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GMAT Crash Course: All In One - 2

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Do not divide by variables in the inequalities if... you don't know the sign
108 --> 2 -2 -3 -3 -3 12 --> 2 -2 -3 9 --> 3 -3 - Because you cannot be certain that the 12 and 9 share the 3.

Parallel
(1) Must be supported by premise (2) Never supported by anything (3) If you have two sentences - put therefore in between and see if it makes sense

2. Estimate x...
Comparing similar things
To be y.
List each of the five based on the criteria. Move slowly.
Wrong. Year is redundant

3. ride __ a bus
On
Write your integers like this
To have it quickly processed into juice concentrate before warmer weather returns and rots the fruit - because citrus is singular and 'it' is the appropriate pronoun
y is 2 more than a multiple of 3

4. In any problem...
Comparing similar things
What are they really asking? What are they really telling me? Focus on the minimum?
Proven wrong
From

5. m is an integer - is m odd? (1) m/2 is not an even integer (2) m - 3 is an even integer
List each of the five based on the criteria. Move slowly.
From
Look for verbs
Assumptions - Conclusions

6. forbid ___
Go slower.
On the same scale
(1) Stop Signs: 3rd person pronouns (2) Splits (3) Look for parallelism (4) Everything else
To

7. The reason I like you is because...
you are nice (Because is redundant)
the GMAT will always put the comma on the last
Not Sufficient. jk = mn --> jk and mn = same numbers > 1 or they could equal 1
Sufficient.

8. If there is a list...
Also Y
the GMAT will always put the comma on the last
Not Sufficient. jk = mn --> jk and mn = same numbers > 1 or they could equal 1
To have it quickly processed into juice concentrate before warmer weather returns and rots the fruit - because citrus is singular and 'it' is the appropriate pronoun

9. You cannot strengthen or weaken by...
Analogy
Proven wrong
Wrong. Year is redundant
Avoid extremes

10. Conclusions
I. Diagram II. Identify III. Infer
List each of the five based on the criteria. Move slowly.
(1) Must be supported by premise (2) Never supported by anything (3) If you have two sentences - put therefore in between and see if it makes sense
y is 2 more than a multiple of 3

11. Like
Cannot introduce examples -- such as must be used instead
(1) Recognition (2) Content (3) Circle right answers and explain why the others are wrong (4) Train your eye to notice stop signs (pronouns)
3 consecutive integers are even and divisible by 3

12. How to do assumption problems?
Avoid extremes
(1) Read question first (2) Read for structure and look for gaps (3) Work from wrong to right (4) Negation test: If you negate the argument will fall apart - Answer choices that bring in new information are wrong - Look for reverse causation
the GMAT will always put the comma on the last
Be estimated

13. ride __ a car
In
We are in the 'To category.' So - we bring something to the argument. It will not break the premises. For example - Mary: That guy is a newspaper reporter...; Joe: No! That guy wears a cape! Therefore - it is superman. We focus on explaining!
5 problems --> 65 minutes remaining - 10 problems --> 55 minutes remaining - 20 problems --> 35 minutes remaining - 30 problems --> 15 minutes remaining - 34 problems --> 7 minutes remaining - Skip between questions 3 and 8.
Opposition

14. Diagrams in questions the problem often format a bead on the scale unless otherwise indicated - but they are not all...
List each of the five based on the criteria. Move slowly.
On the same scale
To
For Yes/No Data Sufficiency Questions: Criteria - List possible values based on the criteria - and Answer Question

15. :
Comparing similar things
The second sentence focuses on the extent to which the children are covered in mud.

Anything to the left of the colon should be a full sentence or fine on its own

16. All the children are covered in mud. Vs the children are all covered in mud.
The second sentence focuses on the extent to which the children are covered in mud.
When the Yes/No question has to do with whether a variable is a fraction or integer: Fraction - Integer and Zero
Go slower.
To

17. If you see a semicolon and it is before or after underlined part

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18. For studying sentence correction
(1) Recognition (2) Content (3) Circle right answers and explain why the others are wrong (4) Train your eye to notice stop signs (pronouns)
To (Bring new info; Avoid weak wording) - Strengthen - Weaken - Evaluate
With
At

19. CLA: FIZ
Joe or his friends are going. --> the verb correlates to the subject it is closed to when 'or' is used.
z > x + y + 1 - x + y + z > 0 - x + y + 2z > x + y + 1 --> z > 1/2
When the Yes/No question has to do with whether a variable is a fraction or integer: Fraction - Integer and Zero
3rd Person Pronouns -- It - Its - They - Them - Their

20. Mal's room is so clean that his mother praises him.

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21. easier the passage...
Read slower
Root (81) = + or - 9 - 5/root(x) is not simplest form -->5root(x)/x is simplest - (5/(3+root(x)) --> (5/(3+root(x)) x (3-root(x))/(3-root(x))
On the same scale
What are they really asking? What are they really telling me? Focus on the minimum?

22. ;
Sufficient.
Two independent sentences
Add a countering premise
24

23. Timing Strategies
Breathe - Create an internal clock around 3 minutes - Benchmark Problems
Anything to the left of the colon should be a full sentence or fine on its own
(1) Read question first (2) Read for structure and look for gaps (3) Work from wrong to right (4) Negation test: If you negate the argument will fall apart - Answer choices that bring in new information are wrong - Look for reverse causation
Avoid extremes

24. How to eliminate answers on geometry questions
z > x + y + 1 - x + y + z > 0 - x + y + 2z > x + y + 1 --> z > 1/2
x + y + 1 < 0 - 0 < x + y + z - x + y + 1 < x + y + z --> z > 1 -
108 --> 2 -2 -3 -3 -3 12 --> 2 -2 -3 9 --> 3 -3 - Because you cannot be certain that the 12 and 9 share the 3.
Many geometry problems come complete with a diagram drawn to scale. Most people get so caught up in solving a geometry problem geometrically that they forget to look at the diagram to see whether the answer is reasonable. Simply using approximations

25. Stop Signs for SC
3rd Person Pronouns -- It - Its - They - Them - Their
3 consecutive integers are even and divisible by 3
(1) Stop Signs: 3rd person pronouns (2) Splits (3) Look for parallelism (4) Everything else
To

26. Quant Problems Timing strategy
5 problems --> 65 minutes remaining - 10 problems --> 55 minutes remaining - 20 problems --> 35 minutes remaining - 30 problems --> 15 minutes remaining - 34 problems --> 7 minutes remaining - Skip between questions 3 and 8.
x + y + 1 < 0 - 0 < x + y + z - x + y + 1 < x + y + z --> z > 1 -
108 --> 2 -2 -3 -3 -3 12 --> 2 -2 -3 9 --> 3 -3 - Because you cannot be certain that the 12 and 9 share the 3.
Redundant - should just be whether

27. Geometry
Avoid extremes
I. Diagram II. Identify III. Infer
Comparing similar things
(1) Must be supported by premise (2) Never supported by anything (3) If you have two sentences - put therefore in between and see if it makes sense

28. Given: x+ y + z > 0 Is x + y + 1 < 0?
In
20 problems --> 35 minutes - skip critical reasoning questions early on (strengthen/weaken) - Skip combinations and permutations; or - absolute values with inequalities
x + y + 1 < 0 - 0 < x + y + z - x + y + 1 < x + y + z --> z > 1 -
Anything to the left of the colon should be a full sentence or fine on its own

29. FDP
When the Yes/No question has to do with whether a variable is a fraction or integer: Fraction - Integer and Zero
To (Bring new info; Avoid weak wording) - Strengthen - Weaken - Evaluate
Go straight for fractions
The second sentence focuses on the extent to which the children are covered in mud.

30. prohibit ___
From
Do so
Add a countering premise
Opposition

31. being
In
The second sentence focuses on the extent to which the children are covered in mud.
Almost always wrong
Two independent sentences

32. Given: x+ y + z > 0 Is z > 1?
Describe structure - Bold face - Parallel the reasoning - 'By...' (e.g. - Mary argues by...)
Write your integers like this
Add the exponents to determine the answer.
On

33. Diagrams marked not on the scale ______. In fact - the drawings of these problems often purposely misleading the I.
(1) Recognition (2) Content (3) Circle right answers and explain why the others are wrong (4) Train your eye to notice stop signs (pronouns)
Add the exponents to determine the answer.
Cannot be measured
What are they really asking? What are they really telling me? Focus on the minimum?

34. To Weaken
To
Add a countering premise

x + y + 1 < 0 - 0 < x + y + z - x + y + 1 < x + y + z --> z > 1 -

35. 42/x = Integer/1
Opposition
The second sentence focuses on the extent to which the children are covered in mud.
Comparing similar things
Write your integers like this

36. and
Parallel
(1) Must be supported by premise (2) Never supported by anything (3) If you have two sentences - put therefore in between and see if it makes sense
Sufficient.
Describe structure - Bold face - Parallel the reasoning - 'By...' (e.g. - Mary argues by...)

37. Sentence Correction Steps
the GMAT will always put the comma on the last
(1) Stop Signs: 3rd person pronouns (2) Splits (3) Look for parallelism (4) Everything else
20 problems --> 35 minutes - skip critical reasoning questions early on (strengthen/weaken) - Skip combinations and permutations; or - absolute values with inequalities
z > x + y + 1 - x + y + z > 0 - x + y + 2z > x + y + 1 --> z > 1/2

38. Reporting that one of ___ many problems had been the recent extended sales slump in women's apparel - the seven-store retailer said it would start a three-month liquidation sale in all of its torso.
Assumptions - Conclusions
List each of the five based on the criteria. Move slowly.
On the same scale
Seven-store retailer is singular - therefore its is the correct pronoun. one action is the seven-store retailer saying something and the sales slump -- the sales slump preceded reporting about the slump; therefore - it needs to be in the past partici

39. 3 things to remember about roots
Assumptions - Conclusions
Root (81) = + or - 9 - 5/root(x) is not simplest form -->5root(x)/x is simplest - (5/(3+root(x)) --> (5/(3+root(x)) x (3-root(x))/(3-root(x))
With
Joe or his friends are going. --> the verb correlates to the subject it is closed to when 'or' is used.

40. CLA

For Yes/No Data Sufficiency Questions: Criteria - List possible values based on the criteria - and Answer Question
To have it quickly processed into juice concentrate before warmer weather returns and rots the fruit - because citrus is singular and 'it' is the appropriate pronoun
When the question has to do with whether a variable is positive or negative - then list negative - positive and zero.

41. not only X but...

Also Y
Cannot be measured
For Yes/No Data Sufficiency Questions: Criteria - List possible values based on the criteria - and Answer Question

42. Compare with
Mal's room is so clean that his mother praises it. A possessive noun must match only with a possessive pronoun.
List each of the five based on the criteria. Move slowly.
I. Diagram II. Identify III. Infer
Comparing different things

43. whether or not
(1) Stop Signs: 3rd person pronouns (2) Splits (3) Look for parallelism (4) Everything else
Almost always wrong
At
Redundant - should just be whether

44. do it
Comparing different things
Do so
At
Joe or his friends are going. --> the verb correlates to the subject it is closed to when 'or' is used.

45. date x __ y
The second sentence focuses on the extent to which the children are covered in mud.
Don't even read it.
At
On

46. Always assume sufficient until...
Redundant - should just be whether
(1) Must be supported by premise (2) Never supported by anything (3) If you have two sentences - put therefore in between and see if it makes sense
Read slower
Proven wrong

47. When choosing numbers... don't choose 0 -1 or any number in the numerator or denominator
Mal's room is so clean that his mother praises it. A possessive noun must match only with a possessive pronoun.
108 --> 2 -2 -3 -3 -3 12 --> 2 -2 -3 9 --> 3 -3 - Because you cannot be certain that the 12 and 9 share the 3.

Write your integers like this

48. Verbal Problems Timing strategy
5 problems --> 65 minutes remaining - 10 problems --> 55 minutes remaining - 20 problems --> 35 minutes remaining - 30 problems --> 15 minutes remaining - 34 problems --> 7 minutes remaining - Skip between questions 3 and 8.
108 --> 2 -2 -3 -3 -3 12 --> 2 -2 -3 9 --> 3 -3 - Because you cannot be certain that the 12 and 9 share the 3.
20 problems --> 35 minutes - skip critical reasoning questions early on (strengthen/weaken) - Skip combinations and permutations; or - absolute values with inequalities
From

49. tougher the passage...
From
y is 2 more than a multiple of 3
To
Read faster

50. Studying for Critical Reasoning
Read slower
(1) ID each question type (To - From - About) (2) What am I looking for? (3) For the question type - what does the answer need to be ...right;...wrong. (4) Work the passage (5) For the passage - what does an answer need to be right (6) For the passag
List each of the five based on the criteria. Move slowly.
To

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