GMAT Quantitative Sample Paper 1
GMAT Quantitative Sample Paper 1
Problem Solving
Solve the problem and indicate the best of the answer choices
given. Numbers: All numbers used are real numbers.
Figures: All figures accompanying problem solving questions are intended to provide information
useful in solving the problems. Figures are drawn as accurately as possible. Exceptions will
be dearly noted. Lines shown as straight are straight, and lines that appear jagged are also
straight. The positions of points, angles, regions, etc., exist in the order shown, and angle
measures are greater than zero. All figures lie in a plane unless otherwise indicated.
1. Last month a certain music club offered a discount to 4. Among a group of 2,500 people, 35 percent invest
preferred customers. After the frst compact disc in municipal bonds, 18 percent invest in ol stocks,
purchased, preferred customers paid $3.99 for each and 7 percent invest in both municipal bonds and oil
additional compact disc purchased. If a preferred stocks. If 1 person is to be randomly selected from the
customer purchased a total of 6 compact discs and 2,500 people, what is the probability that the person
paid $15.95 for the first compact disc, then the selected will be one who invests in municipal bonds
dollar amount that the customer paid for the 6 but NOT in oil stocks?
compact discs is equivalent to which of the following?
9
(A) 5(4.00) + 15.90 (A)
50
(B) 5(4.00) + 15.95 7
(B)
(C) 5(4.00) + 16.00 25
(D) 5(4.00 - 0.01) + (C) 7
15.90 20
(E) 5(4.00-0.05) + 21
(0)
15.95 50
27
(E)
2. The average (arithmetic mean) of the integers from 50
200 to 400, inclusive, is how much greater than
the average of the integers from 50 to 100, 5. A closed cylindrical tank contains 36n cubic feet of
inclusive? water and is flled to half its capacity. When the tank
is placed upright on Its circular base on level
(Al 150 ground.
(8) 175 (C) the height of the water in the tank is 4 feet. When
200 (0) the tank is placed on its side on level ground, what is
225 (E) the height, in feet, of the surface of the water above
the ground?
300
(8) 16 (E) 9
(C) 20
(D) 24
(E) 28
6. A marketing firm determined that, of 200 households 9. A researcher computed the mean, the median, and
surveyed, 80 used neither Brand A nor Brand B soap, the standard deviation for a set of performance
60 used only Brand A soap, and for every household scores.
that used both brands of soap, 3 used only Brand B If 5 were to be added to each score, which of
soap. How many of the 200 households surveyed used these three statistics would change?
both brands of soap?
(Al The mean only
(A) 15 (B)
(B) The median only
20 (C)
(C) The standard deviation only
30 (D)
(D) The mean and the median
40 (E)
(E) The mean and the standard deviation
45
1
(A) 10. In the figure shown, what is the value of
720
v+x+y+z+w?
1
(B)
80 (A) 45
(C)
1 (B) 90
10 (C) 180
1
(D) (D) 270
5
(E) 360
1
(E)
5
. . 2
8 • If f a certain toy store's revenue in November was
z
of its revenue in December and its revenue in
January was¾ of its revenue in November, then the
store's
revenue in December was how many times the average
(arithmetic mean) of its revenues in November and
January?
1
(A)
4
1
(B)
2
2
(C)
3
(D) 2
(E) 4
11. Of the three-digit integers greater than 700, how many 15. The product of all the prime numbers less than 20
is have two digits that are equal to each other and the closest to which of the following powers of 10?
remaining digit different from the other two?
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(A) 90 (B) 108 (Bl
82 (C) 107 (C)
80 (Dl 10°
(D) 45 (E) 10°
(El
36
16. fV3-2 =[2R+ 1, then 4=
12. Positive integer y is 50 percent of 50 percent of
positive integer x, and y percent of x equals 100. What (Al
1
(B) 4
is the value of x ?
(C) 2-2x
(Al 50
(D) 4x-2
(B) 100
(E) 6x- l
(C) 200
(D)
(El
1,000
2,000
17. If n = / what is the value of .Jri?
1
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13. Ifs and tare positive integers such mat;- 64.12, 9
½container
full of water. If the volume of water in the
y+t_!
(E)
X y
is 36 cubic inches and the height of the container
is 9 inches, what is the diameter of the base of
the cylinder, in inches?
(A)
16
9n
4
(B)
VF
(C) 12
4;
(D)
F
(E)
W
Quantitative Answer Keys
Quantitative
1. A 17. D
2. D 18. A
3. E 19. A
4. B 20. B
5. B 21. D
6. A 22. E
7. E 23. B
8. E 24. C
9. D
10. C
11. C
12. C
13. E
14. B
15. C
16. E