Quantitative ReasoningGMAT Focus Edition

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Practice Question 1easyProblem Solving

A film's box office revenue increased by a fixed percentage each year for the past two years. If the revenue was $100 million two years ago and is now $121 million, what was the annual percentage increase?

A.

8%

B.

9%

C.

10%

D.

11%

E.

12%

Practice Question 2mediumProblem Solving

A city's public transit system currently operates 320 buses, but plans to increase its fleet size by a fixed percentage each year for the next 3 years. After this expansion, the fleet will have exactly 439.04 buses. If the same fixed percentage increase is applied each year, what is the annual percentage increase?

A.

8%

B.

9%

C.

10%

D.

11%

E.

12%

Practice Question 3hardProblem Solving

A city's recycling program currently processes 800 tons of waste annually. The program plans to increase its processing capacity by a fixed percentage each year for the next 4 years. After this expansion, the program will process exactly 1,166.4 tons of waste annually. If the same fixed percentage increase is applied each year, what is the annual percentage increase?

A.

7%

B.

8%

C.

9%

D.

10%

E.

12%

Practice Question 4very_hardProblem Solving

A manufacturing plant currently produces 1,200 units per month. The plant plans to increase its production by a fixed percentage each month for the next 6 months. After this expansion, the plant will produce exactly 1,792.93 units per month. If the same fixed percentage increase is applied each month, what is the monthly percentage increase?

A.

6.5%

B.

7.0%

C.

7.5%

D.

8.0%

E.

8.5%

Practice Question 5very_easyProblem Solving

A city's recycling program collected 60 tons of material last month. This month, the program collected 2/3 of last month's total plus an additional 25 tons. How many tons of material were collected this month?

A.

55

B.

60

C.

65

D.

70

E.

75

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