GRE RATIO & PROPORTION

1. Paint Formula is as follows:

White: 3/5 gallon
Red: 1/4 gallon
Yellow: 1/3 gallon
A paint store makes peach paint according to the formula above. The numbers of gallons of
white and yellow paint used in a batch of peach paint are always each an integer. If the store
owner wants to make a batch of peach paint possible, how many gallons of red are needed?
Indicate all the correct answers
 1/4
 1
 3(3/4)
 5
 7.5

2. If a = (23)(43)(59) and b = (46)(56)(69),then which of the following values is less than 3√(ab)?

(27)(55)(63)
(2)(43)(55)(63)
(26)(33)(104)
(212)(55)(6)
(26)(53)(67)

3. A soccer field has a total area of 7700 square yards. If 1100 pounds of grass seed are spread
evenly across the entire field, approximately how many pounds of grass seed, to the nearest
whole number, are spread over an area of the field totaling 2500 square yards? Round off the
answer to the nearest integer and enter the answer.

4. If e equals the positive value of the expression a = (b4c5)/d2 that occurs when the integers b, c,
and d are each doubled, then a is what fraction of e?

5. Which one of the following fractions is greatest?

 15/16
 7/9
 13/15
 8/9
 10/11

6. Two boys can mow a lawn in 2 hours and 30 minutes. If they are joined by three boys, how
many hours will it take to mow the lawn?
 1 hr
 1.5 hrs
 2 hrs
 2 hr 15 mins
 2.5 hrs

7. 2√(x2+10x+25)/2√(2)
 √2(5-x)/2
 √(5+x)/√2
 (√2 (5+x))/2
 (5+x)/2
 (5-x)/2
8. 2 +212+212+212=
12
  412
 214
 216
 216
 218

9. Which one of the following numbers is the greatest positive integer x such that 3x is a factor of
275 ?
 5
 8
 10
 15
 19

10. A recipe requires ½ lb. of shortening and 14 oz. of flour. If the chef accidentally pours in 21 oz.
of flour, how many ounces of shortening should be added ?
 9
 10
 11
 12
 13

11. The first term of a sequence is 2. All subsequent terms are found by adding 3 to the
immediately preceding term and then multiplying the sum by 2. Which one of the following
describes the terms of the sequence ?
 Each term is odd
 Each term is even
 The terms are : even, odd, even, odd, etc
 The terms are : even, odd, odd, odd, etc
 The terms are : even, odd, odd, even, odd, odd, etc

12. Except for the first two numbers, every number in the sequence 1, 3, 4, 7, 11,….is the sum of
the two immediately preceding numbers .How many number of sequence are even ?
 None
 One
 Two
 Three
 More than three

13. The ratio of two numbers is 10 and their difference is 18. What is the value of the smaller
number ?
 2
 5
 10
 21
 27
14. The sum of the first even n even-positive integers 2+4+6+….+ 2n is n(n+1). What is the sum of
first 20 even, positive integers ?
 120
 188
 362
 406
 420
15. [(x2y)3z)/xyz]3
 x8y5
 xy6
  x15y6z
 x3y6
 x15y6

16. The ratio of 1/2 to 3/5 is the same as which of the following ratios?
 1: 5
 3 : 10
 2:3
 5:6
 3:2

17. What is the value of (-8)-3 ?

 -512
 -24
 -2
 -(1/2)
 -(1/512)

18. In Texas review company, no employee is both a technician and an accountant. Also, in the
same company, 2/5 of the employees are technicians and 5/16 of the remaining employees are
accountants. What fraction of the total number of employees at Texas review company are
neither technicians nor accountants?
 23/80
 33/80
 3/7
 47/80
 57/80

19. Anirudh finishes the first half of an exam in one-third the time it takes him to finish the second
half. If the whole exam takes him 60 minutes, how many minutes does he spend on the first half
of the exam?
 10
 15
 20
 25
 30

20. At a football game with 5400 fans, two-third of the fans are rooting for the home team. If 800 of
the home-team fans are students, what fraction of the home-team fans are not students?
 4/9
 5/9
 6/9
 7/9
 8/9
21. In a certain year, Telangana produced 7/10 and Andhra Pradesh produced 1/10 of all fresh rice
crops in India. If all the other states combined produced 242 million Kilograms that year, how
many million Kilograms did Andhra Pradesh produce?
 120
 121
 122
 123
 124
22. Liquids A and B are in the ratio 2:1 in the first container and 1:2 in the second container. In what
ratio should the contents of the two containers be mixed to obtain a mixture of A and B in the
ratio 1:1?
 3:1
 2:1
  1:1
 1:3
 1:4

23. Joyce had h pieces of candy. She ate ¼ of her candy the first day, ¼ of the remaining candy on
the second day and ¼ of the candy that was left on the third day. How much candy did she
have left at the end of the third day in terms of h?
 h/64
 h/4
 27h/64
 3h/4
 61h/64

24. The ratio of 72 to 27 is the same as the ratio of 1/3 to

 1/5
 1/8
 1/9
 2/9
 1/72

25. Bittu’s team has a 5:4:3 ratio of wins, losses, and ties, respectively. If the team played 48
games, how many more games has the team won than tied?
 1
 2
 4
 8
 10

26. If x:y:z = 2:5:8 and x = 6, then average (arithmetic mean) of these numbers is
 5
 10
 15
 20
 25

27. In an election, 3/7 of the voters voted for Person A, and 3/5 of the remaining voters voted for
Person B. Of the voters who voted for neither Person A nor Person B, 1/2 voted for Person C.
What fraction of all the votes were cast for Person C?
 1/70
 4/35
 9/35
 13/35
 9/10

28. Column A Column B

1/(4/3-1) 4/3 -1
29. Column A Column B
1/(1-1/2) 1/(1-(1/1)/1/2)

30. Column A :The largest power of 3 that is factor Of 5 X32+32X2

Column B: The largest power of 3 that is a factor of 3 X 2 + 7 X 3

31. In sequence S, all odd numbered terms are equal and all even numbered terms are equal. The
first term in the sequence is √2 and the second term is -2
Column A: The sum of two consecutive terms of the Sequence
 Column B: The product of two consecutive of the sequence

32. Column A:1+1/2+1/3+1/4+………+1/81

Column B:12+(1/2)2+(1/3)2.....+(1/81)2

33. x is an integer
Column A Column B
2x+2 3x

34. The fraction 1/21 can be written as a repeating decimal 0.4761904761….., where the block of
digits 476190 repeat
Column A Column B
6 The 54th digit following the decimal point

35. 512=520/52n
Column A: Column B:
n 3

36. a/b = 3/7 = c/d

Quantity A: Quantity B:
a+d b+c

37. a/b = 3/4

Quantity A: (2a – b)/b
Quantity B: a/ (a + b)

38. The ratio of y to c is equal to the ratio of x to b. x, y, b and c are positive integers. 0 < y < 4 and
x > 4.
Quantity A: 3c
Quantity B: 2b

39. A sportswear store ordered an equal number of blue and white jerseys. The jersey company
delivered 22 extra blue jerseys, making the ratio of blue jerseys to white jerseys 7:5.
Quantity A: Number of jerseys of each color the store originally order
Quantity B: 50

40. A full soap dispenser contains 400 milliliters of soap. After the first 100 milliliters of soap are
used, the missing quantity is replaced with pure water, which is added to the dispenser.
Quantity A: Ratio of soap to water in the dispenser after the water is added
Quantity B: 3:1

41. The ratio of the age of a woman to that of her husband was 5:7 when they were first married.
After 20 years of marriage, this ratio will be 5:6. What is the age of the wife at the time they
were first married?
Quantity A: Age of the wife at the time they were first married
Quantity B: 28

42. If 12 is 3/4 of m and m is 2/5 of n

Quantity A: Fraction of 2n in m
Quantity B: 5/2
43. 3/5, 1/10, 1/2, 1/5, 9/10 If x is the positive difference between the 2 numbers from the list above
Quantity A: Difference between the maximum and minimum values of x.
Quantity B: 8/10

44. An ice cube is floating in a glass of water with between 1 / 6 and 1 / 7 of its mass above water
and the rest submerged below the water’s surface.
Quantity A: The ratio of the part of the mass above water to the part of the mass below water
Quantity B: 5/6