GMAT Math : Arithmetic

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Example Questions

Example Question #3 :Powers & Roots Of Numbers

Solve:\small (\sqrt{5}+\sqrt{4})^2

Possible Answers:

\small 20

\small 9+4\sqrt5

\small 20+4\sqrt5

\small 9

Correct answer:

\small 9+4\sqrt5

Explanation:

First, FOIL:

\small (\sqrt5+\sqrt4)^2=(\sqrt5+\sqrt4)(\sqrt5+\sqrt4)=5+\sqrt20+\sqrt20+4

\small =9+2\sqrt20

Factor out\small \sqrt4

\small =9+4\sqrt5

Example Question #1 :Powers & Roots Of Numbers

Solve:\ \小裂缝分析{10 ^ 9至10 ^ 7}{99}

Possible Answers:

\small \frac{10^7}{99}

\small \frac{100}{99}

\small \frac{10}{99}

\small 10^7

Correct answer:

\small 10^7

Explanation:

First factor.\ \小裂缝分析{10 ^ 9至10 ^ 7}{99}\ =\ \frac{(10^7)(10^2-1)}{99}

Simplify.\small \frac{(10^7)(10^2-1)}{99}\ =\ \frac{(10^7)(100-1)}{99}\ =\ \frac{(10^7)(99)}{99}\ =\ 10^7

Example Question #5 :Powers & Roots Of Numbers

If\small x^2=8, what is\small x^4?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

\small x^4=(x^2)^2=(8)^2=64

Example Question #6 :Powers & Roots Of Numbers

Evaluate:

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

Example Question #7 :Powers & Roots Of Numbers

Simplify this expression as much as possible:

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The expression cannot be simplified further

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Example Question #8 :Powers & Roots Of Numbers

If the side length of a cube is tripled, how does the volume of the cube change?

Possible Answers:

Volume becomes 27 times larger.

Not enough informatin is given.

Volume becomes 9 times larger.

Volume becomes 3 times larger.

The volume doesn't change.

Correct answer:

Volume becomes 27 times larger.

Explanation:

The equation for the volume of a cube is. If the length is tripled, it becomes, and, so the volume increases by 27 times the original size.

Example Question #9 :Powers & Roots Of Numbers

Simplify

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

This can either be done by brute force (slow) or by recognizing the properties of roots and exponents (fast). Roots are simply fractional exponents:,, etc. so they can be done in any order.

So we see a cube root, we can immediately cancel that with the exponent of 3. taking us from here:to. We now simplifyto get

Example Question #10 :Powers & Roots Of Numbers

In the sequence 1, 3, 9, 27, 81, … , each term after the first is three times the previous term. What is the sum of the 9th and 10th terms in the sequence?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

We can rewrite the sequence as,,,,, … ,

and we can see that the 9th term in the sequence isand the 10th term in the sequence is. Therefore, the sum of the 9th and 10th terms would be


Example Question #11 :Powers & Roots Of Numbers

What is?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

Example Question #12 :Powers & Roots Of Numbers

What is?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

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