Which of the following expresses the area of a square region in terms of its perimeter, p ?

Answer




Answer: D
Plug in. Lets make p = 8. Each side of the square equals 2 and the area is 4. When 8 is plugged into
the answer choices, the only answer that works is (D).
If a is an integer and b = , what is the least possible value of a for which b is greater than 20 ?

8

9

12

34
Answer 35

Answer: E
The question is really asking > 20. So, multiply each side by 2 then subtract 6 to find a > 34.
The least integer greater than 34 is 35. The correct answer is (E).
Quantity A Quantity B
7
x
+ 1 8
x
+ 1

Quantity A is greater.

Quantity B is greater.

The two quantities are equal.

The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.
Answer:D
Plug In. Pick a number for x. If x = 2, then 7
2
+ 1 = 50 and 8
2
+ 1 = 65. Quantity B is greater, so eliminate choices (A) and (C). Now,
plug in a weird number. If x = 0, then 7
0
+ 1 = 1 + 1 = 2, and 8
0
+ 1 = 1 + 1 = 2. Now the two columns are equal, so eliminate choice
(B). Therefore, the answer is choice (D).


What is 20 percent of x?
(1) Sixty percent of is less than 2x.
(2) Forty percent of 8x is 16.

Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient.

Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient.

BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is
sufficient.

EACH statement ALONE is sufficient.

If r and s are non-negative, what is the ratio of r to s?
(1) r is 60 percent of s.
(2) r is 42 less than s.

Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient.

Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient.

BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is
sufficient.

EACH statement ALONE is sufficient.

Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT SUFFICIENT