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(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 TOGHTHER are sufficient, but NIGHTHER statements ALONE is sufficient.
(D) EACH statement ALONE is sufficient.
(E) Statement (1) and (2) TOGHTHER are NOT sufficient.
1- Is zw positive?
(1) z + w^3 = 20
(2) z is positive
- Answer is E
2 Some computers at a certain company are Brand X and the rest are Brand Y. If the ratio of the
number of Brand Y computers to the number of Brand X computers at the company is 5 to 6,
how many of the computers are Brand Y?
(1) There are 80 more Brand X computers than Brand Y computers at the company.
(2) There is a total of 880 computers at the company.
- Answer is D
3- If Ann saves x dollars each week and Beth saves y dollars each week, what is the total amount
that they save per week?
(1) Beth saves $5 more per week than Ann saves per week.
(2) It takes Ann 6 weeks to save the same amount that Beth saves in 5 weeks
- Answer is C
4- If the total price of n equally priced shares of a certain stock was $12,000, what was the price
per share of the stock?
(1) If the price per share of the stock had been $1 more, the total price of the n shares would
have been $300 more.
(2) If the price per share of the stock had been $2 less, the total price of the n shares would have
been 5 percent less.
- Answer is D
5- The total cost of an office dinner was shared equally by k of the n employees who attended the
dinner. What was the total cost of the dinner?
(1) Each of the k employees who shared the cost of the dinner paid $19.
(2) If the total cost of the dinner had been shared equally by k +1 of the n employees who
attended the dinner, each of the k +1 employees would have paid $18.
- Answer is C
14- Elena receives a salary plus a commission that is equal to a fixed percentage of her sales
revenue. What was the total of Elena's salary and commission last month?
(1) Elena's monthly salary is $1 ,000.
(2) Elena's commission is 5 percent of her sales revenue.
- Answer is E
15- If the set S consists of five consecutive positive integers, what is the sum of these five integers?
(1) The integer 11 is in S, but 10 is not in S .
(2) The sum of the even integers in S is 26
- Answer is D
52 Last year, if Elena spent a total of $720 on newspapers, magazines, and books, what amount
did she spend on newspapers?
(1)Last year, the amount that Elena spent on magazines was 80 percent of the amount that she
spent on books.
(2)Last year, the amount that Elena spent on newspapers was 60 percent of the total amount
that she spent on magazines and books.
- Answer is B
20- What is the value of x?
(1) x + 1 = 2 - 3x
(2) 1/(2x) = 2
- Answer is D
22- For all x, the expression x* is defined to be ax+ a, where a is a constant. What is the value
of 2*?
(1) 3*=2
(2) 5*=3
- Answer is D
25- Rita's monthly salary is 2/3 Juanita's monthly salary. What is their combined monthly salary?
(1) Rita's monthly salary is $ 4,000.
(2) Either Rita's monthly salary or Juanita's monthly salary is $ 6,000.
- Answer is A
26- A certain dealership has a number of cars to be sold by its salespeople. How many cars are to
be sold?
(1) If each of the salespeople sells 4 of the cars, 23 cars will remain unsold.
(2) If each of the salespeople sells 6 of the cars, 5 cars will remain unsold.
- Answer is C
28- How many hours would it take Pump A and Pump B working together, each at its own constant
rate, to empty a tank that was initially full?
(1) Working alone at its constant rate,Pump A would empty the full tank in 4 hours 20 minutes.
(2) Working alone, Pump B would empty the full tank at its constant rate of 72 liters per minute.
- Answer is E
30- A tank containing water started to leak. Did the tank contain more than 30 gallons of water
when it started to leak? (Note: 1 gallon = 128 ounces)
(1) The water leaked from the tank at a constant rate of 6.4 ounces per minute.
(2) The tank became empty less than 12 hours after it started to leak.
- Answer is E
31- During a certain bicycle ride, was Sherry's average speed faster than 24 kilometers per hour? (1
kilometer = 1000 meter)
(1) Sherry's average speed during the bicycle ride was faster than 7 meters per second.
(2) Sherry's average speed during the bicycle ride was slower than 8 meters per second.
- Answer is A
35 Water is pumped into a partially filled tank at a constant rate through an inlet pipe. At the
same time, water is pumped out of the tank at a constant rate through an outlet pipe. At what
rate, in gallons per minute, is the amount of water in the tank increasing?
1) The amount of water initially in the tank is 200 gallons.
2)Water is pumped into the tank at a rate of 10 gallons per minute and out of the tank at a rate
of 10 gallons every 2 and half minutes.
- Answer is B
38 The charge for a telephone call between City R and City S is $0.42 for each of the first 3
minutes and $0.18 for each additional minute. A certain call between these two cities lasted for
x minutes, where x is an integer. How many minutes long was the call?
1)The charge for the first 3 minutes of the call was $0.36 less than the charge for the remainder
of the call.
2) The total charge for the call was $2.88
- Answer is D
39 If Car X followed Car Y across a certain bridge that is 1/2 mile long, how many seconds did it
take Car X to travel across the bridge?
1)Car X drove onto the bridge exactly 3 seconds after Car Y drove onto the bridge and drove off
the bridge exactly 2 seconds after Car Y drove off the bridge.
2) Car Y traveled across the bridge at a constant speed of 30 miles per hour.
- Answer is C
41- Each type A machine fills 400 cans per minute,each Type B machine fills 600 cans per
minute,and each Type C machine installs 2,400 lids per minute.A lid is installed on each can
that is filled and on no can that is not filled.For a particular minute,what is the total number of
machines working?
(1) A total of 4,800 cans are filled that minute
(2) For that minute,there are 2 Type B machines working for every Type C machine working
- The answer is C
42- In the rectangular coordinate system above, if ΔOPQ and ΔQRS have equal area, what are the
coordinates of point R ?
(1)The coordinates of point P are (0,12).
(2) OP = OQ and QS = RS.
- The answer is C
43- After winning 50 percent of the first 20 games it played, Team A won all of the remaining
games it played. What was the total number of games that Team A won?
(1) Team A played 25 games altogether.
(2) Team A won 60 percent of all the games it played.
- The answer is D
44- If a, b, and c are consecutive integers and 0 < a < b < c, is the product abc a multiple of 8 ?
(1) The product ac is even.
(2) The product bc is a multiple of 4.
- The answer is A
45- Last year in a group of 30 businesses, 21 reported a net profit and 15 had investments in
foreign markets. How many of the businesses did not report a net profit nor invest in foreign
markets last year?
(1) Last year 12 of the 30 businesses reported a net profit and had investments in foreign
markets.
(2) Last year 24 of the 30 businesses reported a net profit or invested in foreign markets, or both.
- Answer is D
48- What was the ratio of the number of cars to the number of trucks produced by Company X last
year?
(1) Last year, if the number of cars produced by Company X had been 8 percent greater, the
number of cars produced would have been 150 percent of the number of trucks produced by
Company X.
(2) Last year Company X produced 565,000 cars and 406,800 trucks.
- Answer is D
50- On Monday morning a certain machine ran continuously at a uniform rate to fill a production
order. At what time did it completely fill the order that morning?
(1) The machine began filling the order at 9:30 a.m.
(2) The machine had filled 1/2 of the order by 10:30 a.m. and 5/6 of the order by 11:10 a.m
- Answer is B
51 What were the gross revenues from ticket sales for a certain film during the second week in
which it was shown?
(1) Gross revenues during the second week were $1.5 million less than during the first week.
(2) Gross revenues during the third week were $2.0 million less than during the first week.
- Answer is E
2- For every even positive integer m, f(m) represents the product of all even integers from 2 to m,
inclusive. For example, f(12) = 2 x 4 x 6 x 8 x 10 x 12. What is the greatest prime factor of f(24) ?
(A) 23
(B) 19
(C) 17
(D) 13
(E) 11
4- A grocer has 400 pounds of coffee in stock, 20 percent of which is decaffeinated. If the grocer buys
another 100 pounds of coffee of which 60 percent is decaffeinated, what percent, by weight, of
the grocer’s stock of coffee is decaffeinated?
A. 28%
B. 30%
C. 32%
D. 34%
E. 40%
5- Three business partners, Q, R, and S, agree to divide their total profit for a certain year in the
ratios 2:5:8, respectively. If Q's share was $4,000, what was the total profit of the business
partners for the year?
(A) $26,000
(B) $30,000
(C) $52,000
6- The number of rooms at Hotel G is 10 less than twice the number of rooms at Hotel H. If the total
number of rooms at Hotel G and Hotel H is 425, what is the number of rooms at Hotel G?
(A) 140
(B) 180
(C) 200
(D) 240
(E) 280
7- For all positive integers m and v, the expression m Θ v represents the remainder when m is
divided by v. What is the value of ((98 Θ 33) Θ 17) - (98 Θ (33 Θ 17))?
A) -10
B) -2
C) 8
D) 13
E) 17
9- There are five sales agents in a certain real estate office. One month Andy sold twice as many
properties as Ellen, Bob sold 3 more than Ellen, Cary sold twice as many as Bob, and Dora sold as
many as Bob and Ellen together. Who sold the most properties that month?
a) Andy
b) Bob
c) Cary
d) Dora
e) Ellen
11-What is the perimeter, in meters, of a rectangular garden 6 meters wide that has the same area as
a rectangular playground 16 meters long and 12 meters wide?
(A) 48
(B) 56
(C) 60
(D) 76
(E) 192
12-A certain bridge is 4,024 feet long. Approximately how many minutes does it take to cross this
bridge at a constant speed of 20 miles per hour? (1 mile = 5,280 feet)
(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 4
(D) 6
(E) 7
13-Becky rented a power tool from a rental shop. The rent for the tool was $12 for the first hour and
$3 for each additional hour. If Becky paid a total of $27, excluding sales tax, to rent the tool, for
how many hours did she rent it?
A. 5
B. 6
C. 9
D. 10
E. 12
14-Today Rose is twice as old as Sam and Sam is 3 years younger than Tina . If Rose, Sam, and Tina
are all alive 4 years from today, which of the following must be true on that day?
I. Rose is twice as old as Sam.
II. Sam is 3 years younger than Tina.
III. Rose is older than Tina.
(A) I only
16-A certain manufacturer produces items for which the production costs consist of annual fixed
costs totaling $130,000 and variable costs averaging $8 per item. If the manufacturer's selling
price per item is $15, how many items must the manufacturer produce and sell to earn an annual
profit of $150,000?
(A) 2,858
(B) 18,667
(C) 21,429
(D) 35,000
(E) 40,000
17-Five machines at a certain factory operate at the same constant rate. If four of these machines,
operating simultaneously, take 30 hours to fill a certain production order, how many fewer hours
does it take all five machines, operating simultaneously, to fill the same production order?
(A) 3
(B) 5
(C) 6
(D) 16
(E) 24
18-If Mario was 32 years old 8 years ago, how old was he x years ago?
(A) x-40
(B) x-24
(C) 40 -x
(D) 24 - x
(E) 24 + x
20-The "prime sum" of an integer n greater than 1 is the sum of all the prime factors of n, including
repetitions. For example , the prime sum of 12 is 7, since 12 = 2 x 2 x 3 and 2 +2 + 3 = 7. For which
of the following integers is the prime sum greater than 35 ?
(A) 440
(b) 512
(C) 620
(D) 700
(E) 750
21-If x=−5/8 and y= −1/2 ,what is the value of the expression −2x−y^2?
A. −3/2
B. ‒1
C. 1
D. 3/2
E. 74
22-Of the total amount that Jill spent on a shopping trip, excluding taxes, she spent 50 percent on
clothing, 20 percent on food, and 30 percent on other items. If Jill paid a 4 percent tax on the
clothing, no tax on the food, and an 8 percent tax on all other items, then the total tax that she
paid was what percent of the total amount that she spent, excluding taxes?
A. 2.8%
B. 3.6%
C. 4.4%
D. 5.2%
E. 6.0%
23-At the opening of a trading day at a certain stock exchange, the price per share of stock K was $8.
If the price per share of stock K was $9 at the closing of the day, what was the percent increase in
the price per share of stock K for that day?
24-To order certain plants from a catalog, it costs $3.00 per plant, plus a 5 percent sales tax, plus
$6.95 for shipping and handling regardless of the number of plants ordered. If Company C ordered
these plants from the catalog at the total cost of $69.95, how many plants did Company C order?
A. 22
B. 21
C. 20
D. 19
E. 18
25-For all numbers s and t, the operation * is defined by s*t = (s - 1)(t + 1). If (-2)*x = -12, then x =
(A) 2
(B) 3
(C) 5
(D) 6
(E) 11
26-If S = {0, 4, 5, 2, 11, 8}, how much greater than the median of the numbers in S is the mean of the
numbers in S?
(A) 0.5
(B) 1.0
(C) 1.5
(D) 2.0
(E) 2.5
29-A rectangular tank has the dimensions of its base as 30 metres by 20 metres and a height of 10
metres. There are two taps attached to the tank such that each tap working alone at a constant
rate can fill the tank completely in 60 hours and 90 hours respectively. One of the walls of the
tank has holes along the height of the tank at a regular distance of 2 metres and the first such hole
is 2 metres above the base of the tank. The rate of water outflow from each hole is 10m3 per
hour. If both the taps are opened simultaneously in the empty tank, approximately how many
hours will it take to fill the tank completely?
A. 36
B. 42
C. 48
D. 54
E. 60
30-Pipe A, pipe B and pipe C are used to fill a tank. The flow rate of pipe C is 25% less than pipe B. To
fill the empty tank completely, Pipe A and Pipe B together take one third the time taken by Pipe C
alone. If all three pipes can fill the tank in 15 hours, then find the time taken (in hours) by A alone
to fill the tank completely.
A. 18
B. 27
C. 36
D. 45
E. 54
31-If x + y= 8z, then which of the following represents the average (arithmetic mean) of x, y, and z, in
terms of z ?
(A) 2z + 1
(B) 3z
(C) 5z
(D) z/3
(E) 3z/2
33-A truck leaves a city at a speed of 40 mph. An hour later, a car leaves the same city and travels in
the same direction at a speed of 60 mph. How many hours after leaving the city will the car reach
the truck?
A. 1 hour
B. 1.5 hours
C. 2 hours
D. 2.5 hours
E. 3 hour
34- 61.24∗(0.998)^2/√403
The expression above is approximately equal to
(A) 1
(B) 3
(C) 4
(D) 5
(E) 6
36-A certain population of bacteria doubles every 10 minutes. If the number of bacteria in the
population initially was 10^4, what was the number in the population 1 hour later?
(A) 2(10^4)
(B) 6(10^4)
(C) (2^6)(10^4)
A. factory has two types of machines, Type A and B, and each type of machine works at a different
constant rate. If one machine of Type A and two machines of Type B could complete a certain
production order in 6 hours working together, and two machines of Type A and one machine of
Type B could complete the same production order in 4 hours working together, how many hours
would it take three machines of Type A working together to complete the production order?
A)8383
B) 3
C) 4
D) 6
E) 12
38 Working alone at its constant rate, pump X pumped out ¼ of the water in a tank in 2 hours. Then
pumps Y and Z started working and the three pumps, working simultaneously at their respective
constant rates, pumped out the rest of the water in 3 hours. If pump Y, working alone at its
constant rate, would have taken 18 hours to pump out the rest of the water, how many hours
would it have taken pump Z, working alone at its constant rate, to pump out all of the water that
was pumped out of the tank?
A) 6
B)
12 15
C)
D) 18
E) 24
39 If set N consists of odd numbers of consecutive integers, starting with 1, what is the positive
difference between the average of the odd integers and the average of the even integers in set N?
(A) −1
(B) 0
(C) 1/2
(D) 1
(E) 2
40-Last year if 97 percent of the revenues of a company came from domestic sources and the
remaining revenues, totaling $450,000, came from foreign sources, what was the total of the
company's revenues?
(A) $ 1,350,000
(B) $ 1,500,000
41-Temperatures in degrees Celsius (C) can be converted to temperatures in degrees Fahrenheit (F)
by the formula F=9/5∗C+32. What is the temperature at which F = C?
(A) 20°
(B) (32/5) °
(C) 0°
(D) -20°
(E) -40°
42-Craig sells major appliances. For each appliance he sells, Craig receives a commission of $50 plus
10 percent of the selling price. During one particular week Craig sold 6 appliances for selling prices
totaling $3,620. What was the total of Craig's commissions for that week?
(A) $412
(B) $526
(C) $585
(D) $605
(E) $662
43-Working alone, Printers X, Y, and Z can do a certain printing job, consisting of a large number of
pages, in 12, 15, and 18 hours, respectively. What is the ratio of the time it takes Printer X to do
the job, working alone at its rate, to the time it takes Printers Y and Z to do the job, working
together at their individual rates?
(A) 4/11
(B) 1/2
(C) 15/22
(D) 22/15
(E) 11/4
44-If positive integers x and y are not both odd, which of the following must be even?
(A) xy
(B) x + y
(C) x - y
(D) x + y -1
(E) 2(x + y) – 1
46 The sequence a1, a2, a3, a4, a5 is such that an=an−1+5 for 2≤n≤5. If a5=31, what is the value of a1?
(A) 1
(B) 6
(C) 11
(D) 16
(E) 21
47-If k is an integer and 2 < k < 7, for how many different values of k is there a triangle with sides of
lengths 2, 7, and k?
(A) one
(B) two
(C) three
(D) four
(E) five
48 If the perimeter of a rectangular garden plot is 34 feet and its area is 60 square feet, what is the
length of each of the longer sides?
(A) 5 ft
(B) 6 ft
(C) 10 ft
(D) 12 ft
(E) 15 ft
49-The price of a certain television set is discounted by 10 percent, and the reduced price is then
discounted by 10 percent. This series of successive discounts is equivalent to a single discount of
(A) 20%
(B) 19%
(C) 18%