ASVAB Arithmetic Reasoning Ratios Practice Test 10341 Results

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Questions 5 5
Correct 0 2.94
Score 0% 59%

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1

April scored 77% on her final exam. If each question was worth 2 points and there were 120 possible points on the exam, how many questions did April answer correctly?

57% Answer Correctly
58
40
46
54

Solution

April scored 77% on the test meaning she earned 77% of the possible points on the test. There were 120 possible points on the test so she earned 120 x 0.77 = 92 points. Each question is worth 2 points so she got \( \frac{92}{2} \) = 46 questions right.


2

A sports card collection contains football, baseball, and basketball cards. If the ratio of football to baseball cards is 3 to 2 and the ratio of baseball to basketball cards is 3 to 1, what is the ratio of football to basketball cards?

53% Answer Correctly
5:1
3:2
5:6
9:2

Solution

The ratio of football cards to baseball cards is 3:2 and the ratio of baseball cards to basketball cards is 3:1. To solve this problem, we need the baseball card side of each ratio to be equal so we need to rewrite the ratios in terms of a common number of baseball cards. (Think of this like finding the common denominator when adding fractions.) The ratio of football to baseball cards can also be written as 9:6 and the ratio of baseball cards to basketball cards as 6:2. So, the ratio of football cards to basketball cards is football:baseball, baseball:basketball or 9:6, 6:2 which reduces to 9:2.


3

How many hours does it take a car to travel 210 miles at an average speed of 70 miles per hour?

86% Answer Correctly
6 hours
3 hours
7 hours
5 hours

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 = \( \frac{210mi}{70mph} \)
3 hours


4

If a mayor is elected with 69% of the votes cast and 49% of a town's 40,000 voters cast a vote, how many votes did the mayor receive?

49% Answer Correctly
13,524
10,976
13,328
14,112

Solution

If 49% of the town's 40,000 voters cast ballots the number of votes cast is:

(\( \frac{49}{100} \)) x 40,000 = \( \frac{1,960,000}{100} \) = 19,600

The mayor got 69% of the votes cast which is:

(\( \frac{69}{100} \)) x 19,600 = \( \frac{1,352,400}{100} \) = 13,524 votes.


5

A machine in a factory has an error rate of 2 parts per 100. The machine normally runs 24 hours a day and produces 6 parts per hour. Yesterday the machine was shut down for 3 hours for maintenance.

How many error-free parts did the machine produce yesterday?

48% Answer Correctly
73.5
215.6
144.1
123.5

Solution

The hourly error rate for this machine is the error rate in parts per 100 multiplied by the number of parts produced per hour:

\( \frac{2}{100} \) x 6 = \( \frac{2 \times 6}{100} \) = \( \frac{12}{100} \) = 0.12 errors per hour

So, in an average hour, the machine will produce 6 - 0.12 = 5.88 error free parts.

The machine ran for 24 - 3 = 21 hours yesterday so you would expect that 21 x 5.88 = 123.5 error free parts were produced yesterday.