{"id":2850,"date":"2012-01-03T17:16:24","date_gmt":"2012-01-03T22:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/blog\/?p=2850"},"modified":"2019-08-30T16:49:04","modified_gmt":"2019-08-30T16:49:04","slug":"the-math-beast-challenge-problem-of-the-week-january-2nd-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/blog\/the-math-beast-challenge-problem-of-the-week-january-2nd-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"The Math Beast Challenge Problem of the Week &#8211; January 2nd, 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/cdn.manhattanprep.com\/images\/gre\/gre_math_beast(1).png\" alt=\"Math Beast\" class=\"alignleft\" \/>Each week, we post a new Challenge Problem for you to attempt. If you submit the correct answer, you will be entered into that week&#8217;s drawing for two free Manhattan Prep GRE Strategy Guides.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/cdn.manhattanprep.com\/images\/gre\/gre\/challenge\/20111219\/chart-1.jpg\" alt=\"challenge problem image 1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/cdn.manhattanprep.com\/images\/gre\/gre\/challenge\/20111219\/chart-2.jpg\" alt=\"challenge problem image 2\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The pharmaceutical division&#8217;s interest on debt expense is 4 times that of the chemical division. What percent of the chemical division&#8217;s payroll expense is the pharmaceutical division&#8217;s payroll expense, rounded to the nearest whole percent?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>See the answers choices and submit your pick over on our <a href=\"\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/challenge_thisweek.cfm\" target=\"_blank\">Challenge Problem<\/a> page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each week, we post a new Challenge Problem for you to attempt. If you submit the correct answer, you will be entered into that week&#8217;s drawing for two free Manhattan Prep GRE Strategy Guides. The pharmaceutical division&#8217;s interest on debt expense is 4 times that of the chemical division. What percent of the chemical division&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[68],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-2850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-challenge-problems","tag-challenge-problem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2850"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2850\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7190,"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2850\/revisions\/7190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2850"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=2850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}