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GMAT Crash Course: All In One - 2
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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. Mal's room is so clean that his mother praises him.
2. nouns
Look for verbs
Mal's room is so clean that his mother praises it. A possessive noun must match only with a possessive pronoun.
Go slower.
z > x + y + 1 - x + y + z > 0 - x + y + 2z > x + y + 1 --> z > 1/2
3. not only X but...
With
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Also Y
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.
4. Drawings in questions using the data sufficiency format that are not drawn to scale. They cannot...
Be estimated
Add the exponents to determine the answer.
Breathe - Create an internal clock around 3 minutes - Benchmark Problems
(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
5. S-W-Slash Chart
(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
When the question has to do with whether a variable is positive or negative - then list negative - positive and zero.
Sufficient.
S = Really strengthen s = possibly strengthen W = Really weakens w = possibly weakens - - = possibly strengthens a bit
6. 3 things to remember about roots
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
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))
S = Really strengthen s = possibly strengthen W = Really weakens w = possibly weakens - - = possibly strengthens a bit
7. 'Although' requires an...
Almost always wrong
Opposition
(1) Recognition (2) Content (3) Circle right answers and explain why the others are wrong (4) Train your eye to notice stop signs (pronouns)
Look for subjects
8. Given: x+ y + z > 0 Is x + y + 1 < 0?
At
x + y + 1 < 0 - 0 < x + y + z - x + y + 1 < x + y + z --> 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
you are nice (Because is redundant)
9. Compare to
Comparing similar things
When the Yes/No question has to do with whether a variable is a fraction or integer: Fraction - Integer and Zero
Don't even read it.
Sufficient.
10. Diagrams marked not on the scale ______. In fact - the drawings of these problems often purposely misleading the I.
Cannot be measured
z > x + y + 1 - x + y + z > 0 - x + y + 2z > x + y + 1 --> z > 1/2
(1) Stop Signs: 3rd person pronouns (2) Splits (3) Look for parallelism (4) Everything else
From
11. Given: x+ y + z > 0 Is z > x + y + 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
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!
Two independent sentences
z > x + y + 1 - x + y + z > 0 - x + y + 2z > x + y + 1 --> z > 1/2
12. 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?
Don't even read it.
(1) What is the antecedent? Is it sensible? Is it present? Is it unambiguous? (2) Do they agree in number?
0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 --> Answer 4
For Yes/No Data Sufficiency Questions: Criteria - List possible values based on the criteria - and Answer Question
13. CLA
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For Yes/No Data Sufficiency Questions: Criteria - List possible values based on the criteria - and Answer Question
I. Diagram II. Identify III. Infer
S = Really strengthen s = possibly strengthen W = Really weakens w = possibly weakens - - = possibly strengthens a bit
14. Critical Reasoning: Explain Problems
15. Do not divide by variables in the inequalities if... you don't know the sign
Go slower.
Do so
On
16. ride __ a bus
Almost always wrong
Redundant - should just be whether
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
On
17. 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
Proven wrong
The second sentence focuses on the extent to which the children are covered in mud.
Almost always wrong
18. do it
y is 2 more than a multiple of 3
Do so
I. Diagram II. Identify III. Infer
(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
19. When you think you have a problem figured out...
In
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
Go slower.
S = Really strengthen s = possibly strengthen W = Really weakens w = possibly weakens - - = possibly strengthens a bit
20. m is an integer - is m odd? (1) m/2 is not an even integer (2) m - 3 is an even integer
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
Proven wrong
List each of the five based on the criteria. Move slowly.
21. easier the passage...
With
To be y.
y is 2 more than a multiple of 3
Read slower
22. The only way for growers to salvage frozen citrus is to process them quickly into juice concentrate before they rot when warmer weather returns.
23. Pronoun Questions
When the Yes/No question has to do with whether a variable is a fraction or integer: Fraction - Integer and Zero
(1) What is the antecedent? Is it sensible? Is it present? Is it unambiguous? (2) Do they agree in number?
x + y + 1 < 0 - 0 < x + y + z - x + y + 1 < x + y + z --> z > 1 -
(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
24. Stop Signs for SC
3rd Person Pronouns -- It - Its - They - Them - Their
Sufficient.
(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
One way: strengthens; One way: weakens
25. 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.
the GMAT will always put the comma on the last
Mal's room is so clean that his mother praises it. A possessive noun must match only with a possessive pronoun.
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
Parallel
26. Always assume sufficient until...
Anything to the left of the colon should be a full sentence or fine on its own
Proven wrong
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
Not Sufficient. jk = mn --> jk and mn = same numbers > 1 or they could equal 1
27. credit X ___
When the question has to do with whether a variable is positive or negative - then list negative - positive and zero.
(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
3 consecutive integers are even and divisible by 3
With
28. Author is always in the middle of the road...
To be y.
Comparing similar things
Avoid extremes
Look for subjects
29. From (Stick to scope; avoid extremes; negation technique)
y is 2 more than a multiple of 3
Assumptions - Conclusions
Cannot be measured
30. forbid ___
To
Redundant - should just be whether
The second sentence focuses on the extent to which the children are covered in mud.
Add the exponents to determine the answer.
31. The year 1996.
Go slower.
Cannot introduce examples -- such as must be used instead
With
Wrong. Year is redundant
32. Critical Reasoning: Evaluate
Not Sufficient. jk = mn --> jk and mn = same numbers > 1 or they could equal 1
Don't even read it.
One way: strengthens; One way: weakens
33. Given jkmn = 1 jk/mn = 1
To (Bring new info; Avoid weak wording) - Strengthen - Weaken - Evaluate
(1) Stop Signs: 3rd person pronouns (2) Splits (3) Look for parallelism (4) Everything else
Not Sufficient. jk = mn --> jk and mn = same numbers > 1 or they could equal 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
34. In any problem...
Parallel
What are they really asking? What are they really telling me? Focus on the minimum?
Add the exponents to determine the answer.
Sufficient.
35. ride __ a car
you are nice (Because is redundant)
BCE. ab > xy ? but you don't know the sign
In
36. root (1620 + 832)
List each of the five based on the criteria. Move slowly.
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(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
Opposition
37. date x __ y
(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
Not Sufficient. jk = mn --> jk and mn = same numbers > 1 or they could equal 1
At
To
38. FDP
Read faster
The second sentence focuses on the extent to which the children are covered in mud.
Comparing similar things
Go straight for fractions
39. Given: x+ y + z > 0 Is 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
you are nice (Because is redundant)
Add the exponents to determine the answer.
Go slower.
40. Diagrams in questions the problem often format a bead on the scale unless otherwise indicated - but they are not all...
0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 --> Answer 4
you are nice (Because is redundant)
On the same scale
Assumptions - Conclusions
41. :
What are they really asking? What are they really telling me? Focus on the minimum?
Anything to the left of the colon should be a full sentence or fine on its own
z > x + y + 1 - x + y + z > 0 - x + y + 2z > x + y + 1 --> z > 1/2
(1) Stop Signs: 3rd person pronouns (2) Splits (3) Look for parallelism (4) Everything else
42. Given jkmn = 1 j = 1/k; m = 1/n
Sufficient.
Go straight for fractions
Mal's room is so clean that his mother praises it. A possessive noun must match only with a possessive pronoun.
(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
43. Sentence Correction Steps
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!
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))
(1) Stop Signs: 3rd person pronouns (2) Splits (3) Look for parallelism (4) Everything else
44. ab > xy? (1) a/x > y/b....AD BCE
45. 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.
Mal's room is so clean that his mother praises it. A possessive noun must match only with a possessive pronoun.
BCE. ab > xy ? but you don't know the sign
Read slower
46. All the children are covered in mud. Vs the children are all covered in mud.
z > x + y + 1 - x + y + z > 0 - x + y + 2z > x + y + 1 --> z > 1/2
The second sentence focuses on the extent to which the children are covered in mud.
Go 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))
47. Compare with
Proven wrong
At
Comparing different things
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. CLA: FIZ
When the Yes/No question has to do with whether a variable is a fraction or integer: Fraction - Integer and Zero
Joe or his friends are going. --> the verb correlates to the subject it is closed to when 'or' is used.
The second sentence focuses on the extent to which the children are covered in mud.
Read faster
49. CLA: NPZ
From
When the question has to do with whether a variable is positive or negative - then list negative - positive and zero.
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.
Cannot be measured
50. About