Assignment 2

GMAT Skills Enhancement (Quantitative)

Name:
Registration Number:
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. Is x a positive integer ?
(1) x2 – 5x = – 6
(2) x4 = x

2. What is the absolute value of twice the difference of the roots of the
equation 5y2 − 20y + 15 = 0 ?
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3 (E) 4

3. What is the value of x ?

(1) x 2  x  2
(2) x 2  2x  3  0

4. What is the value of y ?

(1) y2 + y = 2
(2) y2 – 2 y + 1 = 0

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5. The distribution of a certain test is a normal distribution. If the sum of two
standard deviations and the mean is 88 and the difference between the mean
and one standard deviation is 76, what is the value of the mean ?
(A) 78 (B) 80 (C) 82 (D) 84 (E) 86

6. What is the value of integer x ?

(1) x 64  4
(2) x2 = x + 6

7. Rania has twice as much money as Dina. If Rania gives Dina $60, then the two of
them will have the same amount of money. How much money does Rania have ?
(A) $60 (B) $90 (C) $120 (D) $180 (E) $240

8. A certain seafood restaurant gets one delivery of fresh seafood every day of the
week. If the delivery company charges d dollars per delivery and c cents per
delivered item and the restaurant has an average (arithmetic mean) of x items
delivered per day, then which of the following is an expression for the total cost,
in dollars, of one week's deliveries ?
(A) 7100
cdx
(B) d  7100
cx
(C) 7d  100
xc
(D) 7d  7100
xc
(E) 7cdx

9. Karen took a ride with Speedy Car Services that charges x dollars per mile and
an additional surcharge of y dollars per ride. What is the value of y ?
(1) Karen’s ride was 12 miles.
(2) Karen paid $70 for her ride.

10. If a man runs at 4 miles per hour (mph) for 3 hours but tires and so continues by
walking at 2.5 mph, how long will it take him to cover 27 miles ?
(A) 7 hours 45 minutes (B) 8 hours (C) 9 hours
(D) 9 hours 15 minutes (E) 9 hours and 45 minutes

11. An employer has 6 applicants for a programming position and 4 applicants for a
manger position. If the employer must hire 3 programmers and 2 mangers, what
is the total number of ways the employer can make the selection ?
(A) 1,490 (B) 132 (C) 120 (D) 60 (E) 23

12. Susan drove at an average speed of 30 miles per hour for the first 30 miles of a
trip, and then at an average speed of 60 miles per hour for the remaining 30 miles
of the trip. If she made no stops during the trip, what was Susan’s average speed,
in miles per hour, for the entire trip ?
(A) 35 (B) 40 (C) 45 (D) 50 (E) 55

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13. A university awarded grants in the amount of either $7,000 or $10,000 to
selected incoming freshmen. If the total amount of all such awards is
$2,300,000, did the university award more $7,000 grants than $10,000 grants
to the selected incoming freshmen ?
(1) A total of 275 freshmen received grants in one of the two grants.
(2) The amount of money awarded in $10,000 grants was $200,000 more than
the amount of money awarded in $7,000 grants.

14. According to the directions on a can of frozen orange juice concentrate, 1 can of
concentrate is to be mixed with 3 cans of water to make orange juice.
How many (12-ounce) cans of concentrate are required to prepare 200 servings
of (6-ounce) orange juice cups ?
(A) 25 (B) 34 (C) 50 (D) 67 (E) 100

15. At Company R, the average (arithmetic mean) age of executive employees is 54

years old and the average age of non-executive employees is 34 years old.
What is the average age of all the employees at Company R ?
(1) There are 10 executive employees at Company R.
(2) The number of non-executive employees at Company R is four times
the number of executive employees at Company R.

16. A conveyer belt moves grain at the rate of 2 tons in 5 minutes and a second
conveyer belt moves grain at the rate of 3 tons in 7 minutes. How many minutes
will it take to move 20 tons of grains using both conveyer belts ?
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(A) 12 (B) 16 74 (C) 18 26 (D) 21 (E) 24 29

17. If the price of steak is currently $1 a pound, and the price triples every 6 months,
how long will it be until the price of steak is $81 a pound ?
(A) 1 year (B) 2 years (C) 2 12 years (D) 13 years (E) 13 12 years

18. Together, Andrea and Brain weigh p pounds. Brain weighs 10 pounds more than
p
Andrea and Andrea's dog, Cubby, weighs 4 pounds more than Andrea.
In terms of p, what is Cubby's weight in pounds?
(A) 2  10 (B) 4  5 (C) 2  5 (D) 4  10
p 3p 3p 5p
(E) 5P - 5

19. A list of measurements in increasing order is 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, and x. If the median

of these measurements is 76 times their arithmetic mean, what is the value of x ?
(A) 16 (B) 15 (C) 14 (D) 13 (E) 12

20. Given that x and y are real numbers, what is the value of 4xy ?
(1) x2 + y2 = 100
(2) (x + y)2 = 196

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21. A fish tank contains a number of fish, including 5 Fantails. If two fish are selected
from the tank at random, what is the probability that both will be Fantails ?
(1) The probability that the first fish chosen is a Fantails is 12 .
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(2) The probability that the second fish chosen is a Fantails is 9
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Brand X Brand Y
Miles Per gallon 40 36
Cost per Gallon $0.80 $0.75
22. The table above gives the gasoline costs and consumption rates for a certain car
driven at 50 miles per hour, using each of two brands of gasoline.
How many miles farther can the car be driven at this speed on $12 worth of
brand X gasoline than on $12 worth of brand Y gasoline ?
(A) 20 (B) 24 (C) 84 (D) 100 (E) 104

23. A piece of wood 5 feet long is cut into three pieces. How long is the longest
of the three pieces ?
(1) One piece is 2 feet 7 inches long.
(2) One piece is 7 inches longer than another piece and the remaining piece
is 5 inches long

24. In a certain state, 70 percent of the counties received some rain on Monday,
and 65 percent of the counties received some rain on Tuesday. No rain fell
either day in 25 percent of the counties in the state. What percent of the
counties received some rain on Monday and Tuesday ?
(A) 12.5% (B) 40% (C) 50% (D) 60% (E) 67.5%

25. If the kth term of a sequence is defined as 5k – 1, what is the value of the smallest
term greater than 100 ?
(A) 102 (B) 103 (C) 104 (D) 105 (E) 106

26. For a certain foot race, how many different arrangements of medal winners
are possible ?
(1) Medals will be given for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place.
(2) There are 10 runners in the race.

27. If 15 men working independently and at the same rate can manufacture 27 baskets
in an hour, how many baskets would 45 men working independently and at the
same rate manufacture in 40 minutes ?
(A) 27 (B) 35 (C) 40 (D) 54 (E) 81

28. A committee of three people is to be chosen from four married couples.

What is the number of different committees that can be chosen if two people
who are married to each other can not both serve on the committee ?
(A) 16 (B) 24 (C) 26 (D) 30 (E) 32

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29. In a printing company, if one machine can print 600 copies in 12 hours, how long
would it take to print 1,200 copies with three identical machines working together ?
(A) 4 (B) 8 (C) 12 (D) 18 (E) 24

30. What was the price of a dozen eggs during the 15th week of the year 2008 ?
(1) During the first week of 2008 the price of a dozen eggs was 75¢.
(2) The price of a dozen eggs rose 10¢ a week every week during the first
four months of 2008.

31. There are 30 cups of coffee on a table. If 16 have milk added, 14 have sugar
added, and 10 have both milk and sugar added, how many cups of coffee have
neither milk nor sugar added ?
(A) 0 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) 6 (E) 10

32. Each of the integers from 1 to 20 is written on a separate index card and placed in a
box. If the cards are drawn from the box at random without replacement, how many
cards must be drawn to ensure that the product of all the integers drawn is even ?
(A) 19 (B) 20 (C) 11 (D) 10 (E) 3

33. Paul jogs along the same route every day at a constant rate for 80 minutes.
What distance does he jog ?
(1) Yesterday, Paul began jogging at 5:00 P.M.
(2) Yesterday, Paul had jogged 5 miles by 5:40 P.M. and 8 miles by 6:04 P.M.

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34. At a college football game, 5
of the seats in the lower deck of the stadium
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were sold. If 4
of all the seats in the stadium are located in the lower deck,
and if 23 of all the seats in the stadium were sold, what fraction of the unsold
seats in the stadium are in the lower deck ?
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(A) 20 (B) 16 (C) 15 (D) 13 7
(E) 15

35. What is the total weight of four crates ?

(1) The average weight of the four crates is 200 pounds.
(2) The total weight of two of the crates is exactly three times the total
weight of the other two crates.

36. If you hire Mary’s Car Service to drive you across town, you will be charged $10
plus an additional $2, for each 14 mile. Which of the following represents the total
number of dollars that you would be charged if the trip is n miles ?
(A) 2n (B) 10 + 2n (C) 10 + 4n (D) 10 + 8n (E) 12n

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 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 105, 105, 130, 130, 130
37. The list shown above consists of the times in seconds, that it took each of the
10 school children to run a distance of 400 meters. If the standard deviation
of the 10 running times is 22.4 seconds, how many of the 10 running times
are more than 1 standard deviation below the mean of the 10 running times ?
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5

38. Three machines, individually, can do a certain job in 4, 5, and 6 hours,

respectively. What is the greatest part of the job that can be done in one hour
by two of the machines working together at their respective rates ?
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(A) 11
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(B) 20 (C) 53 11
(D) 15 (E) 56

39. If 4a = 3b and 6b = 0, then, which of the following must be true ?

(A) a = 43 (B) a = b (C) a = 3 and b = 4 (D) ab = 43 (E) b
a
= 3
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40. Sally has 3 quarters and 2 dimes in her piggybank. If 2 coins are taken out of
the piggybank at random, what is the probability that both coins are dimes ?
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(A) 20 1
(B) 10 (C) 52 (D) 23 (E) 45

41. On Monday, an animal shelter housed 55 cats and dogs and by Friday,
exactly 15 of the cats and 14 of the dogs had been adopted. If no new cats
or dogs were brought to the shelter during this period, what is the
greatest possible number of pets that could have been adopted from the
animal shelter between Monday and Friday ?
(A) 11 (B) 12 (C) 13 (D) 14 (E) 20

42. If 75 percent of all Americans own an automobile, 15 percent of all Americans own
a bicycle, and 20 percent of all Americans own neither an automobile nor a bicycle,
then what percent of all Americans own both an automobile and a bicycle ?
(A) 0 % (B) 1.33 % (C) 3.75 % (D) 5 % (E) 10 %

43. For all a and b , define a # b to be  (a  b )2 . What is the value of (2 # 3) (0 # 1) ?

(A) – 2 (B) 0 (C) 5 (D) 6 (E) 9

44. How many ounces of a solution that is 30 percent salt must be added to a 50 ounce
solution that is 10 percent salt so that the resulting solution is 20 percent salt ?
(A) 20 (B) 30 (C) 40 (D) 50 (E) 60

45. An urn contains 7 red balls and 12 blue balls. If x balls are removed from the urn,
and afterwards a ball is picked at random from the urn, what is the probability of
picking a red ball ?
(1) x = 3
(2) After x balls are removed, the ratio of red balls to blue balls is 3 to 5.
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46. A man and a boy together dig 600 kg of earth in an hour working independently
but simultaneously. How long would the man take digging alone 600 kg ?
(1) The man moves 200 kg/hour more than the boy
(2) The boy works twice as long as the man

47. There are 24 students in Mr. Faseoli’s music class, each of whom is a member of
either the orchestra or the band or both. If 16 of these students are in the orchestra
and 14 are in the band, and if a student is randomly chosen, what is the probability
that the student picked is in both the orchestra and the band ?
(A) 15 (B) 14 (C) 13 (D) 45 (E) 1

48. Fifty students have signed up for at least one of the courses German and
English. How many of the 50 students are taking German but not English ?
(1) 16 students are taking German and English.
(2) The number of students taking English but not German is the same as the
number taking German but not English.

49. The junior class is holding an election for president, vice president, and secretary,
and six students are candidates. If any of the candidates could be elected president,
vice president, or secretary but no one can hold more than one position, how many
different outcomes are possible ?
(A) 6 (B) 20 (C) 36 (D) 72 (E) 120

50. If two ships leave port 1 hour apart and both sail at a constant speeds on the
same direction, and the speed of the first ship is x, at what average speed must
the second ship maintain if it is to catch the first ship after 2 hours ?
(A) 3x (B) 2.5x (C) 2x (D) 1.5x (E) 1.25x

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