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Ever wondered what it feels like to take the GMAT and score in the top 10% on the quantitative section? Below is a 37-
question math workout to give you the experience of the kinds of questions you are likely to see if you ace the math portion
of the test. If you are aiming for a perfect score, this is a great opportunity to practice your pacing and accuracy, as well as to
work out on the kind of questions ETS is throwing at its top scorers these days. If you haven’t reached the top level yet, this
is a great way to stretch yourself and to practice teasing your brain on the very hardest questions out there.
m−n
3. What is the value of = 6. If there are 400 women at College X and 200
m 2 − n2 students live off- campus, how many students
(1) m2 – n2 = 40 does College X have?
(2) m + n = 10 (1) 120 women live off-campus.
(2) There are half as many men at College X as
4. If the two sets have an equal number of there are students who live on-campus.
numbers, is the mean of set Q lower than the
mean of set P?
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7. m
10. Is mn < ?
n
C (1) mn is a positive integer.
B (2) n is a negative number.
A 1
11. If r ≠ 0 and r * is defined as − 1 , what
r
is the value of − (r *) + (r − 1) * ?
1
(A)
If the figure above is a cube, and A, B and C are r −r
2
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13. If 1 < a < b < c < d, what is the value of d? 17.
y°
(1) a + b + c + d = 170
(2) a, b, c, and d are all positive integers in the
set of numbers that can be written in the x° z°
form of 2n , where n is also a positive w°
integer.
What is the value of y?
(1) bc > de 1− x
(2) a > f (1) >0
1− y
(2) x + y = 20
16. Six people are on an elevator that stops at
exactly 6 floors. What is the probability that
exactly one person will push the button for each
20. The value of â is the product of all positive,
floor?
odd integers less then a but greater than 0. If
6!
(A) 6 e = 16 and o = 14 what is the largest prime factor
6 of ê + 2ô?
66 (A) 23
(B)
6! (B) 19
6 (C) 17
(C) (D) 13
6!
6 (E) 11
(D) 6
6
1
(E) 6
6
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21. Amy is planting rose bushes in her garden. 24. The probability that it will rain in NYC on
Her pink, red and white bushes are not planted in any given day in July is 40%. What is the
a straight line. If the pink bush is 5 yards from probability that it will rain in NYC on exactly 2
the red, and the red bush is 11 yards from the days out of 5 in July?
white. Which of the following is a possible 2 2 33
distance of the white bush from the pink? (A)
55
I. 5
II. 6 2 3 33
(B)
III. 7 55
2 2 33
(C)
(A) None of the above 54
(B) III only 23 32
(C) II and III (D)
(D) I and II 54
(E) I, II, and III 2 3 33
(E)
54
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27. There are 16 stones in a bowl: 4 are painted 31. In corporation X, the finance division has an
orange, 3 green and the rest purple. What is the average annual salary of $102,000. The
probability of getting first an orange and then a consulting division has an average annual salary
purple stone if you choose two stones at random? of $73,000. What is the average annual salary of
9 the two divisions combined?
(A)
80
3 (1) The two divisions have a total of 42
(B)
64 workers.
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(C) (2) There are twice as many employees in the
64
1 consulting division as there are in the
(D) finance division.
20
3
(E)
20 (−1) n
32. If in sequence R, rn +1 − rn = , then what
n
is the order, from smallest to largest of r5 , r6 and
28. If f (a + b) = f (a) + f (b), then which of the r7 ?
following could be f (x) for all distinct values of a (A) r5 < r6 < r7
and b? (B) r6 < r5 < r7
A) x 2 + 1 (C) r5 < r7 < r6
B) 2 x (D) r6 < r7 < r5
C) x − 4 (E) r7 < r5 < r6
5
D)
x
E) − 7 x 33. There are 3 black balls and 7 white balls in a
box. If two balls are chosen randomly, what is
the probability that at least one will be black?
29. If mn ≠ 0 , what is the ratio of m to n2 ? 1
(A)
7 15
(1) The ratio of m2 to 1 is 7
5 (B)
7 30
(2) The ratio of m2 to n is 7
5 (C)
15
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30. Jon’s cat consumes an average of 2.5 lbs of (D)
food per day. Yesterday, the cat ate only .5 lbs of 15
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food. Approximately what percent of the average (E)
weekly food did the cat eat yesterday? 30
(A) 28%
(B) 2.8%
(C) 2% 34. If x = 274 – 270 , what is the largest prime
(D) .28% factor of x?
(E) .028% (A) 2
(B) 3
(C) 5
(D) 7
(E) 11
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35. A distinct three-digit pin number is
distributed to each member of a video club. All
digits 0-9 are allowed, and digits can be repeated
to create distinct pin numbers. If 327 pin
numbers are not used, how many members
belong to the video club?
(A) 1000
(B) 940
(C) 673
(D) 613
(E) 402
0.08 −5
36. =?
0.04 − 4
5
(A)
64
5
(B)
32
25
(C)
32
32
(D)
25
(E) 50
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1. (D). This is a basic percent increase 5. (B). This one looks a lot scarier than it
question. The formula you should use is actually is. If you know your exponent
difference rules well, it should be no problem:
× 100 = %change . That works −1
original
−1 −1
6 −5 1 1 1 1
out to be × 100 = × 100 = 20% . = = = 13 .
5 5 1 + 1 6+7 13
−1
6 7 −1
2. (C). When you have questions that deal
with variables in the exponent, your goal 6. (C). This is a question that should be set
should always be to convert all your base up with a groups grid:
numbers to the same number, if possible.
Dealing with the left side of the equation From Statement 1:
first, it should look as follows:
5 25 × 413 = 5 25 × (2 2 ) =
13
Women Men Total
Off- 120 200
5 25 × 226 =
campus
(5 × 2)25 × 2 = On-
2 × 10 25 campus
therefore k = 25 . Total 400 Total
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7. (C). The key to this question, as with scenarios will give us a "no". Statement 1
many geometry questions, is to draw an rules out one but not the other variable
additional line on the diagram. If you being negative, but it does not address the
draw a line between points A and C, you issue of n being a fraction less than one.
get an equilateral triangle. Statement 2 does even less, since we do
not know if m < 0 . Together, the
8. (B). Start out by finding the total number statements still do not tell us if 0 < n < 1 .
of possible runner finish arrangements:
6 × 5 × 4 × 3 × 2 × 1 = 720 . Of those 11. (A). As always when you have variables
arrangements, half of them have No Hope in your answer choices, you want to plug
beating Goldenrod and the other half have in. A good number to choose is r = 2. If
Goldenrod winning. Since Goldenrod you plug it into the question correctly,
never comes in before No Hope, the your target answer should be 1/2. Only
correct answer is 720 = 360 .
1 answer choice (A) gives you 1/2 when
2 you plug in 2 for r.
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the committee slots between men and a
women: 3 of each or 2 me n and 4 women. above inequa lity to hold true, > 1 if the
f
We must treat the two scenarios right side of the inequality is positive,
separately. If there are 3 of each sex on a
the committee, then the total number of < 1 if it is negative. To see how this
possible combinations given this scenario f
(
(B) 2 5 ≠ 2 2 + 2 3 ) ( ) larger than r6 but less than r5 .
Etc.
33. (D). When you see the words "at least" in
a probability question, chances are it is
easier to find the probability of the
opposite happening and then subtract from
1. The opposite of at least one ball being
black is both balls being white. The
probability of drawing two white balls is
7 6 7
× = . Don't forget to subtract that
10 9 15
from 1!
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34. (D). This looks scary, but if you factor
out your common factors from each term,
it gets easier:
( )
2 74 − 2 70 = 2 70 2 4 − 1 = 2 70 (15 ) , so the
largest prime factor is 5.
= = =
0.04 −4 0.085 (8 × 10 −2 )5
(2 ) × 10
2 4 −8
102 25
=
27 32
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