GMAT Quant Exam Questions with
Verified Solutions
A candy company sells premium chocolate candies at $5 per pound and regular
chocolate candies at $4 per pound in increments of whole pounds only. If Barrett buys a
7-pound box of chocolate candies that cost him $31, how many pounds of premium
chocolate candies are in the box?
(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 4
(E) 5 - ANSWER-(C)
A truck can carry x shipping containers and each container can hold y gallons of milk. If
one truck is filled to capacity and a second one is half full, how many gallons of milk are
they carrying, in terms of x and y?
A) x +.5y
B) x + y
C) .5xy
D) 1.5xy
e) 2xy - ANSWER-D
Four brothers split a sum of money between them. The first brother received 50% of the
total, the second received 25% of the total, the third received 20% of the total, and the
fourth received the remaining $4. How many dollars did the four brothers split?
A) 50
B) 60
C) 75
D) 80
E) 100 - ANSWER-D
Seamus has 3 times as many marbles as Ronit, and Taj has 7 times as many marbles
as Ronit. If Seamus has s marbles then, in terms of s, how many marbles do Seamus,
Ronit, and Taj have together?
A) (3/7)s
B) (7/3)s
C) (11/3)s
D) 7s
E) 11s - ANSWER-C
If x = a + b and y = a + 2b, then what is a - b, in terms of x and y?
, A) 2y - 3x
B) 3y - 2x
C) 2x - 3y
D) 2x + 3y
E) 3x - 2y - ANSWER-C
A certain medicine requirea 4 doses per day. If each dose is 150 milligrams, how many
milligrams of medicine will a person have taken after the wnd od the third day, if the
medicine is used as directed? - ANSWER-1,800 milligrams
Simplify: 5 + (2 X 4 + 2)^2 - |7(-4)| + X 5 - 8 - ANSWER-99
What is 5x - [y - (3x - 4y)]? - ANSWER-8x - 5y
Simplify: (x-1)/2 - (2x-1)/3 - ANSWER-(x+1)/6
Evaluate: (4 + -18) - [-11-(-4)] - ANSWER--3
Evaluate: -|-13-(-17)| - ANSWER--4
Evaluate: ((4+8)/(2-(-6))) - (4 + -(-6)) - ANSWER--25/2 OR -12 1/2
Simplify: x - (3-x) - ANSWER-2x - 3
Simplify: (4-y) - 2(2y-3) - ANSWER--5y + 10 OR 10 - 5y
Solve the following for x and y
x+y=9
2x = 5y + 4 - ANSWER-y = 2
x=7
Solve for w, given that 12 + |w - 4| = 30 - ANSWER-w = 22, -14
Solve for X: 2(2 - 3x) - (4 + x) = 7 - ANSWER--1
Solve for z: (4z -7)/(3 - 2z) = -5 - ANSWER-4/3
Solve for y: 22 - |y + 14| = 20 - ANSWER-y = {-16, -12}
Solve for x and y: y = 2x + 9 and 7x +3y = -51 - ANSWER-x = -6: y = -3
Every attendee at a Monster truck rally paid the same admission fee. How many people
attended the rally?
1) If the admission fee had been raised to $20 and twice as many people had attended,
the total admission fees collected would have been three times greater.
Verified Solutions
A candy company sells premium chocolate candies at $5 per pound and regular
chocolate candies at $4 per pound in increments of whole pounds only. If Barrett buys a
7-pound box of chocolate candies that cost him $31, how many pounds of premium
chocolate candies are in the box?
(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 4
(E) 5 - ANSWER-(C)
A truck can carry x shipping containers and each container can hold y gallons of milk. If
one truck is filled to capacity and a second one is half full, how many gallons of milk are
they carrying, in terms of x and y?
A) x +.5y
B) x + y
C) .5xy
D) 1.5xy
e) 2xy - ANSWER-D
Four brothers split a sum of money between them. The first brother received 50% of the
total, the second received 25% of the total, the third received 20% of the total, and the
fourth received the remaining $4. How many dollars did the four brothers split?
A) 50
B) 60
C) 75
D) 80
E) 100 - ANSWER-D
Seamus has 3 times as many marbles as Ronit, and Taj has 7 times as many marbles
as Ronit. If Seamus has s marbles then, in terms of s, how many marbles do Seamus,
Ronit, and Taj have together?
A) (3/7)s
B) (7/3)s
C) (11/3)s
D) 7s
E) 11s - ANSWER-C
If x = a + b and y = a + 2b, then what is a - b, in terms of x and y?
, A) 2y - 3x
B) 3y - 2x
C) 2x - 3y
D) 2x + 3y
E) 3x - 2y - ANSWER-C
A certain medicine requirea 4 doses per day. If each dose is 150 milligrams, how many
milligrams of medicine will a person have taken after the wnd od the third day, if the
medicine is used as directed? - ANSWER-1,800 milligrams
Simplify: 5 + (2 X 4 + 2)^2 - |7(-4)| + X 5 - 8 - ANSWER-99
What is 5x - [y - (3x - 4y)]? - ANSWER-8x - 5y
Simplify: (x-1)/2 - (2x-1)/3 - ANSWER-(x+1)/6
Evaluate: (4 + -18) - [-11-(-4)] - ANSWER--3
Evaluate: -|-13-(-17)| - ANSWER--4
Evaluate: ((4+8)/(2-(-6))) - (4 + -(-6)) - ANSWER--25/2 OR -12 1/2
Simplify: x - (3-x) - ANSWER-2x - 3
Simplify: (4-y) - 2(2y-3) - ANSWER--5y + 10 OR 10 - 5y
Solve the following for x and y
x+y=9
2x = 5y + 4 - ANSWER-y = 2
x=7
Solve for w, given that 12 + |w - 4| = 30 - ANSWER-w = 22, -14
Solve for X: 2(2 - 3x) - (4 + x) = 7 - ANSWER--1
Solve for z: (4z -7)/(3 - 2z) = -5 - ANSWER-4/3
Solve for y: 22 - |y + 14| = 20 - ANSWER-y = {-16, -12}
Solve for x and y: y = 2x + 9 and 7x +3y = -51 - ANSWER-x = -6: y = -3
Every attendee at a Monster truck rally paid the same admission fee. How many people
attended the rally?
1) If the admission fee had been raised to $20 and twice as many people had attended,
the total admission fees collected would have been three times greater.
