Arithmetic For questions in the Quantitative Comparison format (“Quantity A” and “Quantity B” given), the answer choices are abways as follows (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. For questions folowed by a numeric entry a fou are to iter your own answer in the box. For questions followed by a fiaction-style numeric entry box you are to enter your answer in the form of a fraction. You are not required to reduce fractions. For exampk, ifthe answer is -, you may enter 4 100 Allnumbers used are real numbers. All figures are assumed to lie in a plane unless otherwise indicated. Geometric figures are not necessarily drawn to scale, You should assume, however, that lines that appear to be straight are actually straight, points on a line are in the order shown, and all geometric objects are in the relative positions shown. Coordinate systems, such as xy-planes and number lines, as well as graphical data presentations, such as bar charts, circle graphs, and line graphs, are drawn to scale. A symbol that appears more than once in a question has the same meaning throughout the question, or any equivalent fraction. Quantity A Quantity B L. 39 - (25-17) 39-25-17 Quantity A Quantity B 2. 14-3(4-6) (4)(-3)(2)(-1) Quantity A Quantity B 3. 5x 1+5 -6 x 1+6 4. What is the value of S—(4-—(3—(2-1)))? Quantity A 3 Quantity B “2 oe 5 Quantity A Quantity B 6. 3-5? 5 Quantity A Quantity B-10-3P -[10+ 3] Quantity A Quantity B (30,000,000)(2,000,000) (15,000,000)(4,000,000)8. 9, What is the sum of the numbers in the grid below? 10. Molly worked at an amusement park over the summer. Every two weeks, she was paid according to the following schedule: at the end of the first 2 weeks, she received $160. At the end of each subsequent 2-week period, she received $1, plus an additional amount equal to the sum of all payments she had received in previous weeks. How much money was Molly paid during the full 10 weeks of summer? A book with 80,000 words costs $24 and a short story with 1,000 words costs $1. Quantity A Quantity B i. Cost per word of the book Cost per word of the short story Ticket Prices at the Natural History Museum Weekdays] Weekends & Holidays Child (ages 5-18) $7 $9 ‘Adult (ages 19-64) $14 $16 Senior (ages 65+) $8 $10 *Children under age 5 attend free Quantity B Quantity A The price for tickets at the Natural HistoryThe price for tickets at the Natural History Museum ona weekday for one 12-year-old and one 39-year-old Museum on a weekend for one 4-yearold, two 8-year-olds, and one senior over 65 years old, after applying a coupon for $10 off the total costOn a certain train, tickets cost $6 each for children and $9 each for adults. The total train ticket cost for a certain group of six passengers was between $44 and $50. 13. Quantity A Quantity B The number of children in the group ‘The number of adults in the group 14. If 617 is divided by 49, the sum of the tens digit and the tenths digit of the resulting number is what value? (A) (B) (©) (D) () Ca aue Quantity A uantity B The number of days between May 30, 1917, The number of days between May 15, 1912, and May 15, 1996, inclusive and May 30, 1991, inclusive Alfred’s Coffee Shop offers a “buy six cups of coffee, get one free” discount, and Boris’s Coffee Shop offers 15% off all orders of six or more cups of coffee. At both shops, the regular price ofa single cup of cofiee is $2.60. uantity A Quantity B The total cost for one order of seven single The total cost for one order of seven single 16. cups of coffee from Alfred’s cups of coffee from Boris’s 17. Ina certain ancient kingdom, the standard unit of measure was the “crown,” equal to 10 standard modern inches. An alternative unit of measure was the “scepter,” equal to 14 standard modern inches. If a tower measured 70 crowns tall, how many scepters tall was it? (A) (B) (C) (D) () 35 49 50 75 9818. A total of $450 was donated to charity by 25 employees. If 15 employees donated at least $12 but less than $19 and 9 employees donated at least $19, what is the maximum amount, in dollars, that the last employee could have donated? sL_] 19. A tank has a capacity of 200 pints. How many gallons of water would it take to fill the tank to > ofits capacity? (1 gallon= 8 pints) 10 [ “ues 1 kilogram = 2.2 pounds Quantity A Quantity B 20. The number of kilograms in 44 pounds The number of pounds in 44 kilograms 21. If the formula for converting degrees Fahrenheit to degrees Celsius is C = 24 F —32), whatis 9 the value of F when C is 30? ~@ 10 9 w) 338 9 (C) 86 wm 558 5 (E) 112 22. Ona trip, Joe’s car traveled an average of 36 miles per gallon of fuel. Approximately how many kilometers did the car travel on 10 liters of fuel? (5 miles = approximately 8 kilometers; 1 gallon = approximately 4 liters) CL] kilometers23. How many 1-inch square tiles would it take to cover the floor of a closet that has dimensions 5 feet by 4 feet? (1 foot = 12 inches) (A) 20 (B) 240 (Cc) 1,440 (D) 2,160 (E) 2,880 Child A ate 2 ofa kilogram of chocolate and Child B ate 300 grams of chocolate. (1 kilogram = 1000 gam) Quantity A Quantity B The weight, in grams, of the chocolate that Twice the weight, in grams, of the chocolate 24. Child A ate that Child B ate 25. Out of 5.5 billion bacteria grown for an experiment, | in.75 million has a particular mutation. Approximately how many of the bacteria have the mutation? (A) 7 (B) 73 (C) 733 (D) 7,333 (E) 73,333 26. A particular nation’s GDP (Gross Domestic Product) is $4.5 billion. If the population of the nation is 1.75 million, what is the per capita (per person) GDP, rounded to the nearest dollar? (A) $3 (B) $25 (C) $257 (D) $2,571 (E) $25,71427. Global GDP (Gross Domestic Product) was $69.97 trillion in 2011. If the world population for 2011 was best estimated at 6,973,738,433, approximately what was the global GDP per person? (A) $10 (B) $100 (C) $1,000 (D) $10,000 (E) $100,000 28. The runners ona cross country team ran a 5-mile race at average (arithmetic mean) speeds ranging from 4 miles per hour to 7 miles per hour, inclusive. Which of the following are possible race completion times for individual members of the team? Indicate all such times. 0.36 minutes 048 minutes O60 minutes 175 minutes 0 90 minutes D120 minutesArithmetic Answers 1. (A). First simplify inside the parentheses: 39 -(25- 17) 39-8= 31 You could also distribute the minus sign to get 39 — 25 + 17 if you prefer. Quantity B is equal to—3, so Quantity A is greater. If you noticed right away that the minus sign would distribute in Quantity A but not Quantity B, you could have picked (A) without doing any arithmetic. 2. (B). This question is testing PEMDAS (Parentheses/Exponents, then Multiplication/Division, then Addition/Subtraction), at least in Quantity A. Make sure that you simplify inside the parentheses, and then multiply, before subtracting: 14-3(4-6)= 14-3(-2)= 14+6= 20 Quantity B is (4)(-3)(2)(-1) = 24. 3. (C). The two quantities are equal. Note that in Quantity A: -Sx1+5 5+5= -1 In Quantity B: 6x 1=6= 6=6= -1 4. 3. Make sure to begin with the innermost parentheses: 5-(4-G-Q2-1)))= $-(4-@G-1)) 5-(4-2)= 5-(2)= 35. (B). In Quantity A, the exponent should be computed before taking the negative of the value—in accordance with PEMDAS. In Quantity B: (2°= (2)(-2) 4 6. (A). Do not make the mistake of thinking that 53 — 5? when you are subtracting two terms with the same bas 5). You cannot just subtract the exponents Instead, compute the exponents and subtract: 3352 125-25 = 100 Quantity A is greater. Alternatively, you could factor out 5? (this is an important technique for large numbers and exponents where pure arithmetic would be impractical): S3_ sta 525! 1) = 574) 100 7. (©). In Quantity A: In Quantity B: [10 + (3)] = {10 + (9)] -19 8. (C). The GRE calculator will not be able to handle that many zeros. Start this calculation on paper. To make things easier, you could cancel as many zeros as you want, as long as you do the same operation to both quantities. For instance, you could divide both sides by 1,000,000,000,000 (just think of this as “I with 12 zeros”), to get: ntity A ntity B (30)(2) (15)(4)