GMAT Crash Course: All In One

Instructions:

• Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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• Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. I forbid you to interrupt me again
Forbid to: idioms
Becomes larger for example - 3^2=9
Superior to : idioms
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


2. Plugging in
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.
Think of ...as: 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
A subject must always agree with its verb


3. I will eat neither tomatoes nor Brussels sprouts; they smell funny
AD VS. BCE
Neither...nor :idioms
It ends in 0 - 2 - 4 -6 - or 8
From...to:idioms


4. more - -er - between
Different from:idioms
Adding its digits results in a number that's a multiple of 9
Adding its digits yields a number divisible by 3
Only two things comparatives: idioms


5. Sheep herding requires a shepherd to stay with his flock at all times.
Require ...to: idioms
Different from:idioms
It ends in 5 or 0
It is divisible by both 2 and 3


6. My father sees a large investment portfolio as a sign of success
See as:idioms
Smaller - for example (1/2)^2=1/4
Itself 5^1=5
Can be counted: quantity words: idioms


7. I am responsible for feeding the parakeet.
Attribute...to:idioms
Responsible for: idioms
When: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


8. Okra is a native to Africa : Adjective
Native to: idioms
Only when referring to an actual location
1:5^0=1
Simple past - present - and past perfect are the three verb tenses most commonly tested on the GMAT.


9. Extreme
Worry about: idioms
Extreme wording is another very common reason for eliminating anser choice in POE
Hypothesis that: idioms
Whom: idioms : he use whom


10. Each of the schools he applied to had it own strengths. Is used when you want to emphasize that items are separate
Each:idioms
Hypothesis that: idioms
Define as:idioms
Cannot be counted quantity words: idioms


11. Some Republicans define welfare abuse as the primary evil in America.
Define as:idioms
Which: idioms
When an action started in the past and ....
Adding its digits yields a number divisible by 3


12. A # is divisble by 4 if
Either ....or: idioms
Three or more things: comparatives:idioms
That: idioms
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.


13. Decimals
1. Read the Questions 2. Break it Down 3. Answer the Questions in your own words 4. Process of Elimination
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
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.


14. The talk show host agitated the guests to the point that they were throwing chairs at each other.
Is a number that does not have any fractional parts. the number 2 is a whole number but 2.5 is not
Cannot be counted quantity words: idioms
Becomes larger for example - 3^2=9
That : idioms


15. The more you eat - the fatter you get
Difference/orginal
The more...the -er:idioms
Responsibility to: idioms
Only when referring to an actual location


16. 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.
Is any whole number - positive - negative - or zero. So -3. 100. and 0 are all ________s
Any number greater than 0. So 1/4 - 5000 - but 0 is not. any number that's less than 0 --15 - 0 is not
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


17. Quotient
The number you are dividing another number into
Just as....so too: idioms
What is Percent of X = (1/100) x
The result of division


18. A # is divisble by 9 if

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19. That desk is where I spend countless hours working at my thankless job.
Smaller - for example (1/2)^2=1/4
Where:idioms
That: idioms
Require ...to: idioms


20. Distinct

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21. Any number to the 0 power is
That : idioms
1:5^0=1
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


22. Many wrongly consider Henry Kissinger the greatest statesman of the twentieth century.
Credit...with:idioms
Consider : idioms
Itself 5^1=5
A descriptive word or phrase should immediately follow the thing that it modifies


23. Just as I have found my cell phone indispensable - so you will too
Is a number that does not have any fractional parts. the number 2 is a whole number but 2.5 is not
Consider : 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
Just as....so too: idioms


24. Why must you act like a four-year old. is used to mean similar to
Regard as :idioms
A subject must always agree with its verb
Like: idioms
Contrast...with: idioms


25. Simple Past
Just as....so too: idioms
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
That : idioms
Has ceased to occur : Mal looked puzzled when you told him the news


26. I am not so foolsih as to fall for that a third time
Is a number that does not have any fractional parts. the number 2 is a whole number but 2.5 is not
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
Not so....as:idioms
1. Read the Questions 2. Break it Down 3. Answer the Questions in your own words 4. Process of Elimination


27. Order of operations
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.
Neither...nor :idioms
Refers to just what it sounds like: the order in which mathematical operations are to be performed. Exponents - Multiplications - Division - Addition - and Subtraction
Itself 5^1=5


28. I'll go out with you when the clock strikes thirteen - and not a moment
Superior to : idioms
When:idioms
Which: idioms
The top number in a fraction


29. Multiplying and dividing exponents
The result of multiplying any number by any other number. The numbers 8 - 16 - and 424 are all multiples of 4.
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
Must clearly refer to a noun - and must agree with that noun in gender and quatity
As....as


30. If you contrast one politician's ethics with another's - you will find no difference
Target .....at: idioms
Contrast...with: idioms
The number you are dividing another number into
That : idioms


31. A # is divisble by 5 if
Like: 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
It ends in 5 or 0
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


32. noun - Not surprisingly - Robert De Niro is a native of New York City
Target .....at: idioms
As: idioms
Where:idioms
Native of: idioms


33. Joe is so smart as to be intimidating.
So....as to be: idioms
More...than
Are pretty much just another way of writing square roots
It ends in 0 - 2 - 4 -6 - or 8


34. My dad says I can no longer associate with you
Associate with : idioms
Simple past - present - and past perfect are the three verb tenses most commonly tested on the GMAT.
Define as:idioms
A descriptive word or phrase should immediately follow the thing that it modifies


35. Prime numbers
1. Read the Questions 2. Break it Down 3. Answer the Questions in your own words 4. Process of Elimination
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
Target .....at: idioms
Has ceased to occur : Mal looked puzzled when you told him the news


36. 'ER' is superior television show to 'Survivor'
Adding its digits results in a number that's a multiple of 9
Only two things comparatives: idioms
Any number greater than 0. So 1/4 - 5000 - but 0 is not. any number that's less than 0 --15 - 0 is not
Superior to : idioms


37. Opposite

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38. Reasoning

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39. 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.
Ability ..to:idioms
Continues to the present: As long as I have known him - Mal has looked puzzled in meetings.
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


40. most - -est - among
Three or more things: comparatives:idioms
Worry about: idioms
Extreme wording is another very common reason for eliminating anser choice in POE
A number of: idioms


41. Although she looks much older - Faye Dunaway is the same age as my mother's.
The result of division
The same....as: idioms
See as:idioms
A descriptive word or phrase should immediately follow the thing that it modifies


42. Cross Multiplication

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43. The sideshow barker estimated Henry to be a fool.
As: idioms
Hypothesis that: idioms
Estimate....to be :idioms
Neither...nor :idioms


44. Divisible
Is the number that's left over after division.The remainder when you diivide 35 by 8 is 3.
Like: 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)
It ends in 5 or 0


45. She thinks of me as just a friend
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...
More...than
Try to: idioms
Think of ...as: idioms


46. Misplaced Modifier
A descriptive word or phrase should immediately follow the thing that it modifies
Cannot be counted quantity words: idioms
Attribute...to:idioms
The same....as: idioms


47. Basic approach to data sufficiency
The top number in a fraction
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...
The more...the -er:idioms
AD VS. BCE


48. Much - amount - less
Who:idioms :he use who
Continues to the present: As long as I have known him - Mal has looked puzzled in meetings.
Cannot be counted quantity words: idioms
See as:idioms


49. Dividend
Require ...to: idioms
The number you are dividing another number into
Adding its digits yields a number divisible by 3
Becomes larger for example - 3^2=9


50. Adding and subtracting exponents
Prohibit ...from: idioms
Like: 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
Itself 5^1=5