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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. Studying for Critical Reasoning
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
One way: strengthens; One way: weakens
(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
Two independent sentences

2. tougher the passage...
Assumptions - Conclusions
Read faster
Draw a diagram. The first thing you should do with any geometry problem that does not have a diagram is to sketch it out scratch booklet. And when you draw the diagram - try to brought scale that way be in a position to estimate.
Be estimated

3. You cannot strengthen or weaken by...
Analogy
Write your integers like this
S = Really strengthen s = possibly strengthen W = Really weakens w = possibly weakens - - = possibly strengthens a bit
Add a countering premise

4. n/108 = Integer/1? (1) n/12 = Integer/1 (2) n/9 = Integer/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.
BCE. ab > xy ? but you don't know the sign
Go slower.
Also Y

5. 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)
(1) Find conclusion (2) Relate each bold point to conclusion - Supports the conclusion - It is the conclusion - Supports the other conclusion - It is the other conclusion (3) Tell each answer choice what it should say
3 consecutive integers are even and divisible by 3
Don't even read it.

6. different ___
From
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
(1) Stop Signs: 3rd person pronouns (2) Splits (3) Look for parallelism (4) Everything else
Breathe - Create an internal clock around 3 minutes - Benchmark Problems

7. Conclusions
(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
(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
Not Sufficient. jk = mn --> jk and mn = same numbers > 1 or they could equal 1
Go slower.

8. being
Look for subjects
Almost always wrong
On the same scale
Analogy

9. do it
Do so
Go slower.
On
Memorize the following approximations: Pie approximately equals 3 - Square root of one equals one - Square root of two approximately equals 1.4 - Square root of three approximately equals 1.7

10. Do not divide by variables in the inequalities if... you don't know the sign
Don't even read it.
On

Breathe - Create an internal clock around 3 minutes - Benchmark Problems

11. 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.
When the Yes/No question has to do with whether a variable is a fraction or integer: Fraction - Integer and Zero
I. Diagram II. Identify III. Infer
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12. 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.
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!
Add a countering premise
List each of the five based on the criteria. Move slowly.

13. To Weaken
3rd Person Pronouns -- It - Its - They - Them - Their
Add a countering premise
(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
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

14. root (1620 + 832)
Comparing different things
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Write your integers like this
Anything to the left of the colon should be a full sentence or fine on its own

15. Basic tools to eliminate answers in geometry questions
Memorize the following approximations: Pie approximately equals 3 - Square root of one equals one - Square root of two approximately equals 1.4 - Square root of three approximately equals 1.7
z > x + y + 1 - x + y + z > 0 - x + y + 2z > x + y + 1 --> z > 1/2
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
Don't even read it.

16. Critical Reasoning: Evaluate
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
Go straight for fractions
One way: strengthens; One way: weakens
Sufficient.

17. ;
z > x + y + 1 - x + y + z > 0 - x + y + 2z > x + y + 1 --> z > 1/2

Two independent sentences
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

18. and
(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
Joe or his friends are going. --> the verb correlates to the subject it is closed to when 'or' is used.
Two independent sentences
Parallel

19. The only way for growers to salvage frozen citrus is to process them quickly into juice concentrate before they rot when warmer weather returns.
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
(1) Find conclusion (2) Relate each bold point to conclusion - Supports the conclusion - It is the conclusion - Supports the other conclusion - It is the other conclusion (3) Tell each answer choice what it should say
One way: strengthens; One way: weakens

20. Joe or his friends ____ going.
Joe or his friends are going. --> the verb correlates to the subject it is closed to when 'or' is used.
x + y + 1 < 0 - 0 < x + y + z - x + y + 1 < x + y + z --> z > 1 -
Not Sufficient. jk = mn --> jk and mn = same numbers > 1 or they could equal 1
Proven wrong

21. Drawings in questions using the data sufficiency format that are not drawn to scale. They cannot...
List each of the five based on the criteria. Move slowly.
Sufficient.
Be estimated
From

22. Bold Face Problems
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(1) Find conclusion (2) Relate each bold point to conclusion - Supports the conclusion - It is the conclusion - Supports the other conclusion - It is the other conclusion (3) Tell each answer choice what it should say
Cannot introduce examples -- such as must be used instead
Be estimated

23. Compare to
With
In
Comparing similar things
Analogy

24. Diagrams marked not on the scale ______. In fact - the drawings of these problems often purposely misleading the I.
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.
Comparing different things
Cannot be measured
(1) Stop Signs: 3rd person pronouns (2) Splits (3) Look for parallelism (4) Everything else

25. CLA
For Yes/No Data Sufficiency Questions: Criteria - List possible values based on the criteria - and Answer Question
Cannot introduce examples -- such as must be used instead
Almost always wrong
List each of the five based on the criteria. Move slowly.

26. whether or not
the GMAT will always put the comma on the last
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Redundant - should just be whether
Breathe - Create an internal clock around 3 minutes - Benchmark Problems

27. Given: x+ y + z > 0 Is z > 1?
(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
Add the exponents to determine the answer.
To be y.
Breathe - Create an internal clock around 3 minutes - Benchmark Problems

28. CLA: FIZ
(1) Stop Signs: 3rd person pronouns (2) Splits (3) Look for parallelism (4) Everything else
Cannot introduce examples -- such as must be used instead
Wrong. Year is redundant
When the Yes/No question has to do with whether a variable is a fraction or integer: Fraction - Integer and Zero

29. verbs
Almost always wrong
3rd Person Pronouns -- It - Its - They - Them - Their
Look for subjects
Wrong. Year is redundant

30. Geometry
One way: strengthens; One way: weakens
Go slower.
Proven wrong
I. Diagram II. Identify III. Infer

31. 42/x = Integer/1
Cannot be measured
Read slower
To be y.
Write your integers like this

32. How to do assumption problems?

x + y + 1 < 0 - 0 < x + y + z - x + y + 1 < x + y + z --> z > 1 -
(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
Look for verbs

33. Diagrams in questions the problem often format a bead on the scale unless otherwise indicated - but they are not all...
What are they really asking? What are they really telling me? Focus on the minimum?
Two independent sentences
z > x + y + 1 - x + y + z > 0 - x + y + 2z > x + y + 1 --> z > 1/2
On the same scale

34. ride __ a car
When the Yes/No question has to do with whether a variable is a fraction or integer: Fraction - Integer and Zero
Look for subjects
Memorize the following approximations: Pie approximately equals 3 - Square root of one equals one - Square root of two approximately equals 1.4 - Square root of three approximately equals 1.7
In

35. In any problem...
What are they really asking? What are they really telling me? Focus on the minimum?
To (Bring new info; Avoid weak wording) - Strengthen - Weaken - Evaluate
In
x + y + 1 < 0 - 0 < x + y + z - x + y + 1 < x + y + z --> z > 1 -

36. Given jkmn = 1 j = 1/k; m = 1/n
To be y.
y is 2 more than a multiple of 3
BCE. ab > xy ? but you don't know the sign
Sufficient.

37. What should I do if there is no diagram?
The second sentence focuses on the extent to which the children are covered in mud.
Memorize the following approximations: Pie approximately equals 3 - Square root of one equals one - Square root of two approximately equals 1.4 - Square root of three approximately equals 1.7
(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
Draw a diagram. The first thing you should do with any geometry problem that does not have a diagram is to sketch it out scratch booklet. And when you draw the diagram - try to brought scale that way be in a position to estimate.

38. Given: x+ y + z > 0 Is x + y + 1 < 0?
Look for subjects
To be y.
x + y + 1 < 0 - 0 < x + y + z - x + y + 1 < x + y + z --> z > 1 -
20 problems --> 35 minutes - skip critical reasoning questions early on (strengthen/weaken) - Skip combinations and permutations; or - absolute values with inequalities

39. not only X but...
Look for subjects
Do so
(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
Also Y

40. easier the passage...
Comparing different things
Look for verbs
(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

41. When choosing numbers... don't choose 0 -1 or any number in the numerator or denominator
With
Sufficient.

Parallel

42. credit X ___
With
Be estimated
(1) What is the antecedent? Is it sensible? Is it present? Is it unambiguous? (2) Do they agree in number?
To (Bring new info; Avoid weak wording) - Strengthen - Weaken - Evaluate

43. m is an integer - is m odd? (1) m/2 is not an even integer (2) m - 3 is an even integer
(1) What is the antecedent? Is it sensible? Is it present? Is it unambiguous? (2) Do they agree in number?
Go straight for fractions
Also Y
List each of the five based on the criteria. Move slowly.

44. The year 1996.
Wrong. Year is redundant
Opposition
Memorize the following approximations: Pie approximately equals 3 - Square root of one equals one - Square root of two approximately equals 1.4 - Square root of three approximately equals 1.7
Sufficient.

45. Author is always in the middle of the road...
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.
Avoid extremes
What are they really asking? What are they really telling me? Focus on the minimum?
From

46. CLA: NPZ
Opposition
Add the exponents to determine the answer.
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
When the question has to do with whether a variable is positive or negative - then list negative - positive and zero.

47. If you see a semicolon and it is before or after underlined part
List each of the five based on the criteria. Move slowly.

Don't even read it.
Memorize the following approximations: Pie approximately equals 3 - Square root of one equals one - Square root of two approximately equals 1.4 - Square root of three approximately equals 1.7

48. 'Although' requires an...
Comparing different things
(1) What is the antecedent? Is it sensible? Is it present? Is it unambiguous? (2) Do they agree in number?
Opposition
Not Sufficient. jk = mn --> jk and mn = same numbers > 1 or they could equal 1

49. Sentence Correction Steps
Go slower.
(1) Stop Signs: 3rd person pronouns (2) Splits (3) Look for parallelism (4) Everything else
Comparing different things
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))

50. Timing Strategies
The second sentence focuses on the extent to which the children are covered in mud.
Breathe - Create an internal clock around 3 minutes - Benchmark Problems
Be estimated
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

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