10 Quick ones

HarvardDreamin · Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 3:23 am Post subject: 10 Quick ones

Hi can you please help me solve these ? Id also appreciate having the method as well as understanding is the main issue. Thanks
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Q1) If p, s, and t are positive prime numbers, what is the value of p^3s^3t^3?
(1) p^3st=728
(2) t=13

Q2) 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. ¼ C. 5/14 D. 11/28 E. 13/26

q3) What is the maximum integer value of M for which 12!/2^M is an integer?

A. 2 B. 4 C. 6 D. 10 E. 12

Q4) If each of the 12 teams participating in a certain tournament plays exactly one game with each of the other teams, how many games will be played?
A. 144 B. 132 C. 66 D. 33 E. 23

q5) Of the families in City X in 1994, 40 percent owned a personal computer. The number of families in City X owning a computer in 1998 was 30 percent greater than it was in 1994, and the total number of families in City X was 4 percent greater in 1998 than it was in 1994. what percent of the families in City X owned a personal computer in 1998?
A. 50%
B. 52%
C. 56%
D. 70%
E. 74%

q6) The annual interest rate earned by an investment increased by 10 percent from last year to this year. If the annual interest rate earned by the investment this year was 1 percent, what was the annual interest rate last year?
A. 1% B. 1.1% C. 9.1% D. 10% E. 10.8%

Q7) Of the 32 students in a certain class, 15 are in a music club and 20 are in a dance club. If 10 of the students are not in either club, how many of the students are in only one of the two clubs?
A. 5 B. 9 C.10 D. 17 E. 25

Q8) A total of 22 men and 26 women were at a party, and the average (arithmetic mean) age of all of the adults at the party was exactly 35 years. If the average age of the men was exactly 38 years, which of the following was closest to the average age, in years, of the women?
A. 31 B. 31.5 C. 32 D. 32.5 E. 33

q9) A parent established a college fund for his daughter. Each year the parent made a contribution to the fund, and each year he increased his contribution by a constant amount. If he made a contribution of $800 in the first year, by what amount did the parent increase his contribution to the fund each year?
(1) The parent’s contribution to the fund in the 18th year was $7600.
(2) The parent’s contribution to the fund in the 7th year was twice what it was in
the 3rd year.

Q10) Mary passed a certain gas station on a highway while traveling west at a constant speed of 50 miles per hour. Then, 15 minutes later, Paul passed the same gas station while traveling west at a constant speed of 60 miles per hour. If both drivers maintained their speeds and both remained on the highway for at least 2 hours, how long after he passed the gas station did Paul catch up with Mary?
A. 30 min
B. 45 min
C. 1 hr
D. 1 hr 15 min
E. 1 hr 30 min

gabriel · Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 12:51 am Post subject:

Sorry buddy but one question per thread. It will help you get much better responses. Also post the question in the problem solving section or data sufficiency question. PM me if you have any doubts.

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