Wednesday, February 11, 2009

SAT ? of the Day

Read the following SAT test question, then click on a button to select your answer.


Every student who studies art in a certain school receives exactly one of the grades A, B, C, or D. If 1 over 5 of the students receive A’s, 1 over 4 receive B’s, 1 over 2 receive C’s, and 10 students receive D’s, how many students in the school study art?



  1. 30

  2. 60

  3. 100

  4. 200

  5. 500






The students who receive A’s, B’s, and C’s account for 1 over 5 + 1 over 4 + 1 over 2 of the students, that is,  19 over 20. This leaves  1 over 20 of the students receiving D’s. You know that 10 students receive D’s, so 10 is 1 over 20 of the total. This means that the total number of students is 10 times 20, or 200.



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