Jamboree Question of the Day - Day 22, Dec 31st 2010

The analyst suggested that traders pay more attention to a broader measure of the money supply, known as x but still not to ignore standard indicators.

(A) but still not to ignore

(B) and not to ignore any longer

(C) but that they still not ignore

(D) and not that they continue to ignore

(E) but that they are still not ignoring

Solution (Posted on Jan 1st): C

Jamboree Question of the Day - Day 21, Dec 30th 2010

Like most religions, the teachings of Sikhism are codified in a book.

(A) Like most religions, the teachings of Sikhism are codified in

(B) Like most other religions, the teachings of Sikhism are codified in

(C) Sikhism’s teachings, like those of most other religions, are codified in

(D) For their codification, like the teachings of most religions, Sikhism has

(E) Like those of most religions, Sikhism has codified its teachings in

Please give your answers in the comment box below. Solution will be posted tomorrow (Dec-31st) with an explanation for the answer.

Jamboree Question of the Day - Day 20, Dec 29th 2010

Although it is conceivable that certain electronic services implanted in the brain may someday correct blindness caused by nerve damage, there is now no evidence of their ability to do it.

(A) of their ability to do it

(B) of their doing that

(C) that they can do so

(D) that they might one day be able to do it

(E) to do so

Please give your answers in the comment box below. Solution will be posted tomorrow (Dec-30th) with an explanation for the answer.

Jamboree Question of the Day - Day 19, Dec 25th 2010

What is the value of the integer n?

a. n(n + 2) = 15

b. (n + 2)n = 125

A. Statement (a) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (b) alone is not

sufficient.

B. Statement (b) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (a) 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.

Solution (Posted on 26th): B

Jamboree Question of the Day - Day 18, Dec 24th 2010

Seven different numbers are selected from the integers 1 to 100, and each number is divided by 7. What is the sum of the remainders?

a. The range of the seven remainders is 6.

b. The seven numbers selected are consecutive integers.

A. Statement (a) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (b) alone is not sufficient.

B. Statement (b) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (a) 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.

Solution (Posted on 25th): B

Jamboree Question of the Day - Day 17, Dec 23rd 2010

If m, p, and t are positive integers and m < p < t, is the product mpt an even integer?

a. t – p = p – m

b. t – m = 16

A. Statement (a) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (b) alone is not sufficient.

B. Statement (b) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (a) 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.

Answer (Posted on Dec 24th): E

Jamboree Question of the Day - Day 16, Dec 22nd 2010

Material A costs $3 per kilogram, and material B costs $5 per kilogram. If 10 kilograms of material K consists of x kilograms of material A and y kilograms of material B, is x >y?

a. y > 4

b. The cost of the 10 kilograms of material K is less than $40.

A. Statement (a) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (b) alone is not sufficient.

B. Statement (b) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (a) 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.

Answer (Posted on Dec 23rd): B

Jamboree Question of the Day - Day 15, Dec 21st 2010

If p, s, and t are positive prime numbers, what is the value of

p^3s^3t^3?

a. p^3st=728

b. t=13

A. Statement (a) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (b) alone is not sufficient.

B. Statement (b) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (a) 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.

Answer (Posted on Dec 21st): A

Jamboree Question of the Day - Day 14, Dec 20th 2010

Division R of Company Q has 1,000 employees. What is the average (arithmetic mean) annual salary of the employees at Company Q?

a. The average annual salary of the employees in Division R is $30,000.

b. The average annual salary of the employees at Company Q who are not in Division R is $35,000.

A. Statement (a) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (b) alone is not sufficient.

B. Statement (b) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (a) 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.

Answer (Posted on Dec 21st): E

Jamboree Question of the Day - Day 13, Dec 19th 2010

How many liters of apple juice were added to the cranberry juice in a certain container?

a. The amount of apple juice that was added was 3/2 the amount of cranberry juice in the container.

b. There were 5 liters of cranberry juice in the container.

A. Statement (a) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (b) alone is not sufficient.

B. Statement (b) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (a) 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.

Solution (Posted on Dec 20th): C

Jamboree Question of the Day - Day 12, Dec 18th 2010

Scorched by fire, stained by water, and inscribed in cramped handwriting,the seventeenth-century Dutch documents on the beginnings of New York City were long ignored by historians, depending instead on English sources for information.

(A) the seventeenth-century Dutch documents on the beginnings of New York City were long ignored by historians, depending

(B) the seventeenth-century Dutch documents on the beginnings of New York City were long ignored by historians, who depended

(C) historians long ignored the seventeenth-century Dutch documents on the beginnings of New York City, depending

(D) historians long ignored the seventeenth-century Dutch documents on the beginnings of New York City and depended

(E) historians long ignored the seventeenth-century Dutch documents on the beginnings of New York City, they depended

Solution (Posted on Dec 19th):

A) ,depending instead ... - sounds as though the documents were depending... - wrong

B) CORRECT; ,who depended clearly refers to the historians

C) Scorched by fire, stained by water.........., historians - wrong. historians were not scorched by fire....

D) Same as C

E) Same as C

Jamboree Question of the Day - Day 11, Dec 17th 2010

Rules banning cancer-causing substances from food apply to new food additives and not to natural constituents of food because their use as additives is entirely avoidable.

(A) their use as additives is

(B) as additives, their use is

(C) the use of such additives is

(D) the use of such additives are

(E) the use of them as additives is

Solution (Posted on Dec 18th):

A) their - ambiguous; can refer to rules or additives.

B) as additives is a wordy, they are used as additives itself - quite clearly known.

C) CORRECT

D) the use - singular; are - plural

E) them – ambiguous

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Jamboree Question of the Day - Day 10, Dec 16th 2010

Many policy experts say that shifting a portion of health-benefit costs back to the workers helps to control the employer’s costs, but also helps to limit medical spending by making patients more careful consumers.

(A) helps to control the employer’s costs, but also helps

(B) helps the control of the employer’s costs, and also

(C) not only helps to control the employer’s costs, but also helps

(D) helps to control not only the employer’s costs, but

(E) not only helps to control the employer’s costs, and also helps

Solution(Posted on Dec 17th):

A) helps to control....., but also helps - a but also is not needed at all in the absence of a not only.

B) and also - redundant

C) CORRECT

D) not only employer's cost, but to limit - not parallel. - employer's cost - noun; to limit - verb

E) Same as B

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Jamboree Question of the Day - Day 9, Dec 15th 2010

Though the term “graphic design” may suggest laying out corporate brochures and annual reports, they have come to signify widely ranging work, from package designs and company logotypes to signs, book jackets, computer graphics, and film titles.

(A) suggest laying out corporate brochures and annual reports, they have come to signify widely ranging

(B) suggest laying out corporate brochures and annual reports, it has come to signify a wide range of

(C) suggest corporate brochure and annual report layout, it has signified widely ranging

(D) have suggested corporate brochure and annual report layout, it has signified a wide range of

(E) have suggested laying out corporate brochures and annual reports, they have come to signify widely ranging

Solution (Posted on 16th):

A) corporate brochure - singular; they - plural

B) CORRECT

C) the term "graphic design" .....cannot suggest brochure and reports... (term can suggest laying out.. reports) - wrong meaning

D) Same as C

E) Same as A

Jamboree Question of the Day - Day 8, Dec 14th 2010

Like their male counterparts, women scientists are above average in terms of intelligence and creativity, but unlike men of science,their female counterparts have had to work against the grain of occupational stereotyping to enter a “man’s world.”

(A) their female counterparts have had to work

(B) their problem is working

(C) one thing they have had to do is work

(D) the handicap women of science have had is to work

(E) women of science have had to work

Solution (Posted on Dec 15th):

The Answer is E, but unlike men of science, women of science.. - Proper comparison. CORRECT

Jamboree Question of the Day - Day 7, Dec 13th 2010

An object thrown directly upward is at a height of H feet after T seconds,where H = -16(t-3)² + 150. At what height, in feet is the object 2 seconds after it reaches its maximum height ?

(A) 6

(B) 86

(C) 144

(D) 214

(E) 150

Answer (Posted on Dec 13th): B

Jamboree Question of the Day - Day 6, Dec 12th 2010

If n is an integer greater than 6, which of the following must be divisible by 3?

(A) n(n+1)(n-4)

(B) n(n+2)(n-1)

(C) n(n+3)(n-5)

(D) n(n+4)(n-2)

(E) n(n+5)(n-6)

Answer (Posted on Dec 13th): A

Jamboree Question of the Day - Day 5, Dec 11th 2010

Working alone at their respective constant rates, Machine A & Machine B can fill a certain order in 3 hrs and 6 hrs, respectively. If the 2 machines work simultaneously at their constant rates, how many hours does it take the 2 machines to fill ½ of that order ?

(A) 1

(B) 5/4

(C) 3/2

(D) 7/4

(E) 1/2

Answer (Posted on Dec 12th): A

Jamboree Question of the Day - Day 4, Dec 10th 2010

In a box of 12 pens a total of 3 pens are defective. If a customer buys 2 pens at random from box, what is the probability that exactly 1 pen will be defective?

(A) 6/11

(B) 9/44

(C) 9/22

(D) 3/4

(E) 9/16

Answer (Posted on Dec 10th): C

Jamboree Question of the Day - Day 3, Dec 9th 2010

Of the families in City X in 1994, 40% owned a television. The number of families in city X owning a television in 1998 was 30% greater than it was in1994, and the total number of families in city X was 4% greater in 1998 than it was in 1994. What % of families in city X owned television in 1998 ?

(A) 50

(B) 52

(C) 56

(D) 70

(E) 74

Answer (Posted on Dec 10th): A

Jamboree Question of the Day - Day 2, Dec 8th 2010

In a certain quiz that consists of 10 questions, each question after the first is worth 4 points more than the preceding question. If the 10 questions on the quiz are worth a total of 360 points, how many points is the third question worth?

(A) 18

(B) 24

(C) 26

(D) 32

(E) 44

Answer (Posted on Dec 9th): C

Jamboree Question of the Day - Day 1, Dec 7th 2010

Everyday Jamboree will post a Question of the Day and we will answer these questions the next day!! Answer today's question below

If Henry were to add 5 gallons of water to a tank that is already ¾ full of water, the tank would be 7/8 full. How many gallons of water would the tank hold if it were full?

(A) 25

(B) 40

(C) 64

(D) 80

(E) 96

Answer (Posted on Dec 8th): B