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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. Subject/Verb Agreement
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
Either ....or: idioms
Require ...to: idioms
A subject must always agree with its verb

2. A # is divisble by 9 if

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3. Decimals
That : 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
Worry about: idioms
See as:idioms

4. Shakespeare is regarded as the greatest playwright of all time
The bottom number in a fraction
Regard as :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
Evaluate how each answer choice contributes to the support of the conculsion

5. Numerator
The top number in a fraction
Credit...with:idioms
Each:idioms
Three or more things: comparatives:idioms

6. A # is divisble by 6 if
It is divisible by both 2 and 3
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
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

7. She was so blunt that many considered her rude.
The number 3 in front of the variable in an espression like 3xy is called
1:5^0=1
So....that:idioms
Ability ..to:idioms

8. A # is divisble by 8 if
Target .....at: idioms
Who:idioms :he use who
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
Are pretty much just another way of writing square roots

9. Extreme
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
Target .....at: idioms
Extreme wording is another very common reason for eliminating anser choice in POE
Must clearly refer to a noun - and must agree with that noun in gender and quatity

10. Between cake and ice cream - I like ice cream more.
The number you are dividing another number into
Only two things comparatives: idioms
Forbid to: idioms
1. Read the Questions 2. Break it Down 3. Answer the Questions in your own words 4. Process of Elimination

11. I can physically prohibit you from interrupting me again.
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.
It ends in 0 - 2 - 4 -6 - or 8
Prohibit ...from: 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

12. Any negative number raised to an even power becomes
Credit...with:idioms
Target .....at: idioms
Positive-3^4=81
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

13. Consecutive
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.
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.
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
Cannot be counted quantity words: idioms

14. The 4 Step Approach
1. Read the Questions 2. Break it Down 3. Answer the Questions in your own words 4. Process of Elimination
Cannot be counted quantity words: 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
Worry about: idioms

15. You should use a singular verb.... The number of excuses grows every time he tells the story.
Can be counted:quantity words: idioms
Can be counted: quantity words: idioms
The number of : idioms
A subject must always agree with its verb

16. I no longer believe the tooth fairy to be real
Contrast...with: idioms
Was completed before some other past action began. : Mal has always looked puzzled in meetings until he got a new boss.
Believe ...to be: idioms
Simple past - present - and past perfect are the three verb tenses most commonly tested on the GMAT.

17. Product
Like: idioms
The result of multipication is called this
Evaluate how each answer choice contributes to the support of the conculsion
Becomes larger for example - 3^2=9

18. Benjamin Franklin is credited with the invention of the U.S Postal system.
Continues to the present: As long as I have known him - Mal has looked puzzled in meetings.
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.
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)
Credit...with:idioms

19. noun - Not surprisingly - Robert De Niro is a native of New York City
It is divisible by both 2 and 3
The inverse of a number or fraction is the reciprocal. 5/8 is 8/5
The number of : idioms
Native of: idioms

20. Distinct

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21. Pronouns
Native to: idioms
Must clearly refer to a noun - and must agree with that noun in gender and quatity
Responsible for: idioms
Difference/orginal

22. Scope
Not...but : 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
Becomes larger for example - 3^2=9
Define as:idioms

23. Each of the schools he applied to had it own strengths. Is used when you want to emphasize that items are separate
Regard as :idioms
The result of subtraction
Each:idioms
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

24. Coefficient
Are pretty much just another way of writing square roots
A descriptive word or phrase should immediately follow the thing that it modifies
The number 3 in front of the variable in an espression like 3xy is called
Refers to just what it sounds like: the order in which mathematical operations are to be performed. Exponents - Multiplications - Division - Addition - and Subtraction

25. Why must you act like a four-year old. is used to mean similar to
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
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
Like: idioms
Prohibit ...from: idioms

26. April found herself choosing between the devil and the deep blue sea.
Between...and: idioms
Adding its digits results in a number that's a multiple of 9
Only two things comparatives: idioms
Attribute...to:idioms

27. Multiple
Continues to the present: As long as I have known him - Mal has looked puzzled in meetings.
A subject must always agree with its verb
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
The result of multiplying any number by any other number. The numbers 8 - 16 - and 424 are all multiples of 4.

28. Fractions
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.
Difference/orginal
Extreme wording is another very common reason for eliminating anser choice in POE
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.

29. She worried about where they would hide the loot.
Consider : idioms
It ends in 5 or 0
Each:idioms
Worry about: idioms

30. Washing my car in the winter is not as easy as it is in the summer.
The top number in a fraction
As....as
Target .....at: idioms
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

31. Multiplying and dividing fractions
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
The inverse of a number or fraction is the reciprocal. 5/8 is 8/5
The result of division
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

32. I am not so foolsih as to fall for that a third time
The bottom number in a fraction
The result of subtraction
Not so....as:idioms
Adding its digits yields a number divisible by 3

33. When
Are pretty much just another way of writing square roots
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
Only to denote a moment in time
Associate with : idioms

34. Use the
When an action started in the past and ....
Different from:idioms
Can be counted: quantity words: idioms
The top number in a fraction

35. She thinks of me as just a friend
The inverse of a number or fraction is the reciprocal. 5/8 is 8/5
Whom: idioms : he use whom
Think of ...as: idioms
Which: idioms

36. Percent
The result of addition 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
What is Percent of X = (1/100) x
Between...and: idioms

37. He has an ability to turn around a failing business
Ability ..to:idioms
Any number greater than 0. So 1/4 - 5000 - but 0 is not. any number that's less than 0 --15 - 0 is not
The bottom number in a fraction
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

38. Percent change
Difference/orginal
Like: 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.
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)

39. Square root

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40. Misplaced Modifier
Estimate....to be :idioms
What is Percent of X = (1/100) x
A descriptive word or phrase should immediately follow the thing that it modifies
Three or more things: comparatives:idioms

41. Verb Tense
Simple past - present - and past perfect are the three verb tenses most commonly tested on the GMAT.
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
Define as:idioms
Associate with : idioms

42. Negative exponents
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
Must clearly refer to a noun - and must agree with that noun in gender and quatity
Difference/orginal
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

43. 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
Like: 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

44. A hypothesis that the aluminum in soda cans causes Alzheimer's disease is circulating on the Internet.
Target .....at: 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.
Hypothesis that: idioms
Either ....or: idioms

45. Simple Past
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 subject must always agree with its verb
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.
Has ceased to occur : Mal looked puzzled when you told him the news

46. Although she looks much older - Faye Dunaway is the same age as my mother's.
The same....as: idioms
The result of multipication is called this
It is divisible by both 2 and 3
Willl focus more on describing the pattern of reasoning than in paraphasing the content of the argument - questions of this type may read: Which of the following indicates a flaw in the reasoning above? - Susan's attempt to counter Tim's claim is bes

47. I look back fondly on the 1983 County Fair - at which I won the prize for biggest watermelon.
Which: idioms
When:idioms
So....that:idioms
The result of subtraction

48. Opposite

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49. Sheep herding requires a shepherd to stay with his flock at all times.
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.
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)
Attribute...to:idioms
Require ...to: idioms

50. more - -er - between
Whom: idioms : he use whom
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.
It ends in 5 or 0
Only two things comparatives: idioms