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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. I will eat neither tomatoes nor Brussels sprouts; they smell funny
The number 3 in front of the variable in an espression like 3xy is called
Neither...nor :idioms
A subject must always agree with its verb
Adding its digits yields a number divisible by 3

2. Simple Past
Must clearly refer to a noun - and must agree with that noun in gender and quatity
Like: idioms
Native of: idioms
Has ceased to occur : Mal looked puzzled when you told him the news

3. Multiplying and dividing exponents
Worry about: 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
See as:idioms
The number 3 in front of the variable in an espression like 3xy is called

4. Much - amount - less
Which: 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
Cannot be counted quantity words: idioms
Distinguish from: idioms

5. noun - Not surprisingly - Robert De Niro is a native of New York City
Cannot be counted quantity words: idioms
Native of: idioms
Difference/orginal
Which: idioms

6. Denominator
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
The number 3 in front of the variable in an espression like 3xy is called
Negative -3^3=-27
The bottom number in a fraction

7. I'll go out with you when the clock strikes thirteen - and not a moment
Attribute...to:idioms
When:idioms
Consider : idioms
Regard as :idioms

8. Give a child as many hugs as you can. No human can read that number of pages in an hour.
Can be counted:quantity words: idioms
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.
That : idioms
Superior to : idioms

9. Assumption
Native to: idioms
Evaluate how each answer choice contributes to the support of the conculsion
Only when referring to an actual location
The top number in a fraction

10. Any positive number greater than 1 - raised to the power greater than 1
Only two things comparatives: idioms
Responsible for: idioms
Try to: idioms
Becomes larger for example - 3^2=9

11. That weightlifter has more muscle in his head than he has brains.
As: idioms
Becomes larger for example - 3^2=9
Not...but : idioms
More...than

12. A # is divisble by 6 if
It is divisible by both 2 and 3
The number of : idioms
It ends in 0 - 2 - 4 -6 - or 8
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.

13. I'll take either a BMW or a Lexus; I'm not particular
The result of addition is called this
Can be counted: quantity words: idioms
Either ....or: idioms
What is Percent of X = (1/100) x

14. You are no different from me; we both want success.
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
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.
Different from:idioms
See as:idioms

15. She was so blunt that many considered her rude.
So....that:idioms
The top number in a fraction
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
Positive-3^4=81

16. Although she looks much older - Faye Dunaway is the same age as my mother's.
Must clearly refer to a noun - and must agree with that noun in gender and quatity
Was completed before some other past action began. : Mal has always looked puzzled in meetings until he got a new boss.
Different from:idioms
The same....as: idioms

17. Each of the schools he applied to had it own strengths. Is used when you want to emphasize that items are separate
When an action started in the past and ....
Each:idioms
Evaluate how each answer choice contributes to the support of the conculsion
Both...and: idioms

18. Reasoning

19. He does not bathe every day - as I do. IS used to compare noun/ verb combinations.
From...to:idioms
As: idioms
Permit to: idioms
Three or more things: comparatives:idioms

20. Use a plural verb - something is multitude....A number of survivors of the plane crash swam to shore
Ability ..to:idioms
A number of: idioms
The top number in a fraction
What is Percent of X = (1/100) x

21. The basketball player is not tall - but he is fast
Only when referring to an actual location
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
Not...but : idioms
Whom: idioms : he use whom

22. Give a child as much love as you can. No human can read that amount of material in an hour.
Negative -3^3=-27
Difference/orginal
Not...but : idioms
Cannot be counted quantity words: idioms

23. Many cigarette companies target their advertising at children.
Target .....at: idioms
Continues to the present: As long as I have known him - Mal has looked puzzled in meetings.
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.
Can be counted: quantity words: idioms

24. Quotient
Just as....so too: idioms
Think of ...as: idioms
The result of division
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. 'ER' is superior television show to 'Survivor'
Items in alist or items that are being compared - must all contain the same parts of speech and must look the same
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.
Superior to : idioms
So....as to be: idioms

26. She thinks of me as just a friend
Think of ...as: idioms
Just as....so too: idioms
Each:idioms
All or both: idioms

27. I can physically prohibit you from interrupting me again.
Which: idioms
It is divisible by both 2 and 3
Prohibit ...from: idioms
It ends in 5 or 0

28. I forbid you to interrupt me again
If you need to add or subtract two fractions that have the same denominator - simply add or subtract their numerators - like this: 3/4+1/4=4/4 or 1 - If the numbers in the denominators are different - this opertation will invovle a couple of extra s
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
Forbid to: 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.

29. Okra is a native to Africa : Adjective
When you see an answer choice that goes beyong the realm of the argument - you can consider it and eliminate it
Three or more things: comparatives:idioms
Native to: idioms
Only two things comparatives: idioms

30. Benjamin Franklin is credited with the invention of the U.S Postal system.
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.
The result of multipication is called this
As: idioms
Credit...with:idioms

31. Many of the top designers - such as Ralph Lauren and Donna Karan - have less expensive lines as well. Is used to mean for example
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
Three or more things: comparatives:idioms
As: idioms
Such as: idioms

32. The talk show host agitated the guests to the point that they were throwing chairs at each other.
Must clearly refer to a noun - and must agree with that noun in gender and quatity
Items in alist or items that are being compared - must all contain the same parts of speech and must look the same
Hypothesis that: idioms
That : idioms

33. Opposite

34. Washing my car in the winter is not as easy as it is in the summer.
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.
As....as
Credit...with:idioms
Smaller - for example (1/2)^2=1/4

35. A # is divisble by 4 if
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.
It ends in 0 - 2 - 4 -6 - or 8
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
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.

36. The 4 Step Approach
Require ...to: idioms
Hypothesis that: idioms
1. Read the Questions 2. Break it Down 3. Answer the Questions in your own words 4. Process of Elimination
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

37. Any negative number raised to an odd power stays
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
So....as to be: idioms
Negative -3^3=-27
Extreme wording is another very common reason for eliminating anser choice in POE

38. She worried about where they would hide the loot.
So....as to be: idioms
Require ...to: 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
Worry about: idioms

39. Factors
A subject must always agree with its verb
The bottom number in a fraction
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.
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.

40. I look back fondly on the 1983 County Fair - at which I won the prize for biggest watermelon.
Like: idioms
Which: idioms
Only when referring to an actual location
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

41. My father sees a large investment portfolio as a sign of success
See as:idioms
Try to: idioms
Like: idioms
Can be counted: quantity words: idioms

42. Pronouns
It is divisible by both 2 and 3
Must clearly refer to a noun - and must agree with that noun in gender and quatity
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.
Prohibit ...from: idioms

43. Fractions
Both...and: idioms
Cannot be counted quantity words: idioms
Try to: idioms
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.

44. It is my responsibility to feed the parakeet.
Itself 5^1=5
Responsibility to: idioms
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
Associate with : idioms

45. most - -est - among
When an action started in the past and ....
Three or more things: comparatives:idioms
Each:idioms
The result of subtraction

46. Multiple
The result of multiplying any number by any other number. The numbers 8 - 16 - and 424 are all multiples of 4.
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
Only to denote a moment in time
Native to: idioms

47. Some Republicans define welfare abuse as the primary evil in America.
Define as:idioms
Just as....so too: idioms
Both...and: idioms
Hypothesis that: idioms

48. Many - Number - Fewer
Can be counted: quantity words: idioms
Must clearly refer to a noun - and must agree with that noun in gender and quatity
When an action started in the past and ....
The result of multiplying any number by any other number. The numbers 8 - 16 - and 424 are all multiples of 4.

49. Plugging in
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
Responsibility to: idioms
Credit...with:idioms
As: idioms

50. Digit
Hypothesis that: idioms
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
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.
Is the number that's left over after division.The remainder when you diivide 35 by 8 is 3.