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<r><QUOTE author="beatthegmat"><s>[quote="beatthegmat"]</s> <br/> Hi Nikhil:<br/> <br/> Nice to see you back from your one-week break!<br/> <br/> From what you've told me, it sounds like you have the capacity to score a 700+ on the GMAT. Moving forward, I would take a lot of practice tests to work o...
- by kulksnikhil
Wed Dec 20, 2006 7:19 pm- Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
- Topic: GMAT not yet over for me 640 (Q49, V28)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7453
Hi eric, aim-wsc and 800guy, thanks for ur support. Just came back from one full week break... :-) have installed a Software for speed reading.. got to use that for improving my reading speed. And regarding ur question, during my preperations, I used to score, between 43-44 in Quant and 28-38 in ver...
- by kulksnikhil
Sun Dec 17, 2006 8:52 pm- Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
- Topic: GMAT not yet over for me 640 (Q49, V28)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7453
GMAT not yet over for me 640 (Q49, V28)
Hello Eric and friends, I just took my GMAT on monday and the score has not been satisfactory. Though I got good score in Quant (49) My verbal has been terrible. I would attribute this to my over confidence in Verbal/less confidence in Quant. Earlier in the OG Diagonistic test, I did find out that, ...
- by kulksnikhil
Tue Dec 12, 2006 4:01 pm- Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
- Topic: GMAT not yet over for me 640 (Q49, V28)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7453
Re: Arithmetic Sequence problem(s)..
Hey all, I consistently get sequence problems wrong, is there an easy fix? One problem I recently missed.. In the arithmetic sequence t(1) [all numbers are 'under' the t not an exponent], t(2),t(3)...t(n).., t(1) = 23 and t(n) = t(n-1) - 3 for each n>1. What is the value of n when t(n) = -4? Any he...
- by kulksnikhil
Wed Dec 06, 2006 12:19 am- Forum: GMAT Math
- Topic: Arithmetic Sequence problem(s)..
- Replies: 3
- Views: 8685
that's a great explaination.. thx... there were no options given.. probably could haev selected one of the options.. if available
- by kulksnikhil
Sat Dec 02, 2006 5:48 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Median of their weights
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3561
Re: profit problem
Hello. I'm totally confused with this problem. Need your help. A furniture dealer purchased a desk for $150 and then set the selling price equal to the purchase price plus a markup that was 40 percent of the selling price. If the dealer sold the desk at the selling price, what was the amount of the...
- by kulksnikhil
Sat Dec 02, 2006 4:16 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: profit problem
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4751
Re: Difficult Math Problem #68
A group of 8 friends want to play doubles tennis. How many different ways can the group be divided into 4 teams of 2 people? A. 420 B. 2520 C. 168 D. 90 E. 105 Person 1 can make team with 7 people Person 2 can make team with 6 people (this excludes teaming with 1) Person 3 can make team with 5 peop...
- by kulksnikhil
Sat Dec 02, 2006 4:10 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Difficult Math Problem #68
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4503
Re: Difficult Math Problem #69 - Permutations
5P5 = 5800guy wrote:In how many ways can 5 people sit around a circular table if one should not have the same neighbors in any two arrangements?
Answer is 5
- by kulksnikhil
Sat Dec 02, 2006 3:29 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Difficult Math Problem #69 - Permutations
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5955
Re: OA:
OA: For 1. 7*6*1*5*4*3*2*1=5,040 For 2.) I think It should be 4 * 720 there are 4 even positions to be filled by three even numbers. in 5*3*4*2*3*1*2*1 It is assumed that Last even place is NOT filled by a vowel. There can be total 4 ways to do that. Hence 4 * 720 aren't 1) and 2) two conditions of...
- by kulksnikhil
Sat Dec 02, 2006 3:11 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Difficult Math Question #66 - Combinations
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4745
Re: Difficult Math Question #67 - Combinations
A shipment of 10 TV sets includes 3 that are defective. In how many ways can a hotel purchase 4 of these sets and receive at least two of the defective sets? Possible ways 1> All 3 defective and 1 correct 2> 2 defective and 2 correct 1> 1 * 7 = 7 2> 3C2 * 7C2 = 6 * 21 = 126 total= 126 + 7 = 133
- by kulksnikhil
Fri Dec 01, 2006 3:55 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Difficult Math Question #67 - Combinations
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4356
Re: Difficult Math Question #66 - Combinations
Same logic as above, my answer is800guy wrote:On how many ways can the letters of the word "COMPUTER" be arranged?
1. M must always occur at the third place
2. Vowels occupy the even positions.
4 * 3 * 1 * 2 * 3 * 1 * 2 * 1 = 144
- by kulksnikhil
Fri Dec 01, 2006 3:47 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Difficult Math Question #66 - Combinations
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4745
Average and median
I have a general mathematic question.
If Averge of three numbers is say 80 and one of the numbers is 80.. does it mean the median of the three numbers is 80 ???
- by kulksnikhil
Fri Dec 01, 2006 2:57 am- Forum: GMAT Math
- Topic: Average and median
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5446
Median Coffee blend
#1 What is the median number of employees assigned per project for the projects at Company Z? 1) 25% of the projects at Company Z have 4 or more employees assigned tto each project 2) 35% of the projects at Company Z have 2 or fewer employees assigned to each project #2 One Kilogram of a certain cof...
- by kulksnikhil
Fri Dec 01, 2006 2:50 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Median Coffee blend
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4972
Re: tenth digit in decimal representation
In the decimal representation of x, where 0< x< 1, is the tenths digit of x nonzero? 1) 16x is an integer 2) 8x is an integer The right answer is B Can anybody help solve this? What is 10ths digit in decimal representation? e.g. in 0.502, 0 is in tenth's digit place? 0<x<1 1. 16x is an integer => x...
- by kulksnikhil
Mon Nov 27, 2006 6:40 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: tenth digit in decimal representation
- Replies: 11
- Views: 61925
tenth digit in decimal representation
In the decimal representation of x, where 0< x< 1, is the tenths digit of x nonzero?
1) 16x is an integer
2) 8x is an integer
The right answer is B
Can anybody help solve this? What is 10ths digit in decimal representation?
e.g. in 0.502, 0 is in tenth's digit place?
- by kulksnikhil
Mon Nov 27, 2006 7:46 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: tenth digit in decimal representation
- Replies: 11
- Views: 61925