Data Sufficiency

euro wrote:A certain game requires a player to roll a standard six-sided die. If a player rolls even numbers six times more often than he rolls odd numbers, how many times did he roll even numbers?

(1) The player rolled the die a total of 30 times.

(2) The player received 4 points each time he threw an even number, and 2 points each time he threw an odd number. His final score was 96.

sumit.sinha wrote:

euro wrote:A certain game requires a player to roll a standard six-sided die. If a player rolls even numbers six times more often than he rolls odd numbers, how many times did he roll even numbers?

(1) The player rolled the die a total of 30 times.

(2) The player received 4 points each time he threw an even number, and 2 points each time he threw an odd number. His final score was 96.

IMO B
(1) 5 ODD and 25 EVEN OR 4 ODD and 26 EVEN
(2) 4 ODD and 22 EVEN

puneetdua wrote:IMO answer shd be A -

1) If a player rolls even numbers six times more often than he rolls odd numbers,

i think it is saying player has thrown X number time ODD and X+6 Even , becauase it is saying 'six times more often than he rolls odd numbers'

So x+(X+6) = 30 we can get the even number of throws.


{If we take it x + 6x = 30, then it doesnt give any solution , or proper number, so it is X+(X+6)}


2) The player received 4 points each time he threw an even number, and 2 points each time he threw an odd number. His final score was 96.

Odd - 46 -> 46*2 - > 92
Even - 1 -> 4 > 4

92 + 4 -> 96


What is the OA ?



or 4 ODD 22 Even as Sumit said

So not sufficient.

Ian Stewart wrote:
If that is the interpretation the question writer intends, then the wording of the question is bad. If something happens 'six times more often' than something else, then we're certainly dealing with multiplication, not addition (and if that's the intended meaning, it really ought to say 'six times *as* often' for the interpretation to be clear). If we're supposed to think he rolled an odd number x times, and an even number x+6 times, the question should instead say "If the player rolled six more even numbers than odd numbers" or something similar to that. It doesn't seem to be a well-designed question (though I agree that the answer would be D if you interpret it as Puneet has). Where is it from?