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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
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
Whom: idioms : he use whom
Neither...nor :idioms
So....as to be: idioms

2. Adding/subtractin fractions
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
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
Like: idioms
More...than

3. Square root

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4. I forbid you to interrupt me again
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)
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
Forbid to: idioms
That : idioms

5. I look back fondly on the 1983 County Fair - at which I won the prize for biggest watermelon.
Which: 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.
Is a number that does not have any fractional parts. the number 2 is a whole number but 2.5 is not
Just as....so too: idioms

6. Verb Tense
The top number in a fraction
Simple past - present - and past perfect are the three verb tenses most commonly tested on the GMAT.
1:5^0=1
Forbid to: idioms

7. April found herself choosing between the devil and the deep blue sea.
Between...and: idioms
Must clearly refer to a noun - and must agree with that noun in gender and quatity
That: idioms
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.

8. Any number to the 0 power is
The same....as: idioms
1:5^0=1
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
Either ....or: idioms

9. Any negative number raised to an odd power stays
The top number in a fraction
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
A number of: idioms
Negative -3^3=-27

10. Numerator
Different from:idioms
The top number in a fraction
1:5^0=1
A descriptive word or phrase should immediately follow the thing that it modifies

11. Convicted felons are not permitted to vote
Believe ...to be: idioms
Permit to: idioms
Credit...with:idioms
Native to: idioms

12. A # is divisble by 7 if
Three or more things: comparatives:idioms
Credit...with: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
Has ceased to occur : Mal looked puzzled when you told him the news

13. Please try to chew with your month closed at the awards dinner tonight.
Regard as :idioms
Try to: idioms
1:5^0=1
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.

14. Dividend
Becomes larger for example - 3^2=9
The number you are dividing another number into
A number of: idioms
From...to:idioms

15. She worried about where they would hide the loot.
Worry about: idioms
Is any whole number - positive - negative - or zero. So -3. 100. and 0 are all ________s
Like: idioms
Whom: idioms : he use whom

16. Many wrongly consider Henry Kissinger the greatest statesman of the twentieth century.
Consider : idioms
Items in alist or items that are being compared - must all contain the same parts of speech and must look the same
Neither...nor :idioms
Ability ..to:idioms

17. Subject/Verb Agreement
A subject must always agree with its verb
Negative -3^3=-27
It is divisible by both 2 and 3
When you see an answer choice that goes beyong the realm of the argument - you can consider it and eliminate it

18. Benjamin Franklin is credited with the invention of the U.S Postal system.
Credit...with: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
Define as:idioms
Positive-3^4=81

19. I can't wait to see whom she'll bring to dinner this time. ....she'll bring him to dinner this time
Whom: idioms : he use whom
Where:idioms
That: idioms
The bottom number in a fraction

20. Joe is so smart as to be intimidating.
What is Percent of X = (1/100) x
Smaller - for example (1/2)^2=1/4
Evaluate how each answer choice contributes to the support of the conculsion
So....as to be: idioms

21. Some Republicans define welfare abuse as the primary evil in America.
It is divisible by both 2 and 3
Are pretty much just another way of writing square roots
Define as:idioms
It ends in 5 or 0

22. I am not so foolsih as to fall for that a third time
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
Not so....as:idioms
It is divisible by both 2 and 3
Responsible for: idioms

23. You are no different from me; we both want success.
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
The top number in a fraction
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

24. Misplaced Modifier
A descriptive word or phrase should immediately follow the thing that it modifies
Consider : idioms
A subject must always agree with its verb
The number of : idioms

25. Odd number
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.
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
So....that: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.

26. You should use a singular verb.... The number of excuses grows every time he tells the story.
So....that:idioms
What is Percent of X = (1/100) x
The number of : 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

27. That weightlifter has more muscle in his head than he has brains.
Three or more things: comparatives:idioms
Negative -3^3=-27
More...than
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

28. Exponent

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29. Multiplying and dividing exponents
Adding its digits yields a number divisible by 3
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
Any number greater than 0. So 1/4 - 5000 - but 0 is not. any number that's less than 0 --15 - 0 is not

30. Decimals
Neither...nor :idioms
A number of: idioms
So....as to be: 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

31. Okra is a native to Africa : Adjective
Itself 5^1=5
Regard as :idioms
Native to: idioms
Ability ..to:idioms

32. The basketball player is not tall - but he is fast
Think of ...as: idioms
Consider : idioms
The same....as: idioms
Not...but : idioms

33. Product
The result of multipication is called this
Associate with : idioms
Define as:idioms
Superior to : idioms

34. Percent change
Target .....at: idioms
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.
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
Difference/orginal

35. He has an ability to turn around a failing business
As....as
Responsible for: idioms
Ability ..to:idioms
Not...but : idioms

36. Use a plural verb - something is multitude....A number of survivors of the plane crash swam to shore
Was completed before some other past action began. : Mal has always looked puzzled in meetings until he got a new boss.
It ends in 5 or 0
A number of: idioms
The bottom number in a fraction

37. Plugging in
Whom: idioms : he use whom
Forbid to: idioms
A number of: idioms
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

38. Out of scope
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
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.
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
When you see an answer choice that goes beyong the realm of the argument - you can consider it and eliminate it

39. Factors
Either ....or: idioms
Such as: idioms
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.
Associate with : idioms

40. Whole number
Is a number that does not have any fractional parts. the number 2 is a whole number but 2.5 is not
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.
Require ...to: idioms
Smaller - for example (1/2)^2=1/4

41. Any fraction between 0 and 1 that's raised to a power greater than 1 gets
It is divisible by both 2 and 3
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.
Between...and: idioms
Smaller - for example (1/2)^2=1/4

42. Opposite

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43. The more you eat - the fatter you get
Cannot be counted quantity words: idioms
Which: idioms
Prohibit ...from: idioms
The more...the -er:idioms

44. Coefficient
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)
The number 3 in front of the variable in an espression like 3xy is called
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
Such as: idioms

45. Reasoning

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46. Assumption
The same....as: idioms
Not so....as:idioms
Evaluate how each answer choice contributes to the support of the conculsion
The more...the -er:idioms

47. Where
All or both: idioms
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.
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.
Only when referring to an actual location

48. A # is divisble by 8 if
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.
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
Which: idioms
Simple past - present - and past perfect are the three verb tenses most commonly tested on the GMAT.

49. Negative exponents
So....as to be: idioms
Only when referring to an actual location
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
From...to:idioms

50. Multiple
The result of multiplying any number by any other number. The numbers 8 - 16 - and 424 are all multiples of 4.
Must clearly refer to a noun - and must agree with that noun in gender and quatity
Like: idioms
Only two things comparatives: idioms