Reasoning: {Total} = {First correctly} + {Second correctly} - {Both correctly} + {Neither correctly}
100 = 85 + 75 - {Both correctly} + 15
{Both correctly} = 75.
Ans: (D)
Question: If 85 percent of the test takers taking an old paper and pencil GMAT exam answered the first question on a given math section correctly, and 75 percent of the test takers answered the second question correctly, and 15 percent of the test takers answered neither question correctly, what percent answered both correctly?
Options:
(A) 60 %
(B) 65 %
(C) 70%
(D) 75%
(E) 80%
Rationale: (30 * 30)/100 = 9% decrease
The answer: (C)
Question: The salary of a worker is first increased by 30% and afterwards reduced by 30%. What is net change in his salary?
Options:
(A) 910% increase
(B) 10% increase
(C) 9% decrease
(D) 12% decrease
(E) 15% increase
Reasoning: Part filled by (A + B + C) in 3 minutes = 3(1/20 + 1/20 + 1/30) = 6/15
Part filled by C in 3 minutes = 3/30
Required ratio = 3/30 * 15/6 = 1/4
Ans: (D)
Question: Three pipes A, B and C can fill a tank from empty to full in 20 minutes, 20 minutes and 30 minutes respectively. When the tank is empty, all the three pipes are opened. A, B and C discharge chemical solutions P, Q and R respectively. What is the proportion of solution R in the liquid in the tank after 3 minutes?
Options:
(A) 1/2
(B) 1/5
(C) 1/3
(D) 1/4
(E) 1/6
Rationale: For example, if there were 4 jellybean colors, the girl would have made a 4x4 arrangement. The boy chopped up each jellybean into 4, the number of pieces would be (4*4)*4 = 64 pieces, which is a cube of 4.
The answer: (D)
Question: A girl is organizing her jellybean collection in which each color has its own row. In each row, there are as many jellybeans as the number of jellybean colors. Her little brother chops each jellybean into the same number of peices as the number of jellybean colors. If the final number of jellybean pieces is m, then:
Options:
(A) m is a perfect square
(B) m is an odd number
(C) m is an even number
(D) m is a perfect cube.
(E) None
Reasoning: 2/10*1/6*(total) = 5
1/30*(total) = 5
(total) = 5*30 = 150
Ans: (E)
Question: Twenty percent of Country Y's yearly exports come from fruit exports. One-sixth of all fruit exports from Country Y are orange exports. If country Y generates $5 million from its orange exports, how much money does it generate from its yearly total of exports?
Options:
(A) $21.25m
(B) $25.5m
(C) $106.25m
(D) $127.5m
(E) $150m
Reasoning: The worst scenario is when she takes 12 red and 4 green, total of 16 jellybeans, and still doesn't have 3 distinct colors. But the next draw (17th) will surely be the third color jellybean (blue) as there is no other color jellybeans left in pocket.
Ans: (E)
Question: Grace has 20 jellybeans in her pocket. She has 12 red ones, 4 green ones, and 4 blue ones. What is the minimum number of jellybeans she must take out of her pocket to ensure that she has one of each color?
Options:
(A) 4
(B) 8
(C) 12
(D) 13
(E) 17