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Advanced GRE Math Questions

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GRE Quantitative – Fractions and Ratios

1. The current ratio of boys to girls at a certain school is 2 to 5. If 12 additional boys were
added to the school, the new ratio of boys to girls would be 4 to 9. How many boys
currently attend the school?

(A) 27
(B) 48
(C) 54
(D) 72
(E) 108

Column A Column B
a, b, c, and d
are positive
a b c d
+ = +
2 6 3 9
2. 9a + 3b 6c + 3d

1 1 1 1 1 1 1
k = 1+ + + + + + +
2 4 8 16 32 64 128

3. k 2

1 1 1 1 1 1
n = 1+ + + + + +
2 3 4 5 6 7

4. n 3

Answers
B 4.
B 3.
B 2.
E 1.

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GRE Quantitative – Work

1. If 7 workers can build 7 cars in 7 days, then how many days would it take 5 workers to
build 5 cars?

(A) 1
(B) 5
(C) 7
(D) 25
(E) 35

2. If 6 workers can build 4 cars in 2 days, then how many days would it take 8 workers to
build 6 cars?
5
(A)
3
9
(B)
4
8
(C)
3
11
(D)
4

(E) 10
3

3. Bea can paint a house three times faster than Alice can paint a house. If, working together,
it takes Alice and Bea 24 hours to paint a house, then how many hours would it take Bea to
paint a house alone?

(A) 28
(B) 30
(C) 32
(D) 36
(E) 40 Answers
3. C
2. B
1. C

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GRE Quantitative – Percent

1. What percent of 15 is 15 percent of 1?

(A) 0.001
(B) 0.01
(C) 0.1
(D) 1
(E) 10

Answers
1. D

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GRE Quantitative – Integer Properties

1. Marge has n candies, where n is an integer such that 20 < n < 50. If Marge divides the candies
equally among 5 children, she will have 2 candies remaining. If she divides the candies among 6
children, she will have 1 candy remaining. How many candies will remain if she divides the
candies among 7 children?

(A) 0
(B) 1
(C) 2
(D) 3
(E) 4

2. If x is an integer, and k = (x – 1)(x + 2) – (x – 1)(x – 2), then which of the following must
be true?

(A) k is odd only when x is odd.

(B) k is odd only when x is even.
(C) k is even only when x is even.
(D) k is even only when x is odd.
(E) None of the above.

352 − 1
3. If k is an integer, and is an integer, then k could be each of the following, EXCEPT
k
(A) 8
(B) 9
(C) 12
(D) 16
(E) 17

Answers
3. D
2. E
1. C

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GRE Quantitative – Integer Properties

1. k is a positive integer and 225 and 216 are both divisors of k . If k = 2a × 3b × 5c, where a , b and c
are positive integers, what is the least possible value of a + b + c ?

(A) 4
(B) 5
(C) 6
(D) 7
(E) 8

2. What is the smallest positive integer k such that the product 1575 × k is a perfect square?

(A) 7
(B) 9
(C) 15
(D) 25
(E) 63

Answers
2. A
1. E

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GRE Quantitative - Powers

1. 3X + 3X + 3X =
(A) 9X

(B) 3 X +1

(C) 93 X

(D) 32 X

(E) 33 X

2. If n is an integer and 5n > 4,000,000 , what is the least possible value of n ?

(A) 7
(B) 8
(C) 9
(D) 10
(E) 11

Column A Column B
x>0
x 2k k

3. x4 x2

Answers
3. D
2. D
1. B

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GRE Quantitative - Powers

Column A Column B

( 3) ( 9)
20 15
3
1.

0.063 × 10w
2. If = 9 × 105 , then w – k =
0.0007 × 10k

(A) 3
(B) 4
(C) 5
(D) 6
(E) 7

Answers
2. B
1. C

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GRE Quantitative – Roots

1. If 6
x = 6 , then x6 =

(A) 6

(B) 6 6

(C) 66

(D) 618

(E) 636

2. Which of the following is the best approximation of 3.8 × 1025 ?

(A) 1.9 × 105

(B) 6.2 × 105

(C) 1.9 × 1012

(D) 6.2 × 1012

(E) 1.9 × 1025

Answers
2. D
1. D

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GRE Quantitative – Algebra

1
1−
1. Which of the following is equivalent to x +1 for all values of x for which both expressions
are defined? x

(A) 1

(B) x + 1

1
(C)
x
(D) 1
x +1
(E) x 2 + x

2x 2 ( x + 3) − 2x − 6
2. Which of the following is equivalent to for all values of x for which both
expressions are defined? x 2 + 2x − 3

(A) 2 x 2 − 2

(B) 2 x + 2

(C) x + 1

(D) 2 x + 6

(E) x − 1

3. If x = 3 ( 2 y − x ) , then what is the value of y in terms of x ?

x
(A)
3
x
(B)
6
(C) 2 x
3
(D) 3x
Answers
(E)
3. C
6x 2. B
1. D

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GRE Quantitative – Algebra

1. Which of the following is equivalent to xy + 2 xy ( 1 + y ) 2 y ?

(A) xy ( 2 y + 1)
2

(B) ( 2 xy + 1)( 2 xy − 1)

(C) ( 2 x + y )
2

(D) ( x + 2 y )
2

(E) y ( x − 2y )
2

2. (3 9
− 38 )( 37 − 36 ) =

(A) 34

(B) 314

(C) 614

(D) 2 × 314

(E) 4 × 314

Column A Column B
x<0
y <1

3. xy ( x + z ) x 2 + xyz

Answers
3. B
2. E
1. A

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GRE Quantitative – Equation Solving

x 2
1. If = , then which of the following must be true?
y 5

I. y+x =7

x+y 7
II. =
x 2
y 2 25
III. =
x2 4

(A) I only

(B) I and II only

(C) I and III only

(D) II and III only

(E) I, II and III

Answers
1. D

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GRE Quantitative – Word Problems

1. Which of the following could be the sum of three consecutive integers?

(A) 29
(B) 46
(C) 57
(D) 92
(E) 100

2. A group of 10 people plan to contribute equally to pay for a friend’s gift that costs G dollars? If
n additional people want to contribute to pay for the gift, the required contribution per person
will be reduced by how many dollars?

Gn
(A)
100 + 10n
10 + n
(B)
Gn
10G + Gn
(C)
n
Gn + 10G
(D)
Gn − 10
10G
(E)
n + 10n
2

Answers
2. A
1. C

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GRE Quantitative – Systems of Equations

1. If x and y are integers and 2x – y = 11, then 4x + y CANNOT be

(A) –5
(B) 1
(C) 13
(D) 17
(E) 55

x + 2 y + 3z = 2
x+y −z =0
2 x + 2y − z = 1
2. What is the value of y in the system above?

(A) -2
(B) -1
(C) 0
(D) 1
(E) 2

Answers
2. A
1. D

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GRE Quantitative - Geometry

1. If the perimeter of a certain rectangle is 76 and its area is 360 then what is the length of its
shortest side?

(A) 12
(B) 18
(C) 20
(D) 36
(E) 40

2. If the volume of a cube is x cubic feet and the total surface area of the cube is x square feet,
then what is the total length, in feet, of all the cube’s edges?
(A) 24
(B) 60
(C) 72
(D) 120
(E) 144

3. If the area of an equilateral triangle is x square meters and the perimeter is x meters, then
what is the length of one side of the triangle in meters?

(A) 6

(B) 8

(C) 4 2

(D) 2 3

(E) 4 3
Answers
3. E
2. C
1. B

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GRE Quantitative - Geometry
C

B
A

1. In the above circle AB = 4, BC = 6, AC = 5 and AD = 6. What is the length of DE?

(A) 6
(B) 7.5
(C) 8
(D) 9
(E) 10

2. In the above circle, the radius is 6 and chord AB = 6. What is the area of the shaded region?

(A) 2π − 3 3

(B) 4π − 4 3

(C) 4π − 9 3

(D) 6π − 6 3 Answers
2. E

(E) 6π − 9 3
1. D

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GRE Quantitative - Geometry

( 6 x − 48 )
o

4x o y o
n

m || n

1. x +y =

(A) 72
(B) 90
(C) 108
(D) 120
(E) 180

B C

A D

2. What is the area of the trapezoid above if AB = BC = CD = 6, and AD = 12?

(A) 6 6

(B) 18 2

(C) 18 3

(D) 27 2
Answers
(E) 27 3
2. E
1. C

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GRE Quantitative - Geometry

xo
•

50o
A
B

1. If the radius of the circle above is equal to the chord AB, then what is the value of x ?

(A) 25
(B) 30
(C) 40
(D) 45
(E) 50

( 2 x − 30 )
o

a b

( x + 60 )
o

B
( 2 x − 50 )
o

c A

Column A Column B

2. a2 + c 2 b2

Answers
2. B
1. B

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GRE Quantitative - Geometry

B E C

A D

ABCD is a rectangle

Column A Column B

Area of triangle ABE

+
1. Area of triangle AED Area of triangle ECD

2. If the circle above has a radius of 4, what is the perimeter of the inscribed equilateral triangle?

(A) 6 2

(B) 6 3

(C) 12 2

(D) 12 3
Answers
(E) 24 2. D
1. C

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GRE Quantitative - Geometry

●B

A●

1. If the volume of the cube above is 64 cubic centimeters, what is the shortest distance, in
centimeters, from point A to point B?

(A) 4 2

(B) 4 3

(C) 4 6

(D) 8 2

(E) 8 3

A F B

I
E G

D H C

2. If square ABCD has area x 2 and line segment AE has length 4, and line segment AF has
length 3, then what is the area of IGCH in terms of x ?

(A) 4 x + 12

(B) 7 x − 12

(C) x 2 − 24

(D) x 2 − 3 x + 12
Answers
(E) x 2 − 7 x + 12 2. E
1. B

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GRE Quantitative - Geometry

A• • B

1. The two circles above have centers at A and B, and their circumferences are x and y
respectively. If the two circles touch at one point, what is the distance between A and B?

(A) 2π x + 2π y

x+y
(B)
2π
π
(C)
x+y

(D) πx +πy

x+y
(E)
π

Answers
1. B

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GRE Quantitative – Strange Operators

x
1. For all numbers x , the operation is defined by x = x −
5
If w = 32 , then what is the value of w ?

(A) 15
(B) 25
(C) 35
(D) 50
(E) 60

Answers
1. D

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GRE Quantitative - Statistics

1. If the average (arithmetic mean) of 3, 6, 10, m and n is 9, then what is the average
of m + 4 and n – 2 ?

(A) 9
(B) 13
(C) 14
(D) 18
(E) 26

2. If the average (arithmetic mean) of a and b is 45, and the average (arithmetic
mean) of b and c is 35, then a – c =

(A) 5
(B) 10
(C) 20
(D) 30
(E) 40

Answers
2. C
1. C

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GRE Quantitative - Counting

1. If there are 16 people to choose from, what is the ratio of the number of possible 7-person
committees to the number of possible 8-person committees?

(A) 7:8
(B) 8:7
(C) 7:9
(D) 8:9
(E) 9:8

2. In how many ways can Ann, Bea, Cam, Don, Ella and Fey be seated if Ann and Bea cannot be
seated next to each other?

(A) 240
(B) 360
(C) 480
(D) 600
(E) 720

3. If p and q are prime numbers, how many divisors does the product p3q 6 have?

(A) 9
(B) 12
(C) 18
(D) 28
(E) 36

4. How many positive integers less than 10,000 are there in which the sum of the digits equals 5?

(A) 31
(B) 51
(C) 56 This is a 900-level question!
(D) 62
(E) 93 Answers
C 4.
D 3.
C 2.
D 1.

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GRE Quantitative – Coordinate Geometry

1. In the xy - coordinate plane, the points (a , b ) and (a + k , b – 3) are on the line defined
by y = 2x – 5. What is the value of k ?

5
(A) −
2
5
(B) −
3
3
(C) −
2
2
(D) −
3
2
(E) −
5

2. If points (0, -3), (6, 0) and (k , 10) all lie on the same line, what is the value of k ?

(A) 2
(B) 8
(C) 14
(D) 22
(E) 26

Answers
2. E
1. C

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