GMAT
Pat bought 5 pounds of apples. How many pounds of pears could Pat have bought for the same amount of money?(1) One pound of pears costs $0.50 more than one pound of apples.(2) One pound of pears costs $$1\frac{1}{2}$$ times as much as one pound of apples.
During a 40-mile trip, Marla traveled at an average speed of x miles per hour for the first y miles of the trip and at an average speed of 1.25x miles per hour for the last 40 - y miles of the trip. The time that Marla took to travel the 40 miles was what percent of the time it would have taken her if she had traveled at an average speed of x miles per hour for the entire trip?(1) x = 48(2) y = 20
If integer p is greater than 1, is p a prime number?(1) p is odd.(2) The only positive factors of p are 1 and p.
A certain company divides its total advertising budget into television, radio, newspaper, and magazine budgets in the ratio of 8 : 7 : 3 : 2, respectively. How many dollars are in the radio budget?(1) The television budget is $18,750 more than the newspaper budget. (2) The magazine budget is $7,500.
The sequence $$a_1, a_2, a_3, . . . ,a_n$$ of n integers is such that $$a_k = k$$ if k is odd and $$a_k = -a_{k-1}$$ if k is even. Is the sum of the terms in the sequence positive?(1) n is odd.(2) $$a_n$$ is positive.
S is a finite set of numbers. Does S contain more negative numbers than positive numbers?(1) The product of all the numbers in S is -1,200. (2) There are 6 numbers in S .
On the number line, if the number k is to the left of the number t, is the product kt to the right of t ?(1) t < 0(2) k < 1
The points A, B, C, and D are on a number line, not necessarily in that order. If the distance between A and B is 18 and the distance between C and D is 8, what is the distance between B and D ?(1) The distance between C and A is the same as the distance between C and B.(2) A is to the left of D on the number line.
Is $${(x+1)\over(x-3)}<0$$?(1) -1 < x < 1(2) $$x^2 - 4 < 0$$
In the sequence of positive numbers $$x_1,x_2,x_3$$,. . ., what is the value of $$x_1$$ ?(1) $$x_l =\frac1 2 {x_{l-1}} $$ for all integers $$l > 1$$(2)$$x_5 = {x_4\over(x_4+1)}$$
The positive integer k has exactly two positive prime factors, 3 and 7. If k has a total of 6 positive factors, including 1 and k, what is the value of k?(1) $${3}^{2}$$ is a factor of k.(2) $${7}^{2}$$ is NOT a factor of k.
If l and k are lines in the xy-plane, is the product of the slopes of l and k equal to -1 ?(1) Line l passes through the origin and the point (1, 2).(2) Line k has x-intercept 4 and y-intercept 2.
At a certain company, the average (arithmetic mean) number of years of experience is 9.8 years for the male employees and 9.1 years for the female employees. What is the ratio of the number of the company's male employees to the number of the company's female employees?(1) There are 52 male employees at the company.(2) The average number of years of experience for the company's male and female employees combined is 9.3 years
An attorney charged a fee for estate planning services for a certain estate. The attorney's fee was what percent of the accessed value of the estate?(1)The accessed value of the estate was $1.2 million.(2)The attorney charged $2,400 for the estate planning services.
During a one-day sale, a store sold each sweater of a certain type for $30 more than the store's cost to purchase each sweater. How many of these sweaters were sold during the sale?(1) During the sale, the total revenue from the sale of these sweaters was $270.(2) During the sale, the store sold each of these sweaters at a price that was 50 percent greater than the store's cost to purchase each sweater.
An integer greater than 1 that is not prime is called composite. If the two-digit integer n is greater than 20, is n composite?(1)The tens digit of n is a factor of the units digit of n.(2)The tens digit of n is 2.
If x is an integer, is $$(x^2 + 1)(x + 5)$$ an even number?(1) x is an odd number.(2) Each prime factor of $$x^2$$ is greater than 7.
A certain theater has a total of 884 seats, of which 500 are orchestra seats and the rest are balcony seats. When tickets for all the seats in the theater are sold, the total revenue from ticket sales is $34,600. What was the theater's total revenue from ticket sales for last night's performance?(1) The price of an orchestra seat ticket is twice the price of a balcony seat ticket.(2) For last night's performance, tickets for all the balcony seats were sold, but only 80 percent of the tickets for the orchestra seats were sold.
If it took Carol 1/2 hour to cycle from his house to the library yesterday, was the distance that he cycled greater than 6 miles? ( 1mile=5,280feet)(1) The average speed at which Carlos cycled from his house to the library yesterday was greater than 16 feet per second.(2) The average speed at which Carlos cycled from his house to the library yesterday was less than 18 feet per second
At a certain pet shop,$$\frac{1}{3}$$ of the pets are dogs and $$\frac{1}{5}$$ of the pets are birds. How many of the pets are dogs?(1)There are 30 birds at the pet shop.(2)There are 20 more dogs than birds at the pet shop.