GMAT Focus Sample Questions: Quantitative Section

GMAT Focus the latest edition of the exam, includes the most important section - Quantitative Reasoning (QR). With the latest exam pattern and syllabus, the QR section has also witnessed a reduced syllabus. There are only two topics that are tested in this section. Want more details? Check out the new Quant section's syllabus, plus some practice questions to help you prepare. 

The most important section of the GMAT exam is the Quant Section. The Quant section comprises 21 questions in its Focus or 11th Edition in place of 31 questions previously. There are two topics tested in this section. Apart from this, what has not changed is that candidates are not allowed to use Calculator while working on this section. Applicants have to prepare for fewer topics on GMAT Focus in comparison to the previous version. We have discussed the changes in detail in the following section, followed by some practice questions to prepare for GMAT exam.

What has Changed in GMAT Focus Quantitative Reasoning?

There are a couple of changes that have been come in after the GMAT exam has updated. The major changes in GMAT Quantitative Reasoning are as follows:

• Previously, there were 31 questions on the GMAT Quant section, now there are 21 questions.
• The time for solving 21 questions on GMAT's Quantitative Reasoning section was 62 minutes but now it is 45 minutes.
• The GMAT syllabus for the Quant section included Problem Solving (Geometry, Elementary Algebra, Arithmetic, Ratio Proportions) and Data Sufficiency. But now there are just Arithmetic and Algebra topics in this section. The Data Sufficiency topic is now a part of the third section of GMAT called - Data Insights.
• GMAT Focus Edition's QR section is being scored in the new bracket of 205-805 in comparison to the previous bracket of 200-805.

These changes have significantly brought down the time for GMAT exam preparation for QR and with the new exam pattern, applicants have to prepare on focused topics instead of the exahistive list of topics.

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Quantitative Reasoning GMAT Practice Questions with Answers

Want to prepare for GMAT Focus Edition's Quant section? Try and solve the following mixed bag of questions and check how many answers you got correct. There are around 16 questions that are given below, applicants will find 21 questions in this section on the actual exam. Good luck! Let's get started: 

Question 1

City B is 4 miles due east of city A. City C is 3 miles due south of city B. City D is 4 miles due east of City C, and City E is 9 miles due north of City D. What is the distance between city A and city E?

 A. 10 miles

 B. 20 miles

 C. 24 miles

 D. 30 miles

 E. 42 miles                                                                                                                                                                                            

Question 2

If eight pounds of macadamia nuts, priced at $6.00 per pound, are combined with twelve pounds of Brazil nuts, priced at $5.00 per pound, what is the per-pound price of the resulting mixture?

A. $5.25

B. $5.40

C. $5.50

D. $5.75

E. $5.80                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

Question 3

Tom takes exactly 30 minutes to rake a lawn and his son Mike takes exactly 60 minutes to rake the same lawn. If Tom and Mike decide to rake the lawn together, and both work at the same rate that they did previously, how many minutes will it take them to rake the lawn?

 A. 16

B. 20

C. 36

D. 45

E. 90                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

Question 4

A car drives 40 miles on local roads at 20 mph, and 180 miles on the highway at 60 mph, what is the average speed of the entire trip?

A. 36 mph

B. 40 mph

C. 44 mph

D. 52 mph

E. 58 mph

Question 5

How many odd factors does 210 have?

A. 3

B. 4

C. 5

D. 6

E. 8

Question 6

A certain company sells tea in loose leaf and bagged form, and in five flavors: Darjeeling, earl grey, chamomile, peppermint, and orange pekoe. The company packages the tea in boxes that contain either 8 ounces of tea of the same flavor and the same form, or 8 ounces of tea of 4 different flavors and the same form. If the order in which the flavors are packed does not matter, how many different types of packages are possible?

A. 12

B. 15

C. 20

D. 25

E. 30

Question 7

Karen sold her house at a loss of 25 percent of the price that she originally paid for the house and then bought another house at a price of 30 percent less than the price she originally paid for her first house. If she sold the first house for $225,000, what was her net gain, in dollars, for the two transactions?

A. $15,000

B. $25,000

C. $60,000

D. $75,000

E. $90,000

Question 8

A code is to be made by arranging 7 letters. Three of the letters used will be the letter A, two of the letters used will be the letter B, one of the letters used will be the letter C, and one of the letters used will be the letter D. If there is only one way to present each letter, how many different codes are possible?

A. 42

B. 210

C. 420

D. 840

E. 5,040

Question 9

If a certain wheel turns at a constant rate of x revolutions per minute, how many revolutions will the wheel make in k seconds?
(A) 60kx
(B) kx
(C) x÷k
(D) x÷(60k)
(E) kx÷60

Question 10

For what values of 'k' will the pair of equations 3x + 4y = 12 and kx + 12y = 30 NOT have a unique solution?

Answer Key

Q1 – A	Q9 - E
Q2 – B	Q10 – A
Q3 – B	Q11 – D
Q4 – C	Q12 – B
Q5 – E	Q13 – E
Q6 – C	Q14 - B
Q7 – A	Q15 - E
Q8 – C	Q16 -

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