5lb book of probs. chapter 11 Fractions pg 454 Q 14.

[Nadirshah]

Ok guys,
If the 2 pies are split into 16 equal parts then that means each part is split into 8 equal parts. Then each of the parts are further split into 3 slices which are shared equally between 3 people. So that means 1/3 of 1/8 is split into 3 people. Which is 1/24. and which is higlighted as the answer.
What I dont get is that the question says that EACH part is split equally among 3 people not just 1. If each person gets 1/24 from one part. shouldnt he/she get 1/24 * 8 from the whole pie?

[tommywallach]

Hey Nadir,

You're totally right. The question is miswritten. It makes a better question as it is though! The tricky answer would just be 1/3, because each person is getting 1/3rd of all the little pieces (those would just be tricks!). Good catch!

-t

[Nadirshah]

phew!
Thanks T. Have the test in 12 hours. Now I fully understand what you meant by me having a very "ambitious plan"

Anyways. whats done is done. Lets see how tomorrow goes

[tommywallach]

Good luck!/How did it go?

-t

[Nadirshah]

Hey T
nerves got the best of me I guess. english went ok got a 160. But in math i ended up fixating on this one question in the middle of the first quantitative section. Spend 4 mins on that one I think. Did the same with the next one. Due to this I ended up missing 4 questions!

Needless to say that I couldnt cover it up in the next math section. Nor was I in the state of mind to by then cuz I kept on thinking about how stupid I was to do such a thing. Ended up getting a 154 when in the MGRE practice tests I got up to between 160 to 163.

So Im gonna give it again end of this month. This time I guess since Ive done the heavy lifting im gonna focus solely on doing as many questions as I can

any idea where I can get to do more probability and division/prime questions for extra practice. I already have the 5lb book and the guides for it

[tommywallach]

Hey Nadir,

Sorry the test didn't go as great as you wanted. I'm sure you'll get it the next time!

Nobody should need more material than our books + the 5 lb. book. Honestly, just run through those again. It's more useful than racking up a bunch of other books.

Good luck!

-t