Assignment 1

GMAT Skills Enhancement (Quantitative)

Name: Islam Sami Abdel Fattah
Registration Number: S2200490
Directions
 All Kinds of calculators or mobiles are not allowed to be used.
 Solve each of the following problems; then indicate the correct answer by filling in the
corresponding oval on the answer sheet in the last page.
 Darken no more than one oval for the same problem.
 For the data sufficiency problems; each problem consists of a question and two statements,
labeled (1) and (2), in which certain data are given. You have to decide whether the data
given in the statements are sufficient for answering the question. Using the data given in
the statements plus your knowledge of mathematics, you must indicate in the answer
sheet; whether:
(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 statement (1) and (2) TOGETHER are sufficient to answer the question
asked, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient to answer the question.
(D) EACH statement ALONE is sufficient to answer the question asked;
(E) Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient to answer the question
asked, and additional data specific to the problem are needed.

1. x, y, and z are consecutive positive integers such that x < y < z.

If the unit digit of x2 is 6 and the unit digit of y2 is 9, what is the unit digit of z2 ?
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 4 (E) 5

2. How many factors does the smallest number in a series of 3 consecutive numbers
have, if that series has the sum of 57 ?
(A) 6 (B) 5 (C) 4 (D) 3 (E) 2

3. If x and y are integers, which of the following must be an odd integer ?

(A) x + y (B) 2x + y (C) x + 2y (D) 3(x + y) (E) 2(x + y) + 1

4. If A and B are two-digit integers that share the same digits, except in reverse order,
then what is the sum of A and B ?
(1) A – B = 45
(2) The difference between the two digits in each number is 5,

5. If k is a number of the set {8, 15, 20, 25, 52}, what is the value of k ?
(1) k is a multiple of 5.
(2) k is an even number.
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6. If a, b, c, d, and x are all nonzero integers, is the product
ax ● (bx)2 ● (cx)2 ●(dx)2 negative ?
(1) a < c < x < 0
(2) b < d < x < 0

7. If the remainder when a certain integer x is divided by 5 is 2, then each of the

following could also be an integer, EXCEPT
x x x
(A) 17 (B) 11 (C) 10 (D) x6 (E) x3

8. By how many dollars is the price of a certain portable tape recorder reduced
during a sale?
(1) The price of the portable tape recorder is reduced by 25% during the sale.
(2) The sale price of the portable tape recorder is $36.

9. What is the ratio of the number of cups of flour to the number of cups of sugar
required in a certain cake recipe ?
(1) The number of cups of flour required in the recipe is 250 percent of the
number of cups of sugar required in the recipe.
(2) 1 12 more cups of flour than cups of sugar are required in the recipe.

10. If k is an integer and 3 is the remainder when k is divided by 5, how many values
for k are possible when 0 < k < 100 ?
(A) 10 (B) 19 (C) 20 (D) 23 (E) 40

11. If n is a negative number, and 10 -│n + 2│= 4, what is the value of n ?

(A) – 2 (B) – 6 (C) – 8 (D) – 10 (E) – 16

12. If Saeed’s income for the year of 2003 was $10,000, what was his combined
income for the years from 2003 to 2008 inclusive ?
(1) His average yearly income for the years from 2003 to 2008 inclusive
was $12,000.
(2) In 2008, his income was $20,000.

13. During a special promotion week, a store charges no tax and offers a 50%
discount off the original price on a jacket. Ahmed, being an employee of the
store, gets another 10% off the discounted sale price. If Ahmed paid $n for
the jacket, what is the value of n ?
(1) 10% of the discounted price is $8.
(2) Ahmed saved $88 on the jacket.

14. During a certain two week period, a video rental store rented only comedies,
drama, and action movies. If 70 percent of the movies rented were comedies,
and of the remaining movies rented, 5 times as many drama as action movies
were rented and A action movies were rented, then, in terms of A, how many
of the movies rented were comedies ?
A
(A) 14 (B) 57A (C) 75A (D) 14A (E) 35A
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15. A certain company currently has how many employees ?
(1) If 3 additional employees are hired by the company and all of the present
employees remain, there will be at least 20 employees in the company.
(2) If no additional employees are hired by the company and 3 of the present
employees resign, there will be fewer than 15 employees in the company.

16. If x and y are positive, which of the following must be greater than 1 ?
xy
xy x  y x  y
I. 2x
II. xy
III. xy
(A) None (B) I only (C) II only
(D) I and III only (E) II and III only

17. If 70 percent of the female and 90 percent of the male students in the senior class
at a certain school are going on the senior trip and the senior class is 60 percent
female, what percent of the senior class is going on the senior trip ?
(A) 82 % (B) 80 % (C) 78 % (D) 76 % (E) 72 %

18. Did the XYZ Corporation have higher sales in 2006 or in 2007 ?
(1) In 2006 the sales were twice the average (arithmetic mean) of the
sales in 2006, 2007, and 2008.
(2) In 2008 the sales were three times those in 2007.

19. A perfect number is one, which is equal to the sum of all its positive factors that
are less than the number itself. Which of the following is a perfect number ?
(A) 1 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) 8 (E) 10

20. Hend borrowed $240, interest free, from her parents to pay for a college textbook.
If she pays back 2 12 percent of this amount quarterly, how many months will it
take for her to pay back $42.00 ?
(A) 6 (B) 7 (C) 19 (D) 21 (E) 24
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21. Is 5 an integer ?
(1) x is an integer.
12,345

(2) x is an integer.
336

22. If 2y + x < 0 and y + 2x > 0, which of the following must be true:

(A) – 2x < y < – 2x (B) – 2x > y > – 2x (C) 2x > y > – x
2
(D) – 2x < y < x
2
(E) None of the above

23. Is x a negative ?
(1) xy < 1
(2) y is positive

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24. If n is a multiple of 5, and n = p2q, where p and q are prime numbers, which
of the following must be a multiple of 25 ?
(A) p2 (B) q2 (C) pq (D) p2q2 (E) p3q

25. In Kareem’s math class, there were four tests during the first semester. If the
average of his first three tests was an 84, what was his average for all four tests ?
(1) The grades for the first three tests were 80, 83, and 89.
(2) The grade for the fourth test was 92.

26. If x = 0.57y9, and y denotes the thousandth digit in the decimal representation of
x, what digit is y ?
(1) If x were rounded to the nearest tenth, the result would be 0.6
(2) If x were rounded to the nearest hundredth, the result would be 0.58

27. When the integer n is divided by 2, the quotient is u and the remainder is 1.
When the integer n is divided by 5, the quotient is v and the remainder is 3.
Which one of the following must be true ?
(A) 2u + 5v = 4 (B) 4u + 5v = 2 (C) 2u – 5v = 2
(D) 4u – 5v = 2 (E) 3u – 5v = 2

28. If x is an integer, then which of the following statements about x2 – x – 1 is true ?

(A) It is always odd (B) It is always even (C) It is always positive
(D) It is even when x is even and odd when x is odd.
(E) It is even when x is odd and odd when x is even.

29. Dina’s test grades in her math class for the first quarter are 90, 84, 80, 92, 84,
and 98. Of the 6 grades in the first quarter, if p is the mean, q is the median,
and r is the mode, which of the following inequalities is true ?
(A) r < q < p (B) r < p < q (C) p < r < q (D) q < p < r (E) p < q < r

30. During a five-day period, Monday through Friday, the average (arithmetic
mean) high temperature was 86 degrees Fahrenheit. What was the high
temperature on Friday ?
(1) The average high temperature for Monday through Thursday was
87 degrees Fahrenheit.
(2) The high temperature on Friday reduced the average high temperature
for the five-day period by 1 degrees Fahrenheit.

31. Is the integer T divisible by 15 ?

(1) The sum of the digits of T equals 15.
(2) The unit digit of T is a 3.

32. Is x > y ?
(1) x = 2 a
(2) y = 5 a

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33. A used-car dealer sold one car at a profit of 25% of the dealer's purchase price
for that car, and sold another car at a loss of 20% of the dealer's purchase price
for the car. If the dealer sold each car for $20,000, what was the dealer's total
profit or loss, in dollars for the two transactions combined ?
(A) $1,000 profit (B) $2,000 profit (C) $1,000 loss
(D) $2,000 loss (E) $3,334 loss

34. If 300 jellybeans cost you x dollars. How many jellybeans can you purchase
for 50 cents at the same rate ?
(A) 150
x
(B) 150x (C) 6x (D) 1500
x
(E) 600x

35. Is x > y ?
(1) x  5
y 4
(2) x > y2
2

36. Ali's family consists of two parents and three children. If the average height of the
five people in the family is 5 feet 8 inches, and the average height of the two parents
is 5 feet 5 inches, what is the average height of the three children ?
(A) 5 feet, 8.5 inches (B) 5 feet, 9 inches (C) 5 feet, 10 inches
(D) 5 feet, 11 inches (E) 6 feet

37. What was the percent increase in the population of city K from 1980 to 1990 ?
(1) In 1970 the population of city K was 160,000
(2) In 1980 the population of city K was 20% greater than it was 1970,
and in 1990 the population was 30% greater than it was 1970

38. There are 4 quarts in a gallon. A gallon of motor oil sells for $12 and a quart of
the same oil sells for $5. The owner of a rental agency has 6 machines and each
machine needs 5 quarts of oil. What is the minimum amount of money he must
spend to purchase enough oil ?
(A) $84 (B) $94 (C) $96 (D) $102 (E) $150

39. There are 200 students in one year divided into 10 groups. Is it possible to know
the average score for all the students in the year ?
(1) The average score is known for each of the groups.
(2) The group size is known for each of 9 of the groups.

40. Is x a negative ?
(1) xy = 8
(2) x2 = y

41. Ms. Taylor purchased stock for $1,500 and sold 2 of it after its value doubled.
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She sold the remaining stock at 5 times its purchase price. What was her total
profit on the stock ?
(A) $1,500 (B) $2,000 (C) $2,500 (D) $3,000 (E) $6,000
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42. If Set X contains 10 consecutive integers and the sum of the 5 least members of
the set is 265, then what is the sum of the 5 greatest members of the set ?
(A) 290 (B) 285 (C) 280 (D) 275 (E) 270

43. If x and y are integers, and xy = 16, what is the value of x ?

(1) x > 0
(2) x < y

44. The population of Country X was 25,000 on January 1, 2003. During what year
did its population reach 250,000 ?
(1) The population for Country X was doubled each year.
(2) The population for Country X was 800,000 on January 1, 2008.

45. What is the value of the two-digit integer n ?

(1) The difference of the two digits is 6.
(2) n is a prime number.

46. What was the percentage of defective items produced at a certain factory ?
(1) The total number of defective items produced was 1,234 for that factory.
(2) The ratio of defective to non-defective items was 32: 5678 for that factory.

47. If both 52 and 33 are factors of n × 25 × 62 ×73, what is the smallest possible
positive value of n ?
(A) 25 (B) 27 (C) 45 (D) 75 (E) 125

48. Amy deposits $100 into a bank account that pays 8% interest, compounded
semi-annually. Which of the following expresses the amount of money the
account will contain in 2 years ?
(A) $100  (1  .04)2 (B) $100  (1  .04)4
(C) $100  (1  .04)6 (D) $100  (1  .08)2
(E) $100  (1  .08)6

49. Which of the following contains the interval two standard deviation from the mean
of a set of data with an arithmetic mean of 46 and a standard deviation of 4 ?
(A) 38 to 46 (B) 38 to 54 (C) 42 to 50
(D) 44 to 48 (E) 46 to 50

50. At a party, there were five times as many females as males. There were three
times as many adults as children. Which of the following could NOT be the
number of people at the party ?
(A) 384 (B) 258 (C) 216 (D) 120 (E) 72

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 Assignment 1 - Answer Sheet
Name:Islam Sami Abdel Fattah
Registration Number:S2200490

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