20 GRE Quantitative Reasoning Sample Questions

NOTE: a. The number of questions under different question types is NOT representative of the actual GRE) b. The number of questions under each area of testing (Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry, Data Analysis) is NOT representative of the actual GRE) _______________________________________________________________________________________ 1. If 35 is the median of the data set including 21, 7, 45, 33, 62 and x, then what is the value of x? A) 3 B) 14 C) 37 D) 33 E) 48 2. Quantity A abcd Select one of the following four choices: A) B) C) D) Quantity A is greater Quantity B is greater The two quantities are equal The relationship cannot be determined from the information given a > b > c > d > 1 and the product of a, b, c, d is 210 Quantity B abc + abd + adc + bcd

3. The difference between the exterior angle of an (n-1) sided regular polygon and the exterior angle of an (n+2) sided regular polygon is 60. What is the value of n? [Numeric Entry question]

4. What is true about the graph of function f defined by y=4+||x|-3| I. Symmetric with respect to y-axis II. Has no x intercepts III. Has one y intercept at (0,7) A) I and II only B) I and III only C) I, II and III

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D) II and III only E) None 5. N = {12, 18, 2, 6} P = {1, 4, 2, 3} If n and p are to be selected at random from sets N and P respectively. What is the probability that be a member of set p? [Numeric Entry question] Express your answer as a fraction.
n will 2p

6. A data set has a standard deviation equal to 1. If each data value in the data set is multiplied by 4, then the value of the standard deviation of the new data set is equal to A) 0.25 B) 0.50 C) 1 D) 2 E) 4 7. The range of the function f(x) = -|x - 2| - 3 is A) y 2 B) y -3 C) y -3 D) y -2 E) y -2 8. The perimeter of the parallelogram PQRS is 50. If PQ > PS and the sides are integers, then what can a value of PQ be? Select ALL that apply. A) 11 B) 12 C) 13 D) 14 E) 15 F) 16 G) 17
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9. The No-Child-Left-Behind program at a certain middle school had a total enrolment of 150 students. 55 students were enrolled in Math, 37 students were enrolled in Physics and 22 in both. How many students were enrolled in neither Math nor Physics? A) 36 B) 58 C) 70 D) 80 E) 114 10. If a > 0 > b > c, and if |a| > |c|, which of the following inequalities holds in all cases? Select ALL that apply. A) B) C) D) E) F) bc a < 0 ab + c < 0 ac b < 0 abc < 0 ab c > 0 ab ac > 0

11. In a class of 40 students, 40% received grade A. In another class of 50 students, 40% received grade A. What percent of the total number of students in both classes received grade A? A) 30% B) 36% C) 40% D) 60% E) 80% In the first class number of students with grade A
40 40 16 100 40 50 20 100

In the second class, number of students with grade

A

So, percent of the total number of students receiving grade A

16 20 100 40% 40 50

Use the information below to answer the following two questions:

Bread Rye Wheat White

Sauce Spicy tomato Sweet onion Mayonnaise Mustard Hot peppers

Cheese American Swiss Provolone Pepper Jack

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JJs Sandwich offers the below varieties of bread, sauce and cheese A sandwich from JJs consists of one type of bread, one sauce, and one cheese 12 . Quantity A Number of possible sandwiches JJs makes Quantity B 60

Select one of the following four choices: A) B) C) D) 13. Quantity A is greater Quantity B is greater The two quantities are equal The relationship cannot be determined from the information given Quantity A Number of sandwiches that can be made on rye bread Quantity B Number of sandwiches that can be made on wheat bread

Select one of the following four choices: A) B) C) D) Quantity A is greater Quantity B is greater The two quantities are equal The relationship cannot be determined from the information given

14. Use the frequency distribution table below to answer the question: Data Value Frequency 0 3 1 6 2 2 3 1 4 2 Quantity A Median of distribution Select one of the following four choices: A) B) C) D) Quantity A is greater Quantity B is greater The two quantities are equal The relationship cannot be determined from the information given
walks 15 miles. What is Peters speed in mph?

Quantity B 2

15. Peter can ride his bike 16mph faster than Rebecca can walk. Peter rides at 25miles in the same time Rebecca Quantity A Peters speed in mph Select one of the following four choices:
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A) B) C) D) Quantity A is greater Quantity B is greater The two quantities are equal The relationship cannot be determined from the information given

16. In a Math class of 20 students, one-fifth of them are seniors and there are twice as many juniors as seniors. Quantity A Number of students who are not junior or seniors Select one of the following four choices: A) B) C) D) Quantity A is greater Quantity B is greater The two quantities are equal The relationship cannot be determined from the information given Quantity B 10

17. The ratio of gasoline to edible oil in 40 liters of the mixture is 3:1. How many liters of edible oil should be added in the mixture to make the ratio of gasoline to edible oil 2:1? A) 1.5 B) 5 C) 7.5 C) 10 E) 15 18. Quantity A Area of the region bounded by y = 0, x = 6 and x = y Use the information below to answer the following question: Category Home Rent Car Payment /Gasoline Groceries Entertainment Estimated Expenses $500 $750 $300 $50 Quantity B Area of the right-angled triangle with sides 6, 8, 10

The table above shows the estimates of the only expenses of Mr. X in a certain month. Mr. X earns $2000 that month.

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19. If Mr. X manages to cut down his actual expenses by 10% over what he estimated in each category, then by what percent have his savings increased? A) 10% B) 20% C) 30% D) 40% E) 50% Use the information below to answer the following question:
y 5 4 Exports (in 000) 3 2 1 x

1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 Year

20. Which year showed the highest percentage increase of exports over the previous year? A) 1991 B) 1992 C) 1993 D) 1994 E) cannot be determined

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KEY 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. C B 13 C
3 8

6. E 7. B 8. C, D, E, F, G 9. D 10. B, C 11. C 12. C 13. C 14. B 15. A 16. B 17. A 18. B 19. D 20. A SOLUTIONS 1. Since 35 is the median of the set, median should lie between 33 and x. Arranging the numbers in increasing order : 7, 21, 33, x, 45, 62 33+ Since there are even number of elements, median = 2 = 35 Or, x = 37 Hence, C 2. abcd = 210 or 2 *3* 5* 7 = 210 since a > b > c > d > 1, a = 7, b = 5, c = 3 and d = 2 Quantity A : 210 Quantity B : 105 + 70 + 42 + 30 = 247 Hence, B 3.
360

360 +2

= 6

or , n2 + n 182 = 0 or, (n + 14) (n 13 ) = 0 So, n = 13

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4. I): Determine f(-x) and simplify it f(-x) = 4 + | | - x | - 3 | = 4 + | | x | - 3 | since |-x| = |x| Hence f(x) is even and its graph is symmetric with to the y axis. (II): Find any x intercepts by solving f(x) = 0 4+||x|-3|=0 Add -4 to both sides of the above equation to obtain ||x|-3|=-4 The absolute value of an expression is never negative, hence the above equation has no solutions and therefore the graph of the given function has no x intercepts. (III): Find the y intercept by finding f(0) f(0) = 4 + | | 0 | - 3 | = 7 The graph of f has a y intercept at (0 , 7). All three statements in (I), (II) and (III) are true. Hence, C. 5. There are 4 elements in N. There are 4 elements in P. Number of
n combinations = 4 x 4 = 16 2p
n is in P = 6 2p

Number of cases when (i.e.

2 6 6 1; 1; 3) 2 1 23 2 1

So, probability that

n 6 3 is in p = 2p 16 8

6. The standard deviation involves the square root of the sum of (xi - m)2 where xi are the data values and m is the mean. If each data value is multiplied by k then the mean will be k times. Hence the new standard deviation will involve the square root of the sum of (k xi - k m)2 and therefore the new standard deviation will be k times the old standard deviation. In this case k = 4 and the old standard deviation is one. The standard deviation after multiplication will be equal to 4. Hence, E
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7. The absolute value is either positive or zero. Hence |x - 2| 0 Multiply both sides of the inequality by -1 and reverse the symbol of inequality to obtain - |x - 2| 0 Subtract 3 from both sides of the inequality to obtain - |x - 2| - 3 - 3 The right side of the above inequality is equal to f(x). Hence the inequality gives f(x) - 3 The above inequality states that the range of y = f(x) is given by y -3 Hence, B 8. Since perimeter of PQRS is 50, PQ + PR = 25. Also, PQ > PR, and PQ, PR are integers. So, PQ = 13, 14, 15, ... , 24 Hence, C, D, E, F, G 9. The number of students enrolled in either Math or Physics or both is given by = + ( ) = 55 + 37 22 = 70 So, the number of students enrolled in neither Math nor Physics = 150 70 = 80 Hence, D 10. Plug-in random values for a, b, c, d that satisfy the relation and check for the options. Say, 5 > 0 > -2 > -3. Hence, B, C 11. In the first class number of students with grade A
40 40 16 100

In the second class, number of students with grade

A 40 50 20 100

So, percent of the total number of students receiving grade A

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16 20 100 40% 40 50

Hence, C 12. JJs offers 3 types of bread, 5 types of sauce, and 4 types of cheese. Therefore, JJs can make any of 3 *5 *4 = 60 types of sandwiches. Hence, C 13. Fixing the type of bread means JJs can use 1 type of bread, any of the 5 sauces and any of the 4 cheeses on the sandwich. 5 *4 = 20 types of sandwiches that can be made on wheat or rye bread. Hence, C 14. Since there are 14 data items (an even number) in the frequency table, the median will be the average of the middle two, namely the seventh and the eighth pieces. The table contains the data in numerical order, so the first three elements are zeros and the next six are ones. Therefore, the seventh and eighth pieces of data will both be 1 and the median will be 1. Hence, B 15. If Peters speed is x mph, Rebeccas speed is (x 16) mph. Since Time taken for Peter to ride 25 miles = time taken by Rebecca to walk 15 miles, 25 15 = 16 or, x = 40 Hence, A 16. Seniors = 1 .20 4 5 Juniors = 2 x seniors = 8 Quantity A: Students who are not juniors or seniors = 20-(4+8) = 8 Hence, B 17. 40 liters of a mixture in 3:1 ratio would mean 30 liters of gasoline and 10 liters of edible oil. If x liters of edible oil need be mixed to make the ratio 2:1, 30 2 = 10 + 1 or, x = 5.
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Hence, B 18. Quantity. A:
1 . 6.6 = 18 2 1 . 6.8 = 24 How do we know 6 and 8 are the base and height or height and base? 2

Quantity B:

(6,6) 6 O 6 x

Hence, B 19. 10% cut down on all the categories.

1600 1600. 10 1440 100

Savings initially = 400 Since Savings = Earnings Expenditures = 2000 (500 + 750 + 300 + 50) = $400 Savings now = 560 Percent increase in savings 560 400 100 40%
400

Hence, D 20. Percentage increase from 1990 to 1991 = No increase from 91 to 92 Decrease from 92 to 93 Percentage increase from 93 to 94 = 150% So, highest percentage increase was shown in 1991. Hence, A
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3000 1000 100 = 200% 1000

x= y

x=6