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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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1. Multiplying and dividing fractions
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.
Regard as :idioms
Believe ...to be: 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

2. Simple Past
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...but : idioms
The result of addition is called this
Has ceased to occur : Mal looked puzzled when you told him the news

3. I no longer believe the tooth fairy to be real
Can be counted:quantity words: idioms
Believe ...to be: idioms
Evaluate how each answer choice contributes to the support of the conculsion
The more...the -er:idioms

4. That weightlifter has more muscle in his head than he has brains.
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
More...than
Between...and: idioms
Permit to: idioms

5. Any number to the 0 power is
1:5^0=1
The result of subtraction
Regard as :idioms
Itself 5^1=5

6. Many of the top designers - such as Ralph Lauren and Donna Karan - have less expensive lines as well. Is used to mean for example
Simple past - present - and past perfect are the three verb tenses most commonly tested on the GMAT.
Such as: 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.
As....as

7. Where
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
A number of: idioms
Only when referring to an actual location
Credit...with:idioms

8. Zero

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9. Reducing fractions

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10. You should admit you're afraid of both clowns and elephants .
Superior to : idioms
Both...and: idioms
Either ....or: idioms
Becomes larger for example - 3^2=9

11. Coefficient
Is any whole number - positive - negative - or zero. So -3. 100. and 0 are all ________s
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 number 3 in front of the variable in an espression like 3xy is called
The inverse of a number or fraction is the reciprocal. 5/8 is 8/5

12. The basketball player is not tall - but he is fast
Not...but : idioms
Adding its digits results in a number that's a multiple of 9
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
Has ceased to occur : Mal looked puzzled when you told him the news

13. Digit
The inverse of a number or fraction is the reciprocal. 5/8 is 8/5
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.
When an action started in the past and ....
Negative -3^3=-27

14. A # is divisble by 8 if
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
Cannot be counted quantity words: idioms
Whom: idioms : he use whom
A number of: idioms

15. April found herself choosing between the devil and the deep blue sea.
From...to:idioms
Between...and: idioms
A descriptive word or phrase should immediately follow the thing that it modifies
So....that:idioms

16. It is my responsibility to feed the parakeet.
Becomes larger for example - 3^2=9
Responsibility to: idioms
Itself 5^1=5
Hypothesis that: idioms

17. The more you eat - the fatter you get
Was completed before some other past action began. : Mal has always looked puzzled in meetings until he got a new boss.
Where:idioms
The more...the -er:idioms
Superior to : idioms

18. Give a child as many hugs as you can. No human can read that number of pages in an hour.
Permit to: idioms
Whom: idioms : he use whom
Can be counted:quantity words: idioms
A number of: idioms

19. Basic approach to data sufficiency
AD VS. BCE
Adding its digits results in a number that's a multiple of 9
When you see an answer choice that goes beyong the realm of the argument - you can consider it and eliminate it
Native to: idioms

20. I forbid you to interrupt me again
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
Who:idioms :he use who
Forbid to: idioms
Three or more things: comparatives:idioms

21. The 4 Step Approach
Just as....so too: idioms
Cannot be counted quantity words: idioms
1. Read the Questions 2. Break it Down 3. Answer the Questions in your own words 4. Process of Elimination
Is any whole number - positive - negative - or zero. So -3. 100. and 0 are all ________s

22. Divisible
1:5^0=1
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)
Contrast...with: idioms
AD VS. BCE

23. Many - Number - Fewer
Believe ...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
Target .....at: idioms
Can be counted: quantity words: idioms

24. Misplaced Modifier
Not only...but also : idioms
A descriptive word or phrase should immediately follow the thing that it modifies
Is any whole number - positive - negative - or zero. So -3. 100. and 0 are all ________s
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

25. A # is divisible by 2 if
See as:idioms
Itself 5^1=5
Think of ...as: idioms
It ends in 0 - 2 - 4 -6 - or 8

26. Denominator
The bottom number in a fraction
Evaluate how each answer choice contributes to the support of the conculsion
Prohibit ...from: idioms
Either ....or: idioms

27. You are no different from me; we both want success.
Different from:idioms
AD VS. BCE
It ends in 0 - 2 - 4 -6 - or 8
Only two things comparatives: idioms

28. Present perfect
1:5^0=1
Continues to the present: As long as I have known him - Mal has looked puzzled in meetings.
Not so....as: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

29. Many cigarette companies target their advertising at children.
A number of: idioms
Items in alist or items that are being compared - must all contain the same parts of speech and must look the same
Are pretty much just another way of writing square roots
Target .....at: idioms

30. Dividend
It ends in 0 - 2 - 4 -6 - or 8
The number you are dividing another number into
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.
Such as: idioms

31. most - -est - among
Was completed before some other past action began. : Mal has always looked puzzled in meetings until he got a new boss.
Forbid to: idioms
Three or more things: comparatives:idioms
Try to: idioms

32. The lawnmower that you came to fix is in the garge. This is required information
That: idioms
Worry about: idioms
What is Percent of X = (1/100) x
Estimate....to be :idioms

33. The lawnmower - which is in the garge - is broken beyond repair. This is extraneous information.
Prohibit ...from: idioms
Which: idioms
AD VS. BCE
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.

34. Any fraction between 0 and 1 that's raised to a power greater than 1 gets
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
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.
Smaller - for example (1/2)^2=1/4
The result of subtraction

35. Use the
All or both: idioms
Who:idioms :he use who
When an action started in the past and ....
More...than

36. Some Republicans define welfare abuse as the primary evil in America.
Define as:idioms
Smaller - for example (1/2)^2=1/4
Refers to just what it sounds like: the order in which mathematical operations are to be performed. Exponents - Multiplications - Division - Addition - and Subtraction
Distinguish from: idioms

37. Fractions
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.
The same....as: idioms
The more...the -er:idioms
That: idioms

38. Distinct

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39. Convicted felons are not permitted to vote
Are pretty much just another way of writing square roots
Only when referring to an actual location
Permit to: idioms
Consider : idioms

40. Any positive number greater than 1 - raised to the power greater than 1
Think of ...as: idioms
The result of multipication is called this
Responsibility to: idioms
Becomes larger for example - 3^2=9

41. She thinks of me as just a friend
Think of ...as: idioms
It ends in 0 - 2 - 4 -6 - or 8
Items in alist or items that are being compared - must all contain the same parts of speech and must look the same
Permit to: idioms

42. noun - Not surprisingly - Robert De Niro is a native of New York City
Native of: idioms
It ends in 0 - 2 - 4 -6 - or 8
Regard as :idioms
Positive-3^4=81

43. Much - amount - less
1. Read the Questions 2. Break it Down 3. Answer the Questions in your own words 4. Process of Elimination
Cannot be counted quantity words: 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
Not...but : idioms

44. Any negative number raised to an even power becomes
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
Which: idioms
Estimate....to be :idioms
Positive-3^4=81

45. Sheep herding requires a shepherd to stay with his flock at all times.
Itself 5^1=5
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
Require ...to: idioms
1:5^0=1

46. Opposite

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47. Adding and subtracting exponents
Superior to : idioms
A number of: idioms
Difference/orginal
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

48. Between cake and ice cream - I like ice cream more.
Worry about: idioms
Regard as :idioms
Only two things comparatives: 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

49. Benjamin Franklin is credited with the invention of the U.S Postal system.
Credit...with:idioms
Is the number that's left over after division.The remainder when you diivide 35 by 8 is 3.
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
Hypothesis that: idioms

50. Integer
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
Cannot be counted quantity words: idioms
Is any whole number - positive - negative - or zero. So -3. 100. and 0 are all ________s
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.