{"id":8128,"date":"2011-08-02T02:00:45","date_gmt":"2011-08-02T09:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=8128"},"modified":"2011-07-31T10:50:51","modified_gmt":"2011-07-31T17:50:51","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-aug-2-word-problem-and-sentence-correction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-aug-2-word-problem-and-sentence-correction\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (Aug 2): Word Problem and Sentence Correction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math (DS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On any given Saturday, flights arrive at XYZ airport every hour, for 24 hours. The average number of flights arriving at XYZ airport on any Saturday is a multiple of 12. Is the total number of flights that arrived on a Saturday greater than 180?<\/p>\n<p>1. On the same Saturday, the median number of flight arrivals every hour is 17<br \/>\n2. On the same Saturday, the highest number of flight arrivals in an hour was 30<\/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 Kaplan in their Road to Business School. Seminars, meet and greets, and admission advice. <a href=\"https:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/click?id=PJTlq5NYqfE&offerid=216481.10000973&subid=blog&type=4\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><u>Register now!<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 0pt 0pt 0px 20px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); list-style-type: disc\">To welcome mbaMission to GMAT Club we have a special deal -- save $100 when you sign up today! <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/static\/forward.php?r=https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/save-100-on-admissions-consulting-with-mbamission-115087.html\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><u>Learn more!<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Verbal (SC)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to Interstudy, a nonprofit organization that studies health maintenance organizations (HMO\u2019s), <span style=\"text-decoration:underline\">they estimate that, in comparison to last year, when only 36 percent of the nation\u2019s 607 HMO\u2019s was profitable, this year 73 percent will be<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>(A) they estimate that, in comparison to last year, when only 36 percent of the nation\u2019s 607 HMO\u2019s was profitable, this year 73 percent will be<br \/>\n(B) compared to only 36 percent of the nation\u2019s 607 HMO\u2019s being profitable last year, they estimate 73 percent would be this year<br \/>\n(C) only 36 percent of the nation\u2019s 607 HMO\u2019s were profitable last year; it estimates that this year 73 percent will be<br \/>\n(D) it estimates 73 percent of the nation\u2019s 607 HMO\u2019s would be profitable this year; last year that was only 36 percent<br \/>\n(E) only 36 percent of the nation\u2019s 607 HMO\u2019s last year were profitable, whereas they estimate it this year to be 73 percent<\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#cecece\">\nAnswers to the questions: <strong>A<\/strong>, <strong>C<\/strong><br \/>\nFor explanations please see these threads: <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/m05-q30-76385.html\">math<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/hmo-s-82594.html\">verbal<\/a>\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:\/\/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=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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Math (DS) On any given Saturday, flights arrive at XYZ airport every hour, for 24 hours. 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