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Author Archive - JeffGRE Question of the Day (August 2)Math Set S consists of all positive integers less than 81 that are not equal to the square of an integer. Quantity A Quantity B The number of integers in set S 72 A)The quantity in Column A is greater.B)The quantity in Column B is greater.C)The two quantities are equal.D)The... GRE Question of the Day (August 1)Verbal The government’s implementation of a new code of ethics appeared intended to shore up the ruling party’s standing with an increasingly _________ electorate at a time when the party is besieged by charges that it trades favors for campaign money.A) aloofB) placidC) restiveD) skittishE) tranquilF)... GRE Question of the Day (July 31)Math What is the ratio of the number of people in group 2 with the ailment sneezing and itchy eyes to the total number of people in both groups with the ailment sneezing and itchy eyes?Give your answer as a fraction. Correct Answer - \({\frac{{44}}{{68}}}\) - (click... GRE Question of the Day (July 30)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 29)Math If x>0, which of the following is equal to 1.25 percent of x ? A \({\frac{{x}}{{80}}}\) B \({\frac{{x}}{{8}}}\) C \({\frac{{x}}{{4}}}\) D \({\frac{{5x}}{{8}}}\) E \({\frac{{3x}}{{4}}}\) Correct Answer - A - (click and drag your mouse to see the answer) Question Discussion & Explanation GRE Question of the Day (July 26)Math A student made a conjecture that for any integer n, the integer 4n+3 is a prime number. Which of the following values of n could be used to disprove the student’s conjecture?Indicate all such valuesA. 1B. 3C. 4D. 6E. 7 Correct Answer - B and... GRE Question of the Day (July 25)Verbal Philosophy, unlike most other subjects, does not try to extend our knowledge by discovering new information about the world. Instead it tries to deepen our understanding through (i)_________ what is already closest to us — the experiences, thoughts, concepts, and activities that make up our... GRE Question of the Day (July 24)Math w>1w>1 Quantity A Quantity B 7w - 4 2w + 5 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 - D - (click and drag your mouse to see the answer) Question... GRE Question of the Day (July 23)Verbal Many critics of Emily Brontë’s novel Wuthering Heights see its second part as a counter-point that comments on, if it does not reverse, the first part, where a romantic reading receives more confirmation. Seeing the two parts as a whole is encouraged by the novel’s... GRE Question of the Day (July 22)Math Eight points are equally spaced on a circle. If 4 of the 8 points are to be chosen at random, what is the probability that a quadrilateral having the 4 points chosen as vertices will be a square? A \({\frac{{1}}{{70}}}\) B \({\frac{{1}}{{35}}}\) C \({\frac{{1}}{{7}}}\) D \({\frac{{1}}{{4}}}\) E \({\frac{{1}}{{2}}}\) Correct Answer... |