ASVAB Arithmetic Reasoning Correct Questions & Answers!!

If a car is towed 12 miles to the repair shop and the tow charge is $3.50 per mile, how much does the tow cost? - ANSWER C) $42.00 Multiply 12 miles by $3.50 per mile: 12 * $3.50=$42.00 The sum of two numbers is 70. One number is 8 more than the other. What's the smaller number? - ANSWER A) 31 Let X equal the smaller number and x + 8 equal the larger number. Because the sum of the two numbers is 70, you can express this mathematically as x+x+8=70. Now all you have to do is solve. Combine the like terms: 2x+8=70. Then subtract 8 from 70 and divide by 2x. You find x= 31 A sales manager buys antacid in bottles by the gross. If he goes through 3 bottles of antacid every day, how long will the gross last? - ANSWER D) 144 bottles are in a gross, and 144/3 (bottles per day) =48 days. Jenny's test grades are 93, 89, 96, and 98. If she wishes to raise her average to 95, what does she need to score on her next test? - ANSWER B) To determine Jenny's average, add the test scores and divide the sum by the number of tests she took. You want to know what she needs on the next test to achieve an average of 95, so let x equal the unknown score. Set up the equation as (93+89+96+98+x)/5=95. Combine the like terms: (376+x)/5=95. Multiplying both sides by 5 results in 376+x=475, so x-99