{"id":9171,"date":"2011-11-03T02:00:58","date_gmt":"2011-11-03T09:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=9171"},"modified":"2011-11-03T04:59:55","modified_gmt":"2011-11-03T11:59:55","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-nov-3-counting-and-sentence-correction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-nov-3-counting-and-sentence-correction\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (Nov 3): Counting and Sentence Correction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math (PS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>How many times will the digit 7 be written when listing the integers from 1 to 1000?<\/p>\n<p>(A) 110<br \/>\n(B) 111<br \/>\n(C) 271<br \/>\n(D) 300<br \/>\n(E) 304<\/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\">Revolution Prep offers a full GMAT online course for only $200 when you use promo code RPGCLB5. Plus, when you sign up through GMAT Club to get a $250 bonus. <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/static\/forward.php?r=https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/courses\/revolution-prep-gmat-coupon-code-discount\/\" 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\">Updated for the 2011-2012 application season, Stacy Blackman Consulting's essay guides provide a question by question analysis of what is being asked and why, expert tips, sample essays and more. <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/static\/forward.php?r=https:\/\/www.stacyblackman.com\/store\/\" 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>Constance Horner, chief of the United States government\u2019s personnel agency, has recommended that <span style=\"text-decoration:underline\">the use of any dangerous or illegal drug in the five years prior to application for a job be grounds for not hiring an applicant<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>(A) the use of any dangerous or illegal drug in the five years prior to application for a job be grounds for not hiring an applicant<br \/>\n(B) any dangerous or illegal drug, if used in the five years prior to applying for a job, should be grounds for not hiring an applicant<br \/>\n(C) an applicant\u2019s use of any dangerous or illegal drug in the five years prior to application for a job be grounds not to hire them<br \/>\n(D) an applicant\u2019s use of any dangerous or illegal drug in the five years prior to applying for a job are grounds that they not be hired<br \/>\n(E) for five years prior to applying for a job, an applicant\u2019s use of any dangerous or illegal drug be grounds for not hiring them<\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#cecece\">\nAnswers to the questions: <strong>D<\/strong>, <strong>A<\/strong><br \/>\nFor explanations please see these threads: <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/m01-70917.html\">math<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/constance-horner-chief-of-the-united-states-85522.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 (PS) How many times will the digit 7 be written when listing the integers from 1 to 1000? 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