3-Q18:
Last year the price per share of Stock X increased by k percent and the earnings per share of Stock X increased by m percent, where k is greater than m. By what percent did the ratio of price per share to earnings per share increase, in terms of k and m?
A. k/m %
B. (k-m) %
C. [100(k-m)]/(100+k) %
D. [100(k-m)]/(100+m) %
E. [100(k-m)]/(100+k+m) %
Answer: D
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4-Q13:
Lists S and T consist of the same number of positive integers. Is the median of the integers in S greater than the average (arithmetic mean) of the integers in T?
(1) The integers in S are consecutive even integers, and the integers in T are consecutive odd integers.
(2) The sum of the integers in S is greater than the sum of the integers in T.
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: C
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4-Q16:
In the sequence of nonzero numbers t1, t2, t3, …, tn, …, tn+1 = tn / 2 for all positive integers n. What is the value of t5?
(1) t3 = 1/4
(2) t1 - t5 = 15/16
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: D
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
6-Q14:
A total of 30 percent of the geese included in a certain migration study were male. If some of the geese migrated during the study and 20 percent of the migrating geese were male, what was the ratio of the migration rate for the male geese to the migration rate for the female geese?
[Migration rate for geese of a certain sex = (number of geese of that sex migrating) / (total number of geese of that sex)]
A. 1/4
B. 7/12
C. 2/3
D. 7/8
E. 8/7
Answer: B
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
6-Q26:
K is a set of integers such that if the integer r is in K, then r + 1 is also in K. Is 100 in
K?
(1) 50 is in K.
(2) 150 is in K.
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: A
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
8-Q9:
If an integer n is to be chosen at random from the integers 1 to 96, inclusive, what is the probability that n(n + 1)(n + 2) will be divisible by 8?
Answer: 5/8 D