Q 1) On average, the bottle-nosed dolphin comes up for air once every two minutes; the beluga whale, a close

relative, comes up for air on average once every five minutes. The number of times a bottle-nosed dolphin would come up for air in a 24 hour period is approximately what percent greater than the number of times a beluga whale would come up for air in that same period? A. 50% B. 100% C. 150% D. 200% E. 250%

Q 2) Salad dressing A is made up of 30% vinegar and 70% oil, and salad dressing B contains 10% vinegar and 90% oil. If the 2 dressing are combined to produce a salad dressing that is 15% vinegar, dressing A comprises what % of the new dressing? A. 15% B. 20% C. 25% D. 40% E. 55%

Q 3) Of the 9,000 people who voted in a recent election, how many women voted for candidate X? 1) The percentage of women voting for candidate X was twice the percentage of women voting against candidate X. 2) 3000 men voted for candidate X.

Q 4) Is x% of x% of y equal to x% less than y ? (1) x(x + 100) = 10,000 (2) y(y + 1) = 1

Q 5)

Q 6) The annual rent collected by a corporation from a certain building was x percent more in 1998 than in 1997 and y percent less in 1999 than in 1998. Was the annual rent collected by the corporation from the building more in 1999 than in 1997? (1) x > y (2) xy/100 < x -y

Q 7) A merchant purchased a jacket for $60 and then determined a selling price that equaled the purchase price of the jacket plus a markup that was 25 percent of the selling price. During a sale, the merchant discounted the selling price by 20 percent and sold the jacket. What was the merchants gross profit on this sale? (A) $0 (B) $3 (C) $4 (D) $12 (E) $15

Q 8) Harry bought 3 items and got 20% discount off regular price of most expensive item and 10% discount off regular price of the other two. Was the total amount of the 3 discounts greater than 15% of the sum of the regular prices of the 3 items? a. Regular price of most expensive item was $50 and regular price of next most expensive was $20 b. Regular price of least expensive item was $15

Q 9) A total of $60,000 was invested for one year. But of this amount earned simple annual interest at the rate of x percent per year, and the rest earned simple annual interest at the rate of y percent per year. If the total interest earned by the $60,000 for that year was $4,080, what is the value of x? (1) x = (3/4) y (2) The ratio of the amount that earned interest at the rate of x percent per year to the amount that earned interest at the rate of y percent per year was 3 to 2.

Q 10) A merchant sells an item at a 20% discount, but still makes a gross profit of 20 percent of the cost. What percent of the cost would the gross profit on the item have been if it had been sold without the discount? A) 20% B) 40% C) 50% D) 60% E) 75% Q 11) Jalal weighs twice as much as Meena. Meena's weight is 60% of Bahar's weight. Dolly weighs 50% of Laila's weight. Laila weighs 19% of Jalal's weight. Who among these 5 persons weighs the least? A) bahar B) Dolly C) Jalal D) Laila E) Meena

Q 12) [not GMAT] Alex, Ben, Charles and David are 4 friends. Alex purchases a machine for $1000. He sells it to Ben at a certain gain percentage. Ben in turn sells it for $1500 to Charles who in turn sells it to David. The gain percentages of Alex, Ben, Charles and David are in Arithmetic Progression. Had Ben sold the machine to David directly for the same rate which Charles sells the cycle, then he would have made a profit of 62.5%. Q) What profit did Ben make on selling cycle to Charles? and What profit did Charles make on selling the cycle to David ? A) 450 and 300 B) 250 and 600 C) 200 and 200 D) 300 and 450 E) 350 and 500

Q 13) Rodrick mixes a martini that has a volume of 'n' ounces having 40% Vermouth and 60% Gin by volume. He wants to change it so that the martini is 25% Vermouth by volume. How many ounces of Gin must he add? A) n/6 B) n/3 C) 3n/5 D) 5n/6 E) 8n/5

Q 14) In a certain company, if 75% of the employees usually use a laptop, what percent of the employees usually use a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant)? (1) 60% of the employees who usually use a laptop also use a PDA. (2) 90% of the employees who usually use a PDA also use a laptop.

Q 15) If every member of set X {-14, -12, 17, 28, 41, Z} is multiplied by number N, by what percent will the mean M of the set increase? (A) Z = 60 (B) N = Z / M

Q 16) Health insurance Plan A requires the insured to pay $1000 or 50% of total cost, whichever is lower. Plan B requires the insured to pay the initial $300, but then pays 80% of the cost over $300. Which of the following is a cost level for which both insurance plans pay out the same amount? a) $600 b) $1000 c) $3800 d) $5300 e) $6200 Q 17) A certain portfolio consisted of 5 stocks, priced at $20, $35, $40, $45 and $70, respectively. On a given day, the price of one stock increased by 15%, while the price of another decreased by 35% and the prices of the remaining three remained constant. If the average price of a stock in the portfolio rose by approximately 2%, which of the following could be the prices of the shares that remained constant? A) 20, 35, 70 B) 20, 45, 70 C) 20, 35, 40 D) 35, 40, 70 E) 35, 40, 45

Q 18) If the price increased by X% from 2001 to 2002 and by Y% from 2002 to 2003,what is the % increase from 2001 to 2003? 1. XY = 30 2. 100X + 100Y + XY = 800

Q 19) Fox jeans regularly sell for $15 a pair and Pony jeans regularly sell for $18 a pair. During a sale these regular unit prices are discounted at different rates so that a total of $9 is saved by purchasing 5 pairs of jeans: 3 pairs of Fox jeans and 2 pairs of Pony jeans. If the sum of the two discounts rates is 22 percent, what is the discount rate on Pony jeans? (A) 9%

(B) 10% (C) 11% (D) 12%

Q 20) One-fifth of the light switches produced by a certain factory are defective. Four-fifths of the defective switches are rejected and 1/20 th of the nondefective switches are rejected by mistake. If all the switches not rejected are sold, what percent of the switches sold by the factory are defective? (A) 4% (B) 5% (C) 6.25% (D) 11% (E) 16%

Q 21) A bowl was half full of water. 4 cups of water were then added to the bowl, filling the bowl to 70% of its capacity. How many cups of water are now in the bowl? A) 12 B) 13 C) 14 D) 15 E) 16 Q 22) On a purchase of $120, a store offered a payment plan consisting of a $20 down payment and 12 monthly payments of $10 each. What percent of the purchase price, to the nearest tenth of a percent, did the customer pay in interest by using this plan? (A) 16.7% (B) 30% (C) 75.8% (D) 106.7% (E) 107.5%

Q 23)

Leo can buy a certain computer for p1 dollars in State A, where the sales tax is

percent, or he

can buy the same computer for dollars in State B, where the sales tax is the computer greater in State A than in State B ? (1) (2)

percent. Is the total cost of

Q 24) In 1970 there were 8,902 women stockbrokers in the United States. By 1978 the number had increased to 19,947. Approximately what was the percent increase? A) 45% (B) 125% (C) 145% (D) 150% (E) 225%

Q 25) [not a good GMAT Q]A car dealership sold two cars: the first car at a 10% profit and the second car at a 10% loss, which gave them an overall profit margin of 5% from these two sales. If the dealership's total profit was $1000, what was the sale price of each car? $5,000 and $1,000 $9,000 and $5,000 $11,000 and $9,000

$15,000 and $5,000 $20,000 and $10,000

Q 26) A women paid $1650 a year in intrest on a loan with an annual rate of 11%. How w\much more money could she have borrowed for the same amount of intrest if she had been able to get a loan amount with an annual rate of 10%? a. $165 b. $1500 c. $1815 d. $ 15000 e. $16500

Q 27) The annual rent collected by a corporation from a certain building was x percent more in 1998 than in 1997 and y percent less in 1999 than in 1998. Was the annual rent collected by the corporation from the building more in 1999 than in 1997? 1) X is greater than Y 2) xy/100 is less than x-y

Q 28) A 6 litre sol is 45% alcohol .How many litres of pure alcohol must be added to produce a sol that is 50% alcohol ? A.0.6 B.1 C.2.1 D.3 E.5.4

Q 29) A club collected exactly $599 from its members. If each member contributed at least $12, what is the greatest number of members the club could have ? A. 43 B. 44 C. 49 D. 50 E. 51

Q 30) If 20 percent of the students at a certain school went to a camping trip and took more than $100, and 75 percent of the students who went to the camping trip did not take more than $100, what percentage of the students at the school went to the camping trip? (A) 95 (B) 90 (C) 85 (D) 80 (E) 75

Q 31) On a certain road 10% of the motorists exceed the posted speed limit and receive speeding tickets, but 20% of the motorists who exceed the posted speed limit do not receive speeding tickets. What percent of the motorists on the road exceed the posted speed limit? a)10 1/2% b)12 1/2%

c)15% d)22% e)30%

Q 32) Exactly 14% of the reporters for a certain wire service cover local politics in Country X. If 30% of the reporters who cover politics for the wire service do not cover local politics in Country X, what percent of the reporters for the wire service do not cover politics? (A) 20% (B) 42% (C) 44% (D) 80% (E) 84%

Q 33) The price per share of stock X increased by 10 percent over the same time period that the price per share of stock Y decreased by 10 percent. The reduced price per share of stock Y was what percent of the original price per share of stock X? 1. The increased price per share of stock X was equal to the original price per share of stock Y 2. The increase in the price per share of stock X was 10/11 the decrease in the price per share of stock Y