Practice selected ASVAB math and verbal foundations with worked examples, 12 original questions, 12 focused cards and a 14-day offline study plan.
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QUESTION 01Arithmetic reasoning
Translate a rate and honor whole-package constraints
A volunteer workshop needs 9 identical kits, each requiring 14 fasteners. Fasteners are sold only in sealed packages of 20, and unused fasteners can be shared across kits. There is no other stock. What is the minimum number of packages needed?
8 packages.
9 packages.
7 packages.
6 packages.
Answer: 7 packages.
The kits need 9 × 14 = 126 fasteners. Six packages contain 120, which is insufficient. Seven contain 140, enough with 14 left over. Because packages cannot be split at purchase, the quotient 126/20 = 6.3 must be rounded up, not to the nearest whole number.
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8 packages.
Eight packages are sufficient but exceed the minimum by one package.
9 packages.
One package per kit ignores the statement that unused fasteners can be shared.
6 packages.
Six packages leave a shortage of 6 fasteners; rounding 6.3 down does not meet the requirement.
Distribute completely and keep both sides balanced
What value of x satisfies 4(x − 2) = 2x + 10?
3.
1.
9.
6.
Answer: 9.
Distribute first: 4x − 8 = 2x + 10. Subtract 2x from both sides and add 8 to both sides to obtain 2x = 18, so x = 9. Substitution checks both sides: 4(9 − 2) = 28 and 2(9) + 10 = 28.
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3.
This can result from combining the x terms as 6x rather than subtracting equal amounts from both sides.
1.
This can result from moving the −8 with the wrong sign, producing 2x = 2.
6.
This can result from distributing 4 to x but not to −2, yielding 4x − 2 = 2x + 10.
The committee was frugal: instead of replacing every worn chair, it repaired usable chairs and bought only the few replacements it needed. As used here, frugal most nearly means:
generous.
economical.
indecisive.
careless.
Answer: economical.
The stated choices limit unnecessary spending while meeting the need. Economical fits that meaning. The sentence does not describe difficulty deciding, giving more to others, or failing to take care. The interpretation comes from the contrast between blanket replacement and selective repair/purchase.
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generous.
The sentence concerns controlled spending, not giving resources away.
indecisive.
The committee made a definite plan; no inability to decide is stated.
careless.
Selective repair and purchase show attention to need, not neglect.
Read for the central claim before collecting details
Read the original passage.
The community center held two trial repair clinics. Volunteers repaired many chairs and small household items, although some requests required tools the center did not own. The attendance log showed interest on both Saturdays. The coordinator proposes a monthly clinic, with advance descriptions of items so volunteers can identify requests beyond their equipment. Because materials were donated during the trials, their low expenses do not establish the cost of future clinics.
Which statement best expresses the passage’s main point?
A monthly clinic is proposed, while equipment and cost limits still need attention.
The trial expenses establish a dependable budget for every future repair clinic.
The trials mainly compared which neighborhoods supplied replacement materials.
New equipment purchases should replace the proposed monthly repair sessions.
Answer: A monthly clinic is proposed, while equipment and cost limits still need attention.
The proposal is a monthly clinic, informed by interest but qualified by equipment limits and uncertain future costs. The proposal-with-limits statement integrates the recommendation and its stated reservations. Equipment and donated materials are supporting details; the passage does not replace the clinic with purchases or report a neighborhood comparison.
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The trial expenses establish a dependable budget for every future repair clinic.
The last sentence explicitly says donated-material trial expenses do not establish future costs.
The trials mainly compared which neighborhoods supplied replacement materials.
No neighborhood comparison is described.
New equipment purchases should replace the proposed monthly repair sessions.
The passage proposes monthly sessions; it does not recommend replacing them with purchases.
Reference basis: ASVAB Subtests. These are original learning questions, not questions reproduced from the references.
QUESTION 05Arithmetic reasoning
Convert completion times before combining independent work
Printer A can print a 120-page job in 4 minutes; printer B can print the same size job in 6 minutes. For this arithmetic model, both work simultaneously at constant rates on different pages of one 120-page job, with no startup time. Fractional minutes are allowed. How long does the job take?
2.4 minutes.
2 minutes.
10 minutes.
5 minutes.
Answer: 2.4 minutes.
A prints 120/4 = 30 pages/minute and B prints 120/6 = 20 pages/minute. Together they print 50 pages/minute because their outputs are independent and distinct. The 120-page job therefore takes 120/50 = 2.4 minutes. At that time A prints 72 pages and B 48, totaling 120.
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2 minutes.
This treats the slower printer as if it also matched A and simply halves the faster completion time.
10 minutes.
Ten adds the times as if both complete a full job sequentially, contrary to the model.
5 minutes.
Five is the average of the two completion times, not the time of simultaneous combined work.
Separate material area from boundary length and diagonal length
A flat rectangular display frame has outer dimensions 9 cm by 7 cm and a rectangular opening 7 cm by 5 cm. The opening is entirely inside the outer rectangle. What is the area of the frame material, ignoring thickness?
28 cm².
63 cm².
32 cm².
35 cm².
Answer: 28 cm².
The outer area is 9 × 7 = 63 cm². The opening area is 7 × 5 = 35 cm². Material occupies the difference, 63 − 35 = 28 cm². The problem asks for area, so a boundary length is not the requested quantity.
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63 cm².
Sixty-three is the full outer rectangle before removing the opening.
32 cm².
Thirty-two is the outer perimeter 2(9 + 7), a length that cannot be relabeled as an area.
35 cm².
Thirty-five is the area of the opening, not the surrounding material.
Check the sense against the event and its conditions
The paper display was taken apart for transport. At the new venue, Lena reassembled it, using the numbered tabs to restore its earlier arrangement. In this sentence, reassembled most nearly means:
decorate for display.
take apart completely.
put together again.
check for damage.
Answer: put together again.
The display starts in separate parts and ends in its earlier arrangement. Put together again fits both the prior disassembly and the restoration. Decorating or inspecting could occur separately, but neither describes the stated rebuilding action. The word shape can prompt a hypothesis; the surrounding sentence confirms it here.
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decorate for display.
Decoration changes presentation; the stated action restores the arrangement.
take apart completely.
Taking apart is the earlier event, not what Lena does at the new venue.
check for damage.
Inspection does not itself put the separated parts back together.
Follow a stated rule and resolve what a phrase refers to
Read the original passage.
A workshop publishes its digital weekend schedule each Monday. Any change made after Wednesday is displayed in red on that digital schedule. Printed Monday copies are not revised. A Friday notice states that the Saturday start time was changed on Thursday; no other change is mentioned. The notice directs readers to the digital version for the updated time.
Which conclusion must follow from the passage?
The Saturday entry must have been changed at least twice.
The printed Monday copies now show the Thursday change.
Every weekend session has a different start time this week.
The digital Saturday entry displays the change in red.
Answer: The digital Saturday entry displays the change in red.
The change occurred on Thursday, which is after Wednesday. The stated rule therefore requires red display on the digital schedule. The passage explicitly says printed copies are not revised. It gives no basis for changes to every session or for a second change to Saturday. Only the forward application of the rule is needed.
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The Saturday entry must have been changed at least twice.
The passage states one change; a second is not required by the facts.
The printed Monday copies now show the Thursday change.
This conflicts with the stated treatment of printed copies.
Every weekend session has a different start time this week.
One named changed session does not establish changes to all sessions.
Reference basis: ASVAB Subtests. These are original learning questions, not questions reproduced from the references.
QUESTION 09Arithmetic reasoning
Keep the base visible through successive percentages
An $80 item is discounted by 25%. An 8% tax is then applied to the discounted price. There are no other charges. What is the final price?
$60.00.
$66.40.
$64.80.
$86.40.
Answer: $64.80.
The discount leaves 80 × 0.75 = $60. Tax is 8% of that $60, or $4.80. The final price is $64.80. Applying the tax to the original $80 would use the wrong base; adding and subtracting the two percentages as though they act on the same amount is not equivalent.
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$60.00.
This stops at the discounted price and omits the stated tax.
$66.40.
This adds $6.40, or 8% of the original price, rather than $4.80.
$86.40.
This taxes the original price and omits the discount.
Separate material area from boundary length and diagonal length
A rectangular sign is 15 cm high and 20 cm wide. What is the straight-line distance from one corner to the opposite corner?
25 cm.
5 cm.
35 cm.
625 cm.
Answer: 25 cm.
The height and width are perpendicular legs of a right triangle. If d is the diagonal, d² = 15² + 20² = 225 + 400 = 625, so the positive length is d = 25 cm. Adding the legs follows two edges; it does not give the straight-line diagonal.
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5 cm.
Five is the difference between the side lengths, not a diagonal.
35 cm.
Thirty-five adds the two side lengths rather than applying the right-triangle relationship.
625 cm.
Six hundred twenty-five is the squared diagonal in cm² before taking the square root.
Reference basis: ASVAB Subtests; Pythagoras theorem. These are original learning questions, not questions reproduced from the references.
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A proportion equates two ratios or rates; compared units must be ordered consistently.; A percent proportion compares an amount with its base and the percent with100.
Arithmetic Reasoning assesses ability to solve arithmetic word problems.; Mathematics Knowledge assesses high-school mathematics principles.; Word Knowledge includes correct meanings in context and best synonyms.; Paragraph Comprehension assesses obtaining information from written passages.; The full ASVAB includes verbal, mathematics, science/technical and spatial domains.
