Data Interpretation

Q1. If there were 10,00,000 college students in 1975, how many more male students were there than female students?

A) 800,000B) 1,600,000C) 2,400,000D) 4,600,000E) 5,400,000

Q2. In 1975 what percent of female college students were at least 25 years old?

A) 14%B) 30%C) 45%D) 69%E) 76%

Q3. If the total number of students enrolled in college was 40% higher in 1995 than in 1975, what is the ratio of the number of male students in 1995 to the number of male students in 1975?

A) 5:6B) 6:7C) 7:6D) 6:5E) 7:5

Q4. If 1,000,000 vehicles were stolen in 1994, how many were stolen in 1996?

A) 889,000B) 906,000C) 940,000D) 1,094,000E) 1,100,000

Q5. By what percent did the number of vehicles stolen decrease from 1997 to 1998?

A) 7.4%

B) 8.0%C) 8.4%D) 12.0%E) 19.4%

Q6. To the nearest percent, by what percent did the population of the United States increase from 1994 to 1998?

A) 1%B) 2%C) 3%D) 4%E) 5%

Q7. What percent of underweight adult females perceive themselves to be underweight?

A) 5%B) 22%C) 38%

D) 50%E) 70%

Q8. The members of which of the four groups had the least accurate perception of their body weight?

A) UnderweightB) Normal WeightC) Moderately overweightD) Severely overweightE) Cannot be determined

Residents of New York City pay both New York State and New York City tax.

Residents of New York State who live and work outside of New York City pay only New York State tax.

Q9. In 1979 how much tax would a resident of New York State who lived and worked outside New York City have paid on a taxable income of $16,100?

A) $34B) #110

C) $352D) $970E) $1322

Q10. In 1979, how much more total tax would a resident of New York City who had a taxable income of $36,500 pay, compared to a resident of New York City who had a taxable income of $36,000?

A) $21.50B) $43C) $70D) $91.50E) $183

Q11. For how many of the countries listed in the graphs is it true that the life expectancy of a female born in 1955 was higher than the life expectancy of a male born in 1990?

A) NoneB) 1C) 2C) 3E) 4

Q12. By sex and nationality, who had the greatest increase in life expectancy between 1955 and 1990?

A) A Korean femaleB) A Korean maleC) A Costa Rican femaleD) A Costa Rican maleE) A Norwegian female

Q13. If m, r, x & y are positive, is the ratio of m to r equal to the ratio of x to y? 1) Ratio of m to y is equal to ratio of x to r2) Ratio of m + x to r + y equals ratio of x to y

Q14. Are at least 10% of people 65 and older employed? 1) 11.3% of population is 65 or over2) Of those 65 and older, 20% of mean and 10% of women are employed.

Q15. Each employee is either a director or a manager. What % of the employees are directors? 1) The average salary of managers is $5000 less than the average of all employees2) The average salary of directors is $15000 greater than the average of all employees

Data Analysis

Q1. In 1985 the populations of town A and town B were the same. From 1985 to 1995 the population of town A increased by 60% while the population of town B decreased by 60%. In 1995, the population of town B was what percent of the population of town A?

A) 25%B) 36%C) 40%D) 60%E) 120%

Q2. Josh works on the second floor of a building. There are 10 doors to the to the building and 8 staircases from the first to the second floor. Josh decided that each day he would enter by one door and leave by a different one, and go up one staircase and down another. How many days could josh do this before he had to repeat a path he had previously taken?

A) 80B) 640C) 800D) 5040E) 6400

Q3. At the audition for the school play, n people tried out. If k people went before Judy, who went before Liz, and m people went after Liz, how many people tried out between Judy and Liz?

A) n – m – k – 2B) n – m – k – 1C) n – m – kD) n – m – k + 1E) n – m – k + 2

Q4. In a group of 100 students, more students are on the fencing team than are members of the French club. If 70 are in the club and 20 are neither on the team nor in the club, what is the minimum number of students who could be both on the team and in the club?

A) 10

B) 49C) 50 D) 60E) 61

Q5. The sum of the positive integers from 1 through n can be calculated by the formula n(n+ 1)/2. Which of the following equals the sum of all the even numbers from 0 through 20?

A) 50B) 70C) 90D) 110E) 140

Q6. In the game of chess, the Knight can make any of the moves displayed in the diagram on top. If a Knight is the only piece on the board, what is the greatest number of spaces from which not all 8 moves are possible?

A) 8B) 24C) 38D) 48E) 56

Q7. There are 87 balls in a jar. Each ball is painted with at least one of two colors, red or green. It is observed that 2/7 of the balls that have red color also have green color, while 3/7 of the balls that have green color also have red color. What fraction of the balls in the jar have both red and green colors?

A) 6/14B) 2/7C) 6/35D) 6/29E) 6/42

Q8. The average ages of the players on team A and team B are 20 and 30 years, respectively. The average age of the players on the teams together is 26. If the total number of players on the two teams is 100, then which one of the following is the number of players on team A?

A) 20B) 40C) 50D) 60E) 80

Q9. 40% of the employees in a factory are workers. All the remaining employees are executives. The annual income of each worker is $390. The annual income of each executive is $420. What is the average annual income of all the employees in the factory together?

A) 390B) 405C) 408D) 415E) 420

Q10. Two alloys A and B are composed of two basic elements. The ratios of the compositions of the two basic elements in the two alloys are 5 : 3 and 1 : 2, respectively. A new alloy X is formed by mixing the two alloys A and B in the ratio 4 : 3. What is the ratio of the composition of the two basic elements in alloy X ?

A) 1:1B) 2:3C) 5:2D) 4:3E) 7:9

Q11. Joseph bought two varieties of rice, costing 5 cents per ounce and 6 cents per ounce each, and mixed them in some ratio. Then he

sold the mixture at 7 cents per ounce, making a profit of 20 percent. What was the ratio of the mixture?

A) 1:10B) 1:5C) 2:7D) 3:8E) 5:7

Q12. Williams has x eggs. He sells 12 of them at a profit of 10 percent and the rest of the eggs at a loss of 10 percent. He made neither a profit nor a loss overall. Which one of the following equals x?

A) 10B) 12C) 13D) 14E) 24

Q13. Each year, funds A and B grow by a particular percentage based on the following policy of the investment company:1) The allowed percentages of growths on the two funds are 20% and 30%.2) The growth percentages of the two funds are not the same in any year.3) No fund will have the same percentage growth in any two consecutive years.Bob invested equal amounts into funds A and B. In the first year, fund B grew by 30%. After 3 years, how many times greater is the value of fund B than the value of the fund A?

A) 12/13B) 1C) 13/12D) 1.2E) 1.3

Q14. Selling 12 candies at a price of $10 yields a loss of a%. Selling 12 candies at a price of $12 yields a profit of a%. What is the value of a?

A) 11/1100B) 11/100

C) 100/11D) 10E) 11

Q15. A car traveled 65% of the way from Town A to Town B at an average speed of 65 mph. The car traveled at an average speed of v mph for the remaining part of the trip. The average speed for the entire trip was 50 mph. What is v in mph?

A) 65B) 50C) 45D) 40E) 35