GMAT

Section: Mathematics
Total number of Questions: 30
Maximum Time: 45min

1) From 7:00 AM to 11:00 AM it rained 2.25 inches. At 11:00 AM the rain increased to fall
at a rate of 1.25 in. every two hours. How many inches of rain landed on the ground by
5:00 PM?

1. 7
2. 9.75
3. 6
4. 3.25
5. 7.125

2) The owner of a hobby store needed to calculate the percentage of customers who
purchase wood glue. Upon completing his survey, he noticed that 60% of the people that
entered his store purchased an item. Of those customers, 15 percent purchased wood
glue. What percent of the people that entered the store purchased wood glue?

1. 8%
2. 7%
3. 9%
4. 12%
5. 15%

3) If 1/x = 3.5, then 1/(x+2) =

1. 7/9
2. 16/7
3. 7/16
4. 9/7
5. 7/4

4) A store owner is packing small radios into larger boxes that measure 25 in. by 42 in.
by 60 in. If the measurement of each radio is 7 in. by 6 in. by 5 in., then how many radios
can be placed in the box?

1. 300
2. 325
3. 400
4. 420
5. 480

5) Frank is 15 years younger then John. In 5 years John will be twice as old as Frank.
How old will Frank be in four years?

1. 8
2. 10
3. 12
4. 14
5. 16

6) A store owner decided to raise the price of a particular item by exactly 10%. Of the
following which is NOT the new price?
 1. $1.10
2. $8.80
3. $11.00
4. $57.30
5. $78.10

7) The price of a candy bar is $1.00. The price of a ten pack of the same candy bar is
$7.40. The ten pack of candy bars is what percentage cheaper then purchasing ten candy
bars individually?

1. 18%
2. 26%
3. 32%
4. 48%
5. The prices are the same.

8) In a certain department store, which has four sizes of a specific shirt, there are 1/3 as
many small shirts as medium shirts, and 1/2 as many large shirts as small shirts. If there
are as many x-large shirts as large shirts, what percent of the shirts in the store are
medium?

1. 10%
2. 25%
3. 33%
4. 50%
5. 60%

9) A new apartment complex purchased 60 toilets and 20 shower heads. If the price of a
toilet is three times the price of a shower head, what percent of the total cost was the
cost of all the shower heads?

1. 9%
2. 10%
3. 11%
4. 13%
5. 15%

10) A car averages 55 mph for the first 4 hours of a trip and averages 70 mph for each
additional hour. The average speed for the entire trip was 60 mph. How many hours long
is the trip?

1. 6
2. 8
3. 11
4. 12
5. 14

11) In 1991, was the number of people in City A three times greater then the number of
people in City B?
1) In 1991, there were approximately 1.1 million more people in City A than in City B.
2) In 1991, the 300,000 Catholics in City A made up 20% of its population, and the
141,000 Buddhists in City B made up 30% of its population.

1. if statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient to
answer the question.
 2. if statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient to
answer the question.
3. if BOTH statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are sufficient to answer the question
asked, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.
4. if EACH statement ALONE is sufficient to answer the question asked.
5. if statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient to answer the question
asked, and additional data specific to the problem are needed.

12) (165)2 - (164)2 =

1. 1
2. 100
3. 229
4. 329
5. 349

13) If the ticket sales s for a company increases 25% from standard sales to 60 tickets
sold, then 60 - s =:

1. 7
2. 12
3. 18
4. 30
5. 48

14) All of the tickets for 2 music concerts, X and Y, were either purchased or given away,
and the ratio of X tickets to Y was 2 to 1. Of the total number of X tickets and Y tickets,
what percentage was purchased?

1) The total number of X tickets and Y tickets, is 240.

2) Of the X tickets, exactly 60% were purchased, and of the Y tickets, exactly 80% were
purchased.

1. if statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient to
answer the question.
2. if statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient to
answer the question.
3. if BOTH statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are sufficient to answer the question
asked, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.
4. if EACH statement ALONE is sufficient to answer the question asked.
5. if statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient to answer the question
asked, and additional data specific to the problem are needed.

15) If a and b are positive integers, is a + 4b odd?

1) b is even.
2) a is odd.

1. if statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient to
answer the question.
2. if statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient to
answer the question.
3. if BOTH statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are sufficient to answer the question
asked, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.
4. if EACH statement ALONE is sufficient to answer the question asked.
5. if statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient to answer the question
asked, and additional data specific to the problem are needed.
16) If q is a multiple of prime numbers, is q a multiple of r?
1) r < 4.
2) q = 18.

1. if statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient to
answer the question.
2. if statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient to
answer the question.
3. if BOTH statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are sufficient to answer the question
asked, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.
4. if EACH statement ALONE is sufficient to answer the question asked.
5. if statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient to answer the question
asked, and additional data specific to the problem are needed.

17) How many integers between 100 and 150, inclusive, cannot be evenly divided by 3
nor 5?

1. 35
2. 27
3. 25
4. 26
5. 28

18) Susan wants to put up fencing around three sides of her rectangular yard and leave a
side of 20 feet unfenced. If the yard has an area of 680 square feet, how many feet of
fencing does she need?

1. 38
2. 44
3. 72
4. 88
5. 97

19) Which of the following equations has a root in common with x2 - 6x + 5 = 0?

1. x2 + 1 = 0
2. x2 - x - 2 = 0
3. 2x2 - 2 = 0
4. x2 - 2x - 3 = 0
5. x2 - 10x - 5 = 0

20) A computer store regularly sells all stock at a discount of 20 percent to 40 percent. If
an additional 25 percent were deducted from the discount price during a special sale,
what would be the lowest possible price of a part costing $16 before any discount?

1. $6.80
2. $7.20
3. $9.60
4. $11.30
5. $14.80

21) If "basis points" are defined so that 1 percent is equal to 100 basis points, then 75.5
percent is how many basis points greater than 65.5 percent?
 1. .01
2. .10
3. 10
4. 100
5. 1000

22) If x + 8y = 20 and x = -3y, then y =

1. 3
2. 4
3. 5
4. 6
5. 8

23) If 2x + y = 10 and x = 3, what is x - y

1. -3
2. -1
3. 0
4. 1
5. 3

24) If a triangle has a base B and the altitude of the triangle is twice the base, then the
area of the triangle is

1. .5AB
2. AB
3. .5AB2
4. B2
5. 2B2

25) If y/x = 1/3 and x + 2y = 10, then x is

1. 2
2. 3
3. 4
4. 5
5. 6

26) The sum of 5 consecutive integers is 35. How many of the five consecutive integers
are prime numbers?

1. 0
2. 1
3. 2
4. 3
5. 4

27) Which of the following inequalities is the solution to the inequality

7x - 5 < 2x + 18?

1. x < 13/5
2. x > 23/9
3. x < 23/9
4. x > 23/5
5. x < 23/5
28) Apples cost $x a bag for the first 100 bags a store buys from a wholesaler. All bags
bought in addition to the first 100 get a discount of 10%. How much does it cost to buy
150 bags of apples from the wholesaler?

1. $100
2. $140x
3. $145x
4. $150x
5. $100x + $50

29) If the product of two numbers is 10 and the sum of the two numbers is 7, then the
larger of the two numbers is

1. -2
2. 2
3. 3
4. 4
5. 5

30) John weighs twice as much as Susan. Susan's weight is 60% of Sam's weight. Mark
weighs 50% of Lynn's weight. Lynn weighs 190% of John's weight. Which of these 5
people weighs the least?

1. John
2. Susan
3. Sam
4. Mark
5. Lynn

End of Question paper

ANSWERS

1. 3

2. 3

3. 3

4. 1

5. 4

6. 4

7. 2

8. 5

9. 2 To solve this, you can place values for the toilets and shower heads. If you apply $3
for each toilet and $1 for each shower head, your total cost will be $200. Of this, $20 or
10% is spent on shower heads.

10. 1 Start with the equation.

(55(4) + 70x) / 4+x = 60
= (220 + 70x) / 4+x = 60

Multiply both sides by 4+x

220 + 70x = 240 + 60x

Which gives you

10x = 20, so x = 2. Add this to the 4 hours and you have 6.

11. 2

12. 4

13. 2 You know that sales s * 1.25 = 60.

Therefore s = 60 / 1.25 or s = 48.
60 - 48 = 12

14. 2

15. 2

16. 5

17. 2

18. 4 The area of the yard is 20w= 680 square feet, so w = 680/ 20 = 34 feet. The length
of the fencing needed is 34+20+34=88 feet.

19. 3

20. 2 The lowest possible price is paid when the maximum discount is received, so the
lowest possible regular price is $16 - 0.40($16) = $9.60. With an additional 25 percent
discount, the lowest possible price is $9.60 - 0.25($9.60) = $7.20. The best answer is the
second one.

Alternatively, the lowest possible price to be paid for the item can be calculated by
realizing that if you are being given a discount of 40 percent you are paying 60 percent of
the listed price of the item. If an additional 25 percent discount is offered on the item,
the price of the item becomes (0.75)(0.60)($16) = $7.20.

21. 5 There is a difference of 10 percent between 75.5 percent and 65.5 percent. If 1
percent equals 100 basis points, then 10 percent equals 10(100) or 1,000 basis points.

22. 2 Substitution of the second equation into the first equation yields

(-3y) + 8y = 20
5y = 20
y=4

23. 2 Since x = 3, 2x + y = 6 so 6 + y = 10 resulting in y = 4. Therefore x - y = 3 - 4 = (-

1).

24. 4 The area of a triangle is .5 the base times the altitude. The altitude is 2B so the area
is B2.

25. 5 Since y/x = 1/3, cross multiply to obtain x = 3y. Substitute x = 3y into x + 2y = 10
to get 3y + 2y = 5y = 10. Therefore y =2 and x = 6.
26. 3 The "middle number" should be near 7 because 35/5 = 7. Since 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 =
35, 5 and 7 are prime numbers. You may think this is a trick question, but it can appear
on the exam.

27. 4 Use the properties of inequalities to solve the given inequality. Subtract 2x from
each side to get 5x - 5 < 18. Next add 5 to each side to obtain 5x < 23. Finally divide each
side by 5 to get x < 23/5.

28. 3 Since the first 100 bags cost $x each, the total cost of the first 100 bags is $100x.
Since the remaining 50 bags are discounted 10%, each bag costs 90% of $x or $(.90)x
and the 50 bags cost $45x. The total cost is $145x.

29. 5

30. 2 John weighs twice as much as Susan, so John cannot weigh the least. Susan's
weight is less than Sam's, so Sam's weight is not the least. Mark's weight is 1/2 of Lynn's
weight so Lynn can't weigh the least. The only possible answers are Susan or Mark. Let J,
S, Sa, M, L stand for the weights. M = .5L = .5(1.9)J. So M = .95J. Since J = 2S, we know
S = .5J, therefore Susan weighs the least.