GMAT
In a recent town election, what was the ratio of the number of votes in favor of a certain proposal to the number of votes against the proposal? (1) There were 60 more votes in favor of the proposal than against the proposal. (2)There were 240 votes in favor of the proposal.
How many men are in a certain company's vanpool program? (1)The ratio of men to women in the program is 3 to 2. (2)The men and women in the program fill 6 vans.
Each of the marbles in a jar is either red or white or blue. If one marble is to be selected at random from the jar, what is the probability that the marble will be blue?(1) There are a total of 24 marbles in the jar, 8 of which are red.(2) The probability that the marble selected will be white is $$\frac{1}{2}$$.
Was the amount of Johns heating bill for February greater than it was for January? (1)The ratio of the amount of John's heating bill for February to that for January was $${\frac{26}{25}}$$ . (2)The sum of the amounts of John's heating bills for January and February a was$183.60.
What was the range of the selling prices of the 30 wallets sold by a certain store yesterday?(1) $$\frac{1}{3}$$ of the wallets had a selling price of $24 each.(2) The lowest selling price of the wallets was $$\frac{1}{3}$$ the highest selling price of the wallets.
How many people in a group of 50 own neither a fax machine nor a laser printer?(1) The total number of people in the group who own a fax machine or a laser printer or both is less than 50.(2) The total number of people in the group who own both a fax machine and a laser printer is 15.
A certain investment earned a fixed rate of 4 percent interest per year, compounded annually, for five years. The interest earned for the third year of the investment was how many dollars greater than that for the first year?(1) The amount of the investment at the beginning of the second year was $4,160.00.(2) The amount of the investment at the beginning of the third year was $4,326.40.
For a certain car repair, the total charge consisted of a charge for parts, a charge for labor, and a 6 percent sales tax on both the charge for parts and the charge for labor. If the charge for parts, excluding sales tax, was $50.00, what was the total charge for the repair?(1) The sales tax on the charge for labor was $9.60.(2) The total sales tax was $12.60.
George has a total of B books in his library, 25 of which are hardcover fiction books. What is the value of B ?(1) 40 of the B books are fiction and the rest are nonfiction.(2) 60 of the B books are hardcovers and the rest are paperbacks.
In each of the last five years, Company K donated p percent of its annual profits to a certain scholarship fund. Did Company K donate more than $10,000 to the scholarship fund last year?(1) Two years ago, Company K had annual profits of $3 million and donated $15,000 to the scholarship fund.(2) Last year, Company K had annual profits of $2.5 million.