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Author Archive - JeffGRE Question of the Day (July 12)Verbal Woolf ____________ conventional notions of truth: in her words, one cannot receive from any lecture "a nugget of pure truth" to wrap up between the pages of one's notebook and keep on the mantelpiece forever. A. anticipates B. articulates C. makes light of D. mocks E. pays heed to F. puts... GRE Question of the Day (July 11)Math N is a 2-digit integer. When the digits of N are reversed, the resulting number is M. If the sum of N’s digits is 15, and -1 < N - M < 15, what is the value of N? Question Discussion & Explanation Correct Answer - 87 - (click and... GRE Question of the Day (July 10)Verbal The brief survey, published under the title The Work of Nature: How the Diversity of Life Sustains Us, is surprisingly (i)________. Indeed it makes several longer treatments of the effects of lost biodiversity seem (ii)________. Blank (i) Blank (ii) distorted redundant objective pithy comprehensive premature Question Discussion & Explanation Correct Answer - C and D - (click and... GRE Question of the Day (July 9)Math Perpendicular lines m and n intersect at point (a, b), where a > b > 0. The slope of line m is between 0 and 1. Which of the following statements MUST be true ? Indicate all such statements. A. The x-intercept of line m is positive. B. The y-intercept... GRE Question of the Day (July 6)Math In City X, the range of the daily low temperatures during June 2012 was 20° Fahrenheit, and the range of the daily low temperatures during July 2012 was 25° Fahrenheit. Quantity A Quantity B The range of the daily low temperatures in City X for the two-month period... GRE Question of the Day (July 5)Verbal The evolution of intelligence among early large mammals of the grasslands was due in great measure to the interaction between two ecologically synchronized groups of these animals, the hunting carnivores and the herbivores that they hunted. The interaction resulting from the differences between predator and... GRE Question of the Day (July 4)Math The perimeter of square S is 40. Square T is inscribed in square S. What is the least possible area of square T ? A) 45 B) 48 C) 49 D) 50 E) 52 Question Discussion & Explanation Correct Answer - D - (click and drag your mouse to see the answer) GRE Question of the Day (July 3)Verbal In 1977, the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) was passed for the purpose of reducing discriminatory credit practices in low-income neighborhoods. The act required Federal financing supervisory agencies to use their authority to encourage lending institutions to meet the credit needs of all borrowers in their... GRE Question of the Day (July 2)Math The runners on a cross country team ran a 5-mile race at average (arithmetic mean) speeds ranging from 4 miles per hour to 7 miles per hour, inclusive. Which of the following are possible race completion times for individual members of the team? Indicate all such times. A. 36... GRE Question of the Day (June 29)Math What is the sum of the numbers in the grid below? Question Discussion & Explanation Correct Answer - 147 - (click and drag your mouse to see the answer) |