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Example Question #381 : Data Analysis
The sum of three consecutive odd numbers is 81. What is the largest number?
In order to solve this problem, it is best to work backwards by "plugging in" the answer choices to see which one yields a correct answer.
If 29 is the largest of the three odd consecutive numbers, then that means that the numbers being added together would be 25, 27, and 29.
Given that , is the correct answer.
Example Question #12 : Sets
What is the value of in the sequence below?
In this sequence, every subsequent number is equal to one third of the preceding number:
Given that , that is the correct answer.
Example Question #15 : Sets
Define
How many of the four sets listed are subsets of the set ?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Two
None
Four
One
Three
Four
For a set to be a subset of , all of its elements must also be elements of - that is, all of its elements must be multiples of 5. An integer is a multple of 5 if and only if its last digit is 5 or 0, so all we have to do is examine the last digit of each number in all four sets. Every number in every set ends in 5 or 0, so every number in every set is a multiple of 5. This makes all four sets subsets of .
Example Question #13 : Sets
Define sets and as follows:
How many elements are in the set ?
Five
Three
Four
Two
Six
Three
The elements of the set - that is, the intersection of and - are exactly those in both sets. We can test each of the six elements in for inclusion in set by dividing each by 3 and noting which divisions yield no remainder:
and have three elements in common, so has that many elements.
Example Question #17 : Sets
Which of the following is a subset of the set
?
None of the other responses are correct.
None of the other responses are correct.
For a set to be a subset of , all of its elements must be elements of - that is, all of its elements must be multiples of 4. A set can therefore be proved to not be a subset of by identifying one element not a multiple of 4.
We can do that with all four given sets:
:
:
:
:
The correct response is therefore "None of the other responses are correct."
Example Question #18 : Sets
How many of the following four numbers are elements of the set
?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
None
Two
Three
One
Four
Two
By dividing the numerator of each fraction by its denominator, each fraction can be rewritten as its decimal equivalent:
Of the four, and fall between 0.6 and 0.8 exclusive. The correct response is "two"
Example Question #16 : Sets
Define .
Which of the following is not a subset of the set ?
None of the other responses gives a correct answer.
For a set to be a subset of , all of its elements must also be elements of - that is, all of its elements must be multiples of 4. An integer is a multple of 4 if and only the number formed by its last two digits is also a multiple of 4, so all we have to do is examine the last two digits of each number in all four sets.
Of all of the numbers in the four sets listed, only 8,878 has this characteristic:
8,878 is not a multiple of 4, so among the sets from which to choose,
is the only set that is not a subset of .
Example Question #20 : Sets
If every number in set appears in set , which consists of multiples of , which of the following could describe set ?
Multiples of 12
Multiples of 4
Multiples of 16
Multiples of 2
Multiples of 16
If every number that appears in set also appears in set , that means that set must be broader than set .
Any number that is a multiple of 16 will also be a multiple of 8 (characteristic of set ); therefore, if set consists of multiples of 16, set will include all those numbers.
Therefore, Set can consist of multiples of 16.
Example Question #582 : Ssat Middle Level Quantitative (Math)
Find the next number that should appear in the set below:
In this set, each subsequent fraction is half the size of the preceding fraction; (the denominator is doubled for each successive fraction, but the numerator stays the same). Given that the last fraction in the set is , it follows that the subsequent fraction will be .
Example Question #21 : How To Find The Missing Part Of A List
The following set represents all prime numbers greater than and less than . What value is missing?
A prime number only has two factors, one and itself. and are the only values given that have that property. But the range of the set is between and which means that the answer cannot be since it is greater than . That means the final answer is .
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