1,014 GRE Practice Questions, 3rd Edition

What was the total number of inventoried airplanes purchased by both airlines from 1997 to 1999?

110

117

175

227

315

In 1994, Airline A bought 25 airplanes. All of these airplanes either remained in Airline A’s inventory or were sold to another airline. What percent of these airplanes were sold to another airline?

10%

40%

60%

90%

Which of the following can be inferred from the graph?

Indicate all such statements.

Airline A had fewer customers than Airline B over the period shown.

In 2002, Airline B’s inventory of planes purchased in 1993 was twice that purchased by Airline A in the same year.

If all airplanes were purchased new, then the median age of an airplane in Airline B’s inventory in 2002 was greater than that of an airplane in Airline A’s inventory in 2002.

In 2005, the ratio of the average annual cost to attend a private university to the average annual cost to attend a public university was the same as it was in 1990. If the average annual cost to attend a public university in 2005 was $11,000, what was the average annual cost to attend private university in that year, to the nearest $1,000?

$18,000

$24,000

$29,000

$32,000

$34,000

By approximately what percent did the average annual cost to attend a private university increase from 1980 to 2000?

27%

73%

138%

267%

367%

The average annual cost to attend a private university increased at a constant rate from 1995 to 2000, and 2.5 million students attended private universities in 1998. If 2 million students attended private universities in 1990, then by approximately what percent did the total dollar amount spent on private universities increase from 1990 to 1998?

25%

30%

55%

70%

90%

Which of the following is most nearly the percent of plants sold at Friendly Nursery in April 2008 that were herbs?

70%

40%

24%

18%

In April 2008 there were four varieties of tomatoes available at Friendly Nursery: Red Giants, Mortgage Lifters, Beefsteaks and Sun Golds. If 1000 plants were sold, which of the following could be the number of Beefsteak tomato plants sold?

Indicate all such values.

246

312

580

If Happy Puppy Pet Depot saw the same percentage increase in total number of animals sold from 2003 to 2004 as it did from 2002 to 2003, how many animals, to the nearest integer, did the store sell in 2004?

For how many of the years shown in the graph was the number of nonviolent crimes (burglary and auto theft) greater than the number of violent crimes (assault and domestic violence)?

None

One

Two

Three

Four

For which of the following months does the average monthly high temperature for City X fall within one standard deviation of the average annual high temperature?

Indicate all such months.

January

March

May

July

September

November

For what year depicted in the graphs was the percent decrease from the previous year of the number of honey producing colonies most similar to the average percent increase of the average price of a pound of honey for the six-year period?

Golf equipment manufacturing in the United States experienced the same percent growth rate from 2001 to 2008 as it did from 1994 to 2001. If the share of golf supplies production made up of bags, balls and training aids each increased anywhere from 1% to 5% from 2001 to 2008, which of the following could be the sum of the value of bags, balls and training aids produced in the United States in 2008, in millions of dollars?

Indicate all such sums.

1,550

1,627

1,855

2,197

2,339

How many maple trees had a diameter greater than 49.4 cm?

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