Asvab Arithmetic Reasoning Actual Practice Test

Two automobiles start together at the same and travel along the same route. The first averages 40 miles per hour, the second averages 55 miles per hour. How many miles further along the route is the second automobile at the end of 5 hours?

Answer; 55×5-40×5

Distance =ratetime, A=60 Mph ×3 hours= 180.

Find the total thickness of two pieces of wood that a carpenter glued together if one is 5/16 inches thick and the other is 7/8.

Answer: 1 3/16

(5/16)+(7/8) = (5/16)+(14/16) = 19/16= 1 3/16

An average bathtub uses 8 gallons of water and an average shower uses 6 gallons. To provide baths for 60 men, how much more water will be needed if tubs are used instead of showers?

Answer: 120 gals.

60×8-60×6=120 gals.

A carpenter cuts three 4' 6" shelves from a 14' board, How long of a piece was left over?

Answer: 6'

3*4.5=13.5 ft, 14-13.5=6'

A father walks 36 miles in 12 hours, whiles his son covers the same distance on a bicycle at twice the Father's rate of speed. At this rate, how many miles would the bicycle rider travel in 9 hours?

Anwers: 55 miles per hour.

6 mph×9 Mph= (54) miles

A bird flies 2/3 of a mile per minute. How many miles per hour is it flying.

Answer: 40 miles per hour.

Out of 20 attempts a basketball player scored 8 times. What percent of his chances did he score?

Answer: 40%

How many 35-passenger buses will it take to carry 140 people?

Answer: 4 buses

Divide 144 by 35 then round up to next whole number.

If 12 men are needed to run 4 machines. How many men are needed to run 20?

Answer: 60 divide 12 by 4 =3.×20=60

A pole is 24 ft high, and has a shadow of 8 ft long. A nearby pole is 72 feet high. How long is its shadow?

Answer: 24 ft. x=72 (8/24) ×=24

A man is paid $26.00 for 8 hrs of work. How much should this man be paid for working 37 hours at the same hourly wage.

Answer: $120.25

8×3726 x=3726/8

Soup ordinarily price at 2 cans for 33 cents may be purchased in loft 1 dozen for $1.74. What is the savings per can when it is purchased in this way.

Answer: 2 cents

It costs a guy $13.50 to take a girl out for the evening. Sixty percent of this was for theater tickets. What was the cost of each ticket?

Answer: $4.05

0.6*13.50= 8.10 cut this in half to get 8.10/2=(4.05)

If the Following series will continue in the same pattern, what is the next number in this series 1,10,7,_,22.

Answer: 13.

1+9=10, 10-3=7, 7+9=16, 16-3=(13)

Mary put in a total of 16 not 1/2 hours baby-sitting during 5 days of the past week. what was her average work day?

Answer: 3 hours and 18 Minutes.