# Full-Length DAT Quantitative Reasoning Practice Test-Answers and Explanations

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## DAT Quantitative Reasoning Practice Test Answers and Explanations

1- Choice A is correct
Solve the system of equations by elimination method.
$$\begin{cases}2x+y=7\\4x-2y=18\end{cases}$$
$$\begin{cases}2(2x+y=7)\\4x-2y=18\end{cases}⇒\begin{cases}4x+2y= 14\\4x-2y=18\end{cases}$$⇒ add the equations
$$8x=32⇒x=4,2x+y=7⇒y=7-2(4)=7-8=-1$$

2- Choice C is correct.
100 times the number is 6.45. Let $$x$$ be the number, then: $$100x=6.45$$, $$x=\frac{6.45}{100}=0.0645$$

3- Choice C is correct
The area of the floor is: 6 cm $$×$$ 32 cm = 192 cm, The number is tiles needed =$$192 ÷ 12 = 16$$

4- Choice E is correct
The diagonal of the square is 12. Let $$x$$ be the side.
Use Pythagorean Theorem: $$a^2+b^2=c^2$$
$$x^2 + x^2 = 12^2 ⇒ 2x^2=12^2 ⇒ 2x^2 = 144 ⇒ x^2 = 72 ⇒x= \sqrt{72}$$
The area of the square is: $$\sqrt{72} ×\sqrt{72}=72$$

5- Choice E is correct
$$x=26+136=162$$

6- Choice B is correct.
By definition, the sine of any acute angle is equal to the cosine of its complement.
Since, angle A and B are complementary angles, therefore: sin A = cos B

7- Choice E is correct
To find the discount, multiply the number by ($$100\%$$ – rate of discount).
Therefore, for the first discount we get: $$(D) (100\% – 15\%) = (D) (0.85) = 0.85 D$$
For increase of $$22\%$$: $$(0.85 D) (100\% + 22\%) = (0.85 D) (1.22) = 1.037 D = 103.7\%$$ of $$D$$

8- Choice D is correct
If 14 balls are removed from the bag at random, there will be one ball in the bag. The probability of choosing a red ball is 1 out of 15. Therefore, the probability of not choosing a red ball is 14 out of 15 and the probability of having not a red ball after removing 14 balls is the same.

9- Choice D is correct
$$x$$ and $$2z$$ are colinear. $$y$$ and $$3x$$ are colinear. Therefore,
$$x+2z=y+3x$$, subtract $$x$$ from both sides,then, $$2z=y-2x$$

10- Choice C is correct
$$45\%$$ of $$30$$ equals to: $$0.45×30=13.5$$, $$15\%$$ of $$420$$ equals to: $$0.15×420=63$$
$$45\%$$ of $$30$$ is added to $$15\%$$ of $$420$$: $$13.5+63=76.5$$

11- Choice C is correct
$$12\%$$ of the volume of the solution is alcohol. Let $$x$$ be the volume of the solution.
Then: $$12\%$$ of $$x=48$$ ml ⇒ $$0.12 x=48 ⇒ x=48÷0.12=400$$

12- Choice D is correct
Plug in each pair of number in the equation:
A. $$(-3,2): 3(-3)-2(2)=-13$$ Nope!
B. $$(-1,2): 3(–1)-2(2)=-7$$ Nope!
C. $$(1,2): 3(1)-2(2)=-1$$ Nope!
D. $$(2,-1): 3(2)-2(-1)=8$$ Bingo!
E. $$(3,0): 3(3)-2(0)=9$$ Nope!

13- Choice B is correct
The area of ∆BED is 21, then: $$\frac{6×AB}{2}=21→6×AB=42→AB=7$$
The area of ∆BDF is 32, then: $$\frac{4×BC}{2} =32→4×BC=64→BC=16$$
The perimeter of the rectangle is = $$2×(7+16)=46$$

14- Choice B is correct
$$|x+8|≤2→-2≤x+8≤2→-2-8≤x+8-8≤2-8→-10≤x≤-6$$

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15- Choice D is correct
Use distance formula: Distance = Rate $$×$$ time ⇒ 564 $$= 60 ×$$T, divide both sides by 60. $$\frac{564}{60}$$ = T ⇒ T = 9.4 hours. Change hours to minutes for the decimal part. 0.4 hours $$= 0.4 × 60 = 24$$ minutes.

16- Choice B is correct
Write a proportion and solve for $$x⇒ \frac{3}{4}=\frac{x}{36} ⇒ 4x=3 ×36 ⇒ x=27$$ ft

17- Choice D is correct
$$tanθ=\frac{opposite}{adjacent}$$
$$tanθ=\frac{8}{15}$$⇒ we have the following right triangle. Then
$$c=\sqrt{8^2+15^2}=\sqrt{64+225}=\sqrt{289}=17$$
$$cosθ=\frac{adjacent}{hypotenuse}=\frac{15}{17}$$

18- Choice C is correct
The percent of girls playing tennis is: $$65\%×20\%=0.65×0.20=0.13=13\%$$

19- Choice B is correct
Add the first 4 numbers. $$55+62+44+63=224$$, To find the distance traveled in the next 4 hours, multiply the average by number of hours. Distance = Average × Rate $$=65×4=260$$, Add both numbers. $$224+260=484$$

20- Choice D is correct
The question is this: 1.82 is what percent of 1.3? Use percent formula: $$part=\frac{percent}{100}×whole$$
$$1.82 = \frac{percent}{100} × 1.3 ⇒ 1.82=\frac{percent ×1.3}{100} ⇒182=percent×1.3 ⇒ percent=\frac{182}{1.3}= 140$$

21- Choice E is correct.
Solve for $$x ⇒ \frac{5x}{18}=\frac{x-2}{3}$$⇒ Multiply the second fraction by $$6⇒ \frac{5x}{18}=\frac{6(x-2)}{6×3}$$
Tow denominators are equal. Therefore, the numerators must be equal.
$$5x=6(x-2)=6x-12, x=12$$

22- Choice E is correct
The relationship among all sides of special right triangle
$$30^\circ -60^\circ- 90^\circ$$ is provided in this triangle:

In this triangle, the opposite side of $$30^\circ$$ angle is half of the hypotenuse.
Draw the shape of this question:
The latter is the hypotenuse. Therefore, the latter is 40 ft.

23- Choice D is correct
The weight of 14 meters of this rope is: $$14×732 \space g=10,248 \space g$$
$$1 \space kg = 1000 \space g$$, therefore, $$10,248 \space g÷1000=10.248 \space kg$$

24- Choice E is correct
The slop of line A is: $$m=\frac{y_2-y_1}{x_2-x_1}=\frac{2-(-6)}{4-2}=\frac{8}{2}=4$$
Parallel lines have the same slope and only choice E $$(y=4x)$$ has slope of 4.

25- Choice E is correct
When points are reflected over $$y$$-axis, the value of $$y$$ in the coordinates doesn’t change and the sign of $$x$$ changes. Therefore, the coordinates of point B is (4, 5).

26- Choice C is correct
The area of trapezoid is: $$\frac{(9+12)}{2}×x =42→21x=84→x=4$$, $$y=\sqrt{3^2+4^2}=5$$
Perimeter is: $$4+9+5+3+9=30$$

27- Choice C is correct
Set of number that are not composite between 1 and 18: $$A = {1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17}$$
Probability $$= \frac{number \space of \space desired \space outcomes}{number \space of \space total \space outcomes}=\frac{8}{18}=\frac{4}{9}$$

28- Choice B is correct
Check each option provided:
A. $$2 → \frac{4+6+8+12}{4}=\frac{30}{4}=7.5$$
B. $$4 → \frac{2+6+8+12}{4}=\frac{28}{4}=7$$
C. $$6 → \frac{2+4+8+12}{4}=\frac{26}{4}=6.5$$
D. $$8 → \frac{2+4+6+12}{4}=\frac{24}{4}=6$$
E. $$12 → \frac{2+4+6+8}{4}=\frac{20}{4}=5$$

29- Choice B is correct
$$0.5x=(0.2)×30→x=12→(x-4)^2=(12-4)^2=8^2=64$$

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30- Choice D is correct.
Let the number be $$x$$. Then: $$12=4\%×x→12=0.04x$$, Solve for $$x→x=\frac{12}{0.04}=300$$

31- Choice C is correct
$$f(x)=2x^2-x,g(x)=x^2-6 , (f-g)(x)=f(x)–g(x)=(2x^2-x)-(x^2-6 )=2x^2-x-x^2+6=x^2-x+6$$

32- Choice A is correct
$$f(x)=-x^3-4x^2+6x+7,g(x)=-1$$, then: $$f(g(x))= f(-1)=-(-1)^3-4(-1)^2+6(-1)+7=-(-1)-4(1)-6+7=1-4-6+7=-2$$

33- Choice A is correct
Plug in $$\frac{z}{5}$$ for $$z$$ and simplify.
$$x=\frac{8y+\frac{r}{r+1}}{\frac{6}{\frac{z}{5}}}=\frac{8y+\frac{r}{r+1}}{\frac{5×6}{z}}=\frac{8y+\frac{r}{r+1}}{5×\frac{6}{z}}=\frac{1}{5}×\frac{8y+\frac{r}{r+1}}{\frac{6}{z}}=\frac{x}{5}$$

34- Choice B is correct
Use the information provided in the question to draw the shape.
Use Pythagorean Theorem: $$a^2+b^2=c^2$$
$$12^2+35^2=c^2 ⇒ 144+1225= c^2⇒1369=c^2⇒ c=37$$

35- Choice D is correct
$$y =ab^2-3a^2 b ,a=2,b=-2$$, Plug in the values of a and b in the equation: $$y=2(-2)^2-3(2)^2 (-2)=2(4)-3(4)(-2)=8+24=32$$

36- Choice A is correct
I. $$|a|<1→-1<a<1$$
Multiply all sides by $$b$$. Since, $$b>0$$ →$$-b<ba<b$$ (it is true!)
II. Since, $$-1<a<1$$, and $$a<0→-a>a^2>a$$ (plug in $$−\frac{1}{2}$$, and check!) (It’s false)
III. $$-1<a<1$$, multiply all sdes by $$4$$, then: $$-4<4a<4$$
Subtract $$5$$ from all sides. Then: $$-4-5<4a-5<4-5→-9<4a-5<-1$$ (It is false!)

37- Choice C is correct
$$One \space liter = 1000 \space cm^3→ 8 \space liters = 8000 \space cm^3⇒ 8000=16×5×h→h=\frac{8000}{80}=100 \space cm$$

38- Choice E is correct
$$\frac{3}{4}×120=90$$

39- Choice C is correct
$$tangent \space β= \frac{1}{cotangent \space β}=\frac{1}{1}=1$$

40- Choice E is correct
Surface Area of a cylinder $$= 2πr (r+h)$$, The radius of the cylinder is $$4(8÷2)$$ inches and its height is $$12$$ inches. Therefore, Surface Area of a cylinder $$=2π(4)(4+12)=128π$$

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