ASVAB Arithmetic Reasoning Practice Test 971119 Results

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1

If the ratio of home fans to visiting fans in a crowd is 3:1 and all 39,000 seats in a stadium are filled, how many home fans are in attendance?

50% Answer Correctly
22,667
38,333
30,400
29,250

Solution

A ratio of 3:1 means that there are 3 home fans for every one visiting fan. So, of every 4 fans, 3 are home fans and \( \frac{3}{4} \) of every fan in the stadium is a home fan:

39,000 fans x \( \frac{3}{4} \) = \( \frac{117000}{4} \) = 29,250 fans.


2

What is \( \frac{4}{5} \) x \( \frac{3}{9} \)?

72% Answer Correctly
\(\frac{4}{25}\)
\(\frac{2}{45}\)
\(\frac{4}{15}\)
\(\frac{1}{3}\)

Solution

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

\( \frac{4}{5} \) x \( \frac{3}{9} \) = \( \frac{4 x 3}{5 x 9} \) = \( \frac{12}{45} \) = \(\frac{4}{15}\)


3

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
8 m2
98 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


4

A menswear store is having a sale: "Buy one shirt at full price and get another shirt for 10% off." If Alex buys two shirts, each with a regular price of $37, how much money will he save?

70% Answer Correctly
$3.70
$11.10
$1.85
$7.40

Solution

By buying two shirts, Alex will save $37 x \( \frac{10}{100} \) = \( \frac{$37 x 10}{100} \) = \( \frac{$370}{100} \) = $3.70 on the second shirt.


5

Simplify \( \frac{16}{48} \).

77% Answer Correctly
\( \frac{3}{7} \)
\( \frac{1}{3} \)
\( \frac{7}{16} \)
\( \frac{5}{9} \)

Solution

To simplify this fraction, first find the greatest common factor between them. The factors of 16 are [1, 2, 4, 8, 16] and the factors of 48 are [1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 48]. They share 5 factors [1, 2, 4, 8, 16] making 16 their greatest common factor (GCF).

Next, divide both numerator and denominator by the GCF:

\( \frac{16}{48} \) = \( \frac{\frac{16}{16}}{\frac{48}{16}} \) = \( \frac{1}{3} \)