ASVAB Math Knowledge Practice Test 789924 Results

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Questions 5 5
Correct 0 3.48
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1

If angle a = 28° and angle b = 42° what is the length of angle c?

71% Answer Correctly
75°
110°
60°
106°

Solution

The sum of the interior angles of a triangle is 180°:
180° = a° + b° + c°
c° = 180° - a° - b°
c° = 180° - 28° - 42° = 110°


2

If the area of this square is 9, what is the length of one of the diagonals?

68% Answer Correctly
8\( \sqrt{2} \)
5\( \sqrt{2} \)
3\( \sqrt{2} \)
6\( \sqrt{2} \)

Solution

To find the diagonal we need to know the length of one of the square's sides. We know the area and the area of a square is the length of one side squared:

a = s2

so the length of one side of the square is:

s = \( \sqrt{a} \) = \( \sqrt{9} \) = 3

The Pythagorean theorem defines the square of the hypotenuse (diagonal) of a triangle with a right angle as the sum of the squares of the other two sides:

c2 = a2 + b2
c2 = 32 + 32
c2 = 18
c = \( \sqrt{18} \) = \( \sqrt{9 x 2} \) = \( \sqrt{9} \) \( \sqrt{2} \)
c = 3\( \sqrt{2} \)


3

What is 5a - 4a?

79% Answer Correctly
1a
20a
a2
9

Solution

To combine like terms, add or subtract the coefficients (the numbers that come before the variables) of terms that have the same variable raised to the same exponent.

5a - 4a = 1a


4

A coordinate grid is composed of which of the following?

88% Answer Correctly

x-axis

all of these

origin

y-axis


Solution

The coordinate grid is composed of a horizontal x-axis and a vertical y-axis. The center of the grid, where the x-axis and y-axis meet, is called the origin.


5

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

41% Answer Correctly

y-intercept

x-intercept

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

slope


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.