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Author Archive - JeffGRE Question of the Day (November 27)Math If a fair six-sided die with faces numbered 1 through 6 is tossed 3 times, what is the probability of getting a 1 or a 2 on all three tosses? Correct Answer - \({\frac{{1}}{{27}}}\) - (click and drag your mouse to see the answer) Question Discussion &... GRE Question of the Day (November 26)Verbal Astrophysicists are (i) _________ the fact that the Milky Way is a totally unremarkable galaxy, since this very ordinariness affords them a template with which to make viable extrapolations concerning the structure and dynamics of many other galaxies—both known and unknown. skeptical about crestfallen over heartened by surprised by apprehensive... GRE Question of the Day (November 25)Math If \({3 < x < 7}\) and \({4 > y > − 2}\), which of the following must be true? Indicate all possible choices. A. \({x − y > 0}\) B. \({x + y > 0}\) C. \({x > y}\) D. \({2y − x ... GRE Question of the Day (November 22)Math \({\frac{\frac{{2}}{{3}} * 9 * \frac{{2}}{{5}} * 15}{\frac{{1}}{{3}} * 18 * \frac{{1}}{{5}} * 30} =}\) A. \({2}\) B. \({1}\) C. \({\frac{{1}}{{2}}}\) D. \({\frac{{1}}{{3}}}\) E. \({\frac{{1}}{{4}}}\) Correct Answer - B - (click and drag your mouse to see the answer) Question Discussion & Explanation GRE Question of the Day (November 21)Verbal No other contemporary poet’s work has such a well-earned reputation for (i)_________, and there are few whose moral vision is so imperiously unsparing. Of late, however, the almost belligerent demands of his severe and densely forbidding poetry have taken an improbable turn. This new collection... GRE Question of the Day (November 20)Math Quantity A Quantity B 10.01 + 1.1 11.1 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 - A - (click and drag your mouse to see the answer) Question Discussion &... GRE Question of the Day (November 19)Verbal Each year, fires in the United States cause $ 12 billion in property losses, insurance costs, fire-fighting expenses, and loss of worker productivity. These fire losses are seven times those in Japan on a per capita basis.Which of the following, if true, would be LEAST... GRE Question of the Day (November 18)Math If the total amount of faculty salaries in 1980 was paid from tuition income, approximately how much of each student's tuition was used to pay faculty salaries?(A) $160(B) $1,100(C) $1,250(D) $2,600(E) $3,700 Correct Answer - D - (click and drag your mouse to see the... GRE Question of the Day (November 8)Math \({a^3b^4c^7>0}\) Which of the following statements must be true? Indicate [u]all[/u] such statements. A. \({ab}\) is negative B. \({abc}\) is positive C. \({ac}\) is positive Correct Answer - C - (click and drag your mouse to see the answer) Question Discussion & Explanation GRE Question of the Day (November 7)Verbal In Anglo Saxon times, the monastic scribes made (i) ________ distinction between Latin texts and texts in the vernacular by assigning the former an Anglo-Caroline script and reserving the pointed insular script for texts in Old English. Two Answers a nice a subtle a pointless an obvious an unconventional a judgmental Correct Answer... |