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Here is a definition to help you understand remainders better. "when the result of the division of two integers cannot be expressed with an integer quotient, the remainder is the amount "left over." The quotient can have decimal values. if you divide 1 by 3, the quotient will be .333...
- by beeparoo
Mon Aug 04, 2008 11:57 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Intergers are super fun!
- Replies: 8
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- by beeparoo
Mon Aug 04, 2008 11:25 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Can someone explain this?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1467
Re: Intergers are super fun!
If M and N are positive integers that have remainders of 1 and 3, respectively, when divided by 6, which of the following could NOT be a possible value of M+N? (A) 86 (B) 52 (C) 34 (D) 28 (E) 10 OA is A. I had E. Please explain and any tricks to solve these quickly would be appreciated! Likewise, I...
- by beeparoo
Mon Aug 04, 2008 11:20 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Intergers are super fun!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3928
- by beeparoo
Mon Aug 04, 2008 11:00 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Geometry
- Replies: 5
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Re: MGMAT TIME SPEED DIST
We know Linda has already traveled 2 miles before things really get going: (2+2t)(1/2) = 6t 1+t = 6t t =1/5 = 12 min (2+2t)(2) = 6t 4+4t = 6t 2t = 4 t =2 or 120 minutes 120 min - 12 min = 108 min. E Tom and Linda stand at point A. Linda begins to walk in a straight line away from Tom at a constant ...
- by beeparoo
Mon Aug 04, 2008 10:02 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: MGMAT TIME SPEED DIST
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3530
Another way is to draw the triangles, you can see that you can arrange 4 small triangles in the big one, so the small one is 1/4 and the gray area is 3/4 I am in agreement with pepeprepa here. There is no need to even write any calculations down! If you know that all triangles are similar triangles...
- by beeparoo
Mon Aug 04, 2008 9:25 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Geometry
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1631
Re: PR-3 CAT question difficulty level
Mysoon collects glass ornaments. Ten more than of the ornaments in her collection are handmade, and of the handmade ornaments are antiques. If of the ornaments in her collection are handmade antiques, how many ornaments are in her collection? a. 36 b. 60 c. 108 d. 144 e. 180 crackitpal Mysoon colle...
- by beeparoo
Mon Aug 04, 2008 9:05 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: PR-3 CAT question difficulty level
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1771
Hi , IMO E is the ans for 118.. can somebody explain why its wrong All the options are 'if' constructions, so 'were' should be used to modify the singular subject as is done in D. Read it like this, may help if a portion of the capital were invested in another form, the interest income that would b...
- by beeparoo
Sun Aug 03, 2008 8:45 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: 105,117,118
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3580
Two reasons why I think E is wrong: 1) It's more direct, active-voiced, and neat to say, "Many people are disinclined" rather than, "Many people have a disinclination" 2) Parellelism is not maintained between "people have a disinclination" and "people...willing to&...
- by beeparoo
Sun Aug 03, 2008 6:20 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: sc from gmat prep
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1770
Re: distunguish from or between?
In his research paper, Dr. Frosch, medical director of the P.W.Clinic, distinguishes mood swings, which may be violent without their being grounded in mental disease, from genuine manic depressive psychois. a)mood swings, which may be violent without their being grounded in mental disease, from gen...
- by beeparoo
Sun Aug 03, 2008 6:11 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: distunguish from or between?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3495
Why don't you just post or copy/paste the question as TEXT, instead of as an attachment, which requires another user to download, open and then read.
I don't understand why you always upload attachments, vaivish.
- by beeparoo
Sun Aug 03, 2008 5:26 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: sc1
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1423
Dear GMAT Diary, Got went through several rounds of SC material today and, to my horror, discovered that I have forgotton once well-known rules and strategies. Worst of all, I am stumbling through idioms, which I used to know pat. Ugh. Wish those potential study buddies had been at the library to pu...
- by beeparoo
Sun Aug 03, 2008 4:52 pm- Forum: Let's Meet Up
- Topic: Toronto Study Group
- Replies: 81
- Views: 32409
Apart from Stuart, is anyone else available on Sunday (tomorrow)?
Come on people! Where is your motivation! It's kind of like, y'all don't deserve to get into b-school...
Did I just go there? Yes, I did.
- by beeparoo
Sat Aug 02, 2008 10:13 am- Forum: Let's Meet Up
- Topic: Toronto Study Group
- Replies: 81
- Views: 32409
Re: sets
A group of people participate in some curriculums, 20 of them practice Yoga, 10 study cooking, 12 study weaving, 3 of them study cooking only, 4 of them study both the cooking and yoga, 2 of them participate all curriculums. How many people study both cooking and weaving? A.1 B.2 C.3 D.4 E.5 Pls ex...
- by beeparoo
Fri Aug 01, 2008 1:48 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: sets
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2378
just my 2 cents on it... i think 20 is correct .. as we have already chosen ... choosing 1 topping out of 5 will in 5 ways,, choosing another topping out 4( having exhausted 2 topping options) is 4 ways. hence its 5*4 = 20. ( i think its a permutation question ) Pff. There's NO WAY that this proble...
- by beeparoo
Fri Aug 01, 2008 1:40 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Combination or Permutation, please help
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1537