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The GRE mathematical reasoning section tests your knowledge of arithmetic, basic algebra, applied mathematics, elementary geometry, and common graphs and charts. Let Starts with the GRE MCQs Mathematics quiz.

1. A car dealer who gives a customer a 20% discount on the list price of a car still realizes a net profit of 25% of the cost. If the dealer’s cost is $4800 what is the usual list price of the car?

 $8001

 $7500

 $6180

 $6000

 $7200

2. In a cafeteria, the people are either faculty members or students. The number of faculty members is 15% of the total number of people in the cafeteria. After some of the students leave, the total number of persons remaining in the cafeteria is 50% of the original total. The number of students who left is what fractional part of the original number of students?

 $\frac{1}{4}$

 $\frac{1}{2}$

 $\frac{17}{20}$

 $\frac{10}{17}$

 $\frac{7}{20}$

3. If $3x-5=x+11$, then $x=$?

 16

 8

 2

 1

 3

4. If $7-x=0$, then $10-x=$?

 $0$

 $3$

 $-3$

 $10$

 $7$

5. For how many 3-digit whole numbers is the sum of the digits equal to 3?

 7

 6

 8

 5

 4

6. If $x=k+\frac{1}{2}=\frac{k+1}{2}$, then $x=$?

 $1$

 $\frac{5}{2}$

 $2$

 $\frac{1}{3}$

 $\frac{1}{2}$

7. $2000 amount is deposited into a savings account that earns interest at the rate of 10% per year, compounded semi-annually. How much money will there be in the account at the end of one year?

 $2205

 $2200

 $2105

 $2400

 $2600

8. A certain photo state machine produces 13 copies every 10 seconds. If the machine operates without interruption, how many copies will it produce in an hour?

 1800

 78

 2808

 468

 4680

9. In a certain population, 40% of all people have biological characteristics $X$; the others do not. if 8000 people have characteristic $X$, how many people do not have $X$?

 3200

 16000

 4800

 12000

 20000

10. If $x=\frac{y}{7}$ and $7x=12$, then $y=?$

 5

 12

 72

 7

 3

11. ABC works two part-time jobs. One week ABC worked 8 hours at one job, earning $\$150$, and $4.5$ hours at the other job, earning $\$90$. What were his average hourly earnings for the week?

 $8

 $19.20

 $16

 $32

 $9.60

12. If the value of a piece of the property decreases by 10% while the tax rate on the property increases by 10%, what is the effect on the taxes?

 Taxes decrease by 1%

 Taxes decrease by 10%

 Taxes increase by 1%

 There is no change in taxes

 Taxes increase by 10%

13. If $x+y=8$ and $2x-y=10$ then $x=$?

 16

 6

 4

 8

 2

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The GRE mathematical reasoning section tests your knowledge of arithmetic, basic algebra, applied mathematics, elementary geometry, and common graphs and charts.

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The problem-solving questions are typically word problem questions. These sorts of questions are usually part of different competitive and ability tests.

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The verbal portion of the exam contains 5 to 7 questions about sentence completion. The question may contain one or more blank spaces, each blank indicating that something has been omitted.

You have to read the sentence carefully, then choose the word, or set of words that, when put in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence.

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The Basic idea of a GRE Antonyms question is to find the opposite meaning for a given word.

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Each of the following questions consists of a word in capital letters, followed by five words or phrases. Choose the word or phrase that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the word in capital letters. Be sure to consider all the choices before deciding which one is best. The best strategy for GRE Antonyms is to:

Eliminate non-answers. One simple way to eliminate answer choices is to toss out any words that do not have opposite meanings.

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The Basic idea of a GRE Antonyms question is to find the opposite meaning for a given word.

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Each of the following questions consists of a word in capital letters, followed by five words or phrases. Choose the word or phrase that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the word in capital letters. Be sure to consider all the choices before deciding which one is best. For GRE antonyms the best strategy is:

Eliminate non-answers. One simple way to eliminate answer choices is to toss out any words that do not have opposite meanings.

It is okay to play around with the part of speech of a word if that helps to answer the question.

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