GMAT真题9.doc

Math Section

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Q1:
The population of City X is 50 percent of the population of City Y. The population of City X is what percent of the total population of City X and City Y?

A. 25%
B. 33%
C. 40%
D. 50%
E. 66%
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Q2:
Guy’s net income equals his gross income minus his deductions. By what percent did Guy’s net income change on January 1, 1989, when both his gross income and his deductions increased?
(1) Guy’s gross income increased by 4 percent on January 1, 1989.
(2) Guy’s deductions increased by 15 percent on January 1, 1989.

A. Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient.
B. Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient.
C. BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.
D. EACH statement ALONE is sufficient.
E. Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient.
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Q3:
If wz < 2, is z < 1?
(1) w > 2
(2) z < 2

A. Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient.
B. Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient.
C. BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.
D. EACH statement ALONE is sufficient.
E. Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient.
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Q4:
Which of the following is equal to 517 49?

A. 2 1013
B. 2 1017
C. 2 1020
D. 2 1026
E. 2 1036
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Q5:
If x and y are positive integers and y = , what is the value of y?
(1) x < 8
(2) y > 1

A. Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient.
B. Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient.
C. BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.
D. EACH statement ALONE is sufficient.
E. Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient.
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Q6:
Sue’s monthly earnings consist of a monthly salary and a 4 percent commission on the portion of her monthly sales that is in excess of $2,000. If Sue’s monthly salary was the same in July as in August, how much greater were her sales in July than in August?
(1) Sue’s monthly earnings were $3,620 in July and $3,580 in August.
(2) Sue’s monthly salary was $3,500 in July and in August.

A. Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient.
B. Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient.
C. BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.
D. EACH statement ALONE is sufficient.
E. Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient.
Answer:
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Q7:
A company has assigned a distinct 3-digit code number to each of its 330 employees. Each code number was formed from the digits

2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

and no digit appears more than once in any one code number. How many unassigned code numbers are there?

A. 6
B. 58
C. 174
D. 182
E. 399
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Q8:
The points R, T, and U lie on a circle that has radius 4. If the length of arc RTU is , what is the length of line segment RU?

A.
B.
C. 3
D. 4
E. 6
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Q9:
In an art gallery, 25 percent of the art pieces on display were photographs. If 12 percent of the photographs were black-and-white photographs, what percent of the art pieces on display were black-and-white photographs?

A. 3%
B. 7%
C. 13%
D. 30%
E. 37%
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Q10:
What is the value of (x - y)4?
(1) The product of x and y is 7.
(2) x and y are integers.

A. Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient.
B. Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient.
C. BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.
D. EACH statement ALONE is sufficient.
E. Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient.
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Q11:
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. Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient.
B. Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient.
C. BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.
D. EACH statement ALONE is sufficient.
E. Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient.
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Q12:
From Leland’s gross pay of p dollars last week, t percent was deducted for taxes and then s dollars was deducted for savings. What amount of Leland’s gross pay last week remained after these two deductions?
(1) p - s = 244
(2) pt = 7,552

A. Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient.
B. Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient.
C. BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.
D. EACH statement ALONE is sufficient.
E. Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient.
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Q13:
If the sequence x1, x2, x3, …, xn, … is such that x1 = 3 and xn+1 = 2xn – 1 for n ≥ 1, then x20 – x19 =

A. 219
B. 220
C. 221
D. 220 - 1
E. 221 - 1
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Q14:

Yesterday each of the 35 members of a certain task force spent some time working on project P. The graph shows the number of hours and the number of members who spent that number of hours working on project P yesterday. What was the median number of hours that the members of the task force spent working on project P yesterday?

A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
E. 6
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Q15:
The average (arithmetic mean) of the 5 positive integers k, m, r, s, and t is 16, and k < m < r < s < t. If t is 40, what is the greatest possible value of the median of the 5 integers?

A. 16
B. 18
C. 19
D. 20
E. 22
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Q16:
If s4v3x7 < 0, is svx < 0?
(1) v < 0
(2) x > 0

A. Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient.
B. Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient.
C. BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.
D. EACH statement ALONE is sufficient.
E. Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient.
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Q17:
A certain list consists of 21 different numbers. If n is in the list and n is 4 times the average (arithmetic mean) of the other 20 numbers in the list, then n is what fraction of the sum of the 21 numbers in the list?

A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
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Q18:
In isosceles triangle PQR, if the measure of angle P is 80º, which of the following could be the measure of angle R?

I. 20º
II. 50º
III. 80º

A. I only
B. III only
C. I and II only
D. II and III only
E. I, II, and III
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Q19:
Three printing presses, R, S, and T, working together at their respective constant rates, can do a certain printing job in 4 hours. S and T, working together at their respective constant rates, can do the same job in 5 hours. How many hours would it take R, working alone at its constant rate, to do the same job?

A. 8
B. 10
C. 12
D. 15
E. 20
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Q20:

Favorable
Unfavorable
Not Sure
Candidate M
40
20
40
Candidate N
30
35
35

The table above shows the results of a survey of 100 voters each responded “favorable” or “unfavorable” or “not sure” when asked about their impressions of candidate M and of candidate N. What was the number of voters who responded “favorable” for both candidates?
(1) The number of voters who did not respond “favorable” for either candidate was 40.
(2) The number of voters who responded “unfavorable” for both candidates was 10.

A. Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient.
B. Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient.
C. BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.
D. EACH statement ALONE is sufficient.
E. Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient.
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Q21:
A certain liquid leaks out of a container at the rate of k liters for every x hours. If the liquid costs $6 per liter, what is the cost, in dollars, of the amount of the liquid that will leak out in y hours?

A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
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Q22:
m

uº
wº

n

Lines m and n intersect, as shown in the figure above. What is the value of u - w?
(1) u = 90
(2) Lines m and n are perpendicular.

A. Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient.
B. Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient.
C. BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.
D. EACH statement ALONE is sufficient.
E. Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient.
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Q23:
When tossed, a certain coin has equal probability of landing on either side. If the coin is tossed 3 times, what is the probability that it will land on the same side each time?

A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
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Q24:
Is
(1) x 0
(2) x 1

A. Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient.
B. Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient.
C. BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.
D. EACH statement ALONE is sufficient.
E. Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient.
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Q25:
If y is the smallest positive integer such that 3,150 multiplied by y is the square of an integer, then y must be

A. 2
B. 5
C. 6
D. 7
E. 14
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Q26:
In the decimal representation of x, where 0 < x < 1, is the tenths digit if x nonzero?
(1) 16x is an integer.
(2) 8x is an integer.

A. Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient.
B. Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient.
C. BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.
D. EACH statement ALONE is sufficient.
E. Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient.
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Q27:
If x and z are integers, is at least one of them even?
(1) x + z is odd.
(2) x - z is odd.

A. Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient.
B. Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient.
C. BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.
D. EACH statement ALONE is sufficient.
E. Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient.
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Q28:
In a certain English class, of the number of girls is equal to of the total number of students. What is the ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls in the class?

A. 1 to 4
B. 1 to 3
C. 1 to 2
D. 2 to 3
E. 2 to 1
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Q29:
For any integer k greater than 1, the symbol k* denotes the product of all the fractions of the form , where t is an integer between 1 and k, inclusive. What is the value of ?

A. 5
B.
C.
D.
E.
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Q30:
For a recent play performance, the ticket prices were $25 per adult and $15 per child. A total of 500 tickets were sold for the performance. How