{"id":3073,"date":"2010-05-03T03:00:29","date_gmt":"2010-05-03T11:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=3073"},"modified":"2010-05-02T11:49:14","modified_gmt":"2010-05-02T19:49:14","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-may-3-arithmetic-and-sentence-correction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-may-3-arithmetic-and-sentence-correction\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (May 3): Arithmetic and Critical Reasoning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math (DS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=x&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='x' title='x' class='latex' \/> is an integer, is <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=x&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='x' title='x' class='latex' \/> a prime number?<\/p>\n<p>1. <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=x&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='x' title='x' class='latex' \/> is a multiple of a prime number<br \/>\n2. <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=x&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='x' title='x' class='latex' \/> is a product of two integers<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/m01-75465.html\">OA and Explanation<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Verbal (CR)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Air travel is becoming increasingly more dangerous. In the last year there have been seven major collisions resulting in over 700 deaths, more deaths than in any previous year.<\/p>\n<p>Which statement, if true, would most weaken the argument above?<\/p>\n<p>(A) Since the volume of air traffic has been increasing all the time, an increase in the number of deaths due to collisions does not necessarily mean greater danger.<\/p>\n<p>(B) The increase in collisions can be explained by statistical coincidence, hijackings, and unusual weather.<\/p>\n<p>(C) Mortality per passenger mile is lower for air travel than for any kind of surface transportation.<\/p>\n<p>(D) The increase in deaths due to collision in air travel has proceeded at a rate identical to that for deaths in all other major forms of transportation.<\/p>\n<p>(E) Last year the average number of passengers per flown plane was significantly lower than that of previous years.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/please-explain-this-one-with-fullest-possible-details-thanks-79782.html\">OA and Explanation<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Math (DS) If is an integer, is a prime number? 1. is a multiple of a prime number 2. is a product of two integers OA and Explanation Verbal (CR)&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[152],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gmat-tests","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3073","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3073"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3073\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3076,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3073\/revisions\/3076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}