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ASVAB MATH/ARITHMETIC STUDY EXAM QUESTIONS
Actual Qs and Ans - Expert-Verified Explanation -Guaranteed passing score -20 Questions and Answers
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Question 1: Which of these fractions is the largest?
7/8, 3/8, 2/5, 1/4
Answer:
7/8 = 35/40
3/8 = 15/40
2/5 = 16/40
1/4 = 10/40
The largest fraction is 7/8.
Question 2: The cube of 8 is _______.
Answer:
8^3, or 8x8x8 = 512 Question 3: What is the product of the square root of 64 and the square root of 25?
Answer:
square root of 64 = 8 square root of 25 = 5
- x 5 = 40
Question 4: Camille uses a 20% off coupon when buying a sweater that costs $47.99. If she also pays 6% sales tax on the purchase, how much does she pay?
Answer:
First, compute the price of the sweater after the discount:
Discounted price of the sweater:
(100%-20%)($47.99)= 80%($47.99)
.80(47.99) = $38.39
Second, add the sales tax:
Total amount paid:
$38.39 + $38.39(6%)
38.39 + 38.39(.06)
38.39 + 2.30 = $40.69
Question 5: If x = 12, what is the value of p in this equation?
p = x^2/6 - 4
Answer:
p = 12^2/6 - 4 p = 144/6 - 4 p = 24 - 4 p = 20 Question 6: Cory's average score after 8 tests is 91%. If he gets a 78% on his 9th test, what will his new average be?
Answer:
sum of all values given/number of all values given
8 tests with a score of 91 each:
91 x 8 = 728
(728+78)/9 = 806/9 = 89.55
89.6%
Question 7: (y^5) x (y^3) =
Answer:
y^8 Question 8: At Michael's smoothie shop smoothies cost $3.50 during the week and $4.00 on weekends. If Jonathan bought a smoothie every day except Saturday how much did he spend on smoothies that week?
Answer:
- x $3.50 = $17.50
$17.50 + $4.00 = $21.50
Question 9: A pizza maker has y pounds of flour to make pizzas. After he has used 60 pounds of flour, how much flour is left? The expression that correctly represents the quantity of flour left
is:
Answer:
y - 60 Question 10: In a classroom of 32 students, 14 are male. What percentage of the class is female?
Answer:
32 - 14 = 18
(18/32)(100) = 56.25% = 56%
Question 11: A barista averages making 16 coffees per hour. At this rate, how many hours will it take until she's made 1,200 coffees?
Answer:
16/1 = 1200/x 16x = 1200 x = 75 Question 12: Four out of 28 students had to go to summer school. What is the ratio of students who did not have to go to summer school expressed, in its lowest terms?
Answer:
24/28 ÷ 4/4 = 6/7
Question 13: You just went on a blind date and wanted to impress the girl by adding an 18% tip to the total cost of the meal. Two entrees came to a total of $35.90. Desserts cost $7.50 and beverages cost $6.60. What is the 18% tip going to cost?
Answer:
Add all the courses to get the total cost of the meal:
$35.90 + $7.50 + $6.60 = $50.00
Get 18% of the total, to compute the tip to be paid:
$50(18%) = $50(.18) = $9.00
Question 14: You are asked to buy bags of cement to pour a cement pad for a hot tub. You need to fill the pad frame which is a square frame measuring 8 feet long and 1 foot high. Each bag of cement mixed will fill 5 cubic feet in the frame. How many bags will you need to buy to ensure enough to fill the entire frame?
Answer:
V = LWH
V=(8)(8)(1)=64 cubic feet
64/5 = 12.8
Round off to 13 bags of cement Question 15: Which of the following is a prime number: 13, 15, 4, or 12?
Answer:
A prime number is one that can be divided evenly only by itself and
- All of the other choices can be divided by numbers other than just 1 and the given number.
Question 16: What is 4.7 x 5^3?
Answer:
5^3 = 125
4.7 x 125 = 587.5
Question 17: (12 feet + 14 yards)/6 =
Answer:
14 yards x 3 = 42 feet 42 feet + 12 feet = 54 feet 54 ÷ 6 = 9 feet Question 18: If doughnuts are usually 75 cents each, but there is a sale on Friday advertising them as 1 dozen + ½ dozen for $10.80, what is the new cost for just one?
Answer:
12 + 1/2 x 12 = 12 + 6 = 18 doughnuts
If 18 doughnuts cost $10.80, compute for the cost of each doughnut:
$10.80/18 = $0.60 per doughnut The answer, therefore, is $0.60 Question 19: The sixth root of 64 is:
Answer:
- because 2^6 = 64
Question 20: Karen is 6 years older than her sister Michelle, and Michelle is 2 years younger than their brother David. If the sum of their ages is 62, how old is Michelle?
Answer:
x = Michelle's age x+6= Karen's age x+2= David's age
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