When tossed, a certain coin has equal probability of landing on either side. If the coin is tossed 3 times, what is the probability that it will land on the same side each time?A.1/8 B. 1/4 C. 1/3 D. 3/8 E. 1/2
PS 24,4
A shipment of 8 television sets contains 2 black-and-white sets and 6color sets. If 2 television sets are to be chosen at random from this shipment, what is the probability that at least 1 of the 2 sets chosen will be a black-and-white set? A. 1/7 B. 1/4 C. 5/14 D. 11/28 E. 13/26
GMAT Question of the Day : Sentence Correction
Since the 1930′s aircraft manufacturers have tried to build airplanes with frictionless wings, shaped so smoothly and perfectly that the air passing over them would not become turbulent. (A) wings, shaped so smoothly and perfectly (B) wings, wings so smooth and so perfectly shaped (C) wings that are shaped so smooth and perfect (D) wings, [...]
GMAT Question of the Day : Sentence Correction
Recent excavations suggest that the ancient peoples of the Italian peninsula merged the cult of Damia—a goddess of fertility and the harvest—with Venus. (A) with Venus (B) and Venus (C) with that of Venus (D) and Venus’ (E) and Venus’ cult
PS 6,28
Last Sunday a certain store sold copies of Newspaper A for $1.00 each and copies of Newspaper B for $1.25 each, and the store sold no other newspapers that day. If r percent of the store’s revenues from newspaper sales was from Newspaper A and if p percent of the newspapers that the store sold [...]
DS 6,7
What is the value of │x + 7│? (1)            │x + 3│= 14  (2)            (x + 2)^2 = 169                  Â
GMAT Question of the Day: Data Sufficiency
What was the cost of a certain telephone call? (1) The call lasted 8 minutes. (2) The cost of the first minute of the call was $0.32, which was twice the cost of each minute of the call after the first. A. Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient. B. [...]
GMAT Question of the Day: Data Sufficiency
What is the median number of employees assigned per project for the projects at Company Z? (1) 25 percent of the projects at Company Z have 4 or more employees assigned to each project. (2) 35 percent of the projects at Company Z have 2 or fewer employees assigned to each project. A Statement (1) [...]
Problem Solving
For which of the following functions is f(a+b) = f(a) + f(b) for all positive numbers a and b? a. f(x) = x^2 b. f(x) = x+1 c. f(x) = x ^ 1/2 d. f(x) = 2/x e. f(x) = -3x
GMAT Question of the Day from TakeGMAT.com – Sentence Correction
Can someone give me the answer and some explanation for the following problem: Alaska regularly deposits some of its profits from the sale of oil into a special fund, with the intention to sustain the state’s economy after the exhaustion of its oil reserves. (A) fund, with the intention to sustain the state’s economy after [...]
GMAT Question of the Day : Sentence Correction
In December of 1987 an automobile manufacturer pleaded no contest to criminal charges of odometer tampering and agreed to pay more than $16 million in civil damages for cars that were test-driven with their odometers disconnected. (A) cars that were test-driven with their odometers disconnected (B) cars that it had test-driven with their disconnected odometers [...]
GMAT Question of the Day:Critical Reasoning
Which of the following, if true, best reconciles the discrepancy between the increase in unemployment and the increase in jobs in the manufacturing indus- try of Alameda? (A) Many products that contain microelectronic components are now assembled completely by machine. (B) Workers involved in the various aspects of the manufacturing processes that use microelec- tronic [...]
GMAT Question of the Day : Sentence Correction
The key to control over the Eurasian steppes lay in the nomad’s ability to use the horse both as a means of transport but also as an effective military tool. (A) but also as (B) or as (C) and as (D) or (E) and also
Problem Solving.
This is really cute… Thanks On a certain transatlantic crossing, 20 percent of a ship’s passengers held round-trip tickets and also took their cars abroad the ship. If 60 percent of the passengers with round-trip tickets did not take their cars abroad the ship, what percent of the ship’s passengers held round-trip tickets? A. 33 [...]
Problem Solv.
Thanks for your answers. I found this one that is driving me crazy. Does anybody can give me a hint?. When positive integer x is divided by positive integer y, the remainder is 9. If x/y = 96.12, what is the value of y? A. 96 B. 75 C. 48 D. 25 E. 12
DS by GHCV
If the units digit of the three-digit positive integer k is nonzero, what is the tens digit of k? (1) The tens digit of k + 9 is 3. (2) The tens digit of k + 4 is 2.
Data Sufficiency
A box contains 10 light bulbs, fewer than half of which are defective. Two bulbs are to be drawn simultaneously from the box. If n of the bulbs in box are defective, what is the value of n?(1) The probability that the two bulbs to be drawn will be defective is 1/15. (2) The probability [...]

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