Try the following GRE quantitative reasoning question that tests your understanding of the averages (arithmetic mean).

Question#98:

The Dunbar family consists of a mother, a father, and some children. The average age of the members of the family is $20$, the father is $48$ years old, and the average age of the mother and children is $16$. How many children are in the family?

1. $\quad 2$

2. $\quad 3$

3. $\quad 4$

4. $\quad 5$

5. $\quad 6$

Choice E

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This GRE quantitative comparison question tests your understanding of integers and their squares.

Question#97:

$n$ is an integer and $n^2 < 50$
$\begin{array}{c c c c c}
& \underline{\textrm{Quantity A}} & & & & \underline{\textrm{Quantity B}} \\
& & & & \\
& \textrm{The greatest possible value of $n$} & & & & \textrm{$7$} \\
& \textrm{minus the least possible value of $n$} & & & & \textrm{} \\
\end{array}$

1. $\quad \textrm{Quantity A is greater.}$
2. $\quad \textrm{Quantity B is greater.}$
3. $\quad \textrm{The two quantities are equal.}$
4. $\quad \textrm{The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.}$

Choice A

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Try the following GRE quantitative reasoning question that tests your understanding of the relationship between the diameter and area of a circular region.

Question#96:

$$ d = k \sqrt{\dfrac{A}{\pi}} $$
The formula above gives the diameter $d$ of a circular region in terms of its area $A$, then $k=$

1. $\quad 4$

2. $\quad 2$

3. $\quad 1$

4. $\quad \dfrac{1}{2}$

5. $\quad \dfrac{1}{4}$

Choice B

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Try the following GRE quantitative reasoning question that tests your understanding of weighted average.

Question#95:

A speaker talked for sixty minutes to a full auditorium. Twenty percent of the audience heard the entire talk and ten percent slept through the entire talk. Half of the remainder heard one third of the talk and the other half heard two thirds of the talk. What was the average number of minutes of the talk heard by members of the audience?

1. $\quad 24$

2. $\quad 27$

3. $\quad 30$

4. $\quad 33$

5. $\quad 36$

Choice D

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This GRE quantitative comparison question tests your understanding of finding factors of products of prime numbers.

Question#93:

$p$ and $q$ are different prime numbers.
$\begin{array}{c c c c c}
& \underline{\textrm{Quantity A}} & & & & \underline{\textrm{Quantity B}} \
& & & & \
& \textrm{The number of positive} & & & & \textrm{The number of positive} \
& \textrm{integer divisors of $pq$} & & & & \textrm{integer divisors of $p^3$} \
\end{array}$

1. $\quad \textrm{Quantity A is greater.}$
2. $\quad \textrm{Quantity B is greater.}$
3. $\quad \textrm{The two quantities are equal.}$
4. $\quad \textrm{The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.}$

Choice C

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