Quants

1) A committee of 5 is to be selected from a group of 15 girls

Column A
Number of selection if a girl is always included

Column B
Number of selection if a girl is always excluded

A) if the quantity in column A is greater.

B) if the quantity in column B is greater.
C) if the quantities are equal.
D) if the relationship cannot be determined from the information given.

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2) In July the price of a stock increased by 10 percent. In August, it
declined by 20 percent. If in September the price increased 10 percent,
by what percentage of the original July price has the stock changed in
price from the start of July to the end of September?

(A) 0 percent
(B) 3.2 percent
(C) 4.4 percent
(D) 20 percent
(E) 40 percent
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3) Which of the following is 850 percent greater than 8 x 103?

(A) 8.5 x 103

(B) 6.4 x 104
(C) 6.8 x 104
(D) 7.6 x 104
(E) 1.6 x 105
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4) A vending machine dispenses gumballs in a regularly repeating cycle
of ten different colors. If a quarter buys 3 gumballs, what is the
minimum amount of money that must be spent before three gumballs of the
same color are dispensed?

(A) $1.00
(B) $1.75
(C) $2.00
(D) $2.25
(E) $2.50
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5) 1, 2, -3, -4, 1, 2, -3, -4...
The sequence above begins with 1 and repeats in the pattern 1, 2, -3,
-4 indefinitely.

Column A
The sum of the 49th and 51st terms.

Column B
The sum of the 50th and 52nd terms.

A) if the quantity in column A is greater.

B) if the quantity in column B is greater.
C) if the quantities are equal.
D) if the relationship cannot be determined from the information given.

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6) A butcher buys 240 kilograms of beef for $380. If 20 percent of the
beef is unusable, at approximately what average price per kilogram must
he sell the rest of the beef in order to make a profit of 25 percent?

(A) $2.30
(B) $2.40
(C) $2.45
(D) $2.47
(E) $2.55
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7) a,b and c are positive integers and ab=c.

Column A
a

Column B
c

A) if the quantity in column A is greater.

B) if the quantity in column B is greater.
C) if the quantities are equal.
D) if the relationship cannot be determined from the information given.

Percentage Question.

1) If a dealer had sold a stereo for $600, he would have made a 20%
profit. Instead, the dealer sold it for a 40% loss. At what price was
the stereo sold?

(A) $300
(B) $315
(C) $372
(D) $400
(E) $440
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2) r > 3

Column A
The average rate when r words are typed in 3 hours
Column B
The average rate when 3 words are typed in r hours

A) if the quantity in column A is greater.

B) if the quantity in column B is greater.
C) if the quantities are equal.
D) if the relationship cannot be determined from the information given.

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3) In a nationwide poll, N people were interviewed . If 1/4 of them
answered "yes" to question 1, and of those , 1/3 answered "yes to
question2, which of the following expresions represents the number of
people interviewed who did not answer "yes" to both questions?

A : N/7
B : 6N/7
C : 5N/12
D : 7N/12
E : 11N/12
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4) A polygon has 44 diagonals, and then number of sides are ?

A) 7
B) 8
C) 9
D) 10
E) 11
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5) Column A
sqrtx-sqrty

Column B
sqrt(x-y)
A) if the quantity in column A is greater.
B) if the quantity in column B is greater.
C) if the quantities are equal.
D) if the relationship cannot be determined from the information given.

1) Data Sufficiency Question

I) If x is in S, then 1/x is in S.
II) If both x and y are in S, then so is x + y.

Is 3 in S?

(1) 1/3 is in S.
(2) 1 is in S.

A) Statement 1 alone is sufficient but statement 2 alone is not

sufficient to answer the question asked.
B) Statement 2 alone is sufficient but statement 1 alone is not
sufficient to answer the question asked.
C) Both statements 1 and 2 together are sufficient to answer the
question but neither statement is sufficient alone.
D) Each statement alone is sufficient to answer the question.
E) Statements 1 and 2 are not sufficient to answer the question asked
and additional data is needed to answer the statements.
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2) Time and Work Question

Four staff members at a certain company worked on a project. The

amounts of time that the four staff members worked on the project were
in the ratio 2 to 3 to 5 to 6. If one of the four staff members worked
on the project for 30 hours, which of the following CANNOT be the total
number of hours that the four staff members worked on the project?

A) 80
B) 96
C) 160
D) 192
E) 240
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3) Number Theory Question

How many positive integers exist between 10^6 and 10^7, the sum of
whose digits equal to 2 ?
A) 5
B) 6
C) 7
D) 8
E) 18
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4) Algebra Question

What is the value of (4x^3-x)/(2x+1)(6x-3), when x=9999 ?

A) 999999
B) 111111
C) 33333
D) 3333
E) 333
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5) Algebra Question

y=(x+2)/(y-3)=0, Which of the following nust be true ?

A) x=2 and y=3

B) x=2 and y not equal to 3
C) x=-2 and y=3
D) x=-2 and y not equal to 3
E) No solution

1) If n is a positive integer that is less than 10, what is the value

of n?

(1) n is the tenth digit in the decimal representation of 1/n.

(2) n is the hundredth digit in the decimal representation of 1/n.

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

sufficient.
B. Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not
sufficient.
C. BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE
is sufficient.
D. EACH statement ALONE is sufficient.
E. Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient.
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2) If y is the smallest positive integer such that 3; 150 multiplied by

y is the square of an integer, then y must be
A) 2
B) 5
C) 6
D) 7
E) 14
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3) If x,y and z are integers, is the product xyz even ?

1) x is odd
2) z/2 is odd

A) Statement 1 alone is sufficient but statement 2 alone is not

sufficient to answer the question asked.

B) Statement 2 alone is sufficient but statement 1 alone is not

sufficient to answer the question asked.

C) Both statements 1 and 2 together are sufficient to answer the

question but neither statement is sufficient alone.

D) Each statement alone is sufficient to answer the question.

E) Statements 1 and 2 are not sufficient to answer the question asked

and additional data is needed to answer the statements.

Question on Algebra

1) sqrt(x-1) = x-7

A) -5 or 10
B) 5 or -10
C) -5 or -10
D) 5 or 10
E) None of these
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Probability Question.

2) The number of numbers that can be formed by the digits

1,2,3,4,3,2,1. the odd digits are at odd places is given by
A) 430
B) 215
C) 93
D) 36
E) 18
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3) Permutation and Combination Comparison

Column A
Number of ways in which 5 differently coloured beads be strung on a
necklace.

Column B
5!/2

A) if the quantity in column A is greater.

B) if the quantity in column B is greater.
C) if the quantities are equal.
D) if the relationship cannot be determined from the information given.

1. X and Y are positive integers such that X=8Y+12. What is the

Greatest
common factor of X and Y.

1. X=12u , Where u is an interger

2. Y=12v , where v is an interger

2. In a certain game, a large container is filled with red,yellow,

green
and blue beads worth respectively 7,5,3 and 2 points each. A number of
beads are then removed from the container. If the product of the point
values of the removed beads is 147,000 how many red beads were removed?

A. 5
B. 4
C. 3
D. 2
E. 0
Speed and Distance

A certain river has current of 3 miles per hour. A boat takes twice as
long to travel upstream between two points as it does to travel
downstream between the same two points. What is the speed of the boat
in still water ?

A) 3 miles per hours

B) 6 miles per hours
C) 9 miles per hours
D) 12 miles per hours
E) The speed cannot be determined from the given information

GRE Question of the Day: Probability

What is the probability that the sum of the results when two dice are
rolled simultaneously will be 9?
(a) 1/3
(b) 7/36
(c) 1/6
(d) 10/36
(e) 5/9
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GRE Question of the Day: Comparison

x and y are integers greater than 1.

Column A
2(x + y)

Column B
2xy

A) if the quantity in column A is greater.

B) if the quantity in column B is greater.
C) if the quantities are equal.
D) if the relationship cannot be determined from the information given

Average Speed

John traveled 80% of the way from Yellow-town to Green-fields by train

at an average speed of 80 miles per hour. The rest of the way John
traveled by car at an average speed of v miles per hour. If the average
speed for the entire trip was 60 miles per hour, what is v in miles per
hour?

(a) 30
(b) 40
(c) 50
(d) 55
(e) 70

Percentage, Profit and Loss

Kelly used to get a 30% discount on movie tickets. When the price of
the movie ticket increased by 50%, the amount of discount in dollars
remained the same. What is Kelly's discount with the new Ticket price
in percent terms?

a) 10%
b) 20%
c) 25%
d) 35%
e) 38%
Volume

If the volume of a cube is 1 cubic centimeter, then the distance from

any vertex to the centre point inside the cube is
A) 1/2
B) 1/sqrt2
C) sqrt2
D) sqrt3/2
E) sqrt3

Number Theory

For how many two digit positive numbers will tripling the tens digit
give us a two digit number that is triple the original. (Contributed
by: Srinivasan, Hyderabad)

A) None
B) 1
C) 2
D) 3
E) 4

Age Problem Solving

Roy is now 4 years older than Erik and half of that amount older than
Iris. If in 2 years, Roy will be twice as old as Erik, then in 2 years
what would be Roy's age multiplied by Iris's age?

a) 8
b) 28
c) 48
d) 50
e) 52

Geometry Problem Solving

A crate measures 8 feet by 16 feet by 24 feet on the inside. A stone

pillar in the shape of a right circular cylinder must fit into the
crate for shipping so that it rests upright when the crate on at least
one of its six sides. what is the radius, in feet, of the pillar with
the largest volume that could still fit in the crate? (Contributed by:
EastHaven)

a) 4
b) 8
c) 12
d) 16
e) 24
Coordinate Geometry
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> Vertices of a quadrilateral ABCD are A(1,1), B(5,6), C(10,10) and
> D(6,5). What is the shape of the quadrilateral?
>
> A. Square
> B. Rectangle but not a square
> C. Rhombus
> D. Parallelogram but not a rhombus
> E. None of these