GT ASVAB ARITHMETIC REASONING
PRACTICE TEST
A pair of shoes that originally sold at $30 is now being offered at a 25% discount.
What is its present price? - Answer: (22.50)
30-(0.25•30)
=30-7.50
=22.50
In the series of mathematical operations 3-24/8+2•3^3 what operation is the first to be
performed? - Answer : the exponent operation (or raising to the exponent/ power)
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First: 3^3 = 27
second: 24/8=3
Then: 2•27=54
Last: 3-3=0
Finally: 0+54
The numbers 25% and 1/4 are the same as the decimal number ? - Answer: 0.25
A percentage means "out of 100", or 25100
, so 25%, converts to 0.25 by dividing 25 by 100. The fraction 14
converts to 0.25 by dividing 1 by 4.
An arithmetic question that asks about the quotient or ratio of two numbers tells you to
perform what mathematical operation? - division
explanation: Other buzzwords for division are how many each and per.
Identify the irrelevant information in this mathematical question:
"Find the ratio of cats to dogs in a pet shop if there are 24 cats, 36 dogs, and a total of
100 animals." - Answer: a total of 100 animals
The ratio of cats to dogs can be determined with only the number of cats and the
number of dogs.
The fractions 8/24 9/27, and 12/36
