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Author Archive - JeffGRE Question of the Day (April 29th)Math The remainder when the positive integer m is divided by n is r. What is the remainder when 2m is divided by 2n ? (A) r(B) 2r(C) 2n(D) m – nr(E) 2(m – nr) Correct Answer - B - (click and drag your mouse to see the... GRE Question of the Day (April 28th)Verbal The tokens given by the aristocrat, while (i) _________, still served as a reminder that the power of the Crown continued to be held in some esteem even in such (ii)_________ political times. Blank (i) Blank (ii) (A) sardonic (D) mercurial (B) nugatory (E) jocund (C) sumptuous (F) magisterial Correct Answer - B and... GRE Question of the Day (April 27th)Math If a bag contains 18 yellow tiles and 22 black tiles, what is the probability that a tile selected at random from the bag will be yellow? A. \({\frac{{1}}{{10}}}\) B. \({\frac{{9}}{{20}}}\) C. \({\frac{{11}}{{20}}}\) D. \({\frac{{9}}{{11}}}\) E. \({\frac{{11}}{{9}}}\) Correct Answer - B - (click and drag your mouse to see the answer) Question... GRE Question of the Day (April 24th)Math If \({\frac{{b}}{{a+b}}}\) =\({\frac{{7}}{{12}}}\), then what does \({\frac{{a}}{{b}}}\) equal? A. \({\frac{{5}}{{12}}}\) B. \({\frac{{5}}{{7}}}\) C. \({\frac{{7}}{{5}}}\) D. \({\frac{{7}}{{19}}}\) E. \({\frac{{19}}{{12}}}\) Correct Answer - B - (click and drag your mouse to see the answer) Question Discussion & Explanation GRE Question of the Day (April 23rd)Verbal As the finances of the energy-trading firm began unraveling, what eventually became (i) ________ was that the company had been concocting “value” out of thin air, thanks not to the trading strategies it promoted as visionary but to financial (ii) ________ that turned a once-solid... GRE Question of the Day (April 22nd)Math Which of the following expresses the area of a circle in terms of C its circumference? A) \({\frac{{C^2}}{{4\pi}}}\) B) \({\frac{{C^2}}{{2\pi}}}\) C) \({\frac{{C}}{{2\pi}}}\) D) \({\frac{{C\pi}}{{4}}}\) E) \({\frac{{C}}{{4\pi}}}\) Correct Answer - A - (click and drag your mouse to see the answer) Question Discussion & Explanation GRE Question of the Day (April 21st)Verbal The leaders of Ukraine’s “Orange Revolution” were a study in contrasts. At the center of the political storm stood Viktor Yushchenko, his once (i)____________ face transformed into a monstrous mask by dioxin poisoning; but, at his side, no one could miss the (ii)____________Yulia Tymoshenko, soon... GRE Question of the Day (April 20th)Math In the figure below, what is the value of a + b + c? A. 210 B. 220C. 240D. 270 E. 280 Correct Answer - B - (click and drag your mouse to see the answer) Question Discussion & Explanation GRE Question of the Day (April 17th)Math If \({\frac{{x}}{{3}} - \frac{{x}}{{6}} + \frac{{x}}{{9}} - \frac{{x}}{{12}} = 1 - \frac{{1}}{{2}} + \frac{{1}}{{3}} - \frac{{1}}{{4}}}\) , then \({x =}\) A. \({3}\) B. \({1}\) C. \({\frac{{1}}{{3}}}\) D. \({-\frac{{1}}{{3}}}\) E. \({-3}\) Correct Answer - A - (click and drag your mouse to see the answer) Question Discussion & Explanation GRE Question of the Day (April 16th)Verbal Historical research makes two somewhat antithetical truths that sounded (i) __________come to seem profound: knowledge of the past comes entirely from written documents, giving written words great (ii) ___________, and the more material you uncover, the more (iii) ___________ your subject becomes. Blank (i) Blank (ii) Blank (iii) (A)... |