GRE Quantitative Reasoning Questions, 100 Word Problems (Set 8)

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1. Which of the following can be used to illustrate that not all prime numbers are odd?

Select one or more of the choices.

	1
	2
	3
	4

2. What is the greatest of 3 consecutive integers whose sum is 24 ?

	6
	7
	8
	9
	10

3. Considering the positions on the number line above, which of the following could be a value for x?
Select ALL such values.

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	A. 5/3
	B. 3/5
	C. -2/5
	D. -3/4
	E. -5/2

4. A piece of ribbon 4 yards long is used to make bows requiring 15 inches of ribbon for each. What is the maximum number of bows that can be made?

	8
	9
	10
	11
	12

5. How many numbers between 200 and 400 meet one or both of the conditions given in the two statements below?
Statement 1: The number begins with 3
Statement 2: The number ends with 3

	20
	60
	100
	110
	120

6. 6 pints of a 20 percent solution of alcohol in water are mixed with 4 pints of a 10 percent alcohol in water solution. The percentage alcohol in the new solution is

	16
	15
	14
	13
	12

7. PQRS is a parallelogram and ST = TR. What is the ratio of the area of triangle QST to the area of the parallelogram?

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	1 : 2
	1 : 3
	1 : 4
	1 : 5
	it cannot be determined

8. A picture is copied onto a sheet of paper 8.5 inches by 10 inches. A 1.5 inch margin is left all around. What area in square inches does the picture cover?

	76
	65
	59.5
	49
	38.5

9. The table shows the results of a poll which asked drivers how many accidents they had had over the previous 5 years. What is the median number of accidents per year?

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	0.5
	1
	1.5
	2
	4

10. If V = 12R / (r + R) , then R =

	Vr / (12 - V)
	Vr + V /12
	Vr - 12
	V / r - 12
	V (r + 1) /12