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ASVAB AFQT

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Angie Papple Johnston
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1,001 Opportunities to improve your score on the ASVAB AFQT

If you have your sights set on a career in the U.S. Military – but the thought of taking the ASVAB AFQT is having you seeing stars and stripes – this test-prep guide offers 1,001 practice opportunities to increase your chances of scoring higher. Covering the four subtests, 1,001 ASVAB AFQT Practice Questions For Dummies helps you strengthen your test-taking muscles so you can perform your very best on the big day – and qualify for the military branch and job you want.

Since the test was first introduced in 1968, more than 40 million people have taken the exam. If you want to join the ranks and go on to enjoy a fulfilling and prosperous career in the Air Force, Army, Marines, Navy, or Coast Guard, it's essential that you achieve a passing score on the ASVAB AFQT – the first four sections of the ASVAB. All the expert test-taking tips, strategies, and practice questions you need to do just that are a page away.

  • Includes free, 1-year access to practice questions online
  • Provides detailed answers and explanations for every question
  • Covers everything you can expect to encounter on exam day
  • Offers tips for using your time wisely

If red, white, and blue are in your blood, the 1,001 practice questions inside will help you pass the ASVAB AFQT with flying colors.

1,001 Opportunities to improve your score on the ASVAB AFQT

If you have your sights set on a career in the U.S. Military – but the thought of taking the ASVAB AFQT is having you seeing stars and stripes – this test-prep guide offers 1,001 practice opportunities to increase your chances of scoring higher. Covering the four subtests, 1,001 ASVAB AFQT Practice Questions For Dummies helps you strengthen your test-taking muscles so you can perform your very best on the big day – and qualify for the military branch and job you want.

Since the test was first introduced in 1968, more than 40 million people have taken the exam. If you want to join the ranks and go on to enjoy

a fulfilling and prosperous career in the Air Force, Army, Marines, Navy, or Coast Guard, it's essential that you achieve a passing score on the ASVAB AFQT – the first four sections of the ASVAB. All the expert test-taking tips, strategies, and practice questions you need to do just that are a page away.
  • Includes free, 1-year access to practice questions online
  • Provides detailed answers and explanations for every question
  • Covers everything you can expect to encounter on exam day
  • Offers tips for using your time wisely

If red, white, and blue are in your blood, the 1,001 practice questions inside will help you pass the ASVAB AFQT with flying colors.

1,001 ASVAB AFQT Practice Questions For Dummies Cheat Sheet

If you're planning to join the military, you'll have to take the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery, or ASVAB. Your score on four of the ASVAB's subtests — Word Knowledge, Paragraph Comprehension, Mathematics Knowledge, and Arithmetic Reasoning — determine whether you qualify for enlistment. Together, they're called the Armed Forces Qualification Test, or AFQT. Those four subtests, along with the other five subtests, will also determine which jobs will suit you best once you're in.

About The Author

Angie Papple Johnston joined the U.S. Army in 2006 as a Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear specialist, ready to tackle chemical weapons in a Level- A HAZMAT suit. She's currently the CBRN noncommissioned officer-in-charge of an aviation battalion in Washington, D.C.

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ASVAB Arithmetic Reasoning Practice: Angles

If you run into an angle problem on the Arithmetic Reasoning subtest on the ASVAB, you'll need to think visually to figure out the answer—and, as you'll see in the following practice questions, some algebra may also be involved.

Practice questions

  1. Find angle D in a quadrilateral where angle A measures 220 degrees, angle B measures 34 degrees, and angle C measures 83 degrees. A. 50 degrees B. 34 degrees C. 23 degrees D. 18 degrees
  2. The measure of one supplementary angle, A, is twice the measure of its counterpart, angle B. What is the measure of angle A? A. 60 degrees B. 90 degrees C. 120 degrees D. 150 degrees

Answers and explanations

  1. The correct answer is Choice (C). All the angles in a quadrilateral must add up to 360 degrees, so you can subtract each of the angles from 360 to find out what's left: 360 – 220 – 34 – 83 = 23. If you're more comfortable with algebra, you can set up an algebraic equation: Either way, you find that the missing angle, D, is 23 degrees.
  2. The correct answer is Choice (C). Supplementary angles must add up to 180 degrees. Let x represent the measure of angle B (the smaller angle) and let 2x represent the measure of angle A. Create an equation: Angle B measures 60 degrees, so the measure of angle A is twice that; it's 120 degrees.

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ASVAB Arithmetic Reasoning Practice: Two-Dimensional Geometry Problems

On the Arithmetic Reasoning subtest on the ASVAB, two-dimensional geometry questions are usually pretty straightforward. However, if they’re presented as word problems, it’s important that you read them carefully and maybe even draw a diagram to help you visualize the problem.

Practice questions

  1. A rectangular picture frame has an interior perimeter of 38 inches. One interior side of the frame is 11 inches long. How long is the other interior side of the picture frame? A. 12 in. B. 16 in. C. 27 in. D. 8 in.
  2. A square garden with an area of 169 square meters needs to be surrounded by a walkway that’s 2 meters across. What is the walkway’s area? A. 56 m2 B. 110 m2 C. 120 m2 D. 128 m2

Answers and explanations

  1. The correct answer is Choice (D). The formula to find the perimeter of a rectangle is P = 2l + 2w, where P represents the perimeter, l represents the length, and w represents the width. Find the lengths by using the perimeter formula: The other interior side of the picture frame is 8 inches long.
  2. The correct answer is Choice (C). The garden is square, so find its dimensions by finding the square root of its area: Each side of the garden is 13 meters long. The walkway needs to measure 2 meters across, so add 2 meters to each side to get the size of the garden and walkway together; each side is 17 meters long. You can find the area of the entire project — the garden plus the walkway — by squaring 17: 172 = 289. Now subtract the smaller area (the garden) from the area covering the walkway and the garden: 289 – 169 = 120. The walkway’s area is 120 square meters.

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ASVAB Arithmetic Reasoning Practice: Three-Dimensional Geometry Questions

The Arithmetic Reasoning subtest on the ASVAB will contain geometry questions involving three-dimensional figures. With that in mind, you should memorize the formulas for both surface area and volume of the most common 3D shapes.

Practice questions

  1. How much sheet metal is necessary to create a cylinder-shaped water tank that is 300 feet long and has a diameter of 80 feet? A. 85,408 sq. ft. B. 85,408 cu. ft. C. 84,016 sq. ft. D. 82,971 sq. ft.
  2. Sergeant First Class Aziz ordered his troops to fill four rectangular boxes with sand to hold down the flight line. If each box is 2.5 feet wide, 1 foot high, and 2 feet long, how many cubic feet of sand will the soldiers put into the boxes altogether? A. 20 cu. ft. B. 22 cu. ft. C. 5 cu. ft. D. 18.5 cu. ft.

Answers and explanations

  1. The correct answer is Choice (A). This question is asking you for the surface area of the water tank. Don't forget that the cylinder has two ends as well. You can find the surface area of a right cylinder with the formula where SA represents the surface area and r represents the radius. Fill in the variables with what you know and solve: Pi is approximately equal to 3.14, so to find the answer, multiply 27,200 by 3.14: The surface area of this massive cylinder is approximately 85,408 square feet. (In the military, you'll hear the expression, "It's good enough for government work!" That means you're close enough to the right answer, and on the ASVAB, 3.14 is good enough for pi. However, it can't hurt to learn that pi is also approximately equal to 22/7.)
  2. The correct answer is Choice (A). The problem deals with the volume of rectangular prisms. To find the volume, use V = lwh, where V represents the volume, l represents the length, w represents the width, and h represents the height. Each box holds 5 cubic feet of sand, but there are four boxes. Multiply 5 by 4 to find that the soldiers will have to put 20 cubic feet of sand into the boxes.

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