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1. Consecutive
The number of : idioms
Describes integers listed in ascending order - which are separated by the same interval. The numbers 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 are consective integers and the numbers 2 - 4 - 6 -8 are consecutive even integers.
Are 0.1.2 -3 -4 -5 -6 -7 -8 - and 9-the numbers you see on a telephone. GMAT math problems might ask you either to count digits or supply a missing digit. Try counting the digits in 2654.189. There are seven.
Number is a whole number that - when divided by two yields a remainder of 1. these numbers end in 1 - 3 -5 -7 - or 9.

2. Use the
That: idioms
Responsibility to: idioms
Associate with : idioms
When an action started in the past and ....

3. It is my responsibility to feed the parakeet.
From...to:idioms
Difference/orginal
Responsibility to: idioms
Is an integer - it's neither pos nor neg - and it's even mutiplying this always give you a product of 0 and dividing this is impossible

4. She was so blunt that many considered her rude.
To solve an equation that contains two fractions containing variables when they're equal to each other - you can simply cross multiply or multiply the top of each fraction by the bottom of the other. 3x/4=3/2 (3x)(2)=(3)(4)=6x=12 x=2
Neither...nor :idioms
So....that:idioms
Was completed before some other past action began. : Mal has always looked puzzled in meetings until he got a new boss.

5. Simple Past
Has ceased to occur : Mal looked puzzled when you told him the news
The top number in a fraction
A subject must always agree with its verb
Cannot be counted quantity words: idioms

6. Difference
The result of subtraction
There is no easy test - but in a pinch - you can divide by 2 and check whether or not the resulting number is divisble by 4
When you see an answer choice that goes beyong the realm of the argument - you can consider it and eliminate it
Superior to : idioms

7. Order of operations
AD VS. BCE
Refers to just what it sounds like: the order in which mathematical operations are to be performed. Exponents - Multiplications - Division - Addition - and Subtraction
Either ....or: idioms
As: idioms

8. Convicted felons are not permitted to vote
Cannot be counted quantity words: idioms
AD VS. BCE
Try to: idioms
Permit to: idioms

9. Square root
There is no easy test - but in a pinch - you can divide by 2 and check whether or not the resulting number is divisible by 4
Who:idioms :he use who
If the author proves his point by making an assumption - you'll include additional data to bolster the assumption....if the author cites a survey in support of his conclusion - you'll give evidence to prove the validity of the survey.etc...
So 16=4 or -4 b/c both (4)^2 and (-4)^2=16 you cannot add these unless they have a common root. so 2+2=2 but 2+3 doesn't equal 5. To multiply and divide just treat them as regular integers: 6x3=18 or 3/2 basically they're subject to the same rules as

10. Multiplying and dividing fractions
Different from:idioms
Both...and: idioms
When multiplying two or more fractions - just multiply their numerators and then their denominators. Dividing fractions works a lot like multiplying fractions - with one important extra step. To divide fractions - multiply the first by the reciprocal
Not only...but also : idioms

11. 'ER' is superior television show to 'Survivor'
Superior to : idioms
Continues to the present: As long as I have known him - Mal has looked puzzled in meetings.
The argument is dictated by the information given in the conclusion and the premises - by far the most common reason for eliminating answer choices in the arguments section
The number 3 in front of the variable in an espression like 3xy is called

12. Present perfect
Is an integer - it's neither pos nor neg - and it's even mutiplying this always give you a product of 0 and dividing this is impossible
Simple past - present - and past perfect are the three verb tenses most commonly tested on the GMAT.
Continues to the present: As long as I have known him - Mal has looked puzzled in meetings.
What is Percent of X = (1/100) x

13. Misplaced Modifier
When an action started in the past and ....
Is the number that's left over after division.The remainder when you diivide 35 by 8 is 3.
A descriptive word or phrase should immediately follow the thing that it modifies
If the author proves his point by making an assumption - you'll include additional data to bolster the assumption....if the author cites a survey in support of his conclusion - you'll give evidence to prove the validity of the survey.etc...

14. I'll take either a BMW or a Lexus; I'm not particular
Simple past - present - and past perfect are the three verb tenses most commonly tested on the GMAT.
Either ....or: idioms
So....as to be: idioms
Refers to just what it sounds like: the order in which mathematical operations are to be performed. Exponents - Multiplications - Division - Addition - and Subtraction

15. Prime numbers
Not...but : idioms
Contrast...with: idioms
Have exactly 2 distinct factors:1 and themselves. For example - 13 is prime b/c its only factor are 1 and 13. The number 1 is not prime; it has only one distinct factor
Becomes larger for example - 3^2=9

16. Although she looks much older - Faye Dunaway is the same age as my mother's.
The same....as: idioms
Must clearly refer to a noun - and must agree with that noun in gender and quatity
When an action started in the past and ....
Items in alist or items that are being compared - must all contain the same parts of speech and must look the same

17. Each of the schools he applied to had it own strengths. Is used when you want to emphasize that items are separate
Any number greater than 0. So 1/4 - 5000 - but 0 is not. any number that's less than 0 --15 - 0 is not
Either ....or: idioms
Each:idioms
Are numbers that can be divided into another number without leaving a remainder. For example - the numbers 1 -2 -3 -4 -6 and 12 are the factors of 12.

18. Where
Like: idioms
Adding its digits results in a number that's a multiple of 9
That: idioms
Only when referring to an actual location

19. A # is divisible by 3 if
1. Read the Questions 2. Break it Down 3. Answer the Questions in your own words 4. Process of Elimination
Superior to : idioms
So 16=4 or -4 b/c both (4)^2 and (-4)^2=16 you cannot add these unless they have a common root. so 2+2=2 but 2+3 doesn't equal 5. To multiply and divide just treat them as regular integers: 6x3=18 or 3/2 basically they're subject to the same rules as
Adding its digits yields a number divisible by 3

20. Multiple
Consider : idioms
The result of multiplying any number by any other number. The numbers 8 - 16 - and 424 are all multiples of 4.
Believe ...to be: idioms
Associate with : idioms

21. Percent change
Difference/orginal
The number you are dividing another number into
It ends in 5 or 0
Only two things comparatives: idioms

22. Cross Multiplication
Native to: idioms
When a number can be divided evenly by another number - it is said to be divisible by that number. So 6 is divisble by 3 - but is not divisible by 4. The GMAT - however is more likely to ask you whether 728 is divisible by 4. ( Yes it is)
To solve an equation that contains two fractions containing variables when they're equal to each other - you can simply cross multiply or multiply the top of each fraction by the bottom of the other. 3x/4=3/2 (3x)(2)=(3)(4)=6x=12 x=2
Is a number that does not have any fractional parts. the number 2 is a whole number but 2.5 is not

23. Give a child as many hugs as you can. No human can read that number of pages in an hour.
So....that:idioms
Can be counted:quantity words: idioms
Continues to the present: As long as I have known him - Mal has looked puzzled in meetings.
The last two digits - considered as a number - are divisible by 4. Example - Take 728. The last two digits form the number 28 - which is divisble by 4.

24. Any negative number raised to an odd power stays
The last two digits - considered as a number - are divisible by 4. Example - Take 728. The last two digits form the number 28 - which is divisble by 4.
Negative -3^3=-27
Have exactly 2 distinct factors:1 and themselves. For example - 13 is prime b/c its only factor are 1 and 13. The number 1 is not prime; it has only one distinct factor
When multiplying two or more fractions - just multiply their numerators and then their denominators. Dividing fractions works a lot like multiplying fractions - with one important extra step. To divide fractions - multiply the first by the reciprocal

25. Scope
There is no easy test - but in a pinch - you can divide by 2 and check whether or not the resulting number is divisble by 4
The argument is dictated by the information given in the conclusion and the premises - by far the most common reason for eliminating answer choices in the arguments section
A descriptive word or phrase should immediately follow the thing that it modifies
Credit...with:idioms

26. That desk is where I spend countless hours working at my thankless job.
Extreme wording is another very common reason for eliminating anser choice in POE
It ends in 5 or 0
There is no easy test - but in a pinch - you can divide by 2 and check whether or not the resulting number is divisble by 4
Where:idioms

27. The lawnmower that you came to fix is in the garge. This is required information
Who:idioms :he use who
Consider : idioms
That: idioms
There is no easy test - but in a pinch - you can divide by 2 and check whether or not the resulting number is divisble by 4

28. The talk show host agitated the guests to the point that they were throwing chairs at each other.
Whom: idioms : he use whom
Native of: idioms
Was completed before some other past action began. : Mal has always looked puzzled in meetings until he got a new boss.
That : idioms

29. A # is divisble by 6 if
Difference/orginal
It is divisible by both 2 and 3
It ends in 0 - 2 - 4 -6 - or 8
Can be counted:quantity words: idioms

30. Use a plural verb - something is multitude....A number of survivors of the plane crash swam to shore
Three or more things: comparatives:idioms
Try to: idioms
A number of: idioms
As: idioms

31. The lawnmower - which is in the garge - is broken beyond repair. This is extraneous information.
Which: idioms
When you're dealing with questions that ask you to weaken or strengthen the author's conclusion - be very wary of answer choices that while within the scope - do exactly the opposite of what you want - while it is the scope of the argument - it is th
Simply tells you to 'multiply this number x times.' So 2^3= 2x2x2 or 8. The number you multiply is called the base and the little superscript number that tells you how many times to multiply the base is called an exponent or a power. So in 3^2 - 3 is
From...to:idioms

32. If you contrast one politician's ethics with another's - you will find no difference
Credit...with:idioms
Believe ...to be: idioms
Different from:idioms
Contrast...with: idioms

33. Okra is a native to Africa : Adjective
Native to: idioms
The result of addition is called this
On the GMAT Fractions are expressed in their most reduced form. This means that you'll have to simply your anwers - for instance - by reducing fractions. To reduce a fraction - simply find a number that's a factor of both its numerator and denominat
1:5^0=1

34. Pronouns
Just as....so too: idioms
Must clearly refer to a noun - and must agree with that noun in gender and quatity
See as:idioms
Refers to just what it sounds like: the order in which mathematical operations are to be performed. Exponents - Multiplications - Division - Addition - and Subtraction

35. A # is divisble by 4 if
The last two digits - considered as a number - are divisible by 4. Example - Take 728. The last two digits form the number 28 - which is divisble by 4.
Regard as :idioms
Negative -3^3=-27
It ends in 5 or 0

36. A # is divisble by 8 if
Willl focus more on describing the pattern of reasoning than in paraphasing the content of the argument - questions of this type may read: Which of the following indicates a flaw in the reasoning above? - Susan's attempt to counter Tim's claim is bes
Not so....as:idioms
The more...the -er:idioms
There is no easy test - but in a pinch - you can divide by 2 and check whether or not the resulting number is divisible by 4

37. Quotient
Smaller - for example (1/2)^2=1/4
When you see this just turn the base into a fraction by putting a 1 over it and proceed as you would with a nonnegative exponent so 3^-2=(1/3)^2=1/9
The result of division
Negative -3^3=-27

38. Any negative number raised to an even power becomes
1:5^0=1
Are pretty much just another way of writing square roots
Positive-3^4=81
A number of: idioms

39. Dividend
Consider : idioms
Positive-3^4=81
Can be counted: quantity words: idioms
The number you are dividing another number into

40. Past perfect
Was completed before some other past action began. : Mal has always looked puzzled in meetings until he got a new boss.
Regard as :idioms
Positive-3^4=81
So....as to be: idioms

41. You should use a singular verb.... The number of excuses grows every time he tells the story.
The number of : idioms
As: idioms
To add and subtract exponents - both the base and the power must be the same. If they are - just add or subtract as you normally would. So - 3x^2+5x^2=8x^2
Three or more things: comparatives:idioms

42. Many wrongly consider Henry Kissinger the greatest statesman of the twentieth century.
Distinguish from: idioms
Consider : idioms
Not so....as:idioms
Has ceased to occur : Mal looked puzzled when you told him the news

43. Zero
Is an integer - it's neither pos nor neg - and it's even mutiplying this always give you a product of 0 and dividing this is impossible
Worry about: idioms
Positive-3^4=81
Is a number that does not have any fractional parts. the number 2 is a whole number but 2.5 is not

44. most - -est - among
Three or more things: comparatives:idioms
Not only...but also : idioms
Are pretty much just another way of writing square roots
Becomes larger for example - 3^2=9

45. Digit
Are 0.1.2 -3 -4 -5 -6 -7 -8 - and 9-the numbers you see on a telephone. GMAT math problems might ask you either to count digits or supply a missing digit. Try counting the digits in 2654.189. There are seven.
Superior to : idioms
Native to: idioms
There is no easy test - but in a pinch - you can divide by 2 and check whether or not the resulting number is divisble by 4

46. Any positive number greater than 1 - raised to the power greater than 1
If the author proves his point by making an assumption - you'll include additional data to bolster the assumption....if the author cites a survey in support of his conclusion - you'll give evidence to prove the validity of the survey.etc...
If you need to add or subtract two fractions that have the same denominator - simply add or subtract their numerators - like this: 3/4+1/4=4/4 or 1 - If the numbers in the denominators are different - this opertation will invovle a couple of extra s
Becomes larger for example - 3^2=9
Distinguish from: idioms

47. Extreme
1:5^0=1
Evaluate how each answer choice contributes to the support of the conculsion
Ability ..to:idioms
Extreme wording is another very common reason for eliminating anser choice in POE

48. Verb Tense
Simple past - present - and past perfect are the three verb tenses most commonly tested on the GMAT.
Neither...nor :idioms
Describes integers listed in ascending order - which are separated by the same interval. The numbers 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 are consective integers and the numbers 2 - 4 - 6 -8 are consecutive even integers.
There is no easy test - but in a pinch - you can divide by 2 and check whether or not the resulting number is divisble by 4

49. My dad says I can no longer associate with you
Associate with : idioms
As: idioms
When a number can be divided evenly by another number - it is said to be divisible by that number. So 6 is divisble by 3 - but is not divisible by 4. The GMAT - however is more likely to ask you whether 728 is divisible by 4. ( Yes it is)
If the author proves his point by making an assumption - you'll include additional data to bolster the assumption....if the author cites a survey in support of his conclusion - you'll give evidence to prove the validity of the survey.etc...

50. Many - Number - Fewer
Cannot be counted quantity words: idioms
It is divisible by both 2 and 3
Can be counted: quantity words: idioms
Either ....or: idioms

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