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Graduate Management Admission Test: Analytical Writing Assessment (AWA), Quantitative section, Verbal section (Page 24 )

Updated On: 19-Jan-2026

A carousel spins at a rate of ½ a round per second. If a point on its circumference is located 0.5 meters from the center of rotation, how many times approximately will this point reach its starting point in two minutes?

  1. 25.
  2. 30.
  3. 60.
  4. 120.
  5. 180.

Answer(s): C

Explanation:

If the carousel spins half a turn in one second then it spins once every two seconds. In two minutes there are 120 seconds and therefore the point will reach its starting point (120 / 2 = 60) times, no matter how far it is from the center of the circle.



The average length of 6 snakes is 80 cm. If the average length of one third of the snakes is 70 cm, what is the average of the other snakes?

  1. 75.
  2. 85.
  3. 90.
  4. 100.
  5. 94.

Answer(s): B

Explanation:

The length of all six snakes is 6 x 80 = 480 cm.
Third of the snakes are by average 70 cm long therefore their sum is 140. The sum of the length for the remainder of the snakes is 480 – 140 = 340. 340 / 4 snakes is 85 cm.



On one side of a coin there is the number 0 and on the other side the number 1. What is the probability that the sum of three coin tosses will be 2?

  1. 1/8.
  2. 1/2.
  3. 1/5.
  4. 3/8.
  5. 1/3.

Answer(s): D

Explanation:

The coin is tossed three times therefore there are 8 possible outcomes (2 x 2 x 2). We are interested only in the three following outcomes:
(0,1,1), (1,0,1), (1,1,0).
The probability requested is 3/8.



The probability of having a girl is identical to the probability of having a boy. In a family with three children, what is the probability that all the children are of the same gender?

  1. 1/8.
  2. 1/6.
  3. 1/3.
  4. 1/5.
  5. 1/4.

Answer(s): E

Explanation:

The gender of the first-born is insignificant since we want all children to be of the same gender no matter if they are all boys or girls.
The probability for the second child to be of the same gender as the first is: ½. The same probability goes for the third child. Therefore, the answer is ½ x ½ = ¼.



The running speed of a horse is three times faster than the jogging of a donkey.
If a horse is running for 4 hours and a donkey is jogging for 3 hours, what is the horse’s speed (in Km/h) if the sum of their distances is 45 Km?

  1. 15.
  2. 9.
  3. 3.
  4. 12.
  5. 8.

Answer(s): B

Explanation:

X is the donkey’s speed and 3X is the horse’s speed. The total amount of distance is Equal to 45 and to 3X x 4 + X x 3 = 15X ---> X = 3, the speed of a horse is 9.



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