ASVAB Arithmetic Reasoning Ratios Practice Test 503066 Results

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1

The total water usage for a city is 20,000 gallons each day. Of that total, 22% is for personal use and 32% is for industrial use. How many more gallons of water each day is consumed for industrial use over personal use?

58% Answer Correctly
2,000
3,150
7,249
14,000

Solution

32% of the water consumption is industrial use and 22% is personal use so (32% - 22%) = 10% more water is used for industrial purposes. 20,000 gallons are consumed daily so industry consumes \( \frac{10}{100} \) x 20,000 gallons = 2,000 gallons.


2

If a car travels 20 miles in 1 hour, what is the average speed?

86% Answer Correctly
50 mph
75 mph
30 mph
20 mph

Solution

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

speed = \( \frac{\text{distance}}{\text{time}} \)
speed = \( \frac{20mi}{1h} \)
20 mph


3

What is the distance in miles of a trip that takes 2 hours at an average speed of 45 miles per hour?

87% Answer Correctly
320 miles
180 miles
90 miles
495 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 = \( 45mph \times 2h \)
90 miles


4

A sports card collection contains football, baseball, and basketball cards. If the ratio of football to baseball cards is 5 to 2 and the ratio of baseball to basketball cards is 5 to 1, what is the ratio of football to basketball cards?

53% Answer Correctly
25:2
1:6
3:4
1:2

Solution

The ratio of football cards to baseball cards is 5:2 and the ratio of baseball cards to basketball cards is 5:1. 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 25:10 and the ratio of baseball cards to basketball cards as 10:2. So, the ratio of football cards to basketball cards is football:baseball, baseball:basketball or 25:10, 10:2 which reduces to 25:2.


5

How many hours does it take a car to travel 100 miles at an average speed of 50 miles per hour?

86% Answer Correctly
1 hour
9 hours
7 hours
2 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 = \( \frac{100mi}{50mph} \)
2 hours