MAT 2006 Question Paper
In each of these problems, two statements containing certain data follow a question. Determine whether the data provided by the statements are sufficient to answer the given question. Choose the correct answer based upon the statements’ data, your knowledge of mathematics, and your familiarity with everyday facts.
Mark your answer as:
1) if statement (A) by itself is sufficient to answer the given question, but statement (B) by itself is not;Answer
2) if statements (A) and (B) taken together are sufficient to answer the given question, even though neither statement by itself is sufficient;Answer
3) if statement (B) by itself is sufficient to answer the given question, but statement (A) by itself is not;Answer
4) if either statement by itself is sufficient to answer the given question
Does rectangle A have a greater perimeter than rectangle B?
i. The length of a side of rectangle A is twice the length of a side of rectangle B.
ii. The area of rectangle A is twice the area of rectangle B.
If there is an average of 250 words on each page, then how many pages can Michael read in an hour?
1) There is an average of 25 ten-word lines on each page.
2) Michael can read 30 ten-word lines per minute.
If he did not stop along the way, then what speed did Bill average on his 3hour trip?
1) He travelled a total of 120 miles.
2) He travelled half the distance at 30 miles per hour and half the distance at 60 miles per hour
On a certain construction crew, there are 3 carpenters for every 2 painters. What per cent of the entire crew are carpenters or painters?
A. Eighteen per cent of the crew are carpenters.
B. Twelve per cent of the crew are painters.
Are at least 30 per cent of the people in City H who are 30 years old or older bilingual?
A. In City H, 30 per cent of the population is at least 30 years old.
B. In City H, of the population 30 years old or older, 18 per cent of the women and 17 per cent
of the men are bilingual.
DIRECTION : A professor keeps data on students tabulated by performance and sex of the student. The data is kept on a computer disk, but unfortunately some of it is lost because of a virus. Only the following could be recovered:
Panic buttons were pressed but to no avail. An expert committee was formed, which decided that the following facts were self evident:
1.One third of the male students were average.
2.Half the students were either excellent or good.
3.40% of the students were females.
Which is the fuel whose proportion in the total energy demand will increase continuously over the period 2005-2020 in Asia?
Which is the fuel whose proportion in the total energy demand will remain unaltered from 2005 to 2010 in Asia?
For which source of energy is the demand in 2020 as a ratio of demand in 2005 in the Asian region the greatest?
Which is the fuel for which demand in the rest of the world (excluding Asia) as a proportion of total energy demand of the world (including Asia) shows continuous decrease over the period?
Over 2005-2020, which two fuels meet more than 60 per cent of the total energy demand of the World and Asia both?
