GMAT Data Sufficiency Practice Test 01

1. How many ewes (female sheep) in a flock of 50 sheep are black?

1. There are 10 rams (male sheep) in the flock.
2. Forty percent of the animals are black.

A. statement 1 alone is sufficient, but statement 2 alone is not sufficient to answer the question

B. statement 2 alone is sufficient, but statement 1 alone is not sufficient to answer the question

C. both statements taken together are sufficient to answer the question, but neither statement alone
is sufficient

D. each statement alone is sufficient

E. statements 1 and 2 together are not sufficient, and additional data is needed to answer the
question

2. Is the length of a side of equilateral triangle E less than the length of a side of square F?
1. The perimeter of E and the perimeter of F are equal.
2. The ratio of the height of triangle E to the diagonal of square F is 2√3 : 3√2.

A. statement 1 alone is sufficient, but statement 2 alone is not sufficient to answer the question

B. statement 2 alone is sufficient, but statement 1 alone is not sufficient to answer the question

C. both statements taken together are sufficient to answer the question, but neither statement alone
is sufficient

D. each statement alone is sufficient

E. statements 1 and 2 together are not sufficient, and additional data is needed to answer the
question

3. If a and b are both positive, what percent of b is a?

1. a = 3/11
2. b/a = 20

A. statement 1 alone is sufficient, but statement 2 alone is not sufficient to answer the question

B. statement 2 alone is sufficient, but statement 1 alone is not sufficient to answer the question

C. both statements taken together are sufficient to answer the question, but neither statement alone
is sufficient

D. each statement alone is sufficient

E. statements 1 and 2 together are not sufficient, and additional data is needed to answer the
question

4. A wheel of radius 2 meters is turning at a constant speed. How many revolutions does it make in time
T?
1. T = 20 minutes.
2. The speed at which a point on the circumference of the wheel is moving is 3 meters per minute.

A. statement 1 alone is sufficient, but statement 2 alone is not sufficient to answer the question

B. statement 2 alone is sufficient, but statement 1 alone is not sufficient to answer the question
 C. both statements taken together are sufficient to answer the question, but neither statement alone
is sufficient

D. each statement alone is sufficient

E. statements 1 and 2 together are not sufficient, and additional data is needed to answer the
question

5. Are the integers x, y and z consecutive?

1. The arithmetic mean (average) of x, y and z is y.
2. y-x = z-y

A. statement 1 alone is sufficient, but statement 2 alone is not sufficient to answer the question

B. statement 2 alone is sufficient, but statement 1 alone is not sufficient to answer the question

C. both statements taken together are sufficient to answer the question, but neither statement alone
is sufficient

D. each statement alone is sufficient

E. statements 1 and 2 together are not sufficient, and additional data is needed to answer the
question

6. Is x > 0 ?
1. -2x < 0
2. x³ > 0

A. statement 1 alone is sufficient, but statement 2 alone is not sufficient to answer the question

B. statement 2 alone is sufficient, but statement 1 alone is not sufficient to answer the question

C. both statements taken together are sufficient to answer the question, but neither statement alone
is sufficient

D. each statement alone is sufficient

E. statements 1 and 2 together are not sufficient, and additional data is needed to answer the
question

7. A certain straight corridor has four doors, A, B, C and D (in that order) leading off from the same side.
How far apart are doors B and C?
1. The distance between doors B and D is 10 meters.
2. The distance between A and C is 12 meters.

A. statement 1 alone is sufficient, but statement 2 alone is not sufficient to answer the question

B. statement 2 alone is sufficient, but statement 1 alone is not sufficient to answer the question

C. both statements taken together are sufficient to answer the question, but neither statement alone
is sufficient

D. each statement alone is sufficient

E. statements 1 and 2 together are not sufficient, and additional data is needed to answer the
question

8. Given that x and y are real numbers, what is the value of x + y ?

1. (x² - y²) / (x-y) = 7
2. (x + y)² = 49

A. statement 1 alone is sufficient, but statement 2 alone is not sufficient to answer the question

B. statement 2 alone is sufficient, but statement 1 alone is not sufficient to answer the question

C. both statements taken together are sufficient to answer the question, but neither statement alone
is sufficient

D. each statement alone is sufficient

E. statements 1 and 2 together are not sufficient, and additional data is needed to answer the
question

9. Two socks are to be picked at random from a drawer containing only black and white socks. What is
the probability that both are white?
1. The probability of the first sock being black is 1/3.
2. There are 24 white socks in the drawer.

A. statement 1 alone is sufficient, but statement 2 alone is not sufficient to answer the question

B. statement 2 alone is sufficient, but statement 1 alone is not sufficient to answer the question

C. both statements taken together are sufficient to answer the question, but neither statement alone
is sufficient

D. each statement alone is sufficient

E. statements 1 and 2 together are not sufficient, and additional data is needed to answer the
question

10. A bucket was placed under a dripping tap which was dripping at a uniform rate. At what time was the
bucket full?
1. The bucket was put in place at 2pm.
2. The bucket was half full at 6pm and three-quarters full at 8pm on the same day.

A. statement 1 alone is sufficient, but statement 2 alone is not sufficient to answer the question

B. statement 2 alone is sufficient, but statement 1 alone is not sufficient to answer the question

C. both statements taken together are sufficient to answer the question, but neither statement alone
is sufficient

D. each statement alone is sufficient

E. statements 1 and 2 together are not sufficient, and additional data is needed to answer the
question
Test 1
Question Correct Answer
1. E
2. D
3. B
4. C
5. E
6. D
7. E
8. A
9. C
10. B

1) Explanation:
From (1) we know the ratio of male to female sheep, but nothing about the color distribution. So the
answer cannot be A or D. From (2) we know that forty percent of the animals are black but nothing about
whether they are male of female. So the answer cannot be B. Even putting the information together does
not help because there is no way to tell what fraction of the female sheep are black. And so C cannot be
correct, and the answer is E.

2) Explanation:
From (1) we can tell that a side of E is longer than a side of F, since 3 x side E = 4 x side F. Hence (1) is
sufficient to answer the question and the answer must be either A or D. From (2) we could work out the
ratio of the lengths of the sides (there is no need to do this, but since we are dealing with regular plane
figures the geometry is quite simple), and although we cannot get the actual lengths, we can see from the
ratio whether one is bigger than the other. So the answer is D.

3) Explanation:
Statement (1) tells us nothing about b and so the answer cannot be A or D. To find what percent a is of b
we need to solve the expression (a/b) x 100. Statement (2) allows us to do just that: (a/b) = 1/20. No need
to go any further; the answer is B.

4) Explanation:
To find the number of revolutions we need to know the rate of turning and the time duration. Statement (1)
gives us only the time, and so the answer cannot be A or D. Statement (2) tells us the rate at which a
point on the circumference is moving, which, since we know the dimensions of the wheel, is sufficient to
determine the number of rotations per minute. But since we do not know the time, B cannot be correct.
But putting (1) and (2) together we have all we need, so the answer is C.
5) Explanation:
The mean of three numbers will equal the middle number for any set of evenly spaced numbers (1,2,3 or
2,4,6, or -1, -4, -7 for example) and so we cannot assume that x, y and z are consecutive. Hence the
answer cannot be A or D. If x, y and z were 2, 4, and 6, for example, the equation in (2) would be valid, so
once again the numbers do not have to be consecutive, and the answer cannot be B. From the numbers
we have just substituted, we should be able to see that putting (1) and (2) together will still not give a
situation in which the numbers are always consecutive or always not consecutive, and so the best answer
is E.

6) Explanation:
The statement that x is greater than zero means that x is positive. If we multiply a positive number by a
negative number the product is negative: this is what we get from (1), which thus tells us that x is positive.
The answer must be A or D. The cube of a positive number is positive; the cube of a negative number is
negative, and so (2) tells us that x is positive. And so the answer is D.

7) Explanation:
It is obvious that neither (1) or (2) alone can tell you how far apart B and C are, and so the answer must
be C or E. To see whether putting both pieces of information together will be adequate, visualize two
rods: BD of length 10 units, and AC of length 12 units. Mentally place the rods alongside each other so
that C lies between B and D. Now you can mentally slide the rods past each other to see that C can lie
anywhere between B and D, and so we cannot fix one value for the length BC, and the answer is E.

8) Explanation:
The expression x² - y² has factors (x + y)(x - y), and so we can simplify (cancel down) the expression in
(1) to get x + y = 7. The answer must be A or D. Now consider (2) alone: there are two possible values for
x + y. (Either 7 or -7). Since there is not one discrete value for (2), the answer must be A.

9) Explanation:
From (1) we know the ratio of black socks to white, but that ratio will change when one sock is taken out.
To get the new ratio, and hence the probability that the next sock will also be white, we need to know the
number of socks of each type. The answer cannot be A or D. Obviously (2) on its own does not get the
ratio and so B cannot be correct. But putting the information in both statements together we can solve the
problem (24 white socks with a ratio of black to total of 1:3 means that there are 12 black and 24 white
socks). The answer is C.

10) Explanation:
Since we need rate of dripping, (1) is not enough and the answer cannot be A or D. Ignoring (1) and
looking at (2) we can easily solve the problem because one quarter of the bucket got filled in 2 hours and
the filling will get over at 10pm. The answer is B.