{"id":18203,"date":"2013-05-06T02:00:13","date_gmt":"2013-05-06T09:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=18203"},"modified":"2013-05-05T15:34:56","modified_gmt":"2013-05-05T22:34:56","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-may-6-arithmetic-and-critical-reasoning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-may-6-arithmetic-and-critical-reasoning\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (May 6): Arithmetic and Critical Reasoning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math (PS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What is the sum of digits in decimal notation of number <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=10%5E%7B20%7D+-+16&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='10^{20} - 16' title='10^{20} - 16' class='latex' \/>?<\/p>\n<p>(A) 158<br \/>\n(B) 162<br \/>\n(C) 165<br \/>\n(D) 174<br \/>\n(E) 183<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/m16-75444.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<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\">With 70 years of experience Kaplan can help you. <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/courses\/kaplan-gmat-discount-promotion-code\/?fl=menu\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><u>Learn more.<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 0pt 0pt 10px 20px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); list-style-type: disc\">The GMAT Pill Method gives a whole new meaning to online learning. <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/courses\/gmat-pill-discount\/?fl=menu\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><u>See more.<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 0pt 0pt 10px 20px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); list-style-type: disc\">myEssayReview:  a simple and highly affordable essay-review service. <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/courses\/myessayreview-discount\/\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><u>Save with GMAT Club!<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 0pt 0pt 0px 20px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); list-style-type: disc\">From Tuck to Wharton, Stanford to Columbia, gain invaluable insight into many school's essay details with Stacy Blackman's essay guides.  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stacyblackman.com\/store\/\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><u>Check them out here.<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Verbal (CR)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The energy an animal must expend to move uphill is proportional to its body weight, whereas the animal\u2019s energy output available to perform this task is proportional to its surface area. This is the reason that small animals, like squirrel, can run up a tree trunk almost as fast as they can move on level ground, whereas large animals tend to slow down when they are moving uphill.<\/p>\n<p>Which one of the following is an assumption on which the explanation above depends?<\/p>\n<p>(A) The amount of energy needed to move uphill is no greater for large animals that it is for small animals.<br \/>\n(B) Small animals can move more rapidly than large animals can.<br \/>\n(C) The ratio of surface area to body weight is smaller in large animals than it is in small animals.<br \/>\n(D) There is little variation in the ratio of energy output to body weight among animals.<br \/>\n(E) The amount of energy needed to run at a given speed is proportional to the surface area of the running animal.<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/the-energy-an-animal-must-expend-to-move-uphill-is-79449.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<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) What is the sum of digits in decimal notation of number ? 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