3. Pattern Of GRE:
Pattern/
Section
I II III IV V VI VII
Pattern - 1
AWA
Q1 V1 Q2 V2 Q3/V3
Pattern - 2 V1 Q1 V2 Q2 V3/Q3
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4. Types of GRE Quantitative Reasoning Questions
1. Problem solving with one answer choice correct
2. Problem solving with one or more answer choices
correct
3. Quantitative Comparison Questions
4. Numerical Entry Questions
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5. Type – 1:
Problem solving with one
answer choice correct:
(Work Back Strategy)
(Double Matrix method)
(Algebraic Conversions)
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6. .
Problem solving with one answer choice correct:
Q) Jim, Marry and Rick Started a game of Poker. If each
player started the game with $20. At the end of the
game Jim had $12 more than Marry but half of what
Rick had. At the end of the game, find the Profit or
loss for Jim?
$6 loss
$ 2 loss
$ 6 gain
$12 gain
$24 gain
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7. Problem solving with one answer
choice correct:
Q. If the sum of three consecutive integers is less
than 75, what is the greatest possible value of the
smallest one?
a. 23
b. 24
c. 25
d. 26
e. 27
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8. Problem solving with one answer
choice correct:
Q. Jason won some gold fish at the state fair. During the
first week, 1/5 of them died, and during second week,
3/8 of those still alive at the end of the first week died.
What fraction of the original gold fish were still alive
after two weeks?
a. 3/10
b. 17/40
c. ½
d. 23/40
e. 7/10
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9. .
Q) Three fifth of a certain class left on a field trip.
One third of the student who stayed behind did
not want to go on the field trip (all the others did
want to go). When another vehicle was located,
half of the students who did want to go on the
field trip but had been left behind were able to
join. What fraction of the class ended up going on
the field trip?
a) 1/2 b) 2/3 c) 11/15
d) 23/30 e) 4/5
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10. .
Q) Minge is mixing up a salad dressing regardless of
the number of serving, the recipe requires that
5/8 of the finished dressing mix be olive oil, ¼
vinegar and the remainder as even mixture of salt,
sugar and pepper. If might accidentally doubles
the vinegar and the forgets the sugar altogether,
what proportion of the botched dressing will be
olive oil?
a) 15/29 b) 5/8 c) 5/16
d) ½ e) 13/27
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11. Problem solving with one answer
choice correct:
Q. Two digits are missing in each of the following
numbers. Which of the following numbers could
be the number of hours in ‘X’ days?
a. 2 5 _, _ 0 6
b. 5 0 _, _ 2 6
c. 5 6 _, _ 0 2
d. 6 2 _, _ 5 0
e. 6 5 _, _ 2 0
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12. .
Q. In a certain pond, 50 fish were caught, tagged
and returned to pond. A few days later, 50 fish
were caught again, of which 2 fish were found to
have been tagged. If the percent of the tagged fish
in the second catch approximates the percent of
tagged fish in the pond, what is the approximate
number of fish in the pond?
400
625
1,250
2,500
10,000
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13. .
Q. At garage A, it costs $8.75 to park a car for the first
hour and $ 1.25 for each additional hour. At garage
B, it costs $5.50 for the first hour and $2.50 for each
additional hour. What is the difference between
the cost of parking a car for 5 hours at garage A
and garage B?
$ 1.50
$ 1.75
$ 2.25
$ 2.75
$ 3.25
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14. .
Q. The owner of a landscaping company is developing a
proposal to maintain the grounds of a building. It is
estimated that 75 gardening hours and 25 foreman
hours will be required. The total budget for these hours
is $1,600. The hourly wage for a foreman is 30% more
than a gardener plus an additional $1.65per hour.
Which of the following systems of equations can be
used to determine the hourly wages of a gardener, g,
and a foreman, f, so the total wages are $1,600?
a. 25g+75f=1,600 , f=1.3g+1.65
b. 25f+75g=1,600 , f=1.3g+1.65
c. 25g+75f=1,600 , g=1.3f+1.65
d. 25f+75g=1,600 , g=1.3f+1.65
e. I would be guessing
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15. .
Q. At Veridux Corporation, there are 250 employees.
Of these, 90 are female, and the rest are
males. There are a total of 40 managers, and the
rest of the employees are associates. If there are a
total of 135 male associates, how many female
managers are there?
A. 15
B. 20
C. 25
D. 30
E. 35
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16. Type – 2:
Problem solving with
one or more answer
choices correct
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17. Q. If =64 , and x and y are
positive integers, which of the
following could be the value of
(x+y)?
Indicate all such values.
A. 2 B. 6 C. 7 D. 8
E. 10 F. 12
y
x
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18. . What is the unit digit of the following expressions?
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888 222
222 888
986 486 948
1097 1033 1088
1 2 3 4
1! 2! 3! 4! ....... !n
n
55 55
7 3
20. Directions: Compare Quantity A and Quantity B.
Some questions will have additional information
above the two quantities to use in determining
your answer. The following options are common
for all Quantitative comparison Questions.
A. Quantity A is greater
B. Quantity B is greater
C. Both Quantities are equal
D. The relation cannot be determined with the
given information
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24. .
x>9
Quantity A Quantity B
x+√66 √81+8
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25. .
Q. The side of Equilateral Triangle ABC is the same
as the length of a side of Square PQRS.
Quantity A Quantity B
The area of triangle ABC The area of the
square PQRS
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26. .
Q) Jayden spent $75 buying a used vehicle and $27
repairing it. Then she sold the vehicle for 40%
more than the total amount she spent vehicle and
repairing it.
Quantity A Quantity B
The price at which Jayden $140
Sold the vehicle
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27. .
Q) Lionel is younger than Maria.
Quantity A Quantity B
Twice Lionel’s age Maria’s age
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28. General Word Problems:
A bag contains 37 red, 41 blue, 50 green, 62 yellow, 47
white and 52 orange balls. If we need at least 50
balls of the same colour, how many balls should
be taken from the bag?
280
273
175
162
50
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29. General Word Problems:
A company that ships to a total of 15 boats uses colour
coding to identify each boat either a single colour or a
pair of different colours is chosen to represent each
boat uniquely. What is the minimum number of
colours needed for the coding
(The order of colours in a pair doesn’t matters)
4
5
6
12
24
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30. General Word Problems:
Q. Ms Li works at an office where the work timing is
from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM. 25% of a year she goes
late to office and 35% of a year she leaves early
from office. If P is the probability that she works
at office the entire day then
A. 0.25 ≤ P ≤ 0.35
B. 0.25 ≤ P ≤ 0.65
C. 0.4 ≤ P ≤ 0.65
D. 0.35 ≤ P ≤ 0.4
E. 0.1 ≤ P ≤ 0.6
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