GREQuantitativeHomework

NumberProperties
1.Twonumbersarereciprocalsiftheirproductequals1.Ifaandbarereciprocals
andaislessthan0,thenbmustbe:
A.lessthan0
B.lessthana
C.betweenaand0
D.greaterthan0
E.greaterthan1
2.Whichofthefollowingistrueforallconsecutiveintegersjandksuchthatj>k?
A.jiseven
B.kiseven
C.jkiseven
D.kjisodd
E.j+kisodd
Arithmetic
1.ClearPhonecharges$50forinstallationand$10permonthforservice.Reliable
Phonecharges$20forinstallationand$20permonthforservice.Ifacustomer
choosesReliablePhone,inhowmanymonthswillthetotalcostbemoreexpensive
thanClearPhone?
A.1
B.2
C.3
D.4
E.5
2.Jerry'sweightdroppedfrom236lbsto218lbs.inayear.Mannylostasmany
lbs.asJerrydidinthatsameyear.IfMannybegantheyearweighing180lbs,how
muchdidheweighwhentheyearwasover?

Decimals
1.OnOctober1,gascost$2.50pergallon.OnNovember1,thepriceofgashad
increasedby20%.OnDecember1,thepriceofgasincreasedagainby10%.What
percentoftheOctober1priceofgaswastheDecember1priceafterthisincrease?
A.75%
B.97%
C.130%
D.132%
E.150%
2.Lisbethworksinabookstoreandwantstoprogramthebookstorecomputerto
reflectthefactthatallbooksthisweekendarebeingsoldfor25%offtheirmarked
price.Whichofthefollowingisanexpressionforthediscountedpriceonabook
whosemarkedpriceismdollars?
A.m25
B.m0.25
C.m0.25m
D.0.25m
E.0.25mm
Ratios&Proportions
1.

Theratioofatobis1to4,andtheratioofctobis3to2.
QuantityA
QuantityB
a
c
A.ThequantityinColumnAisgreater
B.ThequantityinColumnBisgreater
C.Thetwoquantitiesareequal
D.Therelationshipcannotbedeterminedfromtheinformationgiven.

2.Attheendofthenight,Mike'smanageraskedhimtopourtheremainingmustardin
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onebottleintoanotherlargerbottle.Lookingatthebottles,Mikesawonthelabelthat
thelargermustardbottlewasdoublethesizeofthesmallerbottle.Mikeestimatedthat
thesmallerbottlewasfullofmustard,andthatthelargerbottlewasfullof
mustard.Ifhepouredallthemustardfromthesmallerbottleintothelargerbottle,
abouthowfullwasthelargerbottle?
A.3/16full
B.5/8full
C.7/8full
D.full
E.overflowing
Exponents&SquareRoots
1.Ify=x+2,then(xy) =?
A.8
B.2
C.2
D.8
E.Itcannotbedetermined
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2.Forwhatpositiveintegerxisthesquarerootofx=x/21?

AnswersandExplanations
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NumberProperties
1.(A)iscorrect.
Ifaisnegative(lessthan0),thenbmustalsobenegative,otherwisetheirproduct
wouldbenegativeandthuscouldnotequal1.However,wedon'tknowenoughabout
aandbtodeterminewhichofthemisgreater.
Forexample,acouldbe1/2andbcouldbe2,butacouldalsobe2andbcouldbe
1/2.ThisiswhychoiceBisnotcorrect,andtheansweris(A).
2.(D)iscorrect.
Let'ssolvethisproblemusingthestrategyPickingNumbers.
Let'ssaythatj=2andk=3.Thesenumbersfittherequirementsoftheproblem
becausetheyareconsecutiveandjislessthank.
Nowecangothroughtheanswerchoices,eliminatingtheonesthatarefalseforour
chosennumbers:(B),(C),and(E).
Let'schooseanothersetofnumbers:j=3andk=4.Nowwecaneliminate(A)since
jisoddinthiscase.Thecorrectanswermustbe(D).
Arithmetic
1.(D)iscorrect.
After1month,Clearphonecosts50=10=$60.
After1month,ReliablePhonecosts20+20=$40.
After2months,ClearPhonecosts60+10=$70.
After2months,ReliablePhonecosts40+20=$60.
After3months,ClearPhonecosts70+10=$80.
After3months,ReliablePhonecosts60+20=$80.
After4months,ClearPhonecosts80+10=$90.
After4months,ReliablePhonecosts80+20=$100.
2.171iscorrect.
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SubtractJerry'sweightattheendoftheyearfromhisweightatthebeginningofthe
yeartofindhistotalweightloss:236218=18lbs.Jerrylost18lbs.Mannylost1/2
asmuchasJerry.SoMannylost1/2(18)=9lbs.SubtracttheamountofManny's
weightlossfromhisstartingweighttofindhisweightwhentheyearwasover.1809
=171lbs.Mannyweighed171lbs.attheendoftheyear.
Decimals
1.(D)iscorrect
Let'susethecalculatorforthis:2.50+20%=2.50*1.2=3.00+10%=3.00*1.1=
3.30.Sowhatpercentof2.50is3.30?
Tofindthatout,justdivide3.30by2.50:3.3/2.5=1.32=132%
2.Abookbeingsoldfor25%offthemarkedpriceisbeingsoldformdollarsminus
25%ofmdollars,orm.025m.
Youcouldalsosolvebypickingnumbers.Forpercentquestionswithunknown
originalvalues,choose100.Ifthemarkedprice,m,is$100,andthebookif25%off.
Thenthediscountis$25,sothediscountedpriceis$75.
Theansweris(C).
Ratios&Proportions
1.QuantityAisgreater.
First,let'sexpresstheratiosinvariableform:
1:4a=4b
3:23c=2b
(3/2)c=b
Nowlet'ssubstituteintothea:bratio:
a=4b
a=4(3/2)c
a=6c
1:6istheratioofatoc.Variablecisofa,soColumnAisthegreaterquantity.
Alsonotingtherelationshipofthevariables:a>b>ccanhelpyoudeterminethe
answerwithoutsolvingforeachvariableindependently.

2.(C)iscorrect.
Thisisagoodquestiontodraw.Let'sgive4blocksofcapacitytothesmallerbottle.
Sinceit'sdoublethesize,let'sgive8blocksofcapacitytothelargerbottle.Now,ifthe
smallerbottleisfull,thenwellfilloneofitsblocks.Sincethelargerbottleisfull,
wellfillin2/4oftheblocks,or6ofthe8.Howifwecombinethem,weget7outof
the8blocksfilled,which=7/8.
Exponents&SquareRoots
1.(A)iscorrect.
y=x+2
yx=2
Multiplytheentireequationby1:
y+x=2
xy=2
Plugin2for(xy)intotheexpressionandsimplify:
(xy)3=(2)3=8
2.441iscorrect.
Solveforx.Squarebothsidestoremovetherootsignfromtheleftsideofthe
equation.x=x2/441.Multiplybothsidesby441.441x=x2.Dividebyx.441=x.
Check:Plug441intotheoriginalequation.Noticethat212=441.