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Tough GRE Math Questions #1 (permalink) Fri Aug 17, 2007 5:47 am   Tough GRE Math Questions
 

Found these on mygretutor.com : Very good for practice

1)
Column A

A box contains 32 short pencils and 12 long pencils. The probability of picking 2 pencils, the first of which is short and the second one is long.

Column B

30%

2) 2x + 4y = 16
3x + 6y = 30
Column A

|x|

Column B

|y|

-I believe there is a mistake here. The first equation is the second equation divided by 3/2, but the numbers don't match on the right-hand side.

3) Column A

A vegetarian sandwich shop has a choice of 4 different sandwich toppings. The number of different types of sandwiches that can be made if at least one topping has to be used and each topping cannot be used more than once.

Column B
32

- I got 15, by adding 4 C 1 + 4 C 2 + 4 C 3 + 4 C 4 (where 4 C y stands for combination). But they say that's wrong.

I'm very worried about these questions. i would very much appreciate the help soon considering I am going to take the GRE very soon.
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Tough GRE Math Questions #2 (permalink) Fri Aug 17, 2007 20:11 pm   Tough GRE Math Questions
 

Please answer the questions. I am in need of help very much.
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Tough GRE Math Questions #3 (permalink) Mon Aug 20, 2007 23:27 pm   Tough GRE Math Questions
 

#1, A= 32/44 times 12/43, compare then.
(sorry i am too lazy to do the calculation)
reason:there 32 short at the beginning chosen from totally 44pens, then choose a long one from the remaining 43 (44-1).
is this clear?

#2, i agree with you, as a mathematics student, the answer to this question is : no anwser in real number,(but ok is complex number). anyway, i would choose "not determined" for this one.
yeah, i hate the gre quan test, because i have seen a lot of them are stupid with mathematical mistake or unprecise statement.

#3, sorry, i really don't understand the question
"if at least one topping has to be used" to be use for what?
"each topping cannot be used more than once" more than once in what? in each sanwich?
and for the toppings, do you consider the up or down side?
in my view, up and down is the same thing.
this is a good example for what i said, "GRE quan test is stupid and not precise"
if i have to choose, i would say B is greater.

again, i wish you have good luck that without seeing the unprecise question.
even as a math major, i am not confident to get a perfect score, if these type of unprecise questions show up.
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Tough GRE Math Questions #4 (permalink) Sat Aug 25, 2007 20:23 pm   Tough GRE Math Questions
 

1. 32/44 * 12/43 = 8/11 * 12/43 = 96/473 = 20% (approx)
2. Indeterminate. The problem is not solved in real space.
3. 15 is correct:
Let's say the four toppings are a, b, c and d.
a: You can make two classes of sandwiches- with and without 'a'
b: 2- with or without 'b'
c: 2
d: 2

There are 16 combinations (2*2*2*2). Since a sandwich must contain at least one topping (else it is just bread slices), the combination with none of the toppings should not be considered. So 15 sandwiches.
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Tough GRE Math Questions #5 (permalink) Wed Sep 19, 2007 4:24 am   Tough GRE Math Questions
 

@question 3:

I am sure A is supposed to be 33, since this is closest to B value (easier to miscalculate) and 33 results from 4! + 3! + 2! + 1!. This would be the case if you take the arrangement of the "toppings" into account. But I don't exactly know what a sandwich topping is so maybe I'm writing bullshit Very Happy

I have to say it's lame that one has to complete the missing information in the questions by mindreading the test-writers - but then it's easy to mindread them, they are just like the bad guys in the movies: not very smart, evil and they want you to fail Sad
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Tough GRE Math Questions #6 (permalink) Wed Sep 19, 2007 18:30 pm   Tough GRE Math Questions
 

2x + 4y = 16
3x + 6y = 30

multiplying equations by 2 and 3 respectively we get

6x+12y=48
6x+12y=60
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well the equation given here is wrong you cannot have same values of x and y giving
different answers on right hand side.
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Tough GRE Math Questions #7 (permalink) Tue Oct 09, 2007 2:18 am   Tough GRE Math Questions
 

hello friends,
i am bhanupratap,studied m.res in life sciences at glasgow university,.recently started gre preparation,.any one could suggest me some good material for quants. i appreciate you all,all the best
thanks
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Tough GRE Math Questions #8 (permalink) Wed Oct 07, 2009 5:26 am   Tough GRE Math Questions
 

A vegetarian sandwich shop has a choice of 4 different sandwich toppings. The number of different types of sandwiches that can be made if at least one topping has to be used and each topping cannot be used more than once.

Answer:

If at least one topping has to be used means you will have sandwiches with 1,2,3,4 topping? Right,

So the total numbers of different types of sandwiches that can be made is
=(S 1 topping + S 2 topping + S 3 topping + S 4 topping)

S=sandwiches

S 1 topping= 4 (since we have 4 toppings) and so on,

If you can’t see that use the combination formula.

S 1 topping=4! / (4-1)! 1! =4

S 2 topping=4! / (4-2)! 2! =6

S 3 topping=4! / (4-3)! 3! =4

S 4 topping=4! / (4-4)! 4! =1 (remember 0! =1)

Total different sandwiches are 4+6+4+1=15.

Hope it helps,,
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