ASVAB Math Knowledge Practice Test 830808 Results

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1

On this circle, line segment AB is the:

70% Answer Correctly

chord

circumference

diameter

radius


Solution

A circle is a figure in which each point around its perimeter is an equal distance from the center. The radius of a circle is the distance between the center and any point along its perimeter. A chord is a line segment that connects any two points along its perimeter. The diameter of a circle is the length of a chord that passes through the center of the circle and equals twice the circle's radius (2r).


2

If the area of this square is 64, what is the length of one of the diagonals?

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

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 = \( \sqrt{a} \) = \( \sqrt{64} \) = 8

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 = 82 + 82
c2 = 128
c = \( \sqrt{128} \) = \( \sqrt{64 x 2} \) = \( \sqrt{64} \) \( \sqrt{2} \)
c = 8\( \sqrt{2} \)


3

The dimensions of this trapezoid are a = 4, b = 2, c = 6, d = 9, and h = 3. What is the area?

51% Answer Correctly
16
22
15
16\(\frac{1}{2}\)

Solution

The area of a trapezoid is one-half the sum of the lengths of the parallel sides multiplied by the height:

a = ½(b + d)(h)
a = ½(2 + 9)(3)
a = ½(11)(3)
a = ½(33) = \( \frac{33}{2} \)
a = 16\(\frac{1}{2}\)


4

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

41% Answer Correctly

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

x-intercept

slope

y-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.


5

Factor y2 + 2y - 48

54% Answer Correctly
(y - 6)(y - 8)
(y + 6)(y + 8)
(y - 6)(y + 8)
(y + 6)(y - 8)

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 -48 as well and sum (Inside, Outside) to equal 2. For this problem, those two numbers are -6 and 8. Then, plug these into a set of binomials using the square root of the First variable (y2):

y2 + 2y - 48
y2 + (-6 + 8)y + (-6 x 8)
(y - 6)(y + 8)