{"id":17728,"date":"2013-04-10T02:00:40","date_gmt":"2013-04-10T09:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=17728"},"modified":"2013-04-08T15:11:39","modified_gmt":"2013-04-08T22:11:39","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-apr-10-arithmetic-and-critical-reasoning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-apr-10-arithmetic-and-critical-reasoning\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (Apr 10): Arithmetic and Critical Reasoning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math (PS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Which expression is the greatest?<\/p>\n<p>(A) <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=%5Cfrac%7B1876452%7D%7B1876455%7D&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='\\frac{1876452}{1876455}' title='\\frac{1876452}{1876455}' class='latex' \/><\/p>\n<p>(B) <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=%5Cfrac%7B1883456%7D%7B1883459%7D&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='\\frac{1883456}{1883459}' title='\\frac{1883456}{1883459}' class='latex' \/><\/p>\n<p>(C) <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=%5Cfrac%7B1883491%7D%7B1883494%7D&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='\\frac{1883491}{1883494}' title='\\frac{1883491}{1883494}' class='latex' \/><\/p>\n<p>(D) <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=%5Cfrac%7B1883446%7D%7B1883449%7D&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='\\frac{1883446}{1883449}' title='\\frac{1883446}{1883449}' class='latex' \/><\/p>\n<p>(E) <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=%5Cfrac%7B1883453%7D%7B1883456%7D&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='\\frac{1883453}{1883456}' title='\\frac{1883453}{1883456}' class='latex' \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/which-expression-is-the-greatest-m07q16-75697.html\">Question Discussion &amp; Explanation<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Correct Answer<\/strong> <span style=\"background-color:#fff;color:#fff\">- C -<\/span> (click and drag your mouse to see the answer)\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: rgb(141, 179, 226); border-top: 4px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 4px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 5px; margin-left: 20px; font-size: 15px; font-family: Gergia,serif; font-weight: bold\">\n<div style=\"font-size: 19px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px\">GMAT Daily Deals<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"padding: 0pt 0pt 10px 20px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); list-style-type: disc\">Knewton Gmat: Improve your score by 50 points or your money back.  <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/courses\/knewton-gmat-discount-coupon-code\/?fl=twitter\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><u>Enroll now via GMAT Club & save $350.<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 0pt 0pt 10px 20px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); list-style-type: disc\">GMAT Below 720? Aringo can help you get accepted at top schools.   <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/courses\/aringo-discounts\/\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><u>Save 30% via GMAT Club.<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 0pt 0pt 10px 20px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); list-style-type: disc\">Amerasia Consulting: sign up for 3 schools and get a 4th school free when you mention GMAT Club.  <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/courses\/amerasia-consulting-group-save-via-gmat-club\/?fl=twitter\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><u>Sign up now.<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 0pt 0pt 0px 20px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); list-style-type: disc\">Stratus Prep has a $500 Discount on their MBA Admissions Counseling packages of 3+ schools.  <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/courses\/stratus-prep-discount\/\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><u>See it here.<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Verbal (CR)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A sudden increase in the production of elephant ivory artifacts on the Mediterranean coast of North Africa occurred in the tenth century. Historians explain this increase as the result of an area opening up as a new source of ivory and argue on this basis that the important medieval trade between North Africa and East Africa began at this period.<\/p>\n<p>Each of following, if true, provides some support for the historians\u2019 account described<br \/>\nabove EXCEPT:<\/p>\n<p>(A) In East Africa gold coins from Mediterranean North Africa have been found at a tenth-century site but at no earlier sites.<br \/>\n(B) The many surviving letters of pre-tenth-century North African merchants include no mention of business transactions involving East Africa.<br \/>\n(C) Excavations in East Africa reveal a tenth-century change in architectural style to reflect North African patterns.<br \/>\n(D) Documents from Mediterranean Europe and North Africa that date back earlier than the tenth century show knowledge of East African animals.<br \/>\n(E) East African carvings in a style characteristic of the tenth century depict seagoing vessels very different from those used by local sailors but of a type common in the Mediterranean.<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/elephant-ivory-artifacts-on-the-mediterranean-78367.html\">Question Discussion &amp; Explanation<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Correct Answer<\/strong> <span style=\"background-color:#fff;color:#fff\">- D -<\/span> (click and drag your mouse to see the answer)\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Like these questions?<\/strong> Get the GMAT Club question collection: <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/tests\/\">online at GMAT Club<\/a> OR <a href=\"https:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=PJTlq5NYqfE&offerid=146261&type=3&subid=blog&tmpid=1826&RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fitunes.apple.com%252Fus%252Fapp%252Fgmat-toolkit%252Fid328345537%253Fmt%253D8%2526uo%253D6%2526partnerId%253D30\">on your iPhone\/iPad<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/category\/blog\/gmat-tests\/\"><strong>Browse all GMAT Questions of the Day<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to GMAT Question of the Day:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=GMAT-Question-of-the-day&amp;loc=en_US\">E-mail<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/GMAT-Question-of-the-day\">RSS<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Math (PS) Which expression is the greatest? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) Question Discussion &amp; Explanation Correct Answer &#8211; C &#8211; (click and drag your mouse to see the answer)&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":138,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[152,9,721,717],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gmat-tests","category-gmat","category-critical-reasoning-gmat","category-problem-solving-gmat","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/138"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17728"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17730,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17728\/revisions\/17730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}