GMAT Section 2 Quantitative

GMAT Section 2 Quantitative practice questions, page 23 of 29, with answer review and explanations.

Question 111

A factory has a fixed cost of $45,000 a month, and a cost of $2.5 for every item produced. If the selling price of a single item is $5, what is the number of items must be sold monthly for the factory to cover its cost exactly?

  1. 9,000
  2. 14,000
  3. 18,000
  4. 22,500
  5. 27,000

Question 112

John traveled 80% of the way from Yellow-town to Green-fields by train at an average speed of 80 miles per hour. The rest of the way John traveled by car at an average speed of v miles per hour. If the average speed for the entire trip was 60 miles per hour, what is v in miles per hour?

  1. 30
  2. 40
  3. 50
  4. 55
  5. 70

Question 113

The ratio between the number of sheep and the number of horses at the Stewart farm is 4 to 7, If each horse is fed 230 ounces of horse food per day and the farm needs a total 12,880 ounces of horse food per day, what is the number of sheep in the farm?

  1. 18
  2. 28
  3. 32
  4. 56
  5. 60

Question 114

The volume of water inside a swimming pool doubles every hour. If the pool is filled to its full capacity within 8 hours, in how many hours was it filled to one quarter of its capacity?

  1. 2
  2. 4
  3. 5
  4. 6
  5. 7

Question 115

Two carpenters, working in the same pace, can build 2 desks in two hours and a half. How many desks can 4 carpenters build in 4 hours?

  1. 2.4.
  2. 3.6.
  3. 4.2.
  4. 5.5.
  5. 6.4