GMAT #5 Rates Practice New

#5 GMAT Rate Problems (revised 7/5/13)
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1. If a hiker walks at a constant speed of 2 1 miles per hour, how many miles can the hiker walk in 4 hours
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and 12 minutes?
(A)10.0 (B)10.3 (C)10.4 (D)10.5 (E)10.8
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2. If it would take one machine 10 minutes to fill a large production order and another machine 12 minutes to
fill the same order, how many minutes would it take both machines working together, at their respective
rates, to fill the order?
(A) 4 1 (B) 5 (C) 5 5 (D) 5 1 (E) 11

60 11 2
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3. The water from one outlet, flowing at a constant rate, can fill a swimming pool in 9 hours. The water from
a second outlet, flowing at a constant rate, can fill the same pool in 5 hours. If both outlets are used at the same
time, approximately what is the number of hours required to fill the pool?
(A) 0.22 (B) 0.31 (C) 2.50 (D) 3.21 (E) 4.56
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4. Working alone, machines A, B, and C can do a certain job in 6, 9, and 12 hours, respectively. What is the
ratio of the time it takes machine A to do the job, working alone at its rate, to the time it takes machines B and
C to do the job, working together at their individual rates?
(A) 12:21 (B) 19:24 (C) 19:12 (D) 6:7 (E) 7:6
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5. Carl drove from his home to the beach at an average speed of 80 kilometers per hour and returned home by
the same route at an average speed of 70 kilometers per hour. If the trip home took 1 hour longer than the trip
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to the beach, how many kilometers did Carl drive each way?
(A) 350 (B) 345 (C) 320 (D) 280 (E) 240
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6. A factory that employs 1,000 assembly-line workers pays each of these workers $5 per hour for the first 40
hours worked during a week and 1 1 times that rate for hours in excess of 40. What was the total payroll for
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the assembly-line workers for a week in which 30 percent of them worked 20 hours, 50 percent worked 40
hours, and the rest worked 50 hours?
(A) $180,000 (B) $185,000 (C) $190,000 (D) $200,000 (E) $205,000
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7. It would take one machine 4 hours to complete a large production order and another machine 3 hours to
complete the same order. How many hours would it take both machines, working simultaneously at their
respective constant rates, to complete the order?
(A) 7 (B) 1 1 (C) 1 5 (D) 3 1 (E) 7

12 2 7 2
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8. If it is assumed that each of the n production workers in a factory assembles one instrument every t
minutes, how many instruments does the factory assemble in 7.5 hours of production?
(A) 450n (B) 450t (D) 7.5tn (E) 7.5n

(C) 450nt
t n 60 60t
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9. Machine A working alone can complete a job in 3 hours. Machine B working alone can do the same job
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in 4 hours. How long will it take both machines working together at their respective constant rates to
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complete the job?
(A) 1 hr 10 min (B) 2 hr (C) 4 hr 5 min (D) 7 hr (E) 8 hr 10 min
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10. In the first hour of a two-hour trip, a car traveled d kilometers, and in the second hour of the trip, the car
traveled one-half that distance. What is the average rate at which the car traveled during the trip, in kilometers
per hour?
(A) d (B) 1 d (C) 1 d (D) 3 d (E) 3 d

3 2 4 2
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11. Train A travels east from Happyland to Joyville at a constant speed of 110 mph. Train B travels west
from Joyville to Happyland at a constant speed of 70 mph. If the distance from Happyland to Joyville is
630 miles and the two trains leave at the same time, Train B will be how many miles away from Joyville
when the trains collide?
(A) 210 (B) 245 (C) 315 (D) 375 (E) 410
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12. Dirty Kirt rode his bicycle to a strip club at a speed of 12 mph. His angry wife followed him along the
same route at a speed of 18 mph. If Kirt left 10 minutes before his wife, how many miles did his wife travel
before she caught him?
(A) 4 (B) 6 (C) 9 (D) 10 (E) 12
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13. Working alone, a small pump takes twice as long as a large pump takes to fill an empty tank. Working
together at their respective constant rates, the pumps can fill the tank in 6 hours. How many hours would it
take the small pump to fill the tank working alone ?
(A) 8 (B) 9 (C) 12 (D) 15 (E) 18
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14. Six identical frat boys can drink a certain keg of beer in nine hours. How many hours would it take nine
identical frat boys to drink the same keg of beer?
(A) 4.5 (B) 6 (C) 8 (D) 12 (E) 13.5
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15. Working together at their respective constant rates, Hose A, Hose B, and Hose C can fill a septic tank in 3
hours. If Hose B and Hose C together can fill the tank in 4 hours, how many hours will it take Hose A to fill 2
septic tanks if it works alone?
(A) 2 (B) 6 (C) 12 (D) 18 (E) 24
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16. Four identical frat boys can drink a certain keg of beer in six hours. How many additional frat boys
would be needed to drink the same keg of beer in four hours?
(A) 4/3 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) 6 (E) 8

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17. Dude #1 can pick prunes twice as fast as Dude #2, and Dude #2 can pick prunes three times as fast as
Dude #3. If all three Dudes pick prunes at their respective constant rates, it takes them 3 hours to pick a ton of
prunes. How many hours would it take Dude #1 to pick a ton of prunes by himself?
(A) 4.5 (B) 5 (C) 8 (D) 10 (E) 30
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18. Ralphie can eat a box of doughnuts in 4 hours, and Freddie can eat a box in x hours. If they both eat at
the same time, they can eat a box of doughnuts in 2.5 hours. What is the value of x?
(A) 3/20 (B) 3/2 (C) 20/13 (D) 13/2 (E) 20/3
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19. Working together at their respective constant rates, Chuck and Roger can complete a job in x hours. If
Roger can work three times as quickly as Chuck, how many hours will it take Chuck to complete the job?
(A) x/4 (B) 4/x (C) 4/3x (D) 3x (E) 4x
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20. Two cyclists ride down a bike path at a constant speed. The first cyclist rides at a speed of 16 miles per
hour. After the first cyclist leaves, the second cyclist hangs out, smokes a bowl, chugs some Red Bull, and
then starts riding at a constant speed of 20 miles per hour. After six hours of riding, he finally passes the first
cyclist. How many minutes does it take him to hang out, smoke a bowl, and chug his Red Bull?
(A) 45 (B) 60 (C) 75 (D) 90 (E) 120
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21. Working together, Ralphie and Frankie can eat a case of Twinkies in 4 hours, and Frankie and Barney
can eat a case of Twinkies in 6 hours. How long would it take Frankie to eat a case of Twinkies by himself?
(1) Working together, Ralphie, Frankie, and Barney can eat a case of Twinkies in 3 hours
(2) Working together, Ralphie and Barney can eat a case of Twinkies in 4 hours
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22. Farmer Keith drove x miles on Saturday and y miles on Sunday. On which day did Farmer Keith spend
more time driving?
(1) Farmer Keith’s average driving speed was 20 miles per hour faster on Saturday than on Sunday
(2) x = y + 30
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23. Working together at their respective constant rates, Machines A, B, and C take 20 hours to produce a case
of Viagra. Working together, how many hours would it take Machines A and B to produce a case of Viagra?
(1) Working together, Machines B and C can produce a case of Viagra in 27 hours
(2) Working alone, Machine C can produce a case of Viagra in 45 hours
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24. How many hours did it take for Woody to walk p miles to the nearest bar?
(1) If Woody had walked 2.5 times faster, the trip would have taken 2 hours.
(2) Woody walked 2 miles per hour.
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25. One morning, Woody woke up next to a puddle of vomit under some bushes behind a library. He started
stumbling home. Assuming that he stumbled at a constant rate, at what time did he arrive at his destination?
(1) Woody started walking at 6:30 a.m.
(2) Woody was halfway home by 8:30 a.m., and he was 7/8 of the way home by 10:00 a.m.
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26. Trevor drives x miles from Happyland to Joyville at a constant speed of y mph. He then drives back at a
constant speed of 3y mph along the same route. What was his average speed for the entire journey?
(A) 2y (B) 4y/3 (C) 3y/2 (D) 5y/4 (E) 4y
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27. You drive to Omaha at a constant speed of 2x mph. You then drive halfway back at 3x mph.
(Congratulations, you’re stuck in Iowa.) In terms of x, what was your average speed for the entire journey?
(A) 11x/5 (B) 9x/4 (C) 5x/2 (D) 8x/3 (E) 14x/5
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28. Excel Monkey #1 can create a spreadsheet in x hours. Excel Monkey #2 can create a spreadsheet twice as
quickly as Excel Monkey #1. If the two Excel Monkeys worked together to create a total of y spreadsheets
last week, how many spreadsheets did Excel Monkey #2 create last week?
(A) y/3 (B) y/2 (C) 2y/3 (D) 3y/4 (E) 3y/2
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29. Woody ran 120 meters to the bar at a constant speed, then stumbled back along the same route,
decreasing his speed by 3 meters per minute. If the trip to the bar took 2 minutes less than the trip back, what
was his original speed to the bar, in meters per minute?
(A) 8 (B) 9 (C) 10 (D) 12 (E) 15
answers: DCDED BCABD BBEBE BBEED DEBAB CBCE

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#5 GMAT Rate Problems (revised 7/5/13)

(A) 4 1 (B) 5 (C) 5 5 (D) 5 1 (E) 11

(A) 7 (B) 1 1 (C) 1 5 (D) 3 1 (E) 7

(A) 450n (B) 450t (D) 7.5tn (E) 7.5n

(A) d (B) 1 d (C) 1 d (D) 3 d (E) 3 d

(A) 4/3 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) 6 (E) 8

answers: DCDED BCABD BBEBE BBEED DEBAB CBCE

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