GMAT Practice Test 1

Question 1

A recipe calls for 3/4 cup of flour to make one full batch of cookies. If a baker wants to make only 2/3 of a batch, how much flour, in cups, does the baker need?

Accepted Answer

0.5

Answer

0.25

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0.75

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1

Answer

1.25

Question 2

A company's total revenue for 2025 was the sum of its revenue from products and its revenue from services. What was the company's 2025 revenue from services, in dollars?

(1) The company's total 2025 revenue was $4.8 million, and its revenue from products was 3 times its revenue from services.
(2) The company's 2025 revenue from services was 40 percent of its revenue from products.

Accepted Answer

Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient.

Answer

Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient.

Answer

BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.

Answer

EACH statement ALONE is sufficient.

Answer

Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient.

Question 3

Rosewood Bakeries, a regional chain of 40 shops, currently bakes its bread on-site at each location. Management proposes closing the in-shop ovens and baking all bread at a single central plant, then trucking it to the shops each morning, arguing this will cut the chain's total baking costs. They note that one large plant uses energy and labor far more efficiently than 40 small kitchens.

Which of the following, if true, most strengthens the argument that centralizing production will cut total baking costs?

Accepted Answer

The daily cost of trucking bread from a central plant would be less than the energy and labor Rosewood would save by closing its 40 in-shop ovens.

Answer

Surveys show that freshly baked bread is the main reason many customers choose to visit Rosewood shops.

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A competing chain that centralized its bread production later reopened the ovens in its individual shops.

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Operating the central plant would require Rosewood to hire a full-time logistics manager.

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Rosewood's shops are located an average of 30 miles apart from one another.

Question 4

A shirt is originally priced at $40. During a sale, the price is discounted by 15%. What is the sale price of the shirt?

Accepted Answer

$34

Answer

$6

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$32

Answer

$33

Answer

$46

Question 5

A study of 200 city shopping districts found that districts with more street trees had higher average retail spending per visitor. The researchers concluded that planting more trees along a commercial street will increase the amount shoppers spend there. City planners have since proposed a tree-planting program aimed specifically at reviving struggling retail corridors.

Which of the following, if true, most weakens the researchers' conclusion?

Accepted Answer

Districts with more street trees tend to be in wealthier neighborhoods, where shoppers have more disposable income regardless of the greenery.

Answer

A few of the districts with very few street trees had above-average retail spending per visitor.

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The study measured spending per visitor rather than each district's total retail spending.

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Maintaining newly planted street trees is expensive for a city over the long term.

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Shoppers surveyed reported that they find tree-lined commercial streets more pleasant to walk along.

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