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Graduate Management Admission Test: Analytical Writing Assessment (AWA), Quantitative section, Verbal section (Page 11 )

Updated On: 19-Jan-2026

What is the value of X+Z?

(1) X+Y=11
(2) Z+Y=13

  1. Statement (1) BY ITSELF is sufficient to answer the question, but statement (2) by itself is not.
  2. Statement (2) BY ITSELF is sufficient to answer the question, but statement (1) by itself is not.
  3. Statements (1) and (2) TAKEN TOGETHER are sufficient to answer the question, even though NEITHER statement BY ITSELF is sufficient.
  4. Either statement BY ITSELF is sufficient to answer the question.
  5. Statements (1) and (2) TAKEN TOGETHER are NOT sufficient to answer the question, requiring more data pertaining to the problem.

Answer(s): E

Explanation:

Each statement alone leaves out one of the terms x or z, so we cannot find their sum using any statement alone. Moreover, even combining both statements does not help:
x+y=11y+z=13 y=11-xy=13-z 11-x=13-z
z-x=13-11

It is only possible to find z-x.



Is B3 ≥ B2?

(1) B is an integer.
(2) B is positive.

  1. Statement (1) BY ITSELF is sufficient to answer the question, but statement (2) by itself is not.
  2. Statement (2) BY ITSELF is sufficient to answer the question, but statement (1) by itself is not.
  3. Statements (1) and (2) TAKEN TOGETHER are sufficient to answer the question, even though NEITHER statement BY ITSELF is sufficient.
  4. Either statement BY ITSELF is sufficient to answer the question.
  5. Statements (1) and (2) TAKEN TOGETHER are NOT sufficient to answer the question, requiring more data pertaining to the problem.

Answer(s): C

Explanation:

There are two cases in which the inequality will not be true, when B is a fraction or when B is negative. Statements (1) and (2) cover both of these cases and therefore both statements, taken together, are sufficient.



If Peter spends $460 on three pairs of shoes, how much did the least expansive shoes cost?

(1) The ratio between the most expansive shoes to the least expansive shoes is 3 to 1.
(2) The ratio between the least expansive shoes to all the other ones is 1 to 5.

  1. Statement (1) BY ITSELF is sufficient to answer the question, but statement (2) by itself is not.
  2. Statement (2) BY ITSELF is sufficient to answer the question, but statement (1) by itself is not.
  3. Statements (1) and (2) TAKEN TOGETHER are sufficient to answer the question, even though NEITHER statement BY ITSELF is sufficient.
  4. Either statement BY ITSELF is sufficient to answer the question.
  5. Statements (1) and (2) TAKEN TOGETHER are NOT sufficient to answer the question, requiring more data pertaining to the problem.

Answer(s): B

Explanation:

We need to find what is the price of the least expansive among three shoes.
Statement (1) gives us the ratio between the most expansive shoes and the least expansive one but that’s not sufficient because we have no information about the middle priced shoes.
Statement (2) is sufficient. If the ratio between the least expansive to all the shoes is 1 to 5 than we can calculate the price of the least expansive shoes, (460/6).



What percent of 20 is Y?

(1) 50 percent of Y is 5.
(2) Y percent of 200 is 20.

  1. Statement (1) BY ITSELF is sufficient to answer the question, but statement (2) by itself is not.
  2. Statement (2) BY ITSELF is sufficient to answer the question, but statement (1) by itself is not.
  3. Statements (1) and (2) TAKEN TOGETHER are sufficient to answer the question, even though NEITHER statement BY ITSELF is sufficient.
  4. Either statement BY ITSELF is sufficient to answer the question.
  5. Statements (1) and (2) TAKEN TOGETHER are NOT sufficient to answer the question, requiring more data pertaining to the problem.

Answer(s): D

Explanation:

The question, in other words, is asking what is the value of (Y/20 x 100). So all we need to find out is the value of Y. Statement (1) gives us Y, it is equal to 10.
Statement (2) is also sufficient, it also tells us that Y is equal to 10.



Gwen has to divide her money between her three sons. If the older brother received 65% of the total amount and the other two received the same amount of money, how much money did the median brother get?

(1) The combined amount of money of the older brother and the small one is $45,000.
(2) The older brother received $35,454.5.

  1. Statement (1) BY ITSELF is sufficient to answer the question, but statement (2) by itself is not.
  2. Statement (2) BY ITSELF is sufficient to answer the question, but statement (1) by itself is not.
  3. Statements (1) and (2) TAKEN TOGETHER are sufficient to answer the question, even though NEITHER statement BY ITSELF is sufficient.
  4. Either statement BY ITSELF is sufficient to answer the question.
  5. Statements (1) and (2) TAKEN TOGETHER are NOT sufficient to answer the question, requiring more data pertaining to the problem.

Answer(s): D

Explanation:

The data gave us the ratio of the amounts each one got (65 : 17.5 : 17.5), therefore all we need is one number to know how much each of the brothers received. Each of the statements above gives us enough information to solve the problem.



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