GMAT Section 2 Quantitative

GMAT Section 2 Quantitative practice questions, page 20 of 29, with answer review and explanations.

Question 96

One gallon of soft drink is made of 40% orange juice and 60% water, how many additional gallons of orange juice must be mixed in to make the orange juice 60% of the soft drink?

  1. 0.5
  2. 1
  3. 1.25
  4. 1.5
  5. 2

Question 97

A merchant gets a 5% discount on each meter of fabric he buys after the first 2,000 meters and a 7% discount on every meter after the next 1,500 meters. The price, before discount, of one meter of fabric is $2, what is the total amount of money the merchant spends on 4,500 meters of fabric?

  1. $8,617
  2. $8,710
  3. $8,810
  4. $8,835
  5. $8,915

Question 98

On a summer camp, 25% of the campers paid $120 each, 35% paid $80 each and the rest paid $65 each. What percentage of the total amount paid came from the campers who paid $80?

  1. 18%
  2. 21%
  3. 26%
  4. 33.3%
  5. 37.5%

Question 99

A snail, climbing a 20 feet high wall, climbs up 4 feet on the first day but slides down 2 feet on the second. It climbs 4 feet on the third day and slides down again 2 feet on the fourth day. If this pattern continues, how many days will it take the snail to reach the top of the wall?

  1. 12
  2. 16
  3. 17
  4. 20
  5. 21

Question 100

John spent a total of $135 on baseball tickets. The price of a ticket is either $12 for the field seats or $5 for the balcony. What is the minimum amount of dollars he could have spent for the $12 tickets?

  1. $48
  2. $60
  3. $84
  4. $96
  5. $120