{"id":4745,"date":"2010-10-18T03:00:49","date_gmt":"2010-10-18T11:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=4745"},"modified":"2010-10-18T03:58:15","modified_gmt":"2010-10-18T11:58:15","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-oct-18-arithmetic-and-sentence-correction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-oct-18-arithmetic-and-sentence-correction\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (Oct 18): Arithmetic and Sentence Correction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math (PS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A perfect number is defined as one for which the sum of all the unique factors less the number itself equals to the number. For instance, 6 is a perfect number, because the factors of 6 (apart from 6 itself) are 1, 2 and 3, and <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=1+%2B+2+%2B+3+%3D+6&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='1 + 2 + 3 = 6' title='1 + 2 + 3 = 6' class='latex' \/> . Which of the following is also a perfect number?<\/p>\n<p>(A) 12<br \/>\n(B) 20<br \/>\n(C) 28<br \/>\n(D) 48<br \/>\n(E) 60<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/ps-factor-m04q31-70374.html\">OA and Explanation<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Verbal (SC)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Shipwrecks are more likely to be found undisturbed at great depths <span style=\"text-decoration:underline\">than in shallow coastal waters, which exposes archaeological remains to turbulence and makes them accessible to anyone in scuba gear, whether they be<\/span> archaeologist, treasure hunter, or sport diver.<\/p>\n<p>(A) than in shallow coastal waters, which exposes archaeological remains to turbulence and makes them accessible to anyone in scuba gear, whether they be<br \/>\n(B) than in shallow coastal waters, where archaeological remains are exposed to turbulence and are accessible to anyone in scuba gear, whether<br \/>\n(C) as opposed to shallow waters along the coast, where archaeological remains are exposed to turbulence and accessible to anyone in scuba gear, including<br \/>\n(D) instead of in shallow waters along the coast, which exposes archaeological remains to turbulence and making them accessible to anyone in scuba gear, including an<br \/>\n(E) instead of shallow coastal waters, because it exposes archaeological remains to turbulence and make them accessible to anyone in scuba gear, whether<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/sc-shipwrecks-63842.html\">OA and Explanation<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Math (PS) A perfect number is defined as one for which the sum of all the unique factors less the number itself equals to the number. For instance, 6 is&#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-4745","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\/4745","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=4745"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4745\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4747,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4745\/revisions\/4747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}