I'm taking my ASVAB tommorow

[Rex]

I'm taking my ASVAB test tomorrow. I need to score a 65 or higher to be accepted. I'm so horrible at algebra. The first time I took the test I got a 49 so I need 15 more points.

Math questions are what's killing me. I am so bad at them.

These are examples of the questions I'll get.

http://www.studyguidezone.com/asvab_math.htm

I'm scared I'm going to fail. I'm studying but I just don't understand algebra and geometry that well.

 

[Corny]

These are examples of the questions I'll get.

http://www.studyguidezone.com/asvab_math.htm

Those are pretty easy

 

[jackry]

Sultan good luck. Remember math anxiety is worse then math itself.

 

[Rex]

Not only with the 65 but you should be striving for a 110 for a gt score - that opens the posibility for almost any MOS.

Are you taking the DLAB also.

I didn't even know it was possible to get a 110. I thought 100 was the highest you could get and no way will I get near that. I'll be lucky if I get a 65.

I don't know what a DLAB is.

Those are pretty easy

Those were easier examples but I got 7 out of those 10 right. They get harder.

Here are some more I'm practicing on.


1: If a = 5/2 then 1/a =
A. 2
B. 5
C. 2/5
D. 5/2

2: 12 is 15% of what number?
A. 0.0125
B. 1.8
C. 18
D. 80

3: Evaluate 3x + 7 when x = -3.
A. -2
B. 10
C. 16
D. 30

4: Find the diagonal of a square whose area is 36.
A. 6
B. 6√2
C. 9
D. 9 √2

5: If a + b = 6, what is the value of 3a + 3b?
A. 9
B. 12
C. 18
D. 24


I have no idea how to do number 1

Number 2 is easy because of the answers given but I would have no idea how to determine the problem if it wasn't multiple choice.

Number 3 is A

I have no idea how to do number 4 so i'd just guess.

Number 5 is C. That's easy.

 

[SonOfSlobone]

I'm taking my ASVAB test tomorrow. I need to score a 65 or higher to be accepted. I'm so horrible at algebra. The first time I took the test I got a 49 so I need 15 more points.

Math questions are what's killing me. I am so bad at them.

These are examples of the questions I'll get.

http://www.studyguidezone.com/asvab_math.htm

I'm scared I'm going to fail. I'm studying but I just don't understand algebra and geometry that well.

Ugh, those are nasty. Not really sure I see the point of expecting people to know that stuff. What's ASVAB?

 

[Yuki Sohma]

 

[Rex]

6: Find the length of the radius in the following figure.

A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 10

No idea...

7: (3 - 1)×7 - 12 ÷ 2 =
A. 1
B. -2
C. 4
D. 8

That's easy. It's A.

8: The greatest common factor of 24 and 36 is
A. 6
B. 12
C. 36
D. 72

B?

9: Solve for m: 3m - 12 = -6
A. -6
B. 0
C. 2
D. 6

C. Right?


10: If 7p + 5q = -3, find q when p = 1.
A. -1
B. -2
C. -1.142857143
D. -0.285714286

That's B.



These are pretty easy compared to what will be on the test. I know they will be harder than this.

Ugh, those are nasty. Not really sure I see the point of expecting people to know that stuff. What's ASVAB?

It's a test anyone who enlists in the military has to take.

Normally the score to qualify to get in is about a 35 but for anyone who needs a waiver, like me, they need to get a 65 or above or they can't enlist.

 

[Corny]

1: If a = 5/2 then 1/a =
A. 2
B. 5
C. 2/5
D. 5/2

Hint: 1/a is the inverse of a/1. a/1 = a.

4: Find the diagonal of a square whose area is 36.
A. 6
B. 6√2
C. 9
D. 9 √2

Hint: the area of a square is edge². All edges in a square have the same length.
Now draw a square and have a look at the diagonal ...

 

[SonOfSlobone]

6: Find the length of the radius in the following figure.

A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 10

No idea...

It's a test anyone who enlists in the military has to take.

Normally the score to qualify to get in is about a 35 but for anyone who needs a waiver, like me, they need to get a 65 or above or they can't enlist.

Wait -- you have to know how to do this crap to be a soldier? How friggin smart to you have to be to get your head blown off?

Answer to the triangle question. It's a right triangle, two sides are 6 & 8. If you know about 3-4-5 triangles, you know the third side is 10. The radius is half that, so the answer is C. (I think).

 

[Alpha1851]

Wait -- you have to know how to do this crap to be a soldier? How friggin smart to you have to be to get your head blown off?

Yeah.

I didn't know that you had to pass a test to join the military. Can we even be that choosy? I thought the recruitment numbers were really low these past few years.

Do you get to use a calculator?

 

[Rex]

Wait -- you have to know how to do this crap to be a soldier? How friggin smart to you have to be to get your head blown off?

Answer to the triangle question. It's a right triangle, two sides are 6 & 8. If you know about 3-4-5 triangles, you know the third side is 10. The radius is half that, so the answer is C. (I think).

I thought so too but it was actually 5. How? I have no idea. I don't remember any of this stuff.

As for how smart you have to be , some branches are more selective than others and the test determines your job opportunities so the higher score the better. If you need a waiver to enlist (which you will if you have any criminal history at all even before you were 18, driving tickets, or bad credit) they require a higher score at the moment. Probably because the economy is bad and more people are enlisting so they are more selective.

Yeah.

Do you get to use a calculator?

No.

If I don't pass I'm going to be very disapointed so I'm going to study some more but I really don't think it's going to help all that much. I know basic stuff in math like division, multiplying and things like that but most stuff dealing with fractions confuse the hell out of me and algebra with the 9x + 4xy = 54xy/400 frustrates me.

 

[seven_sins]

Those are pretty easy

Pretty easy? They are pretty trivial.

 

[SonOfSlobone]

I thought so too but it was actually 5. How? I have no idea. I don't remember any of this stuff.

C is 5, right? Go to bed and get some rest...

 

[JasunStrikesBack]

Oddly enough, that and Geometry were what I was best at in highschool.


Good luck



WTF is an ASVAB?

 

[Lefty]

Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery= ASVAB

test has been around since 1970 that i know for sure, as a U.S.Coast Guard
recruiter i gave that test maybe only 50,000 times.
Sultan, rather than look at being a grunt, why not check out the Coast Guard?

 

[JustWes]

Basically, it's a test that determines if you qualify to serve in the military. I took the test that you get in the 11th grade, and I don't even remember the score I got. That's how much I remember it.

I guess Sultan's taking a different version, I assume?

 

[user name]

6: Find the length of the radius in the following figure.

A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 10

No idea...

7: (3 - 1)×7 - 12 ÷ 2 =
A. 1
B. -2
C. 4
D. 8

That's easy. It's A.

8: The greatest common factor of 24 and 36 is
A. 6
B. 12
C. 36
D. 72

B?

9: Solve for m: 3m - 12 = -6
A. -6
B. 0
C. 2
D. 6

C. Right?


10: If 7p + 5q = -3, find q when p = 1.
A. -1
B. -2
C. -1.142857143
D. -0.285714286

That's B.



These are pretty easy compared to what will be on the test. I know they will be harder than this.




It's a test anyone who enlists in the military has to take.

Normally the score to qualify to get in is about a 35 but for anyone who needs a waiver, like me, they need to get a 65 or above or they can't enlist.

#7 is not A. This is called the order of operations. You must do operations by order of importance. 1) Parentheses or exponents then 2) multiplication or division last 3) add or subtract.
You did the problem reading left from right without any regard to order. You do (3 -1) first to get 2 then do 2 x 7 to get 14 then do 12 divided by 2 to get 6 LAST do 14 minus 6 to get 8. Answer is D.
# 6 answer is 5.
All your other answers are good.

 

[JustWes]

Wishing you luck, Sultan.

 

[jonboy1645]

Please do yourself a favor and carefully read the questions and answer what they are asking. In just going through these examples, I know the math, but missed 2 because I was just working careless / quickly - which is a common test taking mistake.

Also, if you are allowed scratch paper - use it. Read the question and as necessary, put it in to a from you are more familiar with.

Is this test timed? If not, there are some questions you can actually work backwards by plugging in each of the answers to see what works. This might not be the most efficient strategy - but it can help.

Are you penalized for guessing? If you are not, then be sure to answer every question. If you have no idea, or 1/2 an idea then you are that much closer to getting it right than wrong. For example - if two are the choices are negative numbers, and two are positive numbers, and you know that the answer has to be negative - but can't figure anything else out - you have given yourself a 50 / 50 chance.

Is this test a book and scan-tron? or on a computer? If the test isn't timed, and if you can write on your test book - Answer all the questions in the book, then translate (very carefully) your answers to the answer sheet. This keeps your concentration on the questions, and then get the formality of the scan tron done later. (NOTE: do not employ this strategy in a timed test - because if you run out of time, you get no score).

Also, if the test is on paper - there is no reason that you need to do the questions in order - skip around, do what you know and every once in a while on a test, another question will give you clues to the answer of a different question. (That happened to me several times when I was taking tests last year)

Really and truly, get a good night sleep, leave for the test site with plenty of time if you are going to be in traffic, and eat a healthy breakfast. I contend that people can raise their scores on a test 5 to 10 percent or more based on good test taking skills.

 

[Rex]

Please do yourself a favor and carefully read the questions and answer what they are asking. In just going through these examples, I know the math, but missed 2 because I was just working careless / quickly - which is a common test taking mistake.

Also, if you are allowed scratch paper - use it. Read the question and as necessary, put it in to a from you are more familiar with.

Is this test timed? If not, there are some questions you can actually work backwards by plugging in each of the answers to see what works. This might not be the most efficient strategy - but it can help.

Are you penalized for guessing? If you are not, then be sure to answer every question. If you have no idea, or 1/2 an idea then you are that much closer to getting it right than wrong. For example - if two are the choices are negative numbers, and two are positive numbers, and you know that the answer has to be negative - but can't figure anything else out - you have given yourself a 50 / 50 chance.

Is this test a book and scan-tron? or on a computer? If the test isn't timed, and if you can write on your test book - Answer all the questions in the book, then translate (very carefully) your answers to the answer sheet. This keeps your concentration on the questions, and then get the formality of the scan tron done later. (NOTE: do not employ this strategy in a timed test - because if you run out of time, you get no score).

Also, if the test is on paper - there is no reason that you need to do the questions in order - skip around, do what you know and every once in a while on a test, another question will give you clues to the answer of a different question. (That happened to me several times when I was taking tests last year)

Really and truly, get a good night sleep, leave for the test site with plenty of time if you are going to be in traffic, and eat a healthy breakfast. I contend that people can raise their scores on a test 5 to 10 percent or more based on good test taking skills.

Thanks.

Yes you get scrap paper and the test is on a scantron paper. Usually it's on a computer but my recruiter is sending me to a different site to take the paper version because he said it's easier. I took the computer version the first time and you can't skip questions and go back on that one but the paper one you can.

I'll let you know how it goes.