GMAT
A merchant discounted the sale price of a coat and the sale price of a sweater. Which of the two articles of clothing was discounted by the greater dollar amount?(1) The percent discount on the coat was 2 percentage points greater than the percent discount on the sweater.(2) Before the discounts, the sale price of the coat was $10 less than the sale price of the sweater.
A clothing store acquired an item at a cost of x dollars and sold the item for y dollars. The store's gross profit from the item was what percent of its cost for the item?(1)$$y - x = 20$$(2)$$\frac y x=\frac5 4$$
What is the tenths digit of the number d when it is written as a decimal?(1) $$d = \frac{54}{25}$$(2) 1,000d = 2,160
Committee X and Committee Y, which have no common members, will combine to form Committee Z. Does Committee X have more members than Committee Y ?(1)The average (arithmetic mean) age of the members of Committee X is 25.7 years and the average age of the members of Committee Y is 29.3 years.(2)The average (arithmetic mean) age of the members of Committee Z will be 26.6 years.
The total cost of an office dinner was shared equally by k of the n employees who attended the dinner. What was the total cost of the dinner?(1)Each of the k employees who shared the cost of the dinner paid $19.(2)If the total cost of the dinner had been shared equally by k + 1 of the n employees who attended the dinner, each of the k + 1 employees would have paid $18.
A total of 20 amounts are entered on a spreadsheet that has 5 rows and 4 columns; each of the 20 positions in the spreadsheet contains one amount. The average (arithmetic mean) of the amounts in row i is $${R}_{i}$$ $$(1 \leq i \leq 5)$$. The average of the amounts in column j is Cj $$(1 \leq j \leq 4)$$. What is the average of all 20 amounts on the spreadsheet?(1) $${R}_{1}+{R}_{2}+{R}_{3}+{R}_{4}+{R}_{5}={550}$$(2) $${C}_{1}+{C}_{2}+{C}_{3}+{C}_{4}={440}$$
If $$x^{2} = 2^{x}$$, what is the value of x?(1) $$2x = ({\frac{x}{2}})^{3}$$(2) $$x = {2}^{x -2}$$
If n + k = m, what is the value of k ?(1)n = 10(2)m + 10 = n
Some computers at a certain company are Brand X and the rest are Brand Y. If the ratio of the number of Brand Y computers to the number of Brand X computers at the company is 5 to 6, how many of the computers are Brand Y ?(1) There are 80 more Brand X computers than Brand Y computers at the company.(2) There is a total of 880 computers at the company.
For all integers n, the function f is defined by $${f}({n})={a}^{n}$$, where a is a constant. What is the value of $$f (1)$$?(1)$$f (2) = 100$$(2)$$f (3) = -1,000$$
A retailer purchased a television set for x percent less than its list price, and then sold it for y percent less than its list price. What was the list price of the television set?(1) x = 15(2) x - y = 5
If x and y are positive, is $$x < 10 < {y}$$?(1)$$x <{y}$$ and $$xy = 100$$(2) $$x^2<100<{y^2}$$
Kim and Sue each bought some roses and some daisies at the prices shown above. If Kim bought the same total number of roses and daisies as Sue, was the price of Kim's purchase of roses and daisies higher than the price of Sue's purchase of roses and daisies?(1) Kim bought twice as many daisies as roses.(2) Kim bought 4 more roses than Sue bought.
In June 1989, what was the ratio of the number of sales transactions made by Salesperson X to the number of sales transactions made by Salesperson Y?(1) In June 1989, Salesperson X made 50 percent more sales transactions than Salesperson Y did in May 1989.(2) In June 1989, Salesperson Y made 25 percent more sales transactions than in May 1989.
By what percent was the price of a certain television set discounted for a sale?(1) The price of the television set before it was discounted for the sale was 25 percent greater than the discounted price.(2) The price of the television set was discounted by $60 for the sale.
Each gift certificate sold yesterday by a certain bookstore cost either $10 or $50. If yesterday the bookstore sold more than 5 gift certificates that cost $50 each, what was the total number of gift certificates sold yesterday by the bookstore?(1) Yesterday the bookstore sold fewer than 10 gift certificates that cost $10 each.(2) The total cost of gift certificates sold yesterday by the bookstore was $460.
What is the value of the integer N?(1) 101 < N < 103(2) 202 < 2N < 206
If Carmen had 12 more tapes, she would have twice as many tapes as Rafael. Does Carmen have fewer tapes than Rafael?(1)Rafael has more than 5 tapes.(2)Carmen has fewer than 12 tapes.
Is 2x > 2y ?(1) x > y(2) 3x >3y
In the figure shown, quadrilateral ABCD is inscribed in a circle of radius 5. What is the perimeter of quadrilateral ABCD?(1) The length of AB is 6 and the length of CD is 8.(2) AC is a diameter of the circle.