The document contains 14 multiple choice questions related to math, statistics, and word problems. It also includes 2 graphs, one showing the areas of different shapes and one displaying political campaign receipts from 1981 to 1995 for Democrats and Republicans. The questions cover a range of quantitative reasoning topics including percentages, rates, averages, geometry, and data interpretation.

1. GRE Practice Test 2b
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2. 01
Quantity A Quantity B
The sum of the integers The product of the integers
from -11 to 11, inclusive from -11 to 11, inclusive.
A Quantity A is greater.
B Quantity B is greater.
C Quantities A and B are equal.
D It is impossible to determine which quantity is greater.
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3. 02
a and b are primes
a + b = 12
Quantity A Quantity B
b 8
A Quantity A is greater.
B Quantity B is greater.
C Quantities A and B are equal.
D It is impossible to determine which quantity is greater.
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4. 03
Quantity A Quantity B
The perimeter of a square The circumfrence of a circle
whose sides are x inches whose diameter is x inches
A Quantity A is greater.
B Quantity B is greater.
C Quantities A and B are equal.
D It is impossible to determine which quantity is greater.
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5. 04
Quantity A Quantity B
The probability of getting all The probability of getting no
heads when a fair coin is flipped heads when a fair coin is flipped
5 times 5 times
A Quantity A is greater.
B Quantity B is greater.
C Quantities A and B are equal.
D It is impossible to determine which quantity is greater.
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6. 05
Quantity A Quantity B
The sum of the areas of two The area of one equilateral triangle
equilateral triangles whose whose sides are 20
sides are 10
A Quantity A is greater.
B Quantity B is greater.
C Quantities A and B are equal.
D It is impossible to determine which quantity is greater.
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7. 06
Quantity A Quantity B
The number of 3-digit integers all of The number of 3-digit integers all of
whose digits are even. whose digits are odd
A Quantity A is greater.
B Quantity B is greater.
C Quantities A and B are equal.
D It is impossible to determine which quantity is greater.
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8. 07
The sides of the large square are S.
The sides of the small square are s.
The area of the shaded region and the white region are equal.
Quantity A Quantity B
S 1.5
s
A Quantity A is greater.
B Quantity B is greater.
C Quantities A and B are equal.
D It is impossible to determine which quantity is greater.
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9. A B 08
D C
The shaded region above is bounded by two semicircles and two sides of square ABCD.
The perimeter of the shaded region is 4 + 2π
Quantity A Quantity B
The area of the 1
shaded region
A Quantity A is greater.
B Quantity B is greater.
C Quantities A and B are equal.
D It is impossible to determine which quantity is greater.
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10. 09
Scott has b baseball cards. Brian has one card more than Scott has. Adam
has three fewer than Scott has. In terms of b, how many cards do the three
boys have together?
A b-2
B b-1
C 3b
D 3b - 1
E 3b - 2
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11. 10
Consider the following list of numbers that represents the number of text
messages that Geraldine received on 10 consecutive days:
10, 9, 1, 3, 7, 7, 8, 3, 4, 3.
Which of the following statements concerning this set of data are true?
Indicate all such lengths.
☐ The median is less than the average (arithmetic mean).
☐ The median is less than the mode.
☐ The mode is less than the average.
☐ The average of the median and the mode is between 4 and 4.5.
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12. y 11
A (3,5)
x
O B (8,0)
In the figure above, what is the area of ∆OAB
A 12
B 16
C 20
D 24
E 40
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13. 12
Water enters a vat, whose capacity is 60 liters, through a faucet at the top
and leaves the vat through a drain at the bottom. If the vat is empty, the drain
is open, and water starts to flow through the faucet at a constant rate of 5
liters per minute, it takes exactly 50 minutes until the vat is full. At what rate,
in liters per minute, is water flowing through the drain?
liters per minute
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14. 13
The price of a quart of milk was increased by 20%. How many quarts of milk
can be purchased for the amount of money that used to buy 30 quarts of
milk?
A 24
B 25
C 28
D 32
E 36
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15. 14
Political Campaign Receipts
Millions of dollars
500
450 Democratic receipts, net
400
Republican receipts, net
350
300
250
200
150
100
50
0
2
4
6
8
0
2
4
6
-8
-8
-8
-8
-9
-9
-9
-9
81
83
85
87
89
91
93
95
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
In which of the following pairs of years were the ratios of Republican receipts to
Democratic receipts most nearly equal?
A 1981 - 82 and 1985 - 86
D 1987 - 88 and 1995 - 96
B 1983 - 84 and 1995 - 96
E 1991 - 92 and 1993 - 94
C 1987 - 88 and 1989 - 90
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16. 15
Political Campaign Receipts
Millions of dollars
500
450 Democratic receipts, net
400
Republican receipts, net
350
300
250
200
150
100
50
0
2
4
6
8
0
2
4
6
-8
-8
-8
-8
-9
-9
-9
-9
81
83
85
87
89
91
93
95
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
Between which two consecutive two-year periods was there the greatest percent
increase in the Democratic receipts?
A 1981 - 82 and 1983 - 84
D 1991 - 92 and 1993 - 94
B 1985 - 86 and 1987 - 88
E 1993 - 94 and 1995 - 96
C 1989 - 90 and 1991 - 92
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17. Political Campaign Receipts 16
Millions of dollars
500
450 Democratic receipts, net
400
Republican receipts, net
350
300
250
200
150
100
50
0
2
4
6
8
0
2
4
6
-8
-8
-8
-8
-9
-9
-9
-9
81
83
85
87
89
91
93
95
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
Indicate all such statements.
☐ From 1981 - 1996, inclusive, Republican receipts were more than 2 billion dollars.
(Note: 1 billion = 1,000 million)
☐ The ratio of Republican receipts to Democratic receipts was greater than 2:1 in more than half of the two
year periods covered in the graph.
☐ Republican receipts in 1995 - 1996 exceeded the total of Democratic receipts for the 10 years from
1981 - 1990
☐ The two-year period in which the ratio of Republican receipts to Democratic receipts was the greatest was
1981 - 1982
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18. 17
Last year Leo bought two paintings. This year he sold them for $2,000 each.
On one, he made a 25% profit, and on the other he had a 25% loss. What
was his net loss or profit?
A He broke even.
B He lost less than $100.
C He lost more than $100
D He earned less than $100
E He earned more than $100.
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19. 18
If c and d are odd positive integers, which of the following could be odd?
Indicate all such expressions.
☐ cd
☐ cd+1
☐ (c + 1)d+1
☐ (c + d)(c+d)
☐ cd
dc
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20. 19
Let P and Q be points which are two inches apart, and let A be the area,
in square inches, of a circle which passes through P and Q. Which of the
following is the set of all possible values of A?
A 0<A
B 0<A≤π
C A=π
D A>π
E A≥π
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21. 20
If the total surface area of a cube is 864, what is the volume of the cube?
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22. 21
ANSWER KEY
1. C
2. B
3. A
4. C
5. B
6. B
7. B
8. B
9. D
10. C,D
11. C
12. 3.8
13. 25
14. C
15. A
16. A,B,C,D
17. C
18. A,B,E
19. E
20. 1,728
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