ASVAB - ARITHMETIC REASONING MATHEMATICS

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ASVAB - ARITHMETIC REASONING / MATHEMATICS

KNOWLEDGE 2 EXAM QUESTIONS

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Question 1: Over the course of the 6-week grading period, Jaycie took 5 tests for her Social Studies class; the teacher told her that her average for all 5 tests was 91. That night at home, she could remember only her 1st 4 scores: 88, 86, 94, and 96. What was her score on the 5th test?

(A) 88

(B) 90

(C) 91

(D) 92

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C Question 2: if you know the lengths of two sides of a right triangle, you can determine the length of the thrid side using the formula a² ? b² = c², where a and b represent the legs and c is the hypotenuse

Answer:

pythagorean theorem

Question 3: exponents come next

Answer:

order of operations step 2

Question 4: If the scale on a road map is 1inch=250 miles, how many inches would represent 1,250 miles?

Answer:

1/250=m/1,250 (1,250×)1/250=m/1,250(×1,250) 1,250/250=m m=5

Question 5: when you subtract, all that remains is a

Answer:

difference Question 6: the factor of a number that when multiplied by itself produces the number

Answer:

square root

Question 7: addition and subtraction are last

Answer:

order of operations step 4

Question 8: when you multiply, you come up with a

Answer:

product Question 9: One section of the front lawn of the Walker family's house is 21 feet wide and 39 feet long. How much will it cost to weed and feed it if Ace Gardening Service charges $0.40 per square yard for this treatment?

(A) $109.20

(B) $36.40

(C) $327.60

(D) $24.00

Answer:

B

Question 10: the side opposite the right angle which is the longest side of a right triangle

Answer:

hypotenuse Question 11: parentheses take precedence, you should do everything contained in parentheses first

Answer:

order of operations step 1 Question 12: June found a pair of red heels regularly priced at $120. The ones she found were priced at $54, while all of the other boxes of the same shoes were sale priced at $67. Since June is going to buy this particular pair of shoes, she wants to calculate the extra amount that she saved compared to the correct sale price. What is the difference between her mispriced shoes and the sale price of the shoes?

(A) 44.2%

(B) 55.0%

(C) 10.8%

(D) 14.0%

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C Question 13: A floor is made up of hexagonal tiles, some of which are black and some of which are white. Every black tile is completely surrounded by white tiles. How many white tiles are there around each black tile?(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 8

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C Question 14: Jolie Marie has a 25-year term life insurance policy for $100,000. The annual premium is $15.00 per thousand. What is the total premium paid for this policy every 6 months?

(A) $600

(B) $750

(C) $1,200

(D) $1,500

Answer:

B

Question 15: What is the area of a circle whose diameter is 28 inches? Use 22/7 for the value of pi.(A) 616 square inches (B) 88 square inches (C) 44 square inches (D) 1,232 square inches

Answer:

A Question 16: Solve the following equation for y: ay - bx = 2 (A) (2 + bx) / a (B) 2 + bx - a (C) 2 / (a - bx)

(D) (2 /

• - bx

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A Question 17: Jonathan wants to find the average number of miles traveled per day on his 3-day road trip. Since he is an engineer, he decides to set up the problem algebraically. If he drove A miles the first day, B miles the second day, and C miles the third day, what is the formula for the average number of miles driven per day?(A) 3abc (B) 3(a+b+c) (C) (a+b+c)/3 (D) (a+b+c)^3

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C Question 18: is represented by an exclamation point, you calculate a factorial by finding the product of (multiplying) a whole number and all the whole numbers less than it down to 1, so 6 factorial is 6×5×4×3×2×1

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factorial Question 19: If 1 pound of mesquite-smoked, deli-sliced turkey breast cost $7.98 at the second-largest grocery store in town, and each slide is about 1 ounce, what is the cost of 5 slices?

Answer:

C