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Math (PS)
What positive number is 224% bigger than its reciprocal?
(A) 0.8
(B) 1.1
(C) 1.5
(D) 1.8
(E) 2.2
Correct Answer - D - (click and drag your mouse to see the answer)
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Verbal (SC)
After adopting broadband internet access, wireless personal digital assistants, and super-fast home PCs, Weston Insurance has hired new employees, which doubles to 250 the junior staff in the claims department working from home.
(A) which doubles to 250 the junior staff in the claims department
(B) doubling to 250 the number of junior staff members in the claims department
(C) which doubles to 250 the junior staff of the claims department
(D) doubling to 250 the number of junior staff members of the claims department
(E) which doubles to 250 the junior staff in the claims department that
Correct Answer - B - (click and drag your mouse to see the answer)
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1. C
Upon first glance the answer can’t be A or B. C is too large b/c .5 is the reciprocal, and 2/.5 is approximately 400%. 1.5 has a reciprocal of aproximately .66 and 1.5/.66 is 225%.
2. Has to be A or B. “In the department” sounds correct. E has an extra that at the end which makes the sentence incorrect. I am going with A because B is too wordy.