MEMORY BASED GRE QUESTIONS (NOVEMBER 18 - APRIL 19)

1. The product of x and y is 36, if both x and y are integers, then what is the least possible value of (x-y)?
(A) -37 (B) -36 (C) -35 (D) -9

2. If a factory can manufacture b computer screens in n days at a cost of c dollars per screen, then which of
the following represents the total cost, in dollars, of the computer screens that can be manufactured, at
that rate, in m days?
bcm bmn mc bc
(A) (B) (C) (D)
n c bn mn

3. In a poker game, a blue chip is worth 2 dollars more than a red chip, and a red chip is worth 2 dollars more
than a green chip, if 5 green chips are worth m dollars, than which of the following represents the value, in
dollars, of 10 blue chips and 5 red chips?
(A) 50 + 3m (B) 18 + 60m (C) 40 + 3m (D) 28 + 20m

4. If x 2 = y 2 , then which of the following must be true?(mark all the correct answers)?

y2
(A) x = y (B) x = (C) x = |y| (D) |x| = |y| (E) x = ±y
x

5. If a train maintains a constant speed of 60 miles per hour, it can travel 4 miles per gallon of diesel fuel. If
this trains begins a trip with a full 200 gallon tank of diesel fuel, and maintains a speed of 60 miles per
hour, which of the following equations represents the number of gallons, g left in the tank t hours into the
trip?
200-60t 1 t
(A) g = (B) g = 200- (C) g = 200-15t (D) g = 200-
4 15t 15

6. The net profit for the sales of a product is equal to the total revenue from the sales of that product minus
the total cost for the sales of that product. If a particular model of calculator sells for $98, and the cost for
making and selling n of these calculators is $(35n + 120,000) which of the following equations expresses
the net profit in dollars P, for making and selling n of these calculators?
(A) P = 63n – 120,000 (B) P = 63n + 120,000 (C) P = 63(n-120,000) (D) P = 63(n + 120,000)

7. The table below shows several ordered pairs corresponding to the linear function f. what is the value of
a+b?
X 2 3 4
F(x) a 8 b
(A) 12 (B) 16 (C) 20 (D) It cannot be determined.

8. Colin can read maximum of 25 pages an hour. If he has been reading a 250 page book for h hours, where
h<10, and has p pages left to read, which of the following expresses the relationship between p and h?
25 25
(A) 250-p  (B) p+  250 (C) 250 - p ≤ 25h (D) 250 + 25h ≤ p
h h

9. On the real number line , a number, x, is more than 4 times as far from 10 as it is from 40. Which of the
following statements describe all possible values of x?
(A) x<34 or x>50 (B) x>40 (C) 34<x<50 (D) 32.5<x<160

10. It costs Emma p dollars to make each of her custom bracelets, which she tells for m dollar apiece. She
makes a profit of $60 if she makes and sells 5 of these bracelets, but she only makes a profit of $10 if she
makes 5 bracelets but only sells 4 of them. How much does it cost Emma to make each bracelet?
(A) $36 (B) $38 (C) $48 (D) $50

MEMORY BASED GRE QUESTIONS 1

 MEMORY BASED GRE QUESTIONS (NOVEMBER 18 - APRIL 19)

11. Two high school teachers took their classes on a field trip to a museum. One class spent $154 for admission
for 20 students and 3 adults, and the other class spent $188 for admission for 24 students and 4 adults.
Which of the following systems of equations could be solved to be determine the price of a single students
admission, s, and the price of a single adult admission, a, in dollars?
(A) a + s = 51, 44s + 7a = 342 (B) 20s + 3a = 154, 24s + 4a = 188
20 3 24 4
(C) + = 154 , + = 188 (D) 20a + 24 = s, 3s + 4 = a
s a s a

12. The “range” of a set of data is defined as the absolute difference between the least value and the greatest
value in the set. Four positive integers have an average (arithmetic mean) of 7.5
(A) What is the greatest possible range of this set?
(B) What is the least possible range of this set?

13. If the median of 2,4,6 and b is 4.2, what is the average of these four numbers?

14. The average (arithmetic mean) of 2,5,8 and k is 0. What is the median of these numbers?

15. Four positive integers have a mode of 4 and median of 3. What is their sum?

16. A set of four positive integers has median of 2 and a mode of 2. If the average (arithmetic mean) of this set
is 3, what is the largest possible number in the set?

17. The freshman class at hillside High School has 45 more girls than boys. If the class has n boys, what
percent of the freshman class are girls?

18. The function g is defined by the equation g(x) = ax+b, where a and b are constants. If g(1) = 7 and g(3) =6,
what is the value of g(-5)?

19. Let the function h be defined by the equation h(x) = f(g(x)) where f(x) = x 2 – 1 and g(x) = x + 5. What is the
value of h(2)?

20. When the quadratic function f is graphed in the xy-plane, its graph has a positive y-intercept and two
distinct negative x-intercepts. Which of the following could be f?
(A) f(x) = -2(x+3)(x+1) (B) f(x) = 3(x+2)2 (C) f(x) = -4(x+2)(x-3) (D) f(x) = (x+1)(x+3)

21. If the graph of quadratic function in the xy-plane is a parabola that intersects the x-axis = -1.2 and x = 4.8,
what is the x coordinate of its vertex?

22. What is the sum of zeros of the function h(x) = 2x2 – 5x – 12?

23. Which of the following functions, when graphed in the xy-plane, has exactly one negative x-intercept and
one negative y-intercept?
(A) Y= -x2 – 6x – 9 (B) Y= -x2 + 6x – 9 (C) Y= x2 + 6x + 9 (D) Y= x2 – 6x + 9

24. When the function y=h(x) = ax2 + bx + c is graphed in the xy-plane, the result in a parabola with vertex at
(4,7). If h(2) =0, which of the following must also equal 0?
(A) h(5) (B) h(6) (C) h(8) (D) h(9)

25. For how many distinct positive integer values of n is (n-1) ×(n-9) ×(n-17) less than 0?
(A) Six (B) Seven (C) Eight (D) Nine

MEMORY BASED GRE QUESTIONS 2

 MEMORY BASED GRE QUESTIONS (NOVEMBER 18 - APRIL 19)

26. The quadratic function h is defined by the equation h(x) = ax2 + bx + c, where a is a negative constant and
c is a positive constant. Which of the following could be the graph of h in the xy-plane?

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

27. In the figure ABCD is a square, and all the dots are evenly spaced. Each vertical or horizontal distance
between two adjacent dots in 3 units. Find the area of the shaded region.

(A) 60
(B) 72
(C) 81
(D) 96
(E) 120

28. Which of the following equations is true for all positive values of x and y?(Mark all the correct answers)

(A) x+ y = x+y (B) x 4 y16 = x 2 y 8

(C) x y × y x = x 2 y 2 (D) x y + y x = 4xy 2 (E) x y ×y y = (xy)2y

29. If x and y are integers, and w= x 2 y+x+3y, which of the following statements must true?
Indicate all such statements.
(A) If w is even, then x must be even. (B) If x is odd, then w must be odd.
(C) If y is odd, then w must be odd. (D) If w is odd, then y must be odd.
1 1
30. A certain taxi charges $0.85 for the first mile and $0.25 for every mile after that. That total cost of
2 2
trip was $8.85.
Quantity A Quantity B
The trip’s distance in miles 16

MEMORY BASED GRE QUESTIONS 3

 MEMORY BASED GRE QUESTIONS (NOVEMBER 18 - APRIL 19)

31. The microcurrent through the electrode in a delicate circuit is usually held constant at 3.6× 10 -8 amps.
Because of a defect in another part of the circuit, the current was 1,000 times smaller. What was the
current, in amps, caused by this defect?
 -8 
 
(A) 3.6× 10 -8000 (B) 3.6× 10 -24 (C) 3.6× 10 -11 (D) 3.6× 10 -5 (E) 3.6×10 3 

32. The original cost of a coat was increased by 40% at the beginning of 2015. In march 2015, the new price
was reduced by 20%, and the cost remained at this new reduced price. Crish had a coupon for a $50
discount and, in April, used the coupon to buy the coat at the further reduced price. There was no tax or
additional fee on the purchase. If Chris paid $95.60 for the coat, which would be the original price of the
coat?
(A) $92.50 (B) $100 (C) $104.83 (D) $120 (E) $130

33. If ABCD is square, what are the coordinates of C?

(A) ( 3, 3 )

(B) (1+ 3, 3 )

(C) (2 3, 3 )

(D) ( 3,2 3 )

(p×q)2
34. For numbers p,q and r,(p×q×r) < 0 and <0
r
Quantity A Quantity B
p×q 0
(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

35. Time taken by Lakshit to cover x miles at speed of y miles per hour is 2 hours less than the time taken
by Aman to cover w miles at speed of z miles per hour. Then
Quantity A Quantity B
w x
- 2
z y

36. If standard deviation of 10 observations is 0 then

Quantity A Quantity B
Range of 10 observations 0

37. Cost of 5 books are 480,490,510,520 and x. Find the maximum value of x such that median cost is equal
to the mean cost.

38. Set I = {5,9,10,11,15}

Set II = {5,7,10,13,15}
Set III = {15,19,20,21,25}
Set IV = {18,19,20,21,22}
Which of the following set has the maximum standard deviation?
(A) I (B) II (C) III (D) IV
39. y > 1101
Quantity A Quantity B
y
3
y
100

MEMORY BASED GRE QUESTIONS 4

 MEMORY BASED GRE QUESTIONS (NOVEMBER 18 - APRIL 19)

40. 40 < r < s < t < 60 and r,s,t are even

Quantity A Quantity B
Range of sum of values of r,s and t 36

41. In the given triangle, AB = BC then find x?

42. In the given circle AC is diameter such that AC=34cm and AB =16cm, then find BD?

rd
2
43. A and B can complete of the work in 80min and remaining work is done by A in 50min then B can
3
complete full work in how many minutes?

44. x≥9 and y≥5

Quantity A Quantity B
x 2 -y 2 54

45. Number of books read by 5500 readers is normally distributed with mean 19 and standard deviation
2.Approximately how many readers have read less than 17 books.

46. f(x) = 5x, then f(f(c))=1 then find c?

47. List A contains (2,3,4,5). All the possible 2 digit numbers are formed from this list. Then how many of these
are prime numbers?

48. Points P,Q and R lies on the number line such that point P lies between -3 and -2, Q lies between -1 and
0, R lies between 0 and 1 then
Quantity A Quantity B
Distance between P and Q Distance between Q and R

49. If a circle of radius r touches 3 of the 4 sides of a rectangle

Quantity A Quantity B
Half the area of rectangle  r2

50. Find the remainder when 3 25 is divided by 5?

51. Average of 5 integers is 100 such that all the integers are less than or equal to 150 then find the minimum
value of any integer?

MEMORY BASED GRE QUESTIONS 5

 MEMORY BASED GRE QUESTIONS (NOVEMBER 18 - APRIL 19)

52. PQRS is a square. Area of PQRS is 64 Sq. Units and MS =QN =5.Find the area of rectangle ABCD?

53. If x+y >y and x-y<x

Quantity A Quantity B
x y

54. fdgd

Quantity A Quantity B
x+y 90

55. x = 1234567……….499500
Number x is formed by writing all the numbers from 1 to 500.Fidn the total numbers of digits in x?

56. There are total 90 cows out of which 55 cows are partially or entirely white and 75 cows are partially or
entirely brown then the number of cows that are entirely white?

57. If 80 times n 4 is equal to 20% of n 2 .Find n if n>0.

58. Product of 2 integers x and y is equal to the twice the sum of x and y. If sum of x and y is 9 then find the
greater of the x, y?

59. Find the median of 8,8,12,12,10,10,10,y?

60. 10≤ x+y <15 Find the number of +ve integral solutions for (x,y)?

61. ‘H’ is a list of 15 consecutive integers & ‘J’ is a list of 21 consecutive integers. The Median of the integers
in List ‘H’ is equal to the least integer in List ‘J’. If two Lists are combined, then how many integers are
there on New List?

62. In a distribution of 1700 different measurements ‘v’ is at 73rd percentile. If there are 136 measurements in
the distribution that are greater than ‘c’ but less than ‘v’, then ‘c’ is approximately at what percentile in
the distribution?
(A) 45th (B) 50th (C) 55th (D) 60th (E) 65th

63. The greatest of the 41 positive integers in a certain list is 52. The Median of the 41 integers is 21. What is
the least possible average of the 41 integers?
(A) 8 (B) 10 (C) 12 (D) 20 (E) 21

 -1 
64. a1= 1, From 2nd term each term is   times its previous term.
 3 
Quantity A Quantity B
a100 -a 99 0

MEMORY BASED GRE QUESTIONS 6

 MEMORY BASED GRE QUESTIONS (NOVEMBER 18 - APRIL 19)

65. Find the range of the first 100 terms of the series
n+1
an= if n is odd
If n
= -a (n-1)

3 2
66. Of the 24 executives attending an IT luncheon, ate dessert and drank coffee. If at least 2 of the
4 3
executives chose not to have dessert or coffee, what is the smallest possible fraction of the executives who
could have had both dessert and coffee?

67. If 2x + 3 is a factor of 6x 2 + 17x − k, then what is the value of k?

68. The parking lot at Andersen’s Car Rental Company contains 50% more mid-size cars than full-size cars,
and the ratio of compact cars to mid-size cars on the lot is 5 : 4. If the lot contains 120 mid-size cars, how
many more compact cars does it contain than full-size cars?

69. At the end of the day, the cash register at Maya’s Diner contained a total of $22,320 in $1, $5, $10, and
$20 bills. If the register contained half as many $5 bills as $10 bills and five times as many $20 bills as
$10 bills, then what is the LEAST number of $1 bills the register could have contained?

70. 122
Quiz # Score
1 7
2 9
Note: Kenny took 10 math quizzes last semester. Possible scores on each quiz were
3 4
whole numbers that ranged from 0 to 10 inclusive. The table above shows
4 7
Kenny’s scores on his first 8 quizzes. His overall mean score on his 10 quizzes
5 9
last semester was atleast 6.8.
6 3
7 6
8 6
What was Kenny’s median score on his 10 quizzes?
(A)6.0 (B) 6.25 (C) 6.375 (D) 6.5 (E)7.0

71. In a certain household cleaning solution,the ratio by volume of detergent to ammonia to water is 1 : 2 :
9.The solution will be adjusted so that the ratio of detergent to water is doubled while the ratio of detergent
to ammonia is halved.
Quantity A Quantity B
The total volume of detergent The total volume of water
and ammonia in the adjusted solution in the adjusted solution

72. Quantity A Quantity B

3
65- 63
1
15

x+2y+3z
73. = z+y
3
Quantity A Quantity B
x y

74. When x is divided by 7, the remainder is 1

Quantity A Quantity B
The remainder when (5x+3) is divided by 7 4

MEMORY BASED GRE QUESTIONS 7

 MEMORY BASED GRE QUESTIONS (NOVEMBER 18 - APRIL 19)

75. Mary sold 15 widgets last week. The median sale price of all widgets was $130 and the average sale price
of all widgets was $150.
Quantity A: Quantity B:
$165 The least possible sale price of the most expensive widget.

76. Each student in a school takes either the French class or Spanish class, but not both. Each class has some
male and some female students. The ratio of the number of female students to the number of male students
is less for Spanish class than for French class.
Quantity A: Quantity B:
The ratio of the number of female The ratio of the number of female students to the number
students to the number of male of male students in the school.
students in French class.

77. The Function f(100)= the product of all the even integers from 2 to 100, inclusive.
Quantity A Quantity B
40 The largest prime factor of f(100)

78. For a group of test takers, the scores on an aptitude test were normally distributed, had a mean of 154,
and a standard deviation of 3.
Quantity A Quantity B
The fraction of test takers in the group 1/3
who scored greater than 158

79. Quantity A Quantity B

The number of primes divisible by 9 The number of primes divisible by 19

80. x, y > 0
Quantity A Quantity B
2x 2 +8y+12 2x 2 +6y+4

MEMORY BASED GRE QUESTIONS 8

 MEMORY BASED GRE QUESTIONS (NOVEMBER 18 - APRIL 19)

MEMORY BASED GRE QUESTIONS (NOVEMBER 18 - APRIL 19) ANSWER KEY

1. C 2. A 3. A 4. D,E 5. C

6. A 7. B 8. C 9. C 10. B

11. B 12. 26,1 13. 4.1 14. 3.5 15. 11

n + 45
16. 7 17. ×100% 18. 10 19. 48 20. D
2n + 45

21. 1.8 22. 2.5 23. A 24. B 25. B

26. A 27. B 28. B 29. A,B,C 30. A

31. C 32. E 33. B 34. A 35. C

36. C 37. 550 38. B 39. B 40. C

240
41. 40 42. 43. 600 44. D 45. 880
17

1
46. 47. 3 48. D 49. D 50. 3
25

51. -100 52. 128 + 80 2 53. D 54. C 55. 1392

1
56. 15 57. 58. 6 59. 10 60. 55
20

61. 28 62. E 63. C 64. B 65. 4

1
66. 67. -12 68. 70 69. 45 70. E
2

71. A 72. A 73. C 74. B 75. B

76. A 77. B 78. B 79. B 80. D

MEMORY BASED GRE QUESTIONS 9