List of practice Questions

A political poll showed that 80 percent of those polled said they would vote for proposition P. Of those who said they would vote for proposition P, 70 percent actually voted for P, and of those who did not say they would vote for P, 20 percent actually voted for P. What percent of those polled voted for P?

If \( x \neq 1 \) and \( x \neq 0 \), then \( \frac{1 - \frac{1}{x}}{x - 1} \) is equivalent to

In a group of 80 students, 24 are enrolled in geometry, 40 in biology, and 20 in both. If a student were randomly selected from the 80 students, what is the probability that the student selected would not be enrolled in either course?

If the two yellow flags are flown on poles that are next to each other and the two white flags are flown on poles that are next to each other, then the flags flown on poles 2 and 6 must be

If the white flags are flown on poles 2 and 3, which of the following must be true?

Which of the following, CANNOT be true?

For which country was the ratio of its savings rate to its real GNP growth rate greatest?

The savings rate for Canada was approximately how many times that of the United States?

For how many of the countries shown was the savings rate more than 5 times the real GNP growth rate?

Which of the following statement can be inferred from the graph? 1. On the average, people in the United States saved about the same amount as people in the United Kingdom. 2. The median of the savings rates for the eight countries was greater than 11 percent. 3. Only two of the countries had a higher savings rate than Italy.

In the figure above, if PQRS is a parallelogram, then \( x = \)

A certain doctor suggests that an individual’s daily water intake be \( \frac{1}{2} \) ounce per pound of body weight plus 8 ounces for every 25 pounds by which the individual exceeds his or her ideal weight. If this doctor suggests a daily water intake of 136 ounces for a particular 240-pound individual, how many pounds above his or her ideal weight is that individual?

If \( xy \neq 0 \), which of the following is equivalent to \( \left(\frac{x}{y}\right)^3 \left(\frac{2x}{y}\right)^4 \)?

What was the savings rate for the country that had the greatest real GNP growth rate?

REFRACTORY:

DEFINITIVE:

16. \( 18 / 60 (0.1254) = \)

What percent of the integers between 100 and 999, inclusive, have all three digits the same?

If (7, 3) is the center of the circle above, then the radius of the circle could be equal to which of the following?

INTRANSIGENT:

OCCLUDED:

ASSUAGE:

QUIXOTIC:

PELLUCID:

LACONISM: