{"id":6820,"date":"2011-04-05T02:00:15","date_gmt":"2011-04-05T10:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=6820"},"modified":"2011-04-05T03:32:50","modified_gmt":"2011-04-05T11:32:50","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-apr-5-arithmetic-and-critical-reasoning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-apr-5-arithmetic-and-critical-reasoning\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (Apr 5): 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<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/which-expression-is-the-greatest-m07q16-75697.html\">OA and Explanation<\/a><\/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\">Join us for four free, 90-minute intensive sessions to get advice and strategies from our GMAT and b-school admissions experts. Watch the free recordings at Kaplan Blueprint. <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/static\/forward.php?r=https:\/\/budurl.com\/KaplanBP\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><u>Learn more<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 0pt 0pt 0px 20px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); list-style-type: disc\">MBA Prep School: $100 off their video course series. Learn how to build your MBA application for only $199! <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/static\/forward.php?r=https:\/\/budurl.com\/MBAPrepMarch16\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><u>Learn more<\/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<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/elephant-ivory-artifacts-on-the-mediterranean-78367.html\">OA and Explanation<\/a><\/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:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Fentity%2FGMAT-Club%2FB0048PPF3U%3Fie%3DUTF8%26ref_%3Dntt_athr_dp_pel_1&tag=gmatclub-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957\">on your Kindle<\/a> OR <a href=\"https:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=PJTlq5NYqfE&offerid=146261&type=3&subid=0&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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Math (PS) Which expression is the greatest? 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