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Author Archive - JeffGRE Question of the Day (July 28th)Math Each of 100 balls has an integer value from 1 to 8, inclusive, painted on the surface. The number \({Nx}\) of balls representing integer x is defined by the formula \({Nx = 18 –(x – 4)^2}\).What is the interquartile range of the 100 integers?(A) 1.5(B)... GRE Question of the Day (July 27th)Verbal The recent change to all-volunteer armed forces in the United States will eventually produce a gradual increase in the proportion of women in the armed forces and in the variety of women's assignments, but probably not the dramatic gains for women that might have been expected. This... GRE Question of the Day (July 26th)Math \({\frac{{l}}{{m+n}}=\frac{{m}}{{n+l}}=\frac{{n}}{{l+m}}=k}\), where k is a real number Quantity A Quantity B k \({\frac{{1}}{{3}}}\) A) Quantity A is greater.B) Quantity B is greater.C) The two quantities are equal.D) The relationship cannot be determined from the information given. Correct Answer - A - (click and drag your mouse to see the answer) Question Discussion... GRE Question of the Day (July 22nd)Math \({\ell_1 \parallel \ell_2}\) Quantity A Quantity B The area of the shaded region The sum of the areas of the two unshaded triangular regions A)The quantity in Column A is greater.B)The quantity in Column B is greater.C)The two quantities are equal.D)The relationship cannot be determined from the information given. Correct Answer... GRE Question of the Day (July 21st)Verbal The federal government expects hospitals to perform 10,000 organ transplants next year. But it is doubtful that this many donor organ will be available since the number of fatalities resulting from car and motorcycle accidents has been dropping steadily over the past decade. The argument above... GRE Question of the Day (July 20th)Math The ratio of cupcakes to children at a particular birthday party is 104 to 7. Each child at the birthday party eats exactly x cupcakes (where x is a positive integer) and the adults attending the birthday party do not eat anything. If the number... GRE Question of the Day (July 19th)Verbal A newly published, laudatory biography of George Bernard Shaw fails, like others before it, to capture the essence of his personality: the more he is (i) ___________, the more his true self seems to (ii) _____________ Blank (i) Blank (ii) (A) discussed (D) disappear (B) disparaged (E) emerge (C) disregarded (F) coalesce Correct Answer... GRE Question of the Day (July 18th)Math A survey measures the heights of 900 people, which are found to be normally distributed. The mean height is 5′ 5″, and 150 people in the survey have a height between 5′ 1″ and 5′ 3″. Quantity A Quantity B The number of people in the survey who... GRE Question of the Day (July 15th)Verbal In medieval philosophy every physical phenomenon is presumed to have some determinate cause, leaving no place for_________ in the explanation of particular events.❑ happenstance❑ chance❑ error❑ experience❑ context❑ miscalculation Correct Answer - A, B - (click and drag your mouse to see the answer) Question Discussion &... GRE Question of the Day (July 14th)Math What is the units digit of the product \({(32^{28})(33^{47})(37^{19})}\)?A) 0B) 2C) 4D) 6E) 8 Correct Answer - D - (click and drag your mouse to see the answer) Question Discussion & Explanation |