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GMAT Crash Course: All In One

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Instructions:

Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Odd number
Only to denote a moment in time
That: idioms
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.
All or both: idioms

2. I no longer believe the tooth fairy to be real
Believe ...to be: idioms
Has ceased to occur : Mal looked puzzled when you told him the news
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...
Either ....or: idioms

3. Sheep herding requires a shepherd to stay with his flock at all times.
The result of multipication is called this
1:5^0=1
The number of : idioms
Require ...to: idioms

4. Many cigarette companies target their advertising at children.
Native to: idioms
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
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.
Target .....at: idioms

5. Parallel Construction
Think of ...as: idioms
Evaluate how each answer choice contributes to the support of the conculsion
Items in alist or items that are being compared - must all contain the same parts of speech and must look the same
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...

6. Where
Only when referring to an actual location
Number is one that can be divided evenly by 2. numbers are whole and they end in 2 - 4 -6 -8 - or 0. The number zero (0) is considered this.
The more...the -er:idioms
Think of ...as: idioms

7. Reducing fractions

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8. Multiple
Native of: idioms
The result of multiplying any number by any other number. The numbers 8 - 16 - and 424 are all multiples of 4.
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
Can be counted:quantity words: idioms

9. You are no different from me; we both want success.
Difference/orginal
Are a way of expressing parts of a whole. To add or subtract just line up the decimal points. For multiplying/dividing decimals add up the total number of decimal places to the right of the decimal point in the numbers you multiplied and put the deci
Not...but : idioms
Different from:idioms

10. A hypothesis that the aluminum in soda cans causes Alzheimer's disease is circulating on the Internet.
All or both: idioms
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
Hypothesis that: idioms
So....as to be: idioms

11. Please try to chew with your month closed at the awards dinner tonight.
Think of ...as: idioms
Try to: idioms
Target .....at: 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

12. Quotient
Forbid to: idioms
The result of division
So....that:idioms
Three or more things: comparatives:idioms

13. 'ER' is superior television show to 'Survivor'
Can be counted: quantity words: idioms
Not...but : idioms
Superior to : idioms
The number of : idioms

14. Percent change
AD VS. BCE
Are a way of expressing parts of a whole. To add or subtract just line up the decimal points. For multiplying/dividing decimals add up the total number of decimal places to the right of the decimal point in the numbers you multiplied and put the deci
Difference/orginal
Has ceased to occur : Mal looked puzzled when you told him the news

15. You are not only clever but you are also charming
Not only...but also : idioms
Contrast...with: idioms
That : idioms
Neither...nor :idioms

16. He does not bathe every day - as I do. IS used to compare noun/ verb combinations.
As: idioms
Contrast...with: idioms
Items in alist or items that are being compared - must all contain the same parts of speech and must look the same
Think of ...as: idioms

17. Many wrongly consider Henry Kissinger the greatest statesman of the twentieth century.
Regard as :idioms
That : idioms
Consider : idioms
Becomes larger for example - 3^2=9

18. Any positive number greater than 1 - raised to the power greater than 1
Becomes larger for example - 3^2=9
The result of subtraction
Prohibit ...from: idioms
Not...but : idioms

19. Although she looks much older - Faye Dunaway is the same age as my mother's.
Where:idioms
Are a way of expressing parts of a whole. To add or subtract just line up the decimal points. For multiplying/dividing decimals add up the total number of decimal places to the right of the decimal point in the numbers you multiplied and put the deci
Attribute...to:idioms
The same....as: idioms

20. Each of the schools he applied to had it own strengths. Is used when you want to emphasize that items are separate
Was completed before some other past action began. : Mal has always looked puzzled in meetings until he got a new boss.
Each:idioms
It is divisible by both 2 and 3
When:idioms

21. Among the there sisters - Cinderella was the most beautiful
Three or more things: comparatives: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.
It ends in 0 - 2 - 4 -6 - or 8
Which: idioms

22. Adding/subtractin fractions
The number of : idioms
More...than
Distinguish from: 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

23. Any negative number raised to an even power becomes
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.
Who:idioms :he use who
Regard as :idioms
Positive-3^4=81

24. Use a plural verb - something is multitude....A number of survivors of the plane crash swam to shore
That : idioms
A number of: idioms
Only two things comparatives: 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.

25. 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
When:idioms
Items in alist or items that are being compared - must all contain the same parts of speech and must look the same
Becomes larger for example - 3^2=9

26. Assumption
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
1. Read the Questions 2. Break it Down 3. Answer the Questions in your own words 4. Process of Elimination
Evaluate how each answer choice contributes to the support of the conculsion
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

27. A # is divisible by 3 if
From...to:idioms
Which: idioms
Associate with : idioms
Adding its digits yields a number divisible by 3

28. Reciprocal
Becomes larger for example - 3^2=9
The inverse of a number or fraction is the reciprocal. 5/8 is 8/5
The result of subtraction
Number is one that can be divided evenly by 2. numbers are whole and they end in 2 - 4 -6 -8 - or 0. The number zero (0) is considered this.

29. She thinks of me as just a friend
When you see an answer choice that goes beyong the realm of the argument - you can consider it and eliminate it
Think of ...as: idioms
Ability ..to:idioms
Native of: idioms

30. Dazed by the battle - the soldier could no longer distinguish friend from enemy.
Superior to : idioms
Each:idioms
Distinguish from: idioms
From...to:idioms

31. Consecutive
What is Percent of X = (1/100) x
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.
Associate with : idioms
Refers to just what it sounds like: the order in which mathematical operations are to be performed. Exponents - Multiplications - Division - Addition - and Subtraction

32. Past perfect
Neither...nor :idioms
Was completed before some other past action began. : Mal has always looked puzzled in meetings until he got a new boss.
It is divisible by both 2 and 3
Believe ...to be: idioms

33. You should use a singular verb.... The number of excuses grows every time he tells the story.
The number of : idioms
Hypothesis that: idioms
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.
Number is one that can be divided evenly by 2. numbers are whole and they end in 2 - 4 -6 -8 - or 0. The number zero (0) is considered this.

34. Numerator
Evaluate how each answer choice contributes to the support of the conculsion
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
Continues to the present: As long as I have known him - Mal has looked puzzled in meetings.
The top number in a fraction

35. Adding and subtracting exponents
More...than
All or both: idioms
What is Percent of X = (1/100) x
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

36. Subject/Verb Agreement
When:idioms
As: idioms
Positive-3^4=81
A subject must always agree with its verb

37. Between cake and ice cream - I like ice cream more.
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
Only two things comparatives: 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 result of multiplying any number by any other number. The numbers 8 - 16 - and 424 are all multiples of 4.

38. Whole number
Cannot be counted quantity words: idioms
Is a number that does not have any fractional parts. the number 2 is a whole number but 2.5 is not
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.
Distinguish from: idioms

39. Misplaced Modifier
Attribute...to:idioms
A descriptive word or phrase should immediately follow the thing that it modifies
Only two things comparatives: idioms
Prohibit ...from: idioms

40. Dividend
The number you are dividing another number into
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
As....as
Adding its digits results in a number that's a multiple of 9

41. I will eat neither tomatoes nor Brussels sprouts; they smell funny
Neither...nor :idioms
Only when referring to an actual location
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
Different from:idioms

42. A # is divisible by 2 if
Credit...with:idioms
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.
It ends in 0 - 2 - 4 -6 - or 8
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

43. That weightlifter has more muscle in his head than he has brains.
A number of: idioms
1:5^0=1
More...than
1. Read the Questions 2. Break it Down 3. Answer the Questions in your own words 4. Process of Elimination

44. Who left the door open?-subject - He left the door open
Distinguish from: idioms
Who:idioms :he use who
Evaluate how each answer choice contributes to the support of the conculsion
Credit...with:idioms

45. Washing my car in the winter is not as easy as it is in the summer.
Ability ..to:idioms
Are pretty much just another way of writing square roots
See as:idioms
As....as

46. Difference
The result of subtraction
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 divisble by 4
Forbid to: idioms

47. The talk show host agitated the guests to the point that they were throwing chairs at each other.
That : idioms
Estimate....to be :idioms
Is simply a mathematical way of saying 'different.' So when you are asked to count the distinct prime factors of 12 - you would answer that there are two 2 and 3. Even though 12=2x2x3 - you can only count 2 once.
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

48. Distinct

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49. Prime numbers
Hypothesis that: idioms
The result of subtraction
Which: 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

50. Simple Past
Three or more things: comparatives:idioms
So....as to be: idioms
Difference/orginal
Has ceased to occur : Mal looked puzzled when you told him the news