ASVAB Math Knowledge Practice Test 160884 Results

Your Results Global Average
Questions 5 5
Correct 0 2.63
Score 0% 53%

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1

If a = c = 3, b = d = 8, and the blue angle = 53°, what is the area of this parallelogram?

65% Answer Correctly
24
25
42
3

Solution

The area of a parallelogram is equal to its length x width:

a = l x w
a = a x b
a = 3 x 8
a = 24


2

Which of the following is not true about both rectangles and squares?

63% Answer Correctly

all interior angles are right angles

the lengths of all sides are equal

the area is length x width

the perimeter is the sum of the lengths of all four sides


Solution

A rectangle is a parallelogram containing four right angles. Opposite sides (a = c, b = d) are equal and the perimeter is the sum of the lengths of all sides (a + b + c + d) or, comonly, 2 x length x width. The area of a rectangle is length x width. A square is a rectangle with four equal length sides. The perimeter of a square is 4 x length of one side (4s) and the area is the length of one side squared (s2).


3

Which of the following is not required to define the slope-intercept equation for a line?

41% Answer Correctly

\({\Delta y \over \Delta x}\)

slope

y-intercept

x-intercept


Solution

A line on the coordinate grid can be defined by a slope-intercept equation: y = mx + b. For a given value of x, the value of y can be determined given the slope (m) and y-intercept (b) of the line. The slope of a line is change in y over change in x, \({\Delta y \over \Delta x}\), and the y-intercept is the y-coordinate where the line crosses the vertical y-axis.


4

When two lines intersect, adjacent angles are __________ (they add up to 180°) and angles across from either other are __________ (they're equal).

60% Answer Correctly

supplementary, vertical

obtuse, acute

vertical, supplementary

acute, obtuse


Solution

Angles around a line add up to 180°. Angles around a point add up to 360°. When two lines intersect, adjacent angles are supplementary (they add up to 180°) and angles across from either other are vertical (they're equal).


5

Solve 6b + 4b = 9b + 6z - 6 for b in terms of z.

34% Answer Correctly
-\(\frac{1}{10}\)z + \(\frac{1}{5}\)
-\(\frac{1}{4}\)z - \(\frac{1}{12}\)
-\(\frac{2}{3}\)z + 2
-\(\frac{2}{5}\)z - 1\(\frac{4}{5}\)

Solution

To solve this equation, isolate the variable for which you are solving (b) on one side of the equation and put everything else on the other side.

6b + 4z = 9b + 6z - 6
6b = 9b + 6z - 6 - 4z
6b - 9b = 6z - 6 - 4z
-3b = 2z - 6
b = \( \frac{2z - 6}{-3} \)
b = \( \frac{2z}{-3} \) + \( \frac{-6}{-3} \)
b = -\(\frac{2}{3}\)z + 2