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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. nouns
(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
Do so
Look for verbs
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

2. You cannot strengthen or weaken by...
(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
(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
Analogy
x + y + 1 < 0 - 0 < x + y + z - x + y + 1 < x + y + z --> z > 1 -

3. n(n+1)(n+2)
Redundant - should just be whether
When the question has to do with whether a variable is positive or negative - then list negative - positive and zero.
3 consecutive integers are even and divisible by 3
Be estimated

4. Bold Face Problems
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!
Also Y
Add the exponents to determine the answer.
(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

5. easier the passage...
3 consecutive integers are even and divisible by 3
Comparing similar things
Avoid extremes
Read slower

6. When you think you have a problem figured out...
What are they really asking? What are they really telling me? Focus on the minimum?
Go slower.
S = Really strengthen s = possibly strengthen W = Really weakens w = possibly weakens - - = possibly strengthens a bit

7. Given jkmn = 1 j = 1/k; m = 1/n
the GMAT will always put the comma on the last
Be estimated
Sufficient.
Mal's room is so clean that his mother praises it. A possessive noun must match only with a possessive pronoun.

8. verbs
Look for subjects

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

9. n/108 = Integer/1? (1) n/12 = Integer/1 (2) n/9 = Integer/1
On
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.
Comparing different things
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.

10. CLA: NPZ
List each of the five based on the criteria. Move slowly.
On the same scale
When the question has to do with whether a variable is positive or negative - then list negative - positive and zero.
(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

11. 42/x = Integer/1
Assumptions - Conclusions
the GMAT will always put the comma on the last
Write your integers like this
Add the exponents to determine the answer.

12. not only X but...
With
3 consecutive integers are even and divisible by 3
Be estimated
Also Y

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

Anything to the left of the colon should be a full sentence or fine on its own
What are they really asking? What are they really telling me? Focus on the minimum?
Not Sufficient. jk = mn --> jk and mn = same numbers > 1 or they could equal 1

14. Joe or his friends ____ going.
(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
y is 2 more than a multiple of 3
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 -

15. Mal's room is so clean that his mother praises him.
Opposition
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.
Comparing different things

16. Always assume sufficient until...
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
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.
Proven wrong
Sufficient.

17. 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.
Proven wrong
BCE. ab > xy ? but you don't know the sign
Analogy

18. do it
Cannot introduce examples -- such as must be used instead
With
Do so
When the Yes/No question has to do with whether a variable is a fraction or integer: Fraction - Integer and Zero

19. being
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
(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
Almost always wrong

20. ab > xy? (1) a/x > y/b....AD BCE
Comparing similar things
BCE. ab > xy ? but you don't know the sign
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Add the exponents to determine the answer.

21. Compare to
Comparing similar things
Look for verbs
Look for subjects
Read faster

22. Critical Reasoning: Explain Problems
(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
Mal's room is so clean that his mother praises it. A possessive noun must match only with a possessive pronoun.
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!

23. 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
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
I. Diagram II. Identify III. Infer
From

24. CLA
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.
For Yes/No Data Sufficiency Questions: Criteria - List possible values based on the criteria - and Answer Question
At
Anything to the left of the colon should be a full sentence or fine on its own

25. ride __ a bus
S = Really strengthen s = possibly strengthen W = Really weakens w = possibly weakens - - = possibly strengthens a bit
Avoid extremes
To (Bring new info; Avoid weak wording) - Strengthen - Weaken - Evaluate
On

26. About
BCE. ab > xy ? but you don't know the sign
Describe structure - Bold face - Parallel the reasoning - 'By...' (e.g. - Mary argues by...)
Comparing similar things
(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

27. m is an integer - is m odd? (1) m/2 is not an even integer (2) m - 3 is an even integer
Go slower.
Cannot be measured
List each of the five based on the criteria. Move slowly.
Almost always wrong

28. prohibit ___

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.
From
To

29. 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.
Joe or his friends are going. --> the verb correlates to the subject it is closed to when 'or' is used.
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
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For Yes/No Data Sufficiency Questions: Criteria - List possible values based on the criteria - and Answer Question

30. forbid ___
To

I. Diagram II. Identify III. Infer
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!

31. ;
One way: strengthens; One way: weakens
Two independent sentences
20 problems --> 35 minutes - skip critical reasoning questions early on (strengthen/weaken) - Skip combinations and permutations; or - absolute values with inequalities
Comparing similar things

32. Argument
To (Bring new info; Avoid weak wording) - Strengthen - Weaken - Evaluate
Mal's room is so clean that his mother praises it. A possessive noun must match only with a possessive pronoun.
Anything to the left of the colon should be a full sentence or fine on its own
Cannot be measured

33. :
At
Anything to the left of the colon should be a full sentence or fine on its own
BCE. ab > xy ? but you don't know the sign
Read slower

34. 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.
Breathe - Create an internal clock around 3 minutes - Benchmark Problems
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
Read slower

35. Given: x+ y + z > 0 Is z > 1?
BCE. ab > xy ? but you don't know the sign
(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.
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

36. Drawings in questions using the data sufficiency format that are not drawn to scale. They cannot...
BCE. ab > xy ? but you don't know the sign
Also Y
Be estimated
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

37. Given: x+ y + z > 0 Is z > x + y + 1?
Also Y
Look for verbs
BCE. ab > xy ? but you don't know the sign
z > x + y + 1 - x + y + z > 0 - x + y + 2z > x + y + 1 --> z > 1/2

38. 3 things to remember about roots
Opposition
Two independent sentences
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))
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.

39. When the positive integer x is divided by 11 - the quotient is y and the remainder is 3. When x is divided by 19 the remainder is also 3. What is the remainder when y is divided by 19?
the GMAT will always put the comma on the last
Analogy
0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 --> Answer 4
Look for verbs

40. Diagrams marked not on the scale ______. In fact - the drawings of these problems often purposely misleading the I.
Describe structure - Bold face - Parallel the reasoning - 'By...' (e.g. - Mary argues by...)

Joe or his friends are going. --> the verb correlates to the subject it is closed to when 'or' is used.
Cannot be measured

41. FDP
Go straight for fractions
BCE. ab > xy ? but you don't know the sign
Look for verbs
Be estimated

42. From (Stick to scope; avoid extremes; negation technique)
(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
Assumptions - Conclusions
you are nice (Because is redundant)
Also Y

43. Compare with
Comparing different things
Do so
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.
BCE. ab > xy ? but you don't know the sign

44. For studying sentence correction
To be y.
Comparing different things
z > x + y + 1 - x + y + z > 0 - x + y + 2z > x + y + 1 --> z > 1/2
(1) Recognition (2) Content (3) Circle right answers and explain why the others are wrong (4) Train your eye to notice stop signs (pronouns)

45. Critical Reasoning: Evaluate
Wrong. Year is redundant
One way: strengthens; One way: weakens
To be y.
When the question has to do with whether a variable is positive or negative - then list negative - positive and zero.

46. y = 3x + 2
Comparing similar things
I. Diagram II. Identify III. Infer
y is 2 more than a multiple of 3
Anything to the left of the colon should be a full sentence or fine on its own

47. ride __ a car
(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
In
Parallel
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

48. Estimate x...
Wrong. Year is redundant
Write your integers like this
From
To be y.

49. Do not divide by variables in the inequalities if... you don't know the sign

Two independent sentences
Also Y
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. The year 1996.
Write your integers like this
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
Don't even read it.
Wrong. Year is redundant

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