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greater than 4?

by sanju09 » Thu Oct 10, 2013 1:07 am
Which of the following is the greatest positive cube integer less than or equal to the least even square integer greater than 4?
A. 1
B. 8
C. 27
D. 64
E. 125


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by vipulgoyal » Thu Oct 10, 2013 1:33 am
is OA A

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by theCodeToGMAT » Thu Oct 10, 2013 1:39 am
Is the Answer [spoiler]{C}[/spoiler]?
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by sanju09 » Thu Oct 10, 2013 1:47 am
no A no C
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by theCodeToGMAT » Thu Oct 10, 2013 1:55 am
sanju09 wrote:no A no C
[spoiler]{B}[/spoiler]?
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by sanju09 » Thu Oct 10, 2013 1:57 am
theCodeToGMAT wrote:
sanju09 wrote:no A no C
[spoiler]{B}[/spoiler]?
two more answers are left...btw yes
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by theCodeToGMAT » Thu Oct 10, 2013 2:01 am
sanju09 wrote:
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sanju09 wrote:no A no C
[spoiler]{B}[/spoiler]?
two more answers are left...btw yes
There are two ways of reading the question part least "even square integer greater than 4"

- INTEGER is greater than "4" .. so that means [spoiler]"6" so 27 < 36 {C}[/spoiler]
- Square is greater than "4" ... so that means [spoiler]"16" .. so, 8 < 16 {B}[/spoiler]

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by sanju09 » Thu Oct 10, 2013 2:36 am
theCodeToGMAT wrote:
sanju09 wrote:
theCodeToGMAT wrote:
sanju09 wrote:no A no C
[spoiler]{B}[/spoiler]?
two more answers are left...btw yes
There are two ways of reading the question part least "even square integer greater than 4"

- INTEGER is greater than "4" .. so that means [spoiler]"6" so 27 < 36 {C}[/spoiler]
- Square is greater than "4" ... so that means [spoiler]"16" .. so, 8 < 16 {B}[/spoiler]

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There's only one way of reading this question, and that is "read carefully". The least even square integer greater than 4 is 16, which is not a cube integer, a cube just less than this will be the greatest positive cube integer we look for.
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by theCodeToGMAT » Thu Oct 10, 2013 2:41 am
sanju09 wrote:
theCodeToGMAT wrote:
sanju09 wrote: There's only one way of reading this question, and that is "read carefully". The least even square integer greater than 4 is 16, which is not a cube integer, a cube just less than this will be the greatest positive cube integer we look for.
Yeah, i agree :) .. After posting, i re-read the question carefully and observed that I was wrong :) ..
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by [email protected]. » Fri Oct 18, 2013 9:13 pm
This is an easy yet intriguing question. Good!

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by sanju09 » Sat Oct 19, 2013 10:59 pm
[email protected]. wrote:This is an easy yet intriguing question. Good!
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by sanju09 » Fri Jul 24, 2015 1:59 am
sanju09 wrote:
[email protected]. wrote:This is an easy yet intriguing question. Good!
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by nikhilgmat31 » Wed Jul 29, 2015 3:00 am
series of squares after 4 --- 9,16

perfect cubes 1,8,27

8 is less than 9 & 16

so answer is 8.

Well I didn't understand meaning of even square number. Does it means square of even number?