ASVAB Math Knowledge Practice Test 733770 Results

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Questions 5 5
Correct 0 3.43
Score 0% 69%

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1

If c = -9 and y = -7, what is the value of -8c(c - y)?

69% Answer Correctly
-24
42
-144
-108

Solution

To solve this equation, replace the variables with the values given and then solve the now variable-free equation. (Remember order of operations, PEMDAS, Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication/Division, Addition/Subtraction.)

-8c(c - y)
-8(-9)(-9 + 7)
-8(-9)(-2)
(72)(-2)
-144


2

Breaking apart a quadratic expression into a pair of binomials is called:

75% Answer Correctly

squaring

factoring

deconstructing

normalizing


Solution

To factor a quadratic expression, apply the FOIL (First, Outside, Inside, Last) method in reverse.


3

Factor y2 + 5y - 36

54% Answer Correctly
(y + 4)(y - 9)
(y + 4)(y + 9)
(y - 4)(y - 9)
(y - 4)(y + 9)

Solution

To factor a quadratic expression, apply the FOIL method (First, Outside, Inside, Last) in reverse. First, find the two Last terms that will multiply to produce -36 as well and sum (Inside, Outside) to equal 5. For this problem, those two numbers are -4 and 9. Then, plug these into a set of binomials using the square root of the First variable (y2):

y2 + 5y - 36
y2 + (-4 + 9)y + (-4 x 9)
(y - 4)(y + 9)


4

The dimensions of this cube are height (h) = 1, length (l) = 3, and width (w) = 6. What is the volume?

83% Answer Correctly
18
196
360
54

Solution

The volume of a cube is height x length x width:

v = h x l x w
v = 1 x 3 x 6
v = 18


5

Simplify (7a)(5ab) - (3a2)(6b).

62% Answer Correctly
53a2b
108ab2
17a2b
-17ab2

Solution

To multiply monomials, multiply the coefficients (the numbers that come before the variables) of each term, add the exponents of like variables, and multiply the different variables together.

(7a)(5ab) - (3a2)(6b)
(7 x 5)(a x a x b) - (3 x 6)(a2 x b)
(35)(a1+1 x b) - (18)(a2b)
35a2b - 18a2b
17a2b