McGraw-Hill Education GRE 2019

Exercise: Two Essential Quantitative Reasoning Strategies

Discrete Quantitative Questions

1. The cost for a phone call is $0.75 for the first minute and $0.50 per minute
   after the first minute. If a phone call lasted x minutes, what was the cost of
   the phone call in terms of x?
   A $0.75
   B $0.75 + x
   C $0.75 + 0.5x
   D $0.75 + 0.5(x – 1)
   E $1.25x


2. If 2x + 3y = z, what is x in terms of y and z?

A z – 3y

B 2 z – 3y

C z – 3 2 y

D 2 z – 3y

E z + 3y

3. Walking at a constant rate of x miles per hour, it took Jack y hours to
   travel from his home to his school. In terms of x and y, which of the
   following is equivalent to half of the distance that Jack traveled?

A xy

B 2 xy

C xy 2

D 2(x + y)

E (^2) yx

4. The total price for a equally priced shirts was b dollars. In terms of b
   and a, what is the total price for six of these shirts?

A ab 6

B (^) ab^6
C (^6) ba
D (^6) ab
E 6 ab
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