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Author Archive - JeffGRE Question of the Day (July 8th)Verbal Instead of relying on general tax revenue, as it now does, the government should rely more heavily on passenger fares to finance public bus and train service. In order for public transportation to be maintained without cutting service, users should pay all the operating costs... GRE Question of the Day (July 7th)Math In the figure above, ABCD is a parallelogram and E is the midpoint of side AD. The area of triangular region ABE is what fraction of the area of the quadrilateral region BCDE?A) 1/2B) 1/3C) 1/4D) 1/5E) 1/6 Correct Answer - B - (click and drag your... GRE Question of the Day (July 6th)Verbal While the colonists would eventually push westward, first, they were in for a long, difficult winter, and the main challenge was to _________ their existing resources.A. sellB. peddleC. stewardD. upendE. husbandF. procure Correct Answer - C & E - (click and drag your mouse to see the... GRE Question of the Day (July 2nd)Math Williams has x eggs. He sells y of them at a profit of 10 percent and the remaining eggs at a loss of 10 percent. He made a profit overall. Quantity A Quantity B x-y y A)The quantity in Column A is greater.B)The quantity in Column B is greater.C)The two... GRE Question of the Day (July 1st)Verbal While far from the bane that some scholars have declared them to be, (i) _________ versions of novels and essays do indeed excise essential elements; students would have to supplement their reading with (ii) _________ sources to fully understand the intent of the original. Blank (i) Blank... GRE Question of the Day (June 30th)Math \({a < 0 < b}\) Quantity A Quantity B \({a^{-10}}\) \({b^{-5}}\) 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 - D - (click and drag your mouse to see the answer) Question Discussion & Explanation GRE Question of the Day (June 29th)Verbal The past decade has seen a statistically significant uptick in reports of the bacterial strains known as “super-bugs,” so called not because of enhanced virulence, but because of their resistance to many antimicrobial agents. In particular, researchers have become alarmed about NDM-1 (New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase),... GRE Question of the Day (June 28th)Math Quantity A Quantity B The sum of the consecutiveintegers from 2 to 15 34 less than the sum of theconsecutive integers from 1 to 17 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... GRE Question of the Day (June 25th)Math x, y, and z are three consecutive multiples of 3 such that \({0 < x < y< z}\). Quantity A Quantity B The remainder when the sum of x + 1, y-2, and z + 3 is divided by 9 2 A)The quantity in Column A is greater.B)The quantity in... GRE Question of the Day (June 23rd)Math \({(\frac{{n}}{{4}})+(\frac{{r}}{{8}}) = (\frac{{s}}{{8}}) + (\frac{{t}}{{6}})}\)n, r, s, and t are positive integers. Quantity A Quantity B 2n + r 2s + t 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... |