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i | The Official Guide for GMAT® Review 2017 5.3 Practice Questions @ the problem and indicate the best of the answer choices given. s: All numbers used are real numbers. A figure accompanying a problem solving question is intended to provide information useff in solving the problem. Figures are drawn as accurately as possible. Exceptions will be clearl noted. Lines shown as straight are straight, and lines that appear jagged are also straight.|§ positions of points, angles, regions, etc., exist in the order shown, and angle measures arg greater than zero. All figures lie in a plane unless otherwise indicated. | ( 1. The price of a coat in a certain store is $500. If the 4. Today Rebecca, who is 34 years old, and her daughts price of the coat is to be reduced by $150, by what who is 8 years old, celebrate their birthdays. How percent is the price to be reduced? many years will pass before Rebecca’s age is twice hg daughter's age? ' (A 10% (B) 15% (A) 10 (C) 20% B) 14 (D) 25% (C) 18 E) 30% 0y 22 (E) 26 / D On a vacation, Rose exchanged $500.00 for euros e , . " at an exchange rate of 0.80 euro per dollar and @ When traveling at a constant speed of 32 miles per hou; a certain motorboat consumes 24 gallons of fuel 3 . spent - of the euros she received. If she exchanged per hour. What is the fuel consumption of this boat at the remaining euros for dollars at an exchange rate this speed measured in miles traveled per gallon of fuel of $1.20 per euro, what was the dollar amount she received? (A) % () $60.00 m B ‘: (B) $80.00 4 (C) $100.00 . (C) % (D) $120.00 4 ) $140.00 B3 3 1,1 5 1.1 9_ (€ g 6 20 6. A case contains ¢ cartons. Each carton contains A g b boxes, and each box contains 100 paper clips. (B) 5 How many paper clips are contained in 2 cases? 2 (A) 100bc © 5 100b B —= 9 c ) (€ 200bc 5 200b o By = Z O = 200 (E) b 150
N usefyl P ‘»”V,’-‘:f».’f‘i\‘/ ight. The S are 7‘) Atechnician makes a round-trip to and from a certain I senice center by the same route. If the technician completes the drive to the center and then completes 10 percent of the drive from the center, what percent of the round-trip has the technician completed? A 5% B 10% (€ 25% (D) 40% {E) 55% On the graph above, when x = % y=2; and when X=1,y=1. The graph is symmetric with respect to the vertical line at x = 2. According to the graph, when 5,000, the difference is X=3,y= A -1 1 B - 3 g 0 1 (D) 3 (E) 1 1 When 0 (A) 0 B 50 (C) 450 (D) 495 (E) 500 percent of 5,000 is subtracted from - of Which of the following is the value of 4/3/0.000064 ? (A) 0.004 (B) 0.008 (C) 0.02 (D) 0.04 (E) 0.2 Raffle tickets numbered consecutively from 101 through 350 are placed in a box. What is the probability that a ticket selected at random will have a number with a hundreds digit of 2 ? (A) % @ 2 o 3 (D) % (E) %g—g When Leo imported a certain item, he paid a 7 percent import tax on the portion of the total value of the item in excess of $1,000. If the amount of the import tax that Leo paid was $87.50, what was the total value of the item? (A) $1,600 (B) $1,850 (C) $2,250 (D) $2,400 (E) $2,750 A collection of 16 coins, each with a face value of either 10 cents or 25 cents, has a total face value of $2.35. How many of the coins have a face value of 25 cents? (A) 3 (B) 5 (C) 7 (D) 9 () 11 5.3 Problem Solving Practice Questions
The Official Guide for GMAT® Review 2017 14. The number of cars sold at a certain dealership on 15. 16. 152 six of the last seven business days were 4, 7, 2, 8, 3, and 6, respectively. If the number of cars sold on the seventh business day was either 2, 4, or 5, for which of the three values does the average (arithmetic mean) number of cars sold per business day for the seven business days equal the median number of cars sold per day for the seven days? . 2 I 4 .5 (A) [l only (B) lilonly (C) landll only (D) Il'and Il only (E) 1, I, and lll If it is assumed that 60 percent of those who receive a questionnaire by mail will respond and 300 responses are needed, what is the minimum number of questionnaires that should be mailed? (A) 400 (B) 420 (C) 480 (D) 500 (E) 600 A rectangular garden is to be twice as long as it is wide. If 360 yards of fencing, including the gate, will completely enclose the garden, what will be the length of the garden, in yards? (A) 120 (B) 140 (C) 160 (D) 180 (E) 200 | | 17. Arectangular floor that measures 8 meters by 10 meters is to be covered with carpet squares that each measure 2 meters by 2 meters. If the carpet squares cost S12 apiece, what is the total cost for f! number of carpet squares needed to cover the floor! (A) $200 (B) $240 (C) $480 (D) $960 (E) $1,920 18. 1f 893 x 78 = p, which of the following is equal to 893 x 797 A p+1 B) p+78 (C) p+79 (D) p+893 (E) p+894 e @ Thabo owns exactly 140 books, and each book is either paperback fiction, paperback nonfiction, or hardcover nonfiction. If he owns 20 more paperback nonfiction books than hardcover nonfiction books, and twice as many paperback fiction books as paperback 1 nonfiction books, how many hardcover nonfiction books does Thabo own? (A) 10 B) 20 (€) 30 (D) 40 (E) 50 20. If the average (arithmetic mean) of the four numbers 3,15,32,and (N+1)is 18, then N= (A 19 B) 20 21 D) 22 (E) 29 i 22
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2, If ry—% < 121, which of the following could be a value ofy? A -1 11 (B) @1 11 (C) > e 11 i 22 90 [f k%= m2, which of the following must be true? A k=m B k=-m k=|m D) k=-m| |K=m| 148 Wakoto, Nishi, and Ozuro were paid a total of $780 \/ for waxing the floors at their school. Each was paid in proportion to the number of hours he or she worked. If Makoto worked 15 hours, Nishi worked 20 hours, and QOzuro worked 30 hours, how much was Makoto paid? () $52 B S117 (€) $130 (D) $180 [ 5234 24. 25. 26. 5.3 Problem Solving Practice Questions R The figure above shows a path around a triangular piece of land. Mary walked the distance of 8 miles from P to Q and then walked the distance of 6 miles from Q to R. If Ted walked directly from P to R, by what percent did the distance that Mary walked exceed the distance that Ted walked? (A) 30% (B) 40% (C) 50% (D) 60% (E) 80% At a supermarket, John spent % of his money on fresh fruits and vegetables, % on meat products, and % on bakery products. If he spent the remaining $6 on candy, how much did John spend at the supermarket? (A $60 B) $80 $90 D) $120 (E) $180 On Monday, a person mailed 8 packages weighing an average (arithmetic mean) of 12% pounds, and on Tuesday, 4 packages weighing an average of 15211— pounds. What was the average weight, in pounds, of all the packages the person mailed on both days? (A 13% ®) 13%_2. ©) 15% D) 15% (E) 16% 153
The Official Guide for GMAT® Review 2017 27. f(1-1.25N=1,then N= (A) -400 (B) -140 (C) -4 (D) 4 (E) 400 28. 0.1+(0.12+(0.13= (A) 0.1 (B) 0.111 (C) 0.1211 (D) 0.2341 Q.3 29. A carpenter constructed a rectangular sandbox with a capacity of 10 cubic feet. If the carpenter were to make a similar sandbox twice as long, twice as wide, and twice as high as the first sandbox, what would be the capacity, in cubic feet, of the second sandbox? (A) 20 (B) 40 (C) 60 (D) 80 (E) 100 30. A bakery opened yesterday with its daily supply of 40 dozen rolls. Half of the rolls were sold by noon, and 80 percent of the remaining rolls were sold between noon and closing time. How many dozen rolls had not been sold when the bakery closed yesterday? (A) OB W N = 154 a1, | f;3/2> [ \\,,, 33. If2x+y=7andx+2y=5,then%_y= 34, 150 (A) 1 (A) | B) | ® & | 3 (C) | L (D) (C) 5 ; 18 (D) 5 (E) 4 City X has a population 4 times as great as the population of City Y, which has a popuiation twice as great as the population of City Z. What is the ratio of the population of City X to the population of City Z? (A) 1:8 B 14 ) 2 D) 41 ) 81 Tides at Bay Cove on July 13 11:30 a.m 2214t 3 kS '%0 t / time = _1 6am. noon midnight 6 p.m. -0.5 ft The graph above shows the height of the tide, in feet, above or below a baseline. Which of the following is closest to the difference, in feet, between the heights of the highest and lowest tides on July 13 at Bay Cove’ A 1.7 37, (B LS (C) 2.2 D) 25 (B 247
The Official Guide for GMAT® Review 2017 42. 43. e 45. (a4, The positive two-digit integers x and y have the same digits, but in reverse order. Which of the following must be a factor of x +y? (A6 B 9 (€ 10 ) 11 (E) 14 In a certain sequence of 8 numbers, each number after the first is 1 more than the previous number. If the first number is =5, how many of the numbers in the sequence are positive? (A) None (B) One (C) Two (D) Three (E) Four A total of s oranges are to be packaged in boxes that will hold r oranges each, with no oranges left over. When n of these boxes have been completely filled, what is the number of boxes that remain to be filled? (A) s-nr (B) s r (C) rs=n (D) S_or n E) 2-n If 0 < a< b < c, which of the following statements must be true? | 2a>b+¢ Il c-a>b-a . Zgl a a (A) lonly (B) Il only (C) lonly (D) landll (E) landlll 46. Which of the following equations is NOT equivalent to 102 =(x+2)x-2)? (A) 30y2=3x2-12 (B) 20y°=(2x-4)x+ 2) (C) 10y2+4=x2 (D) 5y2=x2-2 49. 2=x—4 (E) vy o ( Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday Thursdafl Company A | 45 55 50 50 | Company B 10 30 30 10 Company C 34 28 28 30 o Company D | 39 42 41 38 EO> \Company E | 50 60 60 70 ) A~ [ 47. 48. The table shows the numbers of packages shipped daily by each of five companies during a 4-day period. The standard deviation of the numbers of packages shipped daily during the period was greatest for which of the five companies? (A A (B) B c O D () E S E A D B C The dial shown above is divided into equal-sized intervals. At which of the following letters will the pointer stop if it is rotated clockwise from S through 1,174 intervals? (A A B) B C O) D () E
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1, The graph of the equation xy = k, where k < 0, lies in which two of the quadrants shown above? (A) landll (B) landlll (C) Iland I (D) IlandIV (E) Illand IV 9 When n liters of fuel were added to a tank that was already é— full, the tank was filled to i of its capacity. In 9 terms of n, what is the capacity of the tank, in liters? o (A) 3 n (B) %” © 5 (D) %n ©) %n 51 52. 5.3 Problem Solving Practice Questions w ft 100 ft 150 ft w ft Note: Not drawn to scale. The smaller rectangle in the figure above represents the original size of a parking lot before its length and width were each extended by w feet to make the larger rectangular lot shown. If the area of the enlarged lot is twice the area of the original lot, what is the value of w? (A 25 (B) 50 (€ 75 (D) 100 (E) 200 1 -, 0.75-1 (A -4 (B) -0.25 (€ 0.25 (0 0.75 (E) 4 The harvest yield from a certain apple orchard was 350 bushels of apples. If x of the trees in the orchard each yielded 10 bushels of apples, what fraction of the harvest yield was from these x trees? X (A) 35 X B 1- £ (C) 10x (D) 35-x
The Official Guide for GMAT® Review 2017 54. 55, 56. 57, 58. 158 If nis an integer, which of the following must be even? A) n+1 B n+?2 (C) 2n D) 2n+1 E) n? The sum Z+ 1 is between 879 (A) % and % (B) % and 1 (C) 1land 1% 0) 1% and 1% (E) 1% and 2 Car X averages 25.0 miles per gallon of gasoline and Car Y averages 11.9 miles per gallon. If each car is driven 12,000 miles, approximately how many more gallons of gasoline will Car Y use than Car X ? (A) 320 (B) 480 (C) 520 (D) 730 (E) 920 If yis an integer, then the least possible value of |23 -5y is A 1 B) 2 ) 3 D) 4 E) 5 J80 ++/125 = A 956 B) 205 (C) 415 (D) 205 (E) 100 Fwh T et S S T e T 59. 60. 61. ~_ y=kx+3 In the equation above, k is a constant. If y = 17 when X = 2, what is the value of y when x=47 (A) 34 B) 31 (C) 14 0) 11 () 7 Of the land owned by a farmer, 90 percent was cleared for planting. Of the cleared land, 40 percent was planted with soybeans and 50 percent of the cleared land was planted with wheat, If the remaining 720 acres of cleared land was planted with corn, how many acres did the farmer own? (A) 5,832 (B) 6,480 (C) 7,200 (D) 8,000 (E) 8,889 At the start of an experiment, a certain population consisted of 3 animals. At the end of each month after the start of the experiment, the population size was double its size at the beginning of that month. Which of the following represents the population size at the end of 10 months? A 23 B) 3? (C) 2(319) (D) 3(219) (E) 3(109 "62.) If x and y are positive integers such that y is a multiple of 5 and 3x + 4y = 200, then x must be a multiple of which of the following? (A3 B) 6 7 0 8 (E) 10 63. W o~ = 64.
63. Which of the following expressions can be written as an integer? L [(ve2+vB2f Il (82)(v82) V) ' 82 (A None (B) lonly (€ lronly D) landll (E) landll b4, 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 3to 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 65. Pumping alone at their respective constant rates, one inlet pipe fills an empty tank to % of capacity in 3 hours and a second inlet pipe fills the same empty tank to %of capacity in 6 hours. How many hours will it take both pipes, pumping simultaneously at their respective constant rates, to fill the empty tank to capacity? A} 3.25 B) 3.6 4.2 D) 4.4 Bl 55 o Which of the following fractions is closest to 1 ? 5.3 Problem Solving Practice Questions In the xy-coordinate plane, which of the following points must lie on the line kx + 3y = 6 for every possible value of k? A (1,1 B) (0,2 | (2,0 | D (3,6) | E) (6,3 If x> - 2 < 0, which of the following specifies all the possible values of x ? (A) O0<x<2 B) O<x<+2 —2<x<2 D) -2<x<0 (E) -2<x<2 In Western Europe, x bicycles were sold in each of the years 1990 and 1993. The bicycle producers of Western Europe had a 42 percent share of this market in 1990 and a 33 percent share in 1993. Which of the following represents the decrease in the annual number of bicycles produced and sold in Western Europe from 1990 to 19937 X 0, (A) 9% of —100 X 0, (B) 14% of 100 X 0, (C) 75601‘——100 (D) 9% of x (E) 14% of x > (A) % (®) g (c) %
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The Official Guide for GMAT® Review 2017 \71) 73. 160 72.) ; / N\ i g . p 70; If p=0andp- o & E, then r = (A p+1 B 2p-1 p?+1 D) 2p?-1 E) pP+p-1 If the range of the six numbers 4, 3, 14, 7, 10, and xis 12, what is the difference between the greatest possible value of x and the least possible value of x ? A 0 B 2 cy 12 (D) 13 (E) 15 A doctor prescribed 18 cubic centimeters of a certain drug to a patient whose body weight was 120 pounds. If the typical dosage is 2 cubic centimeters per 15 pounds of body weight, by what percent was the prescribed dosage greater than the typical dosage? (A 8% B) 9% C) 11% (D) 12.5% (E) 14.8% Company P had 15 percent more employees in December than it had in January. If Company P had 460 employees in December, how many employees did it have in January? (A 391 (B) 400 (C) 410 (D) 423 (E) 445 74. The function fis defined by f(x) = vx - 10 for all positive numbers x. if u = f(t) for some positive numbers t and u, what is t in terms of u? 76. 17. (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) Ju? +10 (u+100 (? +10) A glass was filled with 10 ounces of water, and 0.01 ounce of the water evaporated each day during a 20-day period. What percent of the original amount of water evaporated during this period? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) g o< o|x x|< alo ke 0.002% 0.02% 0.2% 2% 20% ola o =3 =4 o | T olx Tl< oo I | and Il only I and Il only I, 11, and Il , which of the following must be true! If k is an integer and (0.0025)(0.025)(0.00025) x 10* is an integer, what is the least possible value of k ? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) -12 -6 0 6 12 78. 79. 80.
The Official Guide for GMAT® Review 2017 84. 85. 86. In the xy-plane, what is the slope of the line with equation 3x+ 7y =97 7 (A) -3 3 (B - 7 3 (C) 7 b 3 (E) 7 Working simultaneously and independently at an identical constant rate, four machines of a certain type can produce a total of x units of product P in 6 days. How many of these machines, working simultaneously and independently at this constant rate, can produce a total of 3x units of product P in 4 days? (A) 24 (B) 18 (C) 16 D) 12 () 8 At a certain school, the ratio of the number of second graders to the number of fourth graders is 8 to 5, and the ratio of the number of first graders to the number of second graders is 3 to 4. If the ratio of the number of third graders to the number of fourth graders is 3 to 2, what is the ratio of the number of first graders to the number of third graders? (A) 16to1b (B 9tob (C) 5Htole (D) bHto4d (E) 4tob 87. 90. The average distance between the Sun and a certain planet is approximately 2.3 x 104 inches. Which of the following is closest to the average distance between the Sun and the planet, in kilometers? (1 kilometer is approximately 3.9 x 104 inches.) (A) 7.1x108 (B) 5.9x10° (C) 1.6x101° (D) 1.6x10! (E) 5.9x101 The average (arithmetic mean) score on a test taken by 10 students was x. If the average score for 5 of the students was 8, what was the average score, in terms of x, for the remaining 5 students who took the test? (A) 2x-8 B) x-4 (C) 8-2x D) 16-x X (E) 8- 2 If mn = 0 and 25 percent of n equals 37% percent of m, what is the value of % ? (A) 18 32 (B) 3 C) 8 D) 3 9 (E) s In the coordinate plane, a circle has center (2,-3) and passes through the point (5,0). What is the area of the circle? (A) 3z B) 3V2r (C) 3V3r D) 9z (E) 18z 93.11
ken of the terms est? [ /\ \91)‘ Last year Joe grew 1 inch and Sally grew 200 percent more than Joe grew. How many inches did Sally grow last year? 9%2. 83, A 0 B) 1 2 b 3 (E) 4 The cost C, in dollars, to remove p percent of a certain pollutant from a pond is estimated by using the formula 0o 100,000P 100-P much more would it cost to remove 90 percent of the pollutant from the pond than it would cost to remove 80 percent of the pollutant? . According to this estimate, how (A $500,000 (B) $100,000 (€) $50,000 (D) $10,000 (E) $5,000 If xy # 0 and x2y xy = 6, which of the following could be yin terms of x ? fhocci L B 1 c2X Il —g X Il § X (A) lonly (B) Ilonly (C) landll (D) landli (E) llandlll 5.3 Problem Solving Practice Questions 94. At a certain instant in time, the number of cars, N, traveling on a portion of a certain highway can be estimated by the formula _ 20Ld 600 + 52 where L is the number of lanes in the same direction, dis the length of the portion of the highway, in feet, and s is the average speed of the cars, in miles per hour. Based on the formula, what is the estimated number of cars traveling on a %-mile portion of the highway if the highway has 2 lanes in the same direction and the average speed of the cars is 40 miles per hour? (5,280 feet = 1 mile) (A) 155 (B) 96 (C) 80 (D) 48 (E) 24 95. J4.8x10? is closest in value to (A) 2,200 (B) 70,000 (C) 220,000 (D) 7,000,000 (E) 22,000,000 ( 95) Three printing presses, R, S, and T, working together at their respective constant rates, can do a certain printing job in 4 hours. S and T, working together at their respective constant rates, can do the same job in 5 hours. How many hours would it take R, working alone at its constant rate, to do the same job? A 8 (B) 10 (€ 12 (D) 15 () 20 163
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The Official Guide for GMAT® Review 2017 97. 98. 99. For a party, three solid cheese balls with diameters of 2 inches, 4 inches, and 6 inches, respectively, were combined to form a single cheese ball. What was the approximate diameter, in inches, of the new cheese ball? (The volume of a sphere is %nr3, where ris the radius.) (A 12 (B) 16 316 D) 3%8 (E) 2336 The sum of all the integers k such that —-26 < k < 24 is (A) 0 B -2 (C) -25 (D) -49 (E) -51 R S T P L T et 6 J e The number line shown contains three points R, S, and T, whose coordinates have absolute values r, s, and t, respectively. Which of the following equals the average (arithmetic mean) of the coordinates of the points R, S, and T? (A) s B) s+t-r r-s-—t (C) 3 r+s+t (D) 3 (E) S+t-r lb@ Mark and Ann together were allocated n boxes of cookies 101. 102. 103. to sell for a club project. Mark sold 10 boxes less thani and Ann sold 2 boxes less than n. If Mark and Ann have each sold at least one box of cookies, but together they have sold less than n boxes, what is the value of n? Ay 11 B) 12 (C) 13 (D) 14 (E) 15 A certain high school has 5,000 students. Of these students, x are taking music, y are taking art, and Z are taking both music and art. How many students are taking neither music nor art? (A) 5,000 -z (B) 5,000-x-y (C) 5,000-x+2z (D) 5,000-x-y-z (E) 5,000-x-y+2z Yesterday’s closing prices of 2,420 different stocks listed on a certain stock exchange were all different from today's closing prices. The number of stocks that closed at a higher price today than yesterday was 20 percent greater than the number that closed at a lower price. How many of the stocks closed at a higher price today than yesterday? (A) 484 (B) 726 (C) 1,100 (D) 1,320 (E) 1,694 Each person who attended a company meeting was either a stockholder in the company, an employee of the company, or both. If 62 percent of those who attended the meeting were stockhqlders and 47 percent were employees, what percent were stockholders who were not employees? (A) 34% (B) 38% (C) 45% (D) 53% (E) 62% \‘ 104. If 105.
S Yy t 106. 104, If y[—3—xz‘—5] —yandy = 0,then x = 2 (A 3 5 (B) 3 7 B (C) 3 0 1 E) 4 . Agym class can be divided into 8 teams with an equal number of players on each team or into 12 teams with an equal number of players on each team. What is the lowest possible number of students in the class? (A 20 B) 24 36 (D) 48 (E) 96 B P A C In the figure above, triangle ABC is equilateral, and point P is equidistant from vertices A, B, and C. If triangle ABC is rotated clockwise about point P, what is the minimum number of degrees the triangle must be rotated so that point B will be in the position where point A is now? (A 60 B) 120 (C) 180 (D) 240 £ 270 110. According to a certain estimate, the depth N(t), in 5.3 Problem Solving Practice Questions 107. At least Z of the 40 members of a committee must 3 vote in favor of a resolution for it to pass. What is the greatest number of members who could vote against the resolution and still have it pass? (A) 19 B) 17 (C) 16 (D) 14 (E) 13 108. If n=20! + 17, then nis divisible by which of the following? . 15 17 n. 19 (A) None (B) lonly (C) Ilonly (D) landll (E) llandlll N 109.) The product of two negative numbers is 160. If the lesser of the two numbers is 4 less than twice the greater, what is the greater number? (A =20 (B) -16 (€) -10 0 -8 () -4 centimeters, of the water in a certain tank at t hours past 2:00 in the morning is given by N(D) = -20(t - 5)2 + 500 for 0 < t < 10. According to this estimate, at what time in the morning does the depth of the water in the tank reach its maximum? (A) 5:30 (B) 7:00 (C) 7:30 (D) 8:00 (E) 9:00 165
tant hours. oduces any ts é Number of Percent of Marbles ) Marbles in in Each Bag That Are Each of Three Blue (to the nearest Bags tenth) Bag P 37 10.8% Bag Q X 66.7% @ag R 32 50.0% ) 16. If% of the total number of marbles in the three bags listed in the table above are blue, how many marbles are there in bag Q ? (A) (B) 12 b 23 (E) 46 117, Leona bought a 1-year, $10,000 certificate of deposit that paid interest at an annual rate of 8 percent compounded semiannually. What was the total amount of interest paid on this certificate at maturity? W $10,464 B 3864 © 3816 D $800 B $480 g 0003628) _ (0.04)0.1/0.003) M 840.0 B 84.0 © 84 D 084 B 0084 119. f nis an integer greater than 6, which of the following must be divisible by 3 ? (A) nln+1)n-4) B nn+2)n-1) (C) n(n+ 3)n-5) D) nin+4)n-2) (E} n(n+5)n-6) | 5.3 Problem Solving Practice Questions Age Category Number of A (in years) Employees Less than 20 29 20-29 58 30-39 36 40-49 21 50-59 - 10 60-69 5 QO and over 2 W, PN t1120.1>The table above gives the age categories of the ~— 161 employees at Company X and the number of 121. employees in each category. According to the table, if m is the median age, in years, of the employees at Company X, then m must satisfy which of the following? A 20<m<29 B) 25<m<34 C) 30<m<39 D) 35<m<44 (E) 40<m<49 ( ( ( ( If x and y are positive numbers such that x + y=1, which of the following could be the value of 100x + 200y ? l. 80 I 140 . 199 (A) Il only (B) il only (C) landll (D) landlil (E) Ilandlll 167
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The Official Guide for GMAT® Review 2017 122. If nis a positive integer and the product of all the integers from 1 to n, inclusive, is divisible by 990, what is the least possible value of n? 124. (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) The probability that event M will not occur is 0.8 and the probability that event R will not occur is 0.6. If events M and R cannot both occur, which of the following is the probability that either event M or event R will occur? W ®) -25- © 3 0) % (E) % The total cost for Company X to produce a batch of tools is $10,000 plus $3 per tool. Each tool sells for S8. The gross profit earned from producing and selling these tools is the total income from sales minus the total production cost. If a batch of 20,000 tools is produced and sold, then Company X's gross profit per tool is (A $3.00 (B) $3.75 (C) $4.50 (D) $5.00 (E) $5.50 125. If Qis an odd number and the median of Q consecutie integers is 120, what is the largest of these integers? w Lz (®) %+119 ©) %+120 o L8 o 2 126. A ladder of a fire truck is elevated to an angle of 60° and extended to a length of 70 feet. If the base of the ladder is 7 feet above the ground, how many feet above the ground does the ladder reach? (A) 35 B) 42 C) 353 D) 7+35V3 E) 7+42V3 qr 4 ft > 10 ft ¥ @ The window in the figure above consists of a rectangle and a semicircle with dimensions as shown. What is the area, in square feet, of the window? (A) 40+ 8m (B) 40+2m (C) 32+8m (D) 32+4n (E) 32+2nm
\1@ lf there are fewer than 8 zeros between the decimal point and the first nonzero digit in the decimal t gxpansion of [mj . which of the following numbers could be the value of t? (A) None (B) lonly (C) Ilonly (D) Il only (E) Iland Il 129, A three-digit code for certain locks uses the digits 0,1,2 3,4,5,6,7, 8,9 according to the following constraints. The first digit cannot be O or 1, the second digit must be 0 or 1, and the second and third digits cannot both be 0 in the same code. How many different codes are possible? (A) 144 (B) 152 (C) 160 (D) 168 ) 176 130 Jackie has two solutions that are 2 percent sulfuric acid and 12 percent sulfuric acid by volume, tespectively. If these solutions are mixed in appropriate quantities to produce 60 liters of a solution that is § percent sulfuric acid, approximately how many liters of the 2 percent solution will be required? (A 18 B 20 (C) 24 D) 36 ) 42 5.3 Problem Solving Practice Questions 131. If Jake loses 8 pounds, he will weigh twice as much as his sister. Together they now weigh 278 pounds. What is Jake's present weight, in pounds? (A 131 (B) 135 (C) 139 (D) 147 (E) 188 @ Last year 26 members of a certain club traveled to England, 26 members traveled to France, and 32 members traveled to Italy. Last year no members of the club traveled to both England and France, 6 members traveled to both England and Italy, and 11 members traveled to both France and Italy. How many members of the club traveled to at least one of these three countries last year? (A) 52 (B) 67 ) 71 D) 73 (E) 79 133. A store reported total sales of $385 million for February of this year. If the total sales for the same month last year was $320 million, approximately what was the percent increase in sales? (A 2% (B) 17% (C) 20% (D) 65% (E) 83% 134. When positive integer x is divided by positive integer y, the remainder is 9. If §= 96.12, what is the value of y? (A) 96 (B 75 (C) 48 (D) 25 (B) 12
The Official Guide for GMAT® Review 2017 136. 137. 170 " % ® 1 ©) % D) % ® o Water consists of hydrogen and oxygen, and the approximate ratio, by mass, of hydrogen to oxygen is 2:16. Approximately how many grams of oxygen are there in 144 grams of water? A 16 ® 72 © 112 D) 128 142 If x(2x + 1) = 0 and [x . %)(2x % =0, Hign %= A) -3 1 B - © 0 1 o 3 3 ® 14] X Y 138. Figures X and Y above show how eight identical triangular pieces of cardboard were used to form a square and a rectangle, respectively. What is the ratio & 14 of the perimeter of X to the perimeter of Y? A) 2:3 B) 2:2 () 242:3 o) 11 V2:1 139. On a scale that measures the intensity of a certain phenomenon, a reading of n+ 1 corresponds to an intensity that is 10 times the intensity corresponding to a reading of n. On that scale, the intensity corresponding to a reading of 8 is how many times as great as the intensity corresponding to a reading of 3? Ab 5 (B) 50 (C) 10° D) 5 (F) 8l0_3l0 140>A certain experimental mathematics program was tried “~—"out in 2 classes in each of 32 elementary schools and involved 37 teachers. Each of the classes had 1 teacher and each of the teachers taught at least 1, but not more than 3, of the classes. If the number of teachers who taught 3 classes is n, then the least and greatest possible values of n, respectively, are (A) Oand13 (B) 0Oand14 (C) landl10 (D) 1land9 (E) 2and8
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The Official Guide for GMAT® Review 2017 NUMBER OF SHIPMENTS OF MANUFACTURED HOMES IN THE UNITED STATES, 1990-2000 400,000 5 § 300,000 = 5 200,000 g E 100,000~ 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 year 148. According to the chart shown, which of the following is closest to the median annual number of shipments of manufactured homes in the United States for the years from 1990 to 2000, inclusive? (A) 250,000 (B) 280,000 (C) 310,000 (D) 325,000 (E) 340,000 149. For the positive integers a, b, and k, ak||b means that a“ is a divisor of b, but a**! is not a divisor of b. If k is a positive integer and 2kH72, then k is equal to A 2 B 3 4 b)) 8 (E) 18 150. A certain characteristic in a large population has a distribution that is symmetric about the mean m. If 68 percent of the distribution lies within one standard deviation d of the mean, what percent of the distribution is less than m + d ? (A 16% (B) 32% (C) 48% (D) 84% (E) 92% 172 15]. /f\ @ d 153, Four extra-large sandwiches of exactly the same siz 154. were ordered for m students, where m > 4. Three of the sandwiches were evenly divided among the students. Since 4 students did not want any of the fourth sandwich, it was evenly divided among the remaining students. If Carol ate one piece from each of the four sandwiches, the amount of sandwich that she ate would be what fraction of a whole extraarge sandwich? m+4 (A) mm=4) 2m-4 B m=a dm-4 O m=a 4m-8 (D) - 155 dm-12 © m(m—4) Which of the following equations has 1 + /2 as one of its roots? (A) x2+2x-1=0 B x2-2x+1=0 (C) x2+2x+1=0 D) x2-2x-1=0 (E) x2-x-1=0 In Country C, the unemployment rate among 15 construction workers dropped from 16 percent on September 1, 1992, to 9 percent on September 1, 1996. If the number of construction workers was 20 percent greater on September 1, 1996, than on September 1, 1992, what was the approximate percent change in the number of unemployed construction workers over this period? (A) 50% decrease (B) 30% decrease (C) 15% decrease (D) 30% increase (E) 55% increase
193 |n a certain sequence, the term x, is given by the formula xn=2xn,1—%(xn,2) foralln>2n.If xg=3 and x, = 2, what is the value of x5 ? A 2.5 B 3.125 4 D) 5 ) 6.75 (194) On Saturday morning, Malachi will begin a camping N7 yacation and he will return home at the end of the first day on which it rains. If on the first three days of the vacation the probability of rain on each day is 0.2, what is the probability that Malachi will return home at the end of the day on the following Monday? (A) 0.008 B) 0.128 (C) 0.488 b)) 0.512 (E) 0.640 195, During a trip, Francine traveled x percent of the total distance at an average speed of 40 miles per hour and the rest of the distance at an average speed of 60 miles per hour. In terms of x, what was Francine’s average speed for the entire trip? " 1802"‘ B x+460 o B o p 2 196. If n= (33)*3 + (43)33, what is the units digit of n? A 0 B 2 C 4 D) 6 E) 8 5.3 Problem Solving Practice Questions 197. A border of uniform width is placed around a rectangular photograph that measures 8 inches by 10 inches. If the area of the border is 144 square inches, what is the width of the border, in inches? (A 3 (B 4 o (D) 8 (E}y 9 198. Ifd= ;7 is e);pressed as a terminating decimal, 23x5 how many nonzero digits will d have? (A) One (B) Two (C) Three (D) Seven (E) Ten 199. For any positive integer n, the sum of the first n(n+1) n positive integers equals all the even integers between 99 and 301 ? (A) 10,100 (B) 20,200 (C) 22,650 (D) 40,200 (E) 45,150 200. How many prime numbers between 1 and 100 are factors of 7,150 ? (A) One (B) Two (C) Three (D) Four (E) Five . What is the sum of 179
S The Official Guide for GMAT® Review 2017 202. 203. 180 ZEfl A sequence of numbers aj, ap, as, . . . is defined as ~—" follows: a; = 3, a, =5, and every term in the sequence after a, is the product of all terms in the sequence preceding it, e.g., az = (a;)(@,) and a4 = (a;)(a5)(a3). If a,=tand n > 2, what is the value of a, , , in terms of t? (A) 4t B) C £ D) t E) Last year the price per share of Stock X increased by k percent and the earnings per share of Stock X increased by m percent, where k is greater than m. By what percent did the ratio of price per share to earnings per share increase, in terms of k and m? n Ky m B) (k—m% 100(k —m), 100 +k b 100(k —m), D) 100+ m b 100k —m) , (€) 1OO+k+m/0 Of the 300 subjects who participated in an experiment using virtual-realhity therapy to reduce their fear of heights, 40 percent experienced sweaty palms, 30 percent experienced vomiting, and 75 percent experienced dizziness. If all of the subjects experienced at least one of these effects and 35 percent of the subjects experienced exactly two of these effects, how many of the subjects experienced only one of these effects? (A) 105 (B) 125 (C) 130 (D) 180 (E) 195 204, fm™ = —%, then m~2 is equal to A -9 B) -3 1 (€) -5 1 (D) 3 | (E) 9 205. A photography dealer ordered 60 Model X cameras fo be sold for $250 each, which represents a 20 percert markup over the 'dealer’s initial cost for each camera. Of the cameras ordered, 6 were never sold and were returned to the manufacturer for a refund of 50 percent of the dealer’s initial cost. What was the dealer's approximate profit or loss as a percent of the dealer’s initial cost for the 60 cameras? (A) 7% loss (B) 13%loss (C) 7% profit (D) 13% profit (E) 15% profit 206. Seven pieces of rope have an average (arithmetic mean) length of 68 centimeters and a median length of 84 centimeters. If the length of the longest piece of rope is 14 centimeters more than 4 times the length of the shortest piece of rope, what is the maximum possible length, in centimeters, of the longest piece of rope? (A) 82 (B) 118 (C) 120 (D) 134 (E) 152 207. What is the difference between the sixth and the fifth terms of the sequence 2, 4, 7, ... whose nth term is p+2-12 (A) 2 (B) 6 (D) 16 (E) 17 208. 209
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208. From the consecutive integers =10 to 10, inclusive, 20 integers are randomly chosen with repetitions allowed. What is the least possible value of the product of the 20 integers? A (-10% B (-10)° © 0 D) -(10)* -10% 2C09) The letters D, G, |, |, and T can be used to form 5-letter strings such as DIGIT or DGIIT. Using these letters, how many 5-letter strings can be formed in which the two occurrences of the letter | are separated by at least one other letter? A 12 B) 18 (C) 24 D) 36 (E) 48 210, Last Sunday a certain store sold copies of Newspaper A for $1.00 each and copies of Newspaper B for $1.25 gach, and the store sold no other newspapers that day. If r percent of the store’s revenue from newspaper sales was from Newspaper A and if p percent of the newspapers that.the store sold were copies of Newspaper A, which of the following expresses rin terms of p ? (A) 1%050—_% (B) Z—IE%O_D—p 0 w2 (D) %O_Lp (E) g 625-p 211, 212. 213. 5.3 Problem Solving Practice Questions 0.99999999 0.99999991 _ 1.0001 1.0003 A) 1078 B) 3(107%) (C) 3(107) D) 2(107%) E) 107 y 0 P (4,0) In the rectangular coordinate system above, if point R (not shown) lies on the positive y-axis and the area of triangle ORPis 12, what is the y-coordinate of point R ? (A3 B) 6 9 D) 12 (E) 24 Car A is 20 miles behind Car B, which is traveling in the same direction along the same route as Car A. Car A is traveling at a constant speed of 58 miles per hour and Car B is traveling at a constant speed of 50 miles per hour. How many hours will it take for Car A to overtake and drive 8 miles ahead of Car B ? (A) 1.5 (B) 2.0 (C) 25 (D) 3.0 [E} &9
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