McGraw-Hill Education GRE 2019

Exercise: Word Problems

Discrete Quantitative Questions

1. The sum of Kathy’s salary and Janet’s salary is $200,000. If Kathy’s salary
   is $20,000 less than Janet’s salary, what is Janet’s salary?
   A $50,000
   B $110,000
   C $125,000
   D $140,000
   E $175,000


2. Bob breaks up a 220-mile trip into three parts. If the first part of the trip
   is 20 miles longer than the second part of the trip, and the third part of
   the trip is 50 miles longer than the second part of the trip, how many
   miles was the second part of the trip?
   A 50
   B 60
   C 70
   D 80
   E 100


3. A certain store sells only shirts and ties. The price of a shirt is $40 and
   the price of a tie is $20. If Bob pays $340 for 10 items from this store, how
   many shirts did he purchase?
   A 3
   B 4
   C 5
   D 6
   E 7


4. A manufacturer purchased three equally priced computers and five
   equally priced monitors for a total of $4,000. If the price of each computer
   was 5 times the price of each monitor, how much did each monitor cost?
   A 200
   B 400
   C 600
   D 800
   E 1,000

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