 16 and 36 have in common.