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GMAT Crash Course: All In One

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. You are not only clever but you are also charming
Not only...but also : idioms
Where:idioms
It is divisible by both 2 and 3
Itself 5^1=5

2. Okra is a native to Africa : Adjective
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...
A subject must always agree with its verb
Native to: idioms
Who:idioms :he use who

3. I forbid you to interrupt me again
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
Forbid 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
A subject must always agree with its verb

4. The more you eat - the fatter you get
The more...the -er:idioms
The number of : idioms
It is divisible by both 2 and 3
So....that:idioms

5. Scope
More...than
Associate with : 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
When you're dealing with questions that ask you to weaken or strengthen the author's conclusion - be very wary of answer choices that while within the scope - do exactly the opposite of what you want - while it is the scope of the argument - it is th

6. Multiplying and dividing fractions
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
Refers to just what it sounds like: the order in which mathematical operations are to be performed. Exponents - Multiplications - Division - Addition - and Subtraction
Must clearly refer to a noun - and must agree with that noun in gender and quatity
Is simply a mathematical way of saying 'different.' So when you are asked to count the distinct prime factors of 12 - you would answer that there are two 2 and 3. Even though 12=2x2x3 - you can only count 2 once.

7. That weightlifter has more muscle in his head than he has brains.
Simple past - present - and past perfect are the three verb tenses most commonly tested on the GMAT.
More...than
As: idioms
Responsible for: idioms

8. Consecutive
Describes integers listed in ascending order - which are separated by the same interval. The numbers 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 are consective integers and the numbers 2 - 4 - 6 -8 are consecutive even integers.
Responsibility to: idioms
As: 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

9. A # is divisble by 8 if
The result of multipication is called this
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
Responsible for: idioms
Attribute...to:idioms

10. Dividend
More...than
Consider : idioms
The number you are dividing another number into
Either ....or: idioms

11. Difference
Are numbers that can be divided into another number without leaving a remainder. For example - the numbers 1 -2 -3 -4 -6 and 12 are the factors of 12.
Responsible for: idioms
All or both: idioms
The result of subtraction

12. A hypothesis that the aluminum in soda cans causes Alzheimer's disease is circulating on the Internet.
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.
Hypothesis that: idioms
Becomes larger for example - 3^2=9
Is the number that's left over after division.The remainder when you diivide 35 by 8 is 3.

13. Digit
Any number greater than 0. So 1/4 - 5000 - but 0 is not. any number that's less than 0 --15 - 0 is not
Associate with : 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.
Not only...but also : idioms

14. Route 66 is a highway that runs from Chicago to Los Angeles.
Which: idioms
Only to denote a moment in time
From...to:idioms
Different from:idioms

15. Positive/negative numbers

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16. Use a plural verb - something is multitude....A number of survivors of the plane crash swam to shore
Such as: idioms
Each:idioms
A number of: idioms
Was completed before some other past action began. : Mal has always looked puzzled in meetings until he got a new boss.

17. Order of operations
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
Just as....so too: idioms
A descriptive word or phrase should immediately follow the thing that it modifies
Refers to just what it sounds like: the order in which mathematical operations are to be performed. Exponents - Multiplications - Division - Addition - and Subtraction

18. Give a child as much love as you can. No human can read that amount of material in an hour.
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.
Cannot be counted quantity words: idioms
AD VS. BCE
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.

19. Any number to the 1 power is
Only two things comparatives: idioms
When:idioms
Define as:idioms
Itself 5^1=5

20. Just as I have found my cell phone indispensable - so you will too
Just as....so too: idioms
It is divisible by both 2 and 3
More...than
Attribute...to:idioms

21. Many - Number - Fewer
The number 3 in front of the variable in an espression like 3xy is called
Can be counted: quantity words: idioms
Describes integers listed in ascending order - which are separated by the same interval. The numbers 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 are consective integers and the numbers 2 - 4 - 6 -8 are consecutive even integers.
A descriptive word or phrase should immediately follow the thing that it modifies

22. The lawnmower that you came to fix is in the garge. This is required information
That: idioms
Smaller - for example (1/2)^2=1/4
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
Not only...but also : idioms

23. Percent
Whom: idioms : he use whom
The result of multiplying any number by any other number. The numbers 8 - 16 - and 424 are all multiples of 4.
A descriptive word or phrase should immediately follow the thing that it modifies
What is Percent of X = (1/100) x

24. I am not so foolsih as to fall for that a third time
Whom: idioms : he use whom
Not so....as:idioms
Either ....or: idioms
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

25. She worried about where they would hide the loot.
Must clearly refer to a noun - and must agree with that noun in gender and quatity
Worry about: 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
Only when referring to an actual location

26. My dad says I can no longer associate with you
Associate with : idioms
The number you are dividing another number into
The result of multiplying any number by any other number. The numbers 8 - 16 - and 424 are all multiples of 4.
Continues to the present: As long as I have known him - Mal has looked puzzled in meetings.

27. Multiple
The result of multiplying any number by any other number. The numbers 8 - 16 - and 424 are all multiples of 4.
Only two things comparatives: idioms
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.
When you see an answer choice that goes beyong the realm of the argument - you can consider it and eliminate it

28. Dazed by the battle - the soldier could no longer distinguish friend from enemy.
The inverse of a number or fraction is the reciprocal. 5/8 is 8/5
Native to: idioms
Can be counted:quantity words: idioms
Distinguish from: idioms

29. Subject/Verb Agreement
A subject must always agree with its verb
The result of multipication is called this
The result of multiplying any number by any other number. The numbers 8 - 16 - and 424 are all multiples of 4.
The number 3 in front of the variable in an espression like 3xy is called

30. Adding and subtracting exponents
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
Attribute...to:idioms
Distinguish from: 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

31. Any negative number raised to an even power becomes
Is any whole number - positive - negative - or zero. So -3. 100. and 0 are all ________s
Forbid to: idioms
Positive-3^4=81
Was completed before some other past action began. : Mal has always looked puzzled in meetings until he got a new boss.

32. Multiplying and dividing exponents
So 16=4 or -4 b/c both (4)^2 and (-4)^2=16 you cannot add these unless they have a common root. so 2+2=2 but 2+3 doesn't equal 5. To multiply and divide just treat them as regular integers: 6x3=18 or 3/2 basically they're subject to the same rules as
See as:idioms
Try to: idioms
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

33. Integer
Adding its digits results in a number that's a multiple of 9
A number of: idioms
Is any whole number - positive - negative - or zero. So -3. 100. and 0 are all ________s
The number of : idioms

34. Numerator
Number is one that can be divided evenly by 2. numbers are whole and they end in 2 - 4 -6 -8 - or 0. The number zero (0) is considered this.
Itself 5^1=5
The top number in a fraction
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)

35. Prime numbers
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
Contrast...with: idioms
It ends in 0 - 2 - 4 -6 - or 8
Only when referring to an actual location

36. Please try to chew with your month closed at the awards dinner tonight.
Try to: idioms
Neither...nor :idioms
Three or more things: comparatives:idioms
The result of multipication is called this

37. April found herself choosing between the devil and the deep blue sea.
Adding its digits yields a number divisible by 3
Define as:idioms
Between...and: idioms
Negative -3^3=-27

38. You are no different from me; we both want success.
Different from:idioms
Each:idioms
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
The result of multiplying any number by any other number. The numbers 8 - 16 - and 424 are all multiples of 4.

39. Each of the schools he applied to had it own strengths. Is used when you want to emphasize that items are separate
Each:idioms
Native to: idioms
When you're dealing with questions that ask you to weaken or strengthen the author's conclusion - be very wary of answer choices that while within the scope - do exactly the opposite of what you want - while it is the scope of the argument - it is th
Only two things comparatives: idioms

40. That car is just like one my father had. Is used when comparing only nouns.
Associate with : idioms
Estimate....to be :idioms
Like: idioms
Permit to: idioms

41. Distinct

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42. The talk show host agitated the guests to the point that they were throwing chairs at each other.
Was completed before some other past action began. : Mal has always looked puzzled in meetings until he got a new boss.
That : idioms
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
So....as to be: idioms

43. more - -er - between
Only two things comparatives: idioms
Only to denote a moment in time
To solve an equation that contains two fractions containing variables when they're equal to each other - you can simply cross multiply or multiply the top of each fraction by the bottom of the other. 3x/4=3/2 (3x)(2)=(3)(4)=6x=12 x=2
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

44. A # is divisble by 4 if
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.
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.
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
Continues to the present: As long as I have known him - Mal has looked puzzled in meetings.

45. Remainder

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46. Many of the top designers - such as Ralph Lauren and Donna Karan - have less expensive lines as well. Is used to mean for example
Associate with : idioms
The top number in a fraction
When an action started in the past and ....
Such as: idioms

47. Between cake and ice cream - I like ice cream more.
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
Only two things comparatives: idioms
Cannot be counted quantity words: idioms
Think of ...as: idioms

48. Negative exponents
Define as:idioms
The same....as: idioms
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
Consider : idioms

49. Denominator
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
The bottom number in a fraction
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
Not only...but also : idioms

50. I look back fondly on the 1983 County Fair - at which I won the prize for biggest watermelon.
Which: idioms
More...than
Both...and: idioms
Adding its digits yields a number divisible by 3