DAT Question of the Day

Correct Answer: A. 5’8”

Convert these heights to inches, which are 68”, 62” and 74”, respectively; then take their average, which is 68”, and convert back to 5’8”.

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Correct Answer: D. 40

If the sum of the four son’s ages is x at present, the father’s age is 2x. In 30 years, the total of the son’s ages will be x+4×30=x+120, whereas the father’s age will be 2x+30. Therefore, x+120=2(2x+30), which yields x=20, and hence, the father’s age at present is 2x=40.

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Correct Answer: C. (13×12)/(52×51)

The number of ways 2 cards can be chosen from 52 is (52¦2) = (52×51) / 2, and the number of ways 2 cards can be picked from 13 diamonds is (13¦2) = (13×12) / 2. The ratio of the latter to the former is the required probability.

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Correct Answer: B. 5 to 3

If 3 out of every 8 people are women, then the remaining 5 are men. So the ratio of men to women is 5 to 3.

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Correct Answer: C. 68%

This question doesn’t require any calculation, but rather knowledge of the standard deviation sets. Typically, about 68% is included in the first standard deviation, and 95% is included in the 2nd standard deviation. 99.5% of all people fall within three standard deviations of the mean in the normal curve.

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Correct Answer: A. 5:4

We need to figure out which numbers are primes and which ones are composite. The following shows primes in blue and composites in red: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. Note that 1 is neither prime nor composite, it only has one factor. We have 5 reds and 4 blues. The correct answer is A.

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Correct Answer: E. (2√2)/π

There are several ways you can compute the area of the octagon. No matter which way you choose, all of them will be easier if you draw the picture.

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Correct Answer: B. √x.

It’s commonly known that logarithmic growth and s-curves can be used to represent populations, but these aren’t the only functions. In our question we have two key features, population growth and an upper limit. We can quickly rule out choice D and E. They will not cap out, in fact they will grow even faster never reaching an upper limit. Choice C is the negative absolute value. This is not growing but decreasing. The cosine is also bounded by a certain amplitude, in this case it has an amplitude of 1. It is possible to use this function to model a bounded population, but the cosine function is a periodic function. This means there are places where the function grows and there are places where the function decreases. The square root, on the other hand, is always growing even when it reaches its upper limit. This makes the square root function, choice B, the correct answer.

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Correct Answer: C. 128 cells

If the bacteria double every 15 minutes, then that means over the course of 2 hours, they will double 8 times. 500 x 2⁸ = 128,000 cells on the surface. Then we apply the anti bacterial wash, which kills 99.9% of cells, meaning 0.1%, or 0.001 of the cells remain. 128,000 x 0.001 = 128 cells.

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Correct Answer: C. 4

After the first ball is picked, the second may not be the same color. After two balls picked, the third may still be a different color than the first two (since there are a total of 3 colors). But when the fourth ball is picked, it must match one of the prior colors. Therefore, picking 4 balls will ensure that you have at least one set of 2 balls with the same color.

The numbers 5, 7, 8 do not matter here (they could matter if these numbers were lower, or the number of balls picked were higher).

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