GMAT Quant Questions with Detailed Answers A candy company sells premium chocolate candies at $5 per pound and regular chocolate candies at $4 per pound in increments of whole pounds only. If Barrett buys a 7-pound box of chocolate candies that cost him $31, how many pounds of premium chocolate candies are in the box?(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
(E) 5 - Answer: (C)
A certain medicine requirea 4 doses per day. If each dose is 150 milligrams, how many milligrams of medicine will a person have taken after the wnd od the third day, if the medicine is used as directed? -
Answer: 1,800 milligrams
Simplify: 5 + (2 X 4 + 2)^2 - |7(-4)| + 18 / 3 X 5 - 8 - Answer: 99
What is 5x - [y - (3x - 4y)]? - Answer: 8x - 5y
Simplify: (x-1)/2 - (2x-1)/3 - Answer: (x+1)/6 Evaluate: (4 + 12 / 3 -18) - [-11-(-4)] - Answer: -3 Evaluate: -|-13-(-17)| - Answer: -4 Evaluate: ((4+8)/(2-(-6))) - (4 + 8 / 2 -(-6)) - Answer: -25/2 OR -12 1/2 1 / 2
Simplify: x - (3-x) - Answer: 2x - 3 Simplify: (4-y) - 2(2y-3) - Answer: -5y + 10 OR 10 - 5y Solve the following for x and y x + y = 9
2x = 5y + 4 - Answer: y = 2
x = 7
Solve for w, given that 12 + |w - 4| = 30 - Answer: w = 22, -14
Solve for X: 2(2 - 3x) - (4 + x) = 7 - Answer: -1 Solve for z: (4z -7)/(3 - 2z) = -5 - Answer: 4/3 Solve for y: 22 - |y + 14| = 20 - Answer: y = {-16, -12} Solve for x and y: y = 2x + 9 and 7x +3y = -51 - Answer: x = -6: y = -3 Every attendee at a Monster truck rally paid the same admission fee. How many people attended the rally?1) If the admission fee had been raised to $20 and twice as many people had attended, the total admission fees collected would have been three times greater.2) If the admission fee had been raised to $30 and two-thirds as many people had attended, the total admission fees collected would have been 150% of the actual admission fees collected. - Answer: E Solve for X: x(x - (5x + 6)/x) = 0 - Answer: {6, -1}
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