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Percent and Interest Problems
A man spends \(20\%\) of his income on house rent, \(25\%\) of the remaining income on food, and \(30\%\) of his total income on conveyance, and saves the rest. If he invested \(40\%\) of his savings in shares, how many shares did he purchase? 1) He spends \(\$80\) on his food 2) He purchased shares...
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Sun Sep 29, 2024 11:34 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Percent and Interest Problems
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Fractions and Ratios, Percent and Interest Problems, Probability
\(S\) and \(R\) are two beehives where \(S\) contains more bees than that of \(R.\) The honey in these hives is gathered only by the worker - bees and the hive is maintained by the remaining bees. Is the average honey collected per bee in the hive greater in hive \(R'\) as compared to hive \(S?\) 1)...
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Sun Sep 29, 2024 11:26 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Fractions and Ratios, Percent and Interest Problems, Probability
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Combinations
Families in which some members argue with each other compete for a chance to appear on Barry Wringer’s TV show. The greater the percentage of family members who argue with each other, the greater the family’s chances of appearing on Wringer’s show. If the Brown family and the Gonzales family both ha...
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Sun Sep 22, 2024 9:23 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Combinations
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Combinations
Claudia can choose any two of four different candles and any \(8\) of \(9\) different flowers for a centerpiece arrangement. Given these choices, how many candle + flower groupings can she select?
A. \(54\)
B. \(72\)
C. \(96\)
D. \(144\)
E. \(432\)
The OA is A
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Sun Sep 22, 2024 9:16 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Combinations
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Combinations
If \(3\) members are to be selected from a group of \(x\) members then what is the value of \(x?\) 1) If team of \(3\) members is selected from the group of \(x\) members then \(30\) different combinations of \(3\) members can be formed with \(2\) specific members never being together on the team 2)...
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Sun Sep 22, 2024 9:07 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Combinations
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Combinations
You are given a \(4\times 4\) square Board and you need to fill it with Red and Blue colors such that there are exactly two blue boxes and two red boxes in each row and column. In how many ways is it possible to fill the colors in \(4 \times 4\) square Board? A. \(12\) B. \(45\) C. \(48\) D. \(90\) ...
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Sun Sep 22, 2024 9:00 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Combinations
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A man travelled from one city to another. What is the distance between the two cities?
Data Sufficiency
A man travelled from one city to another. What is the distance between the two cities?
A man travelled from one city to another. What is the distance between the two cities? 1. He travelled the first \(1/4\) of his distance at a uniform speed of \(15\) miles per hour. Thereafter, he increased his speed to \(20\) miles per hour 2. The time for which he travelled at \(20\) miles per hou...
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Sat Sep 07, 2024 5:29 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: A man travelled from one city to another. What is the distance between the two cities?
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Every student at Darcy School is in at least one of three clubs: horseback riding, embroidery, and country dancing,
Problem Solving
Every student at Darcy School is in at least one of three clubs: horseback riding, embroidery, and country dancing,
Every student at Darcy School is in at least one of three clubs: horseback riding, embroidery, and country dancing, which are the only clubs in existence at the school. The ratio of the number of students in exactly two clubs to the number of students in exactly one club is \(4{:}3,\) while the rati...
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Sat Sep 07, 2024 5:19 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Every student at Darcy School is in at least one of three clubs: horseback riding, embroidery, and country dancing,
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Word Problems
A caterer normally charges \(\$15\) per person plus a \(\$10\) delivery fee for 'in-advance' orders but charges \(\$20\) per person plus a rush delivery fee for same-day orders. If Amy places a same-day order for her company, by what percent is her total cost greater than if she had placed the same ...
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Sat Aug 31, 2024 5:28 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Word Problems
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Word Problems
An online bookstore reported total sales of \(\$768\) million for the first quarter of the current year. If the total sales for the first quarter of the previous year was \(\$640\) million, what is the percent increase in total sales? A. \(5\%\) B. \(15\%\) C. \(17\%\) D. \(20\%\) E. \(80\%\) The OA...
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Sat Aug 31, 2024 5:17 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Word Problems
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Fractions and Ratios, Percent and Interest Problems, Word Problems
A comics bookstore has comics of only Superman, Batman and Flash. What percent of all comics in the store is on Batman?
1. The ratio of the number of comics of Flash, Batman, and Superman, in the library, is \(2{:}7{:}5\)
2. There are \(14\) Batman comics in the library
The OA is A
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Sat Aug 31, 2024 5:08 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Fractions and Ratios, Percent and Interest Problems, Word Problems
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Word Problems
Last year, Christine received \(12\) monthly paychecks. Each of the first four months’ paychecks was for \(\$4500,\) and each of the remaining months’ paychecks was for \(\$4800.\) What was her average paycheck for the year? A. \(\$4600\) B. \(\$4650\) C. \(\$4700\) D. \(\$4750\) E. \(\$4800\) The O...
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Sat Aug 31, 2024 4:57 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Word Problems
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Percent and Interest Problems, Word Problems
Tickets went on sale for a \(120,000\) person concert and \(30\%\) of the total revenue was allocated to charity. If the price of each ticket was \(\$10,\) and the non-charitable revenue was \(\$357,000,\) how many tickets were unsold? A. None B. \(5,100\) C. \(15,300\) D. \(51,000\) E. \(69,000\) T...
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Sat Aug 24, 2024 4:03 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Percent and Interest Problems, Word Problems
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Arithmetic
Mani, Sani and Karna have \(x, y\) and \(z\) number of chocolates respectively. Does Sani have the average of the total number of chocolates among all three?
1. \(y\) is \(20\%\) more than \(z\) and \(25\%\) less than \(x\)
2. \(x = 32\)
The OA A
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Sat Aug 24, 2024 3:50 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Arithmetic
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Percent and Interest Problems
In a certain school library, \(60\%\) of the books are clothbound books. If \(30\%\) of those are works of fiction, then what percentage of all books in the library are clothbound works of fiction?
A. \(90\%\)
B. \(30\%\)
C. \(20\%\)
D. \(18\%\)
E. \(2\%\)
The OA is D
- by swerve
Sat Aug 24, 2024 3:41 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Percent and Interest Problems
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