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GRE Numerical Ability - Arithmetic Sample Question with Solutions

(#M40165987) GRE QUESTION Keep an EYE

At supermarket handbag cost $18 each. During a recent sale, the price was reduced to 3 handbags for $50. How much money would be saved by purchasing 48 handbags at the sale price ? (A) $48 (B) $72 (C) $60 (D) $64

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(#M40165918) GRE QUESTION Keep an EYE

Theresa is building a pyramid out of stacked rows of tin cans. When completed, the top row of the pyramid contains a single tin can and each row below the top row contains 4 more cans than the one above it. If the completed pyramid contains 861 cans, then how many rows does the pyramid has ? A) 41 B) 21 C) 42 D) 20

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(#M40165904) GRE QUESTION Keep an EYE

The quotient of a and b is 3. If a is 60% of c, which is 5/6 times larger than d. What is d in terms of b ? A) 30b/11 B) 6b/11 C) 3b/11 D) 11b/3

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(#M40165884) GRE QUESTION Keep an EYE

If 6 dollars can buy p flowers, how many dollars are needed to buy m bouquets? (One bouquet = 10 flowers.) (A) 60(m+p) (B) 60m/p (C) m/(60p) (D) (m+P)/60

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(#M40165878) GRE QUESTION Keep an EYE

In a field day at a school, each child who competed in n events and scored a total of p points was given an overall score of p/n + n. Andrew competed in 1 event and scored 9 points. Jason competed in 3 events and scored 5, 6, and 7 points, respectively. What was the ratio of overall score of Jason to overall score of Andrew?

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(#M40165877) GRE QUESTION Keep an EYE

There are five sales agents in a certain real estate office. One month Andy sold twice as many properties as Ellen, Bob sold 3 more than Ellen, Cary sold twice as many as Bob, and Dora sold as many as Bob and Ellen together. Who sold the most properties that month?

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(#M40165876) GRE QUESTION Keep an EYE

The maximum recommended pulse rate R, when exercising, for a person who is x years of age is given by the equation R= 176 - 0.8x. What is the age, in years, of a person whose maximum recommended pulse rate when exercising is 140 ? (A) 40 (B) 45 (C) 50 (D) 55 (E) 60

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(#M40165874) GRE QUESTION Keep an EYE

Company C produces toy trucks at a cost of $5.00 each for the first 100 trucks and $3.50 for each additional truck. If 500 toy trucks were produced by Company C and sold for $10.00 each, what was gross profit of Company C ?
(A) $2,250 (B) $2,500 (C) $3,100 (D) $3,250 (E) $3,500

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(#M40165869) GRE QUESTION Keep an EYE

To order certain plants from a catalog, it costs $2.5 per plant, plus a 5 percent sales tax, plus $5.75 for shipping and handling regardless of the number of plants ordered. If Company X ordered these plants from the catalog at the total cost of $63.5, how many plants did Company X order? A) 22 B) 21 C) 20 D) 19 E) 18

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(#M40165867) GRE QUESTION Keep an EYE

The total weight of a tin and the cookies it contains is 3 pounds. After 3/4 of the cookies are eaten, the tin and the remaining cookies weigh 1.2 pounds. What is the weight of the empty tin in pounds? A) 0.6 b) 0.8 C) 0.9 D) 1.0 E) 1.2

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