Aprotrain Aptech Computer Education

GMAT TEST
SECTION 1 PROBLEM SOLVING Time: 35 minutes

Numbers: All numbers are real numbers Question 1 a If the quotient /b is positive, which of the following must be true? A) a > 0 B) b > 0 C) ab > 0 D) a b > 0 E) a + b > 0 Question 2 2 If = 1 , then y = 2 1+ y A) 2 B) 1/2 C) 1/2 D) 2 E) 3 Question 3 Fermat primes are prime numbers that can be written in the form 2k + 1, where k is an integer and a power of 2. Which of the following is NOT a Fermat prime? A) 3 B) 5 C) 17 D) 31 E) 257 Question 4 A collection of books went on sale, and 2/3 of them were sold for $2.50 each. If none of the 36 remaining books were sold, what was the total amount received for the books that were sold? A) $180 B) $135 C) $90 D) $60 E) $54

Question 5 Coins are to be put into 7 pockets so that each pocket contains at least one coin. At most 3 of the pockets are to contain the same number of coins, and no two of the remaining pockets are to contain an equal number of coins. What is the least possible number of coins needed for the pockets? (A) 7 (B) 13 (C) 17 (D) 22 (E) 28 Question 6 Last year a baseball player made 63 errors. This year he made 42. What percent decrease was there in the number of errors committed by the baseball player? A) 21% B) 33 1/3% C) 50% D) 66 2/3% E) 90% Question 7 If u > t, r > q, s > t, and t > r, which of the following must be true? I. u>s II. s>q III. u>r (A) I only (B) II only (C) III only (D) I and II (E) II and III Question 8 If a@b = ab - b + b, then 3@5= A) 2 B) 8 C) 15 D) 21 E) 35 Question 9 A certain manufacturer produces items for which the production costs consist of annual fixed costs totaling $130,000 and variable costs averaging $8 per item. If the manufacturers selling price per item is $15, how many items must the manufacturer produce and sell to earn an annual profit of $150,000?

(A) 2,858 (B) 18,667 (C) 21,429 (D) 35,000 (E) 40,000 Question 10 The number 2 0.5 is how many times the number 1 0.5? A) 2 B) 2.5 C) 3 D) 3.5 E) 4 Question 11 If there are 664,579 prime numbers among the first 10 million positive integers, approximately what percent of the first 10 million positive integers are prime number? A) 0.0066% B) 0.066% C) 0.66% D) 6.6% E) 66% Question 12 31 = 125 A) 0.248 B) 0.252 C) 0.284 D) 0.312 E) 0.320 Question 13 A club has 8 male and 8 female members. The club is choosing a committee of 6 members. The committee must have 3 male and 3 female members. How many different committees can be chosen? (A) 112,896 (B) 3,136 (C) 720 (D) 112 (E) 9 Question 14 What is .04 .03 in terms of percent? A) 12% B) 1.2%

C) 0.12% D) 0.012% E) 0.0012% Question 15 The figure ABCDEFGH is a cube. AB = 10. What is the length of the line segment AF? (A) 10 (B) 10 2 (C) 10 3 (D) 20 (E) 10 5

Question 16 The price of a certain television set is discounted by 10 percent, and the reduced price is then discounted by 10 percent. This series of successive discounts is equivalent to a single discount of A) 20% B) 19% C) 18% D) 11% E) 10% Question 17 In how many arrangements can a teacher seat 3 girls and 3 boys in a row of 6 seats if the boys are to have the first, third, and fifth seats? A) 6 B) 9 C) 12 D) 36 E) 720 Question 18 Three business partners Q, R, and S, agree to divide their total profit for a certain year in the ratios 2 : 5 : 8, respectively. If Q's share was $4,000, what was the total profit of the partners for the year? (A) $26,000 (B) $30,000 (C) $52,000 (D) $60,000 (E) $300,000 Question 19 Coins are dropped into a toll box so that the box is being filled at the rate of approximately 2 cubic feet per hour. If the empty rectangular box is 4 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 3 feet deep, approximately how many hours does it take to fill the box?

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Question 20 If x, y, and z are positive integers such that x is a factor of y, and x is a multiple of z, which of the following is NOT necessarily an integer? x+z A) z y+z B) x x+ y C) z xy D) z yz E) x