ASVAB
3 months
7 Students
2 Lessons
How many miles per gallon does your brand-new SUV get? How long does it take to go over the river and through the woods to Grandmother’s house? How much wood could a woodchuck chuck? These are examples of everyday questions that can be answered by arithmetic reasoning.
The rest of the world calls this type of question math word problems. The ASVAB calls them Arithmetic Reasoning. No matter what they’re called, these problems help you apply mathematical principles to the real world (at least the real world according to the people who think up word problems). You will learn how to read a word problem, determine what the question asks, and select the correct answer.
Arithmetic Reasoning is an important part of the Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFQT) score, which is used to determine your general qualification for enlistment in all the service branches. Also, certain military jobs require that you score well on this subtest. The computerized version of the Arithmetic Reasoning test (CAT-ASVAB) contains 15 questions and has a time limit of 55 minutes, while the paper-and-pencil version (P&P-ASVAB) contains 30 questions and has a time limit of 36 minutes.
To do well on the Arithmetic Reasoning subtest, you have to remember that there are two parts: arithmetic and reasoning. You usually have to use both of these skills for each problem. The arithmetic part comes in when you have to perform mathematical operations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. The reasoning comes in when you figure out which numbers to use in your calculations. In other words, Arithmetic Reasoning tests how you apply your ability to perform calculations to real-life problems. If you slept through high school math, don’t worry. This course helps you decipher these math problems, focusing on the reasoning part.
