If r, s, and t are positive integers, is r + s + t even? (1) r + s is even. (2) s + t is even. A. Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient. B. Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient. C. BOTH [...]
GMAT Question of the Day
GMAT Question of the Day :Data Sufficiency
What is the value of x^5 ? (1) x^2 = 9 (2) x^3 > 9 A) Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient. B) Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient. C) BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient. D) EACH [...]
Algebra
GMAT Question of the Day: Algebra
Which of the following is a factor of the expression ((2x)^2)+1 ? A) x+2 B) x-2 C) x+sqrt2 D) x-sqrt2 E) None of these
1000 High Frequency RC Words
Idiom List
Idiom List 1) a debate over 2) a lot 3) a responsibility to 4) a result of 5) a sequence of 6) acclaimed as is the correct idiom (Acclaimed to be is wrong) 7) accompanied by…. adapted for 9) Adverb twice cannot be an object of proposition ?by?. ?Increase by twice? is incorrect; ?doubled? is [...]
GMAT Problem Solving
The letters of the word EQUATION
The number of different words ending and beginning with a consonants which can be made out of the letters of the word EQUATION is a) 5200 b) 4320 c) 1295 d) 3000 e0 4200
Difficult GMAT Questions
You can transfer your ISA to another manager
You can transfer your ISA to another manager but please note that you can only transfer the whole of an ISA for a current tax year to the same component of the same type of ISA. However, you can transfer some or all of the investments you hold in ISAs for previous tax years, from [...]
Difficult GMAT Questions
Headway is now targeted at a wider readership
Please provide some explanation for this problem. Headway is now targeted at a wider readership – to include all NUT members who are on the leadership salary spine. This year’s NUT membership credential gave members the opportunity to identify themselves as teachers on the leadership spine and Headway will, in future, be mailed directly to [...]
Permutation and Combination
Permutation and Combination Question
In a certain group of 10 members, 4 members teach only French and the rest teach only German or Spanish. If the group is to choose a 3-member committee, which must have at least 1 member who teaches French, how many different committee can be chosen? a) 40 b) 50 c) 64 d) 80 e) [...]
GMAT Critical Reasoning
An extract from Cathy’s school report
I find this question very confusing. Can you please give some pointers? An extract from Cathy’s school report: “Cathy has not done her written work particularly well, but has always been willing to volunteer answers when personally required to do so.” This statement is unsatisfactory because it may not be accurate about Cathy’s written work. [...]
GMAT Sentence Correction
Princess Diana’s dresses set the standard
Princess Diana’s dresses set the standard for all fashion houses in Europe. Such a thing didn’t happen before or since. didn’t happen before or had neither happened before or didn’t happen before and hasn’t happened hasn’t happened either before or hadn’t happened before and hasn’t happened
GMAT Critical Reasoning
At an enormous research cost
At an enormous research cost, a leading chemical company has developed a manufacturing process for converting wood fibers into a plastic. According to the company, this new plastic can be used for, among other things, the hulls of small sailboats. But what does the company think sailboat hulls used to be made of? Surely the [...]
GMAT Critical Reasoning
GMAT Question of the Day: Critical Reasoning
It is a myth that U.S. workers are pricing themselves out of the market. The wages of U.S. manufacturing workers increased at a slower rate in the 1970′s than those of workers in other major countries. Between 1970 and 1980, pay increased 489% in Japan and 464% in Germany, compared to 128% in the United [...]
GMAT Critical Reasoning
GMAT Question of The Day: Critical Reasoning
The number of young adults that are illiterate has dropped significantly in a certain county over the last fifteen years. Education officials attribute this decrease entirely to improved conditions in the schools, which made for a better teaching environment, reducing the level of illiteracy.Which of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the education [...]
GMAT Critical Reasoning
GMAT Question of the Day: Critical Reasoning
The Museum of Modern Art in New York City contains several automobiles. Automobiles are means of transportation and are therefore not art. The automobiles should not be in the collection. Which of the following best underlies the reasoning in the argument above. (A) The automobiles will not be used as transportation because they are in [...]
GMAT Critical Reasoning
Critical Reasoning GMAT Question of the Day
In 1981, for the first time in over two decades, the average scores of high school students on standardized math and English tests did not decline. During the same year, millions of American students enjoyed their first exposure to the new world of the microcomputer, whether in schools, video arcades, or other settings. The conclusion [...]
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