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Assignment 1 GMAT Skills Enhancement (Quantitative) Name: Registration Number: Directions
Assignment 1 GMAT Skills Enhancement (Quantitative) Name: Registration Number: Directions
7. Is x > y ?
(1) x = 5
y 4
(2) x2 > y2
8. Is x > 0.05?
(1) x > 403
9. 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
10. A furniture store sells only two models of desks, model A and model B. The selling price
of model A is $120, which is 30% of the selling price of model B. If the furniture store
sells 2000 desks, 43 of which are model B, what is the furniture store's total revenue from
the sale of desks?
(A) $114,000 (B) $186,000 (C) $294,000
(D) $380,000 (E) $660,000
11. For every novel in the school library there are two science books; for each science book
there are seven economics books. The ratio of economics books to science books to
novels in the school library will be
(A) 7:2:1 (B) 7:1:2 (C) 14:7:2 (D) 14:2:1 (E) 14:2:7
12. Ms. Taylor purchased stock for $1,500 and sold 2 of it after its value doubled. She sold
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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
13. 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.
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14. 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.
15. When positive integer n is divided by 3, the remainder is 2, and when positive
integer t is divided by 5, the remainder is 3. What is the remainder when the
product nt is divided by 15?
(1) n – 2 is divisible by 5.
(2) t is divisible by 3.
17. Oscar has 15 marbles. If he gives 13 of his marbles to Sally and 15 of the rest to Mike,
how many marbles does Oscar have left?
(A) 1 (B) 3 (C) 5 (D) 7 (E) 8
18. 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
19. 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
20. 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.
21. 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.
x
22. Is 5 an integer?
(1) x is an integer.
12,345
(2) x is an integer.
336
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23. If a sequence of consecutive integers of increasing value has a sum of 63 and a first term
of 6, how many integers are in the sequence?
(A) 11 (B) 10 (C) 9 (D) 8 (E) 7
24. To meet a government requirement, a bottler must test 5 percent of its spring water and
10 percent of its sparkling water for purity. If a customer ordered 120 cases of spring
water and 80 cases of sparkling water, what percent of all the cases must the bottler test
before he can send it out?
(A) 6.5% (B) 7.0% (C) 7.5% (D) 8.0% (E) 8.5%
26. 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
27. A mattress store sells their stock for 15% off of retail. If someone pays cash, they take an
additional 10% off of the discounted price. If a mattress's retail price is $750, what is
the price after the store discount and the cash discount?
(A) $550.75 (B) $562.50 (C) $573.75
(D) $637.50 (E) $675.00
28. A company consists of two departments, sales and production. If 30% of the 150
employees in the sales department received a holiday bonus and 70% of the 250
employees in the production department received a holiday bonus, what percent of all
employees did not receive a holiday bonus?
(A) 40 % (B) 45 % (C) 50 % (D) 55 % (E) 60 %
x
30. If y = n , what is the value of x ?
(1) yn = 10
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(2) y = 40 and n = 4
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31. A slot machine in Las Vegas casino has an average profit of $600 for each 8-hour shift
for the five days Sunday through Thursday, inclusive. If the average per shift profit on
Friday and Saturday is 25% greater than on the other days of the week and the slot
machine is in operation every hour of every day, what is the total weekly profit that the
casino makes from the slot machine?
(A) $4,500 (B) $9,000 (C) $13,500
(D) $15,500 (E) $27,000
32. 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
33. A carpenter needs four boards, each 2 feet 10 inches long. If wood is sold only by
foot, what is the minimum length, in feet, of wood the carpenter must buy?
(A) 9 (B) 10 (C) 11 (D) 12 (E) 13
34. 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.
35. If Smith’s income for the year of 2003 was $10,000, what was his combined income for
the years 2003 - 2008?
(1) His average yearly income for the years 2003- 2008 was $12,000.
(2) In 2008, his income was $20,000.
36. 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
37. If it is 250 miles from New York to Boston and 120 miles from New York to
Hartford, what percentage of the distance from New York to Boston is the distance
from New York to Hartford?
(A) 12 (B) 24 (C) 36 (D) 48 (E) 52
38. If in 2006, 2007, and 2008 a worker received 10% more in salary each year than he did
the previous year, how much more did he receive in 2008 than in 2006?
(A) 10% (B) 11% (C) 20% (D) 21% (E) 30%
39. Is 2n divisible by 8?
(1) n is an odd integer.
(2) n is an integer greater than 5.
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