GMAT Crash Course: All In One

Instructions:

• Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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• Match each statement with the correct term.
• Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.

1. Sheep herding requires a shepherd to stay with his flock at all times.
Which: idioms
Difference/orginal
Require ...to: idioms
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...


2. I forbid you to interrupt me again
The bottom number in a fraction
Forbid to: idioms
The result of multipication is called this
Positive-3^4=81


3. Zero

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4. I can physically prohibit you from interrupting me again.
Prohibit ...from: idioms
Three or more things: comparatives:idioms
The same....as: idioms
The number 3 in front of the variable in an espression like 3xy is called


5. Route 66 is a highway that runs from Chicago to Los Angeles.
Prohibit ...from: idioms
1. Read the Questions 2. Break it Down 3. Answer the Questions in your own words 4. Process of Elimination
From...to:idioms
Three or more things: comparatives:idioms


6. Exponent

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7. Numerator
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
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 top number in a fraction
Was completed before some other past action began. : Mal has always looked puzzled in meetings until he got a new boss.


8. I can't wait to see whom she'll bring to dinner this time. ....she'll bring him to dinner this time
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.
1. Read the Questions 2. Break it Down 3. Answer the Questions in your own words 4. Process of Elimination
Replace all variables in the with numbers - read through the new problem and answer the question - plug your number into the answer choices and look for your number
Whom: idioms : he use whom


9. April found herself choosing between the devil and the deep blue sea.
What is Percent of X = (1/100) x
Between...and: idioms
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
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. She worried about where they would hide the loot.
Target .....at: idioms
Worry about: idioms
Try to: idioms
That: idioms


11. Use the
Such as: idioms
Only two things comparatives: idioms
When an action started in the past and ....
Only when referring to an actual location


12. Where
Only when referring to an actual location
Simple past - present - and past perfect are the three verb tenses most commonly tested on the GMAT.
Negative -3^3=-27
Hypothesis that: idioms


13. That car is just like one my father had. Is used when comparing only nouns.
Forbid to: idioms
The result of multiplying any number by any other number. The numbers 8 - 16 - and 424 are all multiples of 4.
Whom: idioms : he use whom
Like: idioms


14. Basic approach to data sufficiency
Distinguish from: idioms
Evaluate how each answer choice contributes to the support of the conculsion
AD VS. BCE
Was completed before some other past action began. : Mal has always looked puzzled in meetings until he got a new boss.


15. She thinks of me as just a friend
Think of ...as: idioms
So....as to be: idioms
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.
It ends in 5 or 0


16. Whole number
Is a number that does not have any fractional parts. the number 2 is a whole number but 2.5 is not
Adding its digits results in a number that's a multiple of 9
Forbid to: 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


17. You are not only clever but you are also charming
Not only...but also : idioms
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
The more...the -er:idioms
Was completed before some other past action began. : Mal has always looked puzzled in meetings until he got a new boss.


18. Percent
What is Percent of X = (1/100) x
The inverse of a number or fraction is the reciprocal. 5/8 is 8/5
Native of: idioms
Who:idioms :he use who


19. Between cake and ice cream - I like ice cream more.
All or both: idioms
Smaller - for example (1/2)^2=1/4
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
Only two things comparatives: idioms


20. Any number to the 0 power is
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
Estimate....to be :idioms
Whom: idioms : he use whom
1:5^0=1


21. Strengthen

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22. Plugging in
Replace all variables in the with numbers - read through the new problem and answer the question - plug your number into the answer choices and look for your number
A number of: idioms
The result of subtraction
Only when referring to an actual location


23. Fractions
When:idioms
Items in alist or items that are being compared - must all contain the same parts of speech and must look the same
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
Is the most basic expression of parts of a whole.For example. if a whole pizza has 8 slices and James eats 3 - he has eaten 3/8 of the pizza.


24. I look back fondly on the 1983 County Fair - at which I won the prize for biggest watermelon.
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...
When:idioms
Which: idioms
Only two things comparatives: idioms


25. I'll take either a BMW or a Lexus; I'm not particular
Only when referring to an actual location
Distinguish from: idioms
Either ....or: idioms
The same....as: idioms


26. Parallel Construction
Which: idioms
Items in alist or items that are being compared - must all contain the same parts of speech and must look the same
The number you are dividing another number into
The result of addition is called this


27. A # is divisble by 7 if
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
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
Believe ...to be: idioms
It is divisible by both 2 and 3


28. Shakespeare is regarded as the greatest playwright of all time
Regard as :idioms
A descriptive word or phrase should immediately follow the thing that it modifies
Believe ...to be: idioms
Think of ...as: idioms


29. A # is divisible by 2 if
Replace all variables in the with numbers - read through the new problem and answer the question - plug your number into the answer choices and look for your number
It ends in 0 - 2 - 4 -6 - or 8
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
Target .....at: idioms


30. Reasoning

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31. A # is divisble by 9 if

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32. You should admit you're afraid of both clowns and elephants .
Permit to: idioms
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...
Three or more things: comparatives:idioms
Both...and: idioms


33. 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
Replace all variables in the with numbers - read through the new problem and answer the question - plug your number into the answer choices and look for your number
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
So....that:idioms


34. Why must you act like a four-year old. is used to mean similar to
Like: idioms
Forbid to: idioms
Refers to just what it sounds like: the order in which mathematical operations are to be performed. Exponents - Multiplications - Division - Addition - and Subtraction
Native to: idioms


35. Convicted felons are not permitted to vote
Permit to: idioms
Contrast...with: idioms
It is divisible by both 2 and 3
From...to:idioms


36. A # is divisible by 3 if
Permit to: idioms
A descriptive word or phrase should immediately follow the thing that it modifies
Adding its digits yields a number divisible by 3
So....that:idioms


37. Just as I have found my cell phone indispensable - so you will too
As: idioms
Evaluate how each answer choice contributes to the support of the conculsion
Credit...with:idioms
Just as....so too: idioms


38. Remainder

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39. Negative exponents
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 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
Worry about: idioms


40. Washing my car in the winter is not as easy as it is in the summer.
See as:idioms
The number of : idioms
Not...but : idioms
As....as


41. Dividend
Associate with : idioms
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
The number you are dividing another number into
Is a number that does not have any fractional parts. the number 2 is a whole number but 2.5 is not


42. Reducing fractions

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43. Fractional Exponents
Are pretty much just another way of writing square roots
Distinguish from: idioms
Target .....at: idioms
What is Percent of X = (1/100) x


44. Joe is so smart as to be intimidating.
A descriptive word or phrase should immediately follow the thing that it modifies
Items in alist or items that are being compared - must all contain the same parts of speech and must look the same
Evaluate how each answer choice contributes to the support of the conculsion
So....as to be: idioms


45. Square root

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46. Who left the door open?-subject - He left the door open
Not...but : idioms
When an action started in the past and ....
Who:idioms :he use who
See as:idioms


47. Distinct

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48. Many of the top designers - such as Ralph Lauren and Donna Karan - have less expensive lines as well. Is used to mean for example
Credit...with:idioms
Such as: idioms
Extreme wording is another very common reason for eliminating anser choice in POE
The result of multiplying any number by any other number. The numbers 8 - 16 - and 424 are all multiples of 4.


49. Some Republicans define welfare abuse as the primary evil in America.
The result of multiplying any number by any other number. The numbers 8 - 16 - and 424 are all multiples of 4.
Define as:idioms
Credit...with:idioms
Make sure that the bases are the same. To multiply - add the exponents and multiply the coefficients - and to divide - subtract the exponents and divide the coefficients - 3x^25x^3=15x^5 and 15x^6/3x^2=5x^4


50. I am not so foolsih as to fall for that a third time
Just as....so too: idioms
Not so....as:idioms
What is Percent of X = (1/100) x
Neither...nor :idioms