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GRE Math Practice Test Answers and Explanations

Section 1

1- Choice A is correct
prime factoring of 77 is: 7 × 11, prime factoring of 136 is: 2 × 2 × 2 × 17, Quantity A = 7 and Quantity B = 2, Quantity A is greater.

2- Choice A is correct
$$4\%$$ of $$= 6\%$$ of $$y → 0.04 x = 0.06 y→x=\frac{0.06}{0.04}y→x=\frac{6}{4} y=\frac{3}{2} y=1.5y$$, therefore, $$x$$ is bigger than $$y$$.

3- Choice A is correct.
Choose different values for $$x$$ and find the value of quantity A, $$x=2$$, then: Quantity A: $$(\frac{1}{x})^2=(\frac{1}{2})^2=\frac{1}{4}=0.25$$, Quantity B: $$(\frac{1}{x})^3=(\frac{1}{2})^3=\frac{1}{8}=0.125$$, Quantity A is greater.

4- Choice C is correct
Choose different values for a and find the values of quantity A and quantity B.
$$a=2$$, then: Quantity A: $$|a|=|2|=2$$, Quantity B: $$|-a|=|-2|=2$$, The two quantities are equal, $$a=-3$$, then: Quantity A: $$|a|=|-3|=3$$, Quantity B: $$|-a|=|-(-3)|=3$$
The two quantities are equal. Any other values of a and b provide the same answer.

5- Choice D is correct
average $$=\frac{sum \space of \space terms}{number \space of \space terms}$$, The sum of the weight of all girls is: 22 × 62 = 1364 kg
The sum of the weight of all boys is: 38 × 74 = 2812 kg, The sum of the weight of all students is: 1364 + 2812 = 4176 kg, average =$$\frac{4,176}{60}= 69.6$$

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6- Choice C is correct
$$V_1=\frac{4π}{3}(\frac{6}{2})^3, V_2=\frac{4π}{3}(\frac{\sqrt{6}}{2})^3 → \frac{V_1}{V_2}=(\frac{6}{\sqrt{6}})^3=\frac{6^3}{6\sqrt{6}}=\frac{6^2}{\sqrt{6}}=6\sqrt{6}$$

7- Choice C is correct
$$\begin{cases}\frac{x}{4}-\frac{y}{2}=2\\y+2x=1\end{cases}$$ →multiply the top equation by 2 then: $$\begin{cases}\frac{x}{2}-y=4\\y+2x=1\end{cases}$$ →add two equations
$$\frac{x}{2}+2x=5→\frac{5}{2} x=5→ x=\frac{2×5}{5}=2$$ ,plug in the value of $$x$$ into the second equation. → $$y=-3$$

8- Choice E is correct
We know that, $$\sqrt[n]{a^m}=a^{\frac{m}{n}}$$ then: $$\sqrt{y}=\sqrt{3^6}=3^3=27→(3^6)^{\frac{27}{9}}=(3^6)^3=3^{18}$$

9- Choice A is correct.
The profit of their business will be divided between Emma and Sophia in the ratio 5 to 7 respectively. Therefore, Emma receives $$\frac{5}{12}$$ of the whole profile and Sophia receives $$\frac{7}{12}$$ of the whole profile. Quantity A: The money Emma receives when the profit is $768 equals: $$\frac{5}{12}×768=\frac{3,840}{12}=320$$, Quantity B: The money Sophia receives when the profit is$540 equals: $$\frac{7}{12}×540=\frac{3,780}{12}=315$$, Quantity A is greater.

10- Choice B is correct
The slop of line A is: $$m=\frac{y_2-y_1}{x_2-x_1} =\frac{3-(-2)}{-4-6}=\frac{5}{-10}=-\frac{1}{2}$$
Parallel lines have the same slope and only choice D $$(y=-\frac{1}{2} x)$$ has slope of $$-\frac{1}{2}$$.

11- Choice D is correct
$$(x-3)^4=256=4^4→x-3=4→x=7, →(x-5)(x-4)=(7-5)(7-4)=(2)(3)=6$$

12- Choice D is correct
average $$= \frac{sum \space of \space terms}{number \space of \space terms} → \frac{x+y+4}{3}=6→x+y=14$$
$$\begin{cases}x+y=14\\x-y=-2\end{cases}$$
add both equations: $$2x=12→x=6→y=8→x×y=48$$

13- Choice A is correct
Formula for the Surface area of a cylinder is:
$$SA=2πr^2+2πrh→216π=2πr^2+2πr(12)→r^2+12r-108=0$$
$$(r+18)(r-6)=0→r=6$$ or $$r= -18$$ (unacceptable)

14- Choice B is correct
Write the equation and solve for B: 0.40 A = 0.80 B, divide both sides by 0.80, then you will have $$\frac{0.40}{0.80}$$A = B, therefore: B = $$\frac{1}{2}$$ A, and B it’s $$50\%$$ of A.

15- Choice C is correct
number of Chemistry book: 0.3 × 280 = 84, number of History book:
0.10 × 280 = 28
product of number of Chemistry and number of History book:
84 × 28 = 2,352

16- Choice A is correct
The angle α is: $$0.15×360=54\circ$$, The angle $$β$$ is: $$0.20×360=72^\circ$$

17- Choice D is correct
According to the chart, $$45\%$$ of the books are in the Chemistry and Mathematics sections.
Therefore, there are 126 books in these two sections. $$0.45 × 280 = 126$$
$$γ+α=126$$, and $$α=\frac{2}{5}γ$$, Replace $$α$$ by $$\frac{2}{5} γ$$ in the first equation.
$$γ+α=126→γ+\frac{2}{5} γ=126→\frac{7}{5} γ=126$$→multiply both sides by $$\frac{5}{7}$$
$$(\frac{5}{7}) \frac{7}{5} γ=126×(\frac{5}{7})→γ=\frac{126×5}{7}=90$$, $$γ=90→α=\frac{2}{5} γ→α=\frac{2}{5}×90=36$$
There are 36 books in the Mathematics section.

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18- Choice A is correct
Plug in the value of each option in the inequality.
$$0→ (0-3)^2+2>4(0)+3→11>3$$ Bingo!
$$1 →(1-3)^2+2>4(1)+3→6>7$$ No!
$$2 →(2-3)^2+2>4(2)+3→3>11$$ No!
$$3 →(3-3)^2+2>4(3)+3→2>15$$ No!
$$4 →(4-3)^2+2>4(4)+3→3>19$$ No!

19- Choice D is correct
This question is a combination problem. The formula for combination is: $$nCr = \frac{n!}{r!(n-r)!}$$
This formula is for the number of possible combinations of r objects from a set of n objects.
Using the information in the question: $$8C5 =\frac{8!}{5!(8-5)!} =\frac{8×7×6×5×4×3×2×1}{5×4×3×2×1×(3×2×1)}=56$$

20- Choice D is correct
We have: $$(x+3)(x+p)=x^2+(3+p)x+3p→3+p=9→p=6 , and r=3p=18$$

Section 2

21- Choice B is correct
$$\frac{1}{5^n} <\frac{1}{625} → 5^{-n}<5^{-4}→-n<-4$$, divide both side by $$-1→n>4$$
Quantities A: 4, Quantities B: n. The B quantities is greater.

22- Choice B is correct
Quantity A is: $$\frac{7+5+x}{3}=7→12+x=21→x=21-12=9$$, Quantity B is: $$\frac{2(9)+(9)+(9-3)}{3}=\frac{33}{3}=11$$, The B quantities is greater.

23- Choice D is correct.
Simply change the fractions to decimals. $$\frac{4}{5}=0.80, \frac{6}{7}=0.857$$…, $$\frac{5}{6}=0.8333$$…
As you can see, $$x$$ lies between 0.80 and 0.857… and it can be 0.81 or 0.84. The first one is less than 0.833… and the second one is greater than 0.833… .
The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.

24- Choice B is correct
Simplify both quantities. Quantity A: $$(-3)^3=(-3)×(-3)×(-3)=-27$$
Quantity B: $$3^3=3×3×3=27$$, The B quantities is greater.

25- Choice C is correct.
First, find the number. Let $$x$$ be the number. Write the equation and solve for $$x$$.
$$160 \%$$ of a number is 128, then: $$1.6×x=128 ⇒ x=128÷1.6=80$$
$$60 \%$$ of $$80$$ is: $$0.6 × 80 = 48$$

26- Choice A is correct
Use PEMDAS (order of operation):
Quantity A $$=6-4×8+[2+30×6]÷2=6-32+[2+180]÷2=-26+[182]÷2=-26+91=65$$
Quantity B $$=[3+5×(-8)]+2-[6×4]÷8=[3-40]+2-[24]÷8=-37+2-3=-38, 65>-38$$

27- Choice C is correct
I. $$|a|<1→-1<a<1$$, Multiply all sides by b. Since, $$b>0→-b<ba<b$$
II. Since, $$-1<a<1$$, and $$a<0→-a>a^2>a$$ (plug in $$-\frac{1}{2}$$, and check!)
III. $$-1<a<1$$, multiply all sides by 3,then: $$-3<3a<3$$, subtract 5 from all sides,the: $$-3-5<3a-5<3-5→-8<3a-5<-2$$

28- Choice B is correct.
The ratio of boy to girls is 7 : 9. Therefore, there are 7 boys out of 16 students. To find the answer, first divide the total number of students by 16, then multiply the result by 7.
64 ÷ 16 = 4 ⇒ 4 × 7 = 28, There are 28 boys and 36 (64 – 28) girls. So, 8 more boys should be enrolled to make the ratio 1 : 1

29- Choice A is correct.
Simplify quantity B. Quantity B: $$(\frac{x}{7})^7=\frac{x^7}{7^7 }$$
Since, the two quantities have the same numerator (x^7) and the denominator in quantity B is bigger ($$7^7>7$$), then the quantity A is greater.

30- Choice D is correct
Since line l is parallel to $$x$$-axis, therefore the slope of l is equal to 0 and the value of y is the same as the value of y in the point $$(3, -2)$$. Therefore, $$y$$-intercept is $$-2$$.

31- Choice D is correct
length of the rectangle is: $$\frac{7}{4}×12=21$$, perimeter of rectangle is: $$2×(21+12)=66$$

32- Choice D is correct
To find the discount, multiply the number by ($$100\%$$ – rate of discount).
Therefore, for the first discount we get: $$(D) (100\% – 30\%) = (D) (0.70) = 0.70 D$$
For increase of $$20 \%$$: $$(0.70 D) (100\% + 20\%) = (0.70 D) (1.20) = 0.84 D = 84\%$$ of $$D$$

33- Choice D is correct
Let $$x$$ be the length of AB, then: $$42=\frac{x×7}{2}→x=12$$
The length of AC $$=\sqrt{12^2+16^2}=\sqrt{400}=20$$
The perimeter of ∆ABC $$=12+16+20=48$$

34- Choice E is correct
Check each option provided:
A. $$3 → \frac{1+5+7+9+11}{5}=\frac{33}{5}=6.6$$
B. $$5 → \frac{1+3+7+9+11}{5}=\frac{31}{5}=6.2$$
C. $$7 → \frac{1+3+5+9+11}{5}=\frac{29}{5}=5.8$$
D. $$9 → \frac{1+3+5+7+11}{5}=\frac{27}{5}=5.4$$
E. $$11 → \frac{1+3+5+7+9}{5}=\frac{25}{5}=5$$

35- Choice D is correct
First find the number of shoes sold in each month. January: 25, February: 35, March: 40, April: 20, May: 25, June: 35, Check each option provided.
January and February, $$(\frac{25-35}{25})×100=\frac{10}{25}×100=40\%$$
February and March, $$(\frac{35-40}{35})×100=\frac{5}{35}×100=14.28\%$$
March and April: there is a decrease from March and April.
April and May, $$(\frac{20-25}{20})×100=\frac{5}{20}×100=25\%$$
May and Jun, $$(\frac{25-35}{25})×100=\frac{10}{25}×100=40\%$$

36- Choice A is correct
we order number sold of pants per month: $$65,70,85,88,90,110$$
median is: $$\frac{85+88}{2}= 86.5$$, Put the number of shirts sold per month in order:
$$150,130,170,140,160,145$$, mean is:
$$\frac{150+130+170+140+160+145}{6}=\frac{895}{6}= 149.16$$

37- Choice D is correct
Let $$x$$ be the number of pants need to be added in February. Then:
$$\frac{130}{88+x}=(\frac{2}{3})(\frac{150}{110}) →\frac{130}{88+x}=\frac{300}{330}→88+x=143→x=55$$

38- Choice E is correct
Based on triangle similarity theorem: $$\frac{a}{a+b}=\frac{c}{3}→c=\frac{3a}{a+b}=\frac{3\sqrt{5}}{3\sqrt{5}}=1$$→ area of shaded region is: $$(\frac{c+3}{2})(b)=\frac{4}{2}×2\sqrt{5}=4\sqrt{5}$$

39- Choice E is correct
The area of ∆BED is 20, then: $$\frac{5×AB}{2} =20→5×AB=40→AB=8$$
The area of ∆BDF is 24, then: $$\frac{3×BC}{2}=24→3×BC=48→BC=16$$
The perimeter of the rectangle is $$= 2×(8+16)=48$$

40- Choice A is correct
$$|2x+6-3x-7|=5→ |-x-1|=5 →-x-1=5 or-x-1=-5→x=-6$$ or $$x=4$$
The product of all possible values of $$x = (-6)×4=-24$$