QUANTITATIVE REASONING 28 Questions • 45 Minutes NOTE: In this section, questions of different formats are interspersed, just as they are on the computer-based GRE. However, this practice session contains more challenging questions than easy ones, whereas the actual computer-based GRE adapts to your ability level. Column A Column B 1. The price of a coat on sale at 7% off its list price of $300 The price of a coat that cost $200 wholesale sold at a 40% markup (A) The quantity in Column A is greater. (B) The quantity in Column B is greater. (C) The quantities are equal. (D) The relationship cannot be determined from the information given. 2. y = 1 2 Column A Column B 1.25 y 0 + y 2 (A) The quantity in Column A is greater. (B) The quantity in Column B is greater. (C) The quantities are equal. (D) The relationship cannot be determined from the information given. 3. Of 60 horses in a stable, 1 3 are black, 1 5 are white, and 8 15 are stallions. Column A Column B The minimum number of stallions of a color other than black or white The minimum number of stallions that are either black or white (A) The quantity in Column A is greater. (B) The quantity in Column B is greater. (C) The quantities are equal. (D) The relationship cannot be determined from the information given. practicetest Practice Test 5 513 . www.petersons.com 4. The small squares that form the 10-sided quilt shown above are to be rearranged to form a rectangular quilt consisting of two rows of small squares. Column A Column B The perimeter of the quilt as shown above The perimeter of the quilt after the squares are rearranged (A) The quantity in Column A is greater. (B) The quantity in Column B is greater. (C) The quantities are equal. (D) The relationship cannot be determined from the information given. 5. The center of Agua Island is 24 miles from the center of Breezy Island and 48 miles from the center of Cocoa Island. Column A Column B The distance from the center of Breezy Island to the center of Cocoa Island Twice the distance from the center of Breezy Island to the center of Agua Island (A) The quantity in Column A is greater. (B) The quantity in Column B is greater. (C) The quantities are equal. (D) The relationship cannot be determined from the information given. 6. The interior angles of a certain quadrilateral are measured at the ratio 1:2:3:4. If each interior angle measures less than 180°, what is the sum of the degree measures of the smallest and largest among these four angles? (A) 218° (B) 204° (C) 180° (D) 148° (E) 108° PART VI: Five Practice Tests514 . www.petersons.com 7. For all x . 2, x xx 2 2 4 2 − − = (A) x x − 4 (B) 1 2x (C) 2x +1 (D) 2 2 x (E) 1 2 + x 8. In a geometric series, each term is a constant multiple of the preceding one. If x and y are the first two terms in a geometric series, which of the following represents the third term in the series? (A) y x 2 (B) y x (C) y x 2 2 (D) xy (E) x y 2 Column A Column B 9. 2 = x ×3 = 56 = 5x (A) The quantity in Column A is greater. (B) The quantity in Column B is greater. (C) The quantities are equal. (D) The relationship cannot be determined from the information given. Column A Column B 10. The number of different ways to add four positive odd integers together for a sum of 10, without considering the sequence of addition The number of different ways to add three positive even integers together for a sum of 10, without considering the sequence of addition (A) The quantity in Column A is greater. (B) The quantity in Column B is greater. (C) The quantities are equal. (D) The relationship cannot be determined from the information given. practicetest Practice Test 5 515 . www.petersons.com 11. For what value of s is it true both that 0.2t =2.22 0.6s and that 0.5s = 0.2t + 1.1 ? (A) 1 (B) 3 (C) 10 (D) 11 (E) 30 Questions 12 and 13 refer to the following chart. 12. Among the following choices, the difference between marketing expenses and production expenses was most nearly the same for which two years? (A) 2006 and 2007 (B) 2008 and 2010 (C) 2007 and 2009 (D) 2006 and 2008 (E) 2007 and 2010 13. With respect to the two years during which combined legal and production expenses were most nearly the same, average marketing expenses per year were approximately (A) $5.5 million (B) $6.2 million (C) $6.8 million (D) $7.2 million (E) $8.0 million PART VI: Five Practice Tests516 . www.petersons.com 14. If a building b feet high casts a shadow f feet long, then, at the same time of day, a tree t feet high will cast a shadow how many feet long? (A) t fb (B) fb t (C) b ft (D) tb f (E) ft b Column A Column B 15. The sum of five consecutive integers whose median is zero (0) The sum of six consecutive odd integers whose median is zero (0) (A) The quantity in Column A is greater. (B) The quantity in Column B is greater. (C) The quantities are equal. (D) The relationship cannot be determined from the information given. 16. In the standard (x,y) coordinate plane, lines a and b intersect at point (5,22), and lines b and c intersect at point (23,3). What is the slope of line b? (A) 1 2 (D) − 5 2 (C) − 2 5 (D) − 5 8 (E) It cannot be determined from the information given. practicetest Practice Test 5 517 . www.petersons.com 17. The diagram shows all roads connecting three towns. How many different routes can you drive from Abbottsville and Cartersburg if you drive through Batestown only once? Enter a number in the box. 18. It takes 40 minutes for Hanna to drive from home to work, and it takes her 30 minutes to drive back home from work by the same route. Column A Column B Hanna’s average speed during her round trip between home and work Hanna’s average speed during her trip from home to work (A) The quantity in Column A is greater. (B) The quantity in Column B is greater. (C) The quantities are equal. (D) The relationship cannot be determined from the information given. Column A Column B 19. The greatest common factor of 20, 45, and 90 The sum of 2 5 , 5 3 , and 3 (A) The quantity in Column A is greater. (B) The quantity in Column B is greater. (C) The quantities are equal. (D) The relationship cannot be determined from the information given. 20. x . 0 Column A Column B 0.5 4 0.25x 0.04x 3 12.5 (A) The quantity in Column A is greater. (B) The quantity in Column B is greater. (C) The quantities are equal. (D) The relationship cannot be determined from the information given. PART VI: Five Practice Tests518 . www.petersons.com Questions 21 and 22 are based on the following table. 21. How much would it cost to ship a 28-pound parcel by ground delivery? (A) $8.80 (B) $9.60 (C) $9.75 (D) $10.40 (E) $12.05 22. How much more would it cost to ship a parcel weighing 2.4 pounds by express delivery than by air delivery? (A) $2.80 (B) $3.05 (C) $3.60 (D) $4.75 (E) $5.60 23. Q . 0 Column A Column B P+Q ZP+QZ (A) The quantity in Column A is greater. (B) The quantity in Column B is greater. (C) The quantities are equal. (D) The relationship cannot be determined from the information given. Column A Column B 24. The greatest number of 1-inch cubes that can be packed into a box measuring 5 3 6 3 8 inches The greatest number of 2-inch cubes that can be packed into a box measuring 10 3 12 3 16 inches (A) The quantity in Column A is greater. (B) The quantity in Column B is greater. (C) The quantities are equal. (D) The relationship cannot be determined from the information given. practicetest Practice Test 5 519 . www.petersons.com 25. x . 0 Column A Column B 11 xx + 1 2x (A) The quantity in Column A is greater. (B) The quantity in Column B is greater. (C) The quantities are equal. (D) The relationship cannot be determined from the information given. 26. Given four empty chairs and three people, how many seating arrangements are possible—one person to a chair? (A) 24 (B) 20 (C) 16 (D) 12 (E) 8 27. In the figure above, O lies at the center of the larger circle. What is the ratio of the smaller circle’s area to the larger circle’s area? (A) p:12 (B) p:15 (C) 2:3p (D) 1:4 (E) 1:5 28. Eight years from now, Carrie’s age will be twice Ben’s age. If Carrie’s current age is C and Ben’s current age is B, which of the following represents Carrie’s current age? (A) B (B) B+4 (C) B+8 (D) 2B+8 (E) 3B PART VI: Five Practice Tests520 . www.petersons.com VERBAL REASONING 30 Questions • 30 Minutes NOTE: In this section, questions of different formats are interspersed, just as they are on the computer-based GRE. However, this practice session contains more challenging questions than easy ones, whereas the actual computer-based GRE adapts to your ability level. 1. Although many of the company’s board members were _______ about the impending deal, others were _______ the benefits it would bring to the company. (A) euphoric . . confident of (B) chagrined . . unsure about (C) pleased disturbed by (D) angry . . skeptical of (E) optimistic . . dubious about 2. BOAT : WAKE :: (A) actor : performance (B) scalpel : scar (C) drill : hole (D) gardener : cuttings (E) airplane : tarmac 3. MULCHED : BURGEON :: (A) stoked : smolder (B) edited : compose (C) calibrated : tune (D) poised : hover (E) honed : hew 4. JOCULAR : SOLEMNITY :: (A) razed : demolition (B) pompous : spectacle (C) latent : visibility (D) vindictive : enmity (E) lonely : insularity 5. DUPLICITY: (A) honesty (B) openness (C) simplicity (D) decency (E) innocence 6. In classical literature, love was depicted not as an ennobling passion but as an unfortunate _______ that disabled judgment, almost a kind of _______. (A) malady insanity (B) condition virtue (C) emotion . . crime (D) sickness . . retribution (E) occurrence insecurity Questions 7–9 are based on the following passage. While there will always be a need for social programs geared toward alleviating the poverty of individuals, the community is perhaps the more relevant level for public policy intervention, especially in rural areas. It has been recognized that social isolation within urban ghettos is a structural characteristic of urban poverty, but rural poverty is marked by physical isolation as well. This uniqueness makes rural community poverty particularly intractable, requiring policies that account for the cost of isolation. It is possible to provide vocational training for individuals anywhere, but if there are no jobs within the community for those individuals, the training is largely wasted. The current transition to a service-based economy and deregulation in transportation (resulting in disproportionately higher transpor- tation costs for relatively isolated areas) have only exacerbated the growing social and economic distress in rural America, underscoring the need to redefine poverty and redirect the focus of our funding practicetest Practice Test 5 521 . www.petersons.com agencies and policy-makers in accordance with the new definition. What’s needed is a more holistic view on an aggregate level, where poverty is properly seen as a con- dition of the local social structure, with income only one of the salient parameters. 7. The author mentions “the current transition to a service-based econ- omy and deregulation in transpor- tation” most likely to (A) suggest that manufacturing jobs are disappearing (B) underscore the isolation of people in rural communities (C) emphasize the lack of job skills among rural residents (D) contrast the old economy with the new economy (E) provide support for a more flexible poverty standard 8. Which of the following is LEAST likely to be the author’s vocation, based solely on the information in the passage? (A) Public health official (B) Social activist (C) Economist (D) Demographer (E) Public policy analyst 9. The author seeks to draw which of the following distinctions between urban ghettos and impoverished rural communities? (A) Job training programs are more accessible in urban ghettos than in rural communities. (B) Funding agencies are more likely to recognize poverty in an urban ghetto than in a rural community. (C) Poverty is more common in rural communities than in urban ghettos. (D) Impoverished individuals feel more isolated in urban ghettos than in rural communities. (E) Residents of urban ghettos typically have better jobs than residents of rural communities. 10. INSOLVENT: (A) fortunate (B) sparing (C) prudent (D) generous (E) wealthy 11. OCCLUDE: (A) proffer (B) spew (C) emerge (D) exhume (E) flower 12. DIATRIBE : BITTERNESS :: (A) dictum : indolence (B) recapitulation : brevity (C) polemic : consonance (D) encomium : reproach (E) concordance : contrariety 13. SILVER : METAL :: (A) gold : alloy (B) plastic : container (C) helium : gas (D) sand : glass (E) sediment : rock Questions 14–16 are based on the following passage. In 1930, the centenary of Christina Rossetti’s birth, Virginia Woolf identified the poetess as “one of Shakespeare’s more recent sisters” whose life had been reclu- sively Victorian but whose achievement as an artist was enduring. Woolf remembers Rossetti for her four volumes of explo- sively original poems loaded with vivid images and dense emotional energy. “A Birthday,” for instance, is no typical Vic- torian poem and is certainly unlike pre- dictable works of the era’s best known women poets. Rossetti’s most famous poem, “Goblin Market,” bridges the space between simplistic fairy tale and complex adult allegory—at once Christian, psycho- logical, and pro-feminist. Like many of Rossetti’s works, it is extraordinarily original and unorthodox in form. Its subject matter is radical and therefore risky for a Victorian poetess because it PART VI: Five Practice Tests522 . www.petersons.com . B The perimeter of the quilt as shown above The perimeter of the quilt after the squares are rearranged (A) The quantity in Column A is greater. (B) The. Twice the distance from the center of Breezy Island to the center of Agua Island (A) The quantity in Column A is greater. (B) The quantity in Column B is greater.