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• Question 221:

  When placed on the floor of a room, a rectangular rug that is 5 feet wide and 7 feet long covers all of the floor except for a uniformly 2-foot-wide strip on each side of the rug. What percent of the area of the floor is not covered by the rug?

  A. Less than 20%

  B. More than 20% but less than 40%

  C. More than 40% but less than 60%

  D. More than 60% but less than 80%

  E. More than 80%

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 222:

  

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

  B. Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient but statement (1) atone is not sufficient.

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

  D. EACH statement ALONE is sufficient.

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

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 223:

  A certain store purchased grills for $50 each and lawn chairs for $5 each and then sold each grill and each chair. The store's gross profit on each grill was 30 percent of its purchase price, and the store's gross profit on each chair was 50 percent of Its purchase price. If the store sold 5 times as many chairs as grills and If the store's total gross profit on the grills and chairs was $550, what was the store's total revenue from the sale of the grills and chairs?

  A. $1,530

  B. $1,800

  C. $2,050

  D. $2,100

  E. $2,360

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 224:

  A port city needed to deepen its 5,000-foot-long and 75-foot-wide shipping channel from a depth of 15 feet to a depth of 25 feet. The dirt that was removed from the channel was shipped to a landfill, which accepted 735,000 cubic feet of the dirt. Approximately what percent of the dirt that was removed from the channel was accepted by the landfill?

  A. 2%

  B. 7%

  C. 14%

  D. 20%

  E. 23%

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 225:

  Of the coins in a certain collection, 30 percent were issued more than ten years ago and 45 percent are foreign. Of the foreign coins, 20 percent were issued more than ten years ago. If there are 1,500 coins in the collection, how many are foreign coins that were issued ten years ago or less?

  A. 75

  B. 135

  C. 315

  D. 375

  E. 540

  Correct Answer: E

• Question 226:

  

  What is the median of the numbers in set A?

  (1)

  n is even.

  (2)

  n is less than 7.

  A.

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

  B.

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

  C.

  BOTH statements TOGETHER ace sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE Is sufficient.

  D.

  EACH statement ALONE is sufficient.

  E.

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

  Correct Answer: E

• Question 227:

  Is it true that the point (1,4) in the standard (x,y) coordinate plane is in at most one of the sets A and B?

  (1)

  Set AH the set of all points {x,y) such that 2x + y< 5.

  (2)

  Set 5is the set of all points (x,y) such that y > 3x+ 2.

  A.

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

  B.

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

  C.

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

  D.

  EACH statement ALONE is sufficient.

  E.

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

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 228:

  

  A. 2

  B. 3

  C. 7

  D. 8

  E. 10

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 229:

  

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

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

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

  D. EACH statement ALONE is sufficient.

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

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 230:

  At a certain corporation, the planning committee has 23 members and the finance committee has 20 members. If a total of 21 people are members of only one of the two committees, how many are members of both committees?

  A. 3

  B. 11

  C. 15

  D. 20

  E. 22

  Correct Answer: B