ASVAB Arithmetic Reasoning Practice Test 998008 Results

Your Results Global Average
Questions 5 5
Correct 0 2.80
Score 0% 56%

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1

How many 12-passenger vans will it take to drive all 61 members of the football team to an away game?

81% Answer Correctly
5 vans
13 vans
7 vans
6 vans

Solution

Calculate the number of vans needed by dividing the number of people that need transported by the capacity of one van:

vans = \( \frac{61}{12} \) = 5\(\frac{1}{12}\)

So, it will take 5 full vans and one partially full van to transport the entire team making a total of 6 vans.


2

The total water usage for a city is 10,000 gallons each day. Of that total, 32% is for personal use and 52% is for industrial use. How many more gallons of water each day is consumed for industrial use over personal use?

58% Answer Correctly
850
1,300
900
2,000

Solution

52% of the water consumption is industrial use and 32% is personal use so (52% - 32%) = 20% more water is used for industrial purposes. 10,000 gallons are consumed daily so industry consumes \( \frac{20}{100} \) x 10,000 gallons = 2,000 gallons.


3

A circular logo is enlarged to fit the lid of a jar. The new diameter is 30% larger than the original. By what percentage has the area of the logo increased?

51% Answer Correctly
32\(\frac{1}{2}\)%
37\(\frac{1}{2}\)%
15%
25%

Solution

The area of a circle is given by the formula A = πr2 where r is the radius of the circle. The radius of a circle is its diameter divided by two so A = π(\( \frac{d}{2} \))2. If the diameter of the logo increases by 30% the radius (and, consequently, the total area) increases by \( \frac{30\text{%}}{2} \) = 15%


4

What is \( 3 \)\( \sqrt{50} \) + \( 3 \)\( \sqrt{2} \)

35% Answer Correctly
6\( \sqrt{100} \)
9\( \sqrt{2} \)
18\( \sqrt{2} \)
9\( \sqrt{25} \)

Solution

To add these radicals together their radicands must be the same:

3\( \sqrt{50} \) + 3\( \sqrt{2} \)
3\( \sqrt{25 \times 2} \) + 3\( \sqrt{2} \)
3\( \sqrt{5^2 \times 2} \) + 3\( \sqrt{2} \)
(3)(5)\( \sqrt{2} \) + 3\( \sqrt{2} \)
15\( \sqrt{2} \) + 3\( \sqrt{2} \)

Now that the radicands are identical, you can add them together:

15\( \sqrt{2} \) + 3\( \sqrt{2} \)
(15 + 3)\( \sqrt{2} \)
18\( \sqrt{2} \)


5

If all of a roofing company's 6 workers are required to staff 2 roofing crews, how many workers need to be added during the busy season in order to send 6 complete crews out on jobs?

55% Answer Correctly
5
12
7
17

Solution

In order to find how many additional workers are needed to staff the extra crews you first need to calculate how many workers are on a crew. There are 6 workers at the company now and that's enough to staff 2 crews so there are \( \frac{6}{2} \) = 3 workers on a crew. 6 crews are needed for the busy season which, at 3 workers per crew, means that the roofing company will need 6 x 3 = 18 total workers to staff the crews during the busy season. The company already employs 6 workers so they need to add 18 - 6 = 12 new staff for the busy season.