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GMAT Categorical Table practice questions

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Practice Question 1easyTable Analysis

Employee distribution by department and employment status at a technology firm.
Department	Full-time	Part-time
Engineering	45	32
Marketing	25	28
Finance	22	18
HR	15	12

The table shows the number of employees in four departments at a company, broken down by full-time and part-time status. For each of the following statements, evaluate whether the statement must be true based on the data in the table.

The ratio of full-time to part-time employees in Engineering is greater than 1.4:1.

Marketing has fewer full-time employees than any other department.

The total number of part-time employees across all departments is less than 100.

Practice Question 2easyTable Analysis

The table shows ticket sales for four venues on Saturday and Sunday.
Venue	Saturday	Sunday
A	500	450
B	400	350
C	600	550
D	300	250

The table below shows ticket sales data for four venues over a weekend. For each statement, indicate whether the information in the table supports the statement. Select 'Yes' if the statement is supported; otherwise select 'No'.

The total number of tickets sold across all venues exceeded 2,000.

Venue B sold more tickets on Saturday than Venue D did on Sunday.

Venue C had the highest average ticket sales per day.

Practice Question 3easyTable Analysis

The table below shows ticket sales data for four venues.
Venue	Tickets Sold	Revenue
A	1200	24000
B	900	18000
C	1500	30000
D	600	12000

The table shows ticket sales data for four venues. For each statement, indicate whether the information in the table supports the claim.

Venue A sold the highest percentage of total tickets.

Venue C sold more than twice as many tickets as Venue D.

Venue B accounted for at least 30% of total ticket sales.

Practice Question 4easyTable Analysis

Revenue (in millions) by product line and region for Q1 2023.
Product	Region 1	Region 2	Region 3
Alpha	12	9	8
Beta	9	7	10
Gamma	8	6	5
Delta	7	6	8

The table shows quarterly revenue (in millions) for four product lines across three regions. For each statement, indicate whether the condition is satisfied based on the table data.

Product Alpha had higher revenue in Region 1 than Product Beta in Region 3.

The combined revenue of Product Gamma in all regions exceeded that of Product Delta.

Region 2 accounted for at least 40% of Product Beta's total revenue.

Practice Question 5easyTable Analysis

The table shows commute statistics for seven transportation modes in a city.
Mode	Avg. Commute Time (min)	Share of Commuters (%)
Bicycle	15	5
Car	35	45
Walking	20	10
Train	25	25
Bus	30	10
Motorcycle	22	3
Ferry	40	2

The table below shows commute data by transportation mode for a city. For each statement, indicate whether it can be inferred from the table. Select Yes if the statement can be inferred; otherwise, select No.

Walking and cycling together account for a greater percentage of commuters than those who take the bus.

Switching 10% of car commuters to motorcycles would reduce the city's total commute time by more than 1,000 minutes per 100 commuters.

At least three transportation modes have average commute times within 5 minutes of the overall average commute time.

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