ASVAB Arithmetic Reasoning Practice Test 993435 Results

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1

How many hours does it take a car to travel 495 miles at an average speed of 55 miles per hour?

86% Answer Correctly
2 hours
7 hours
9 hours
1 hour

Solution

Average speed in miles per hour is the number of miles traveled divided by the number of hours:

speed = \( \frac{\text{distance}}{\text{time}} \)

Solving for time:

time = \( \frac{\text{distance}}{\text{speed}} \)
time = \( \frac{495mi}{55mph} \)
9 hours


2

What is the distance in miles of a trip that takes 4 hours at an average speed of 40 miles per hour?

87% Answer Correctly
360 miles
160 miles
225 miles
260 miles

Solution

Average speed in miles per hour is the number of miles traveled divided by the number of hours:

speed = \( \frac{\text{distance}}{\text{time}} \)

Solving for distance:

distance = \( \text{speed} \times \text{time} \)
distance = \( 40mph \times 4h \)
160 miles


3

What is \( \frac{21\sqrt{40}}{7\sqrt{8}} \)?

71% Answer Correctly
3 \( \sqrt{5} \)
3 \( \sqrt{\frac{1}{5}} \)
\(\frac{1}{3}\) \( \sqrt{5} \)
\(\frac{1}{5}\) \( \sqrt{3} \)

Solution

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

\( \frac{21\sqrt{40}}{7\sqrt{8}} \)
\( \frac{21}{7} \) \( \sqrt{\frac{40}{8}} \)
3 \( \sqrt{5} \)


4

What is \( \frac{1}{6} \) x \( \frac{4}{6} \)?

72% Answer Correctly
\(\frac{1}{9}\)
\(\frac{2}{3}\)
\(\frac{3}{64}\)
\(\frac{4}{35}\)

Solution

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

\( \frac{1}{6} \) x \( \frac{4}{6} \) = \( \frac{1 x 4}{6 x 6} \) = \( \frac{4}{36} \) = \(\frac{1}{9}\)


5

Which of the following statements about exponents is false?

47% Answer Correctly

b1 = b

b1 = 1

b0 = 1

all of these are false


Solution

A number with an exponent (be) consists of a base (b) raised to a power (e). The exponent indicates the number of times that the base is multiplied by itself. A base with an exponent of 1 equals the base (b1 = b) and a base with an exponent of 0 equals 1 ( (b0 = 1).