GRE Quantitative Section 2 Test Question 3

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Test Question 1
For positive numbers a, b, and c,  _
a#×#b _c
c   #=#1 and  a #=#4
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Column A Column B A C
B
b 4
Column A Column B
A The quantity in Column A is greater
AB + AD DC + BC
B The quantity in Column B is greater
C The two quantities are equal
A The quantity in Column A is greater
D The relationship cannot be determined from the information given
B The quantity in Column B is greater
C The two quantities are equal
Test Question 2 D The relationship cannot be determined from the information given
1. n is a positive integer.
2. n is not divisible by 4.
Test Question 4
3. n is not divisible by 5.

Column A Column B
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The remainder when n is The remainder when n is
6
divided by 4 divided by 5
x°
A The quantity in Column A is greater
8
B The quantity in Column B is greater
C The two quantities are equal Column A Column B
D The relationship cannot be determined from the information given
x 90

A The quantity in Column A is greater

B The quantity in Column B is greater
C The two quantities are equal
D The relationship cannot be determined from the information given

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 Test Question 5 Test Question 8
When a coin is flipped, the probability of getting heads is 0.5, and the A sum of money was distributed among Lyle, Bob, and Chloe. First,
probability of getting tails is 0.5 Lyle received $4 plus one-half of what remained. Next, Bob received
$4 plus one-third of what remained. Finally, Chloe received the
A coin is flipped 5 times.
remaining $32. How many dollars did Bob receive?
Column A Column B
A 10
Probability of getting exactly Probability of getting exactly B 20
2 heads 3 heads C 26
D 40
A The quantity in Column A is greater E 52
B The quantity in Column B is greater
C The two quantities are equal
Test Question 9
D The relationship cannot be determined from the information given
If the sales tax on a $12.00 purchase is $0.66, what is the sales tax on
a $20.00 purchase?
Test Question 6
A $1.08
1. x and y are integers greater than 5.
B $1.10
2. x is y percent of x 2
C $1.16
Column A Column B D $1.18
E $1.20
x 10

A The quantity in Column A is greater Test Question 10

B The quantity in Column B is greater  3 
2#+#_
If ____  45 , what is the value of n?
  _n2   #=#_
C The two quantities are equal 3#+# n 
D The relationship cannot be determined from the information given
Enter your answer as a fraction. Fractions do not need to be in their
simplest forms.
Test Question 7
In a group of 200 workers, 10% of the males smoke, and 49% of the
females smoke.

Column A Column B

Total number of workers who smoke 59

A The quantity in Column A is greater

B The quantity in Column B is greater Test Question 11
C The two quantities are equal The probability is 0.6 that an “unfair” coin will turn up tails on any
D The relationship cannot be determined from the information given given toss. If the coin is tossed 3 times, what is the probability that at
least 1 of the tosses will turn up tails?

A 0.064
B 0.36
C 0.64
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D 0.784
E 0.936

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 Test Question 12 Test Question 14
The sides of a triangle are 1, x, and x 2. What are the possible values The following tables show the revenues and costs, in thousands of
of x? dollars, for a small company in the year 2007.

Indicate all possible values. Revenues Costs

A 0.5 Sales 753 Materials & Resource 83

B 1 Investments 53 Production 16
C 1.5
Subsidiaries 246 Payroll & Benefits 452
D 2
E 2.5 Total 1052 Insurance & Plant 123
F 3 Research & Development (R&D) 75
G 3.5
Total 749

Test Question 13 Investments and Subsidiary revenues combined constitute what

The following tables show the revenues and costs, in thousands of percent of total revenue?
dollars, for a small company in the year 2007.
A 5.0%
Revenues Costs B 14.2%
C 22.6%
Sales 753 Materials & Resource 83
D 28.4%
Investments 53 Production 16 E 39.9%

Subsidiaries 246 Payroll & Benefits 452

Test Question 15
Total 1052 Insurance & Plant 123
The following tables show the revenues and costs, in thousands of
Research & Development (R&D) 75 dollars, for a small company in the year 2007.

Total 749 Revenues Costs

Sales 753 Materials & Resource 83

Profit = Revenue – Costs. If costs remain constant from 2007 to 2008, Investments 53 Production 16
and if revenues increase by 10% in that same period, by what percent
Subsidiaries 246 Payroll & Benefits 452
will profits increase from 2007 to 2008?
Total 1052 Insurance & Plant 123
A 11.6%
B 25.8% Research & Development (R&D) 75
C 34.7% Total 749
D 71.2%
E 116.3% Suppose in the following year, 2008, the sales are the same value, and
half of those sales are directly due to the 2007 investment in R&D.
The revenue received from these sales would be what percent greater
than the money invested in R&D?

A 85%
B 110%
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D 402%
E 503%

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 Test Question 16 Test Question 20
Which of the following is equal to 824? In the equation n2 – kn + 16 = 0, n is an integer. Which of the
following could be the value of k?
Indicate all possible values.
Indicate all such values
A 296
B 436 A 8
C 1212 B 15
D 1618 C –17
E 248
F 3215

Test Question 17
For all numbers a and b, the operation ⊕ is defined by a#⊕#b = a2 – ab.
If xy ≠ 0, then which of the following can be equal to zero?

I. x#⊕#y
II. xy#⊕#y
III. x#⊕#(x#+#y)

A II only
B I and II only
C I and III only
II and III only
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D
E All of the above
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Test Question 18
next section.
In the figure below, ABC is a circular sector with center A. If arc BC
has length 4π, what is the length of AC?

30°
A C

Test Question 19
The sum of k consecutive integers is 41. If the least integer is –40,
then k =

A 40
B 41
C 80
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D 81
E 82

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