McGraw-Hill Education GRE 2019

Quantitative Comparison Questions

Each of the following questions consists of two quantities, Quantity A and Quantity

B. You are to compare the two quantities. You may use additional information

centered above the two quantities if additional information is given. Choose

A if Quantity A is greater

B if Quantity B is greater

C if the two quantities are equal

D if the relationship between the two quantities cannot be determined

Sally travels the first 30 miles of a 60-mile trip at 50 miles per

hour and the last 30 miles of the trip at 40 miles per hour.

QUANTITY A QUANTITY B

1. A B C D

Dennis can cook x cakes in 3 hours, and he can

cook y pies in 0.5 hours, where x > y.

QUANTITY A QUANTITY B

2. A B C D

Traveling at a constant rate, Jake ran a lap in x minutes.

QUANTITY A QUANTITY B

3. A B C D

Car A and Car B start at opposite ends of a 200-mile track and

begin driving toward each other at the same time. When the

cars meet, Car A is 80 miles from its starting point.

QUANTITY A QUANTITY B

4. The rate of car A The rate of car B A B C D

Car A starts a race 10 miles behind Car B and ends

the race 15 miles ahead of Car B.

QUANTITY A QUANTITY B

5. A B C D

Sally’s average speed for

the trip, in miles per hour

45

The number of cakes

that Dennis can

cook in 6 hours

The number of pies

that Dennis can

cook in 3 hours

The number of

minutes it would take

Jake to run the lap if

he doubled his rate

x

2

The distance that

Car A traveled

30 miles

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