GMAT Crash Course: All In One

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. Exponent

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2. I am not so foolsih as to fall for that a third time
Not so....as:idioms
Where:idioms
The result of multipication is called this
1. Read the Questions 2. Break it Down 3. Answer the Questions in your own words 4. Process of Elimination


3. Out of scope
When you see an answer choice that goes beyong the realm of the argument - you can consider it and eliminate it
Regard as :idioms
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...
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


4. I can't wait to see whom she'll bring to dinner this time. ....she'll bring him to dinner this time
So....as to be: idioms
Only two things comparatives: idioms
As: idioms
Whom: idioms : he use whom


5. Reasoning

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6. Plugging in
Cannot be counted quantity words: idioms
The result of division
Distinguish from: 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


7. I am responsible for feeding the parakeet.
Responsible for: 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
It ends in 5 or 0


8. Benjamin Franklin is credited with the invention of the U.S Postal system.
Hypothesis that: idioms
Regard as :idioms
Credit...with: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


9. Prime numbers
Responsibility to: idioms
Who:idioms :he use who
Whom: idioms : he use whom
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


10. I'll take either a BMW or a Lexus; I'm not particular
The top number in a fraction
Was completed before some other past action began. : Mal has always looked puzzled in meetings until he got a new boss.
See as:idioms
Either ....or: idioms


11. The lawnmower that you came to fix is in the garge. This is required information
Only when referring to an actual location
The result of addition is called this
That: 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


12. Any negative number raised to an odd power stays
Negative -3^3=-27
So....as to be: 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
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.


13. Order of operations
Forbid to: idioms
That: idioms
The result of subtraction
Refers to just what it sounds like: the order in which mathematical operations are to be performed. Exponents - Multiplications - Division - Addition - and Subtraction


14. Dividend
Forbid to: 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
Worry about: idioms
The number you are dividing another number into


15. A # is divisble by 5 if
Which: idioms
Is a number that does not have any fractional parts. the number 2 is a whole number but 2.5 is not
It ends in 5 or 0
Require ...to: idioms


16. She was so blunt that many considered her rude.
Becomes larger for example - 3^2=9
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
So....that:idioms
Responsibility to: idioms


17. Give a child as many hugs as you can. No human can read that number of pages in an hour.
Target .....at: idioms
Can be counted:quantity words: idioms
The number of : idioms
Native to: idioms


18. Verb Tense
A number of: idioms
Simple past - present - and past perfect are the three verb tenses most commonly tested on the GMAT.
Which: idioms
The result of subtraction


19. That car is just like one my father had. Is used when comparing only nouns.
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.
Cannot be counted quantity words: idioms
Like: idioms
Simple past - present - and past perfect are the three verb tenses most commonly tested on the GMAT.


20. Among the there sisters - Cinderella was the most beautiful
Where:idioms
Three or more things: comparatives:idioms
Evaluate how each answer choice contributes to the support of the conculsion
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


21. Percent change
Difference/orginal
Prohibit ...from: idioms
The result of multipication is called this
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


22. She thinks of me as just a friend
Evaluate how each answer choice contributes to the support of the conculsion
Think of ...as: idioms
Must clearly refer to a noun - and must agree with that noun in gender and quatity
Where:idioms


23. Decimals
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
Distinguish from: idioms
Responsibility to: idioms
Only to denote a moment in time


24. Adding and subtracting exponents
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
AD VS. BCE
As....as
Superior to : idioms


25. A # is divisble by 7 if
It ends in 0 - 2 - 4 -6 - or 8
Continues to the present: As long as I have known him - Mal has looked puzzled in meetings.
The more...the -er: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


26. Both of the programs were highly regarded. All of the schools offer financial assistance. I sused when you wanto to emphasize that items are together or similar.
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
All or both: idioms
Difference/orginal
AD VS. BCE


27. Parallel Construction
Items in alist or items that are being compared - must all contain the same parts of speech and must look the same
A subject must always agree with its verb
The result of addition is called this
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


28. The basketball player is not tall - but he is fast
Not...but : idioms
The same....as: idioms
The result of addition is called this
When:idioms


29. Many wrongly consider Henry Kissinger the greatest statesman of the twentieth century.
Which: idioms
Positive-3^4=81
See as:idioms
Consider : idioms


30. Digit
A subject must always agree with its verb
Either ....or: 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.
Any number greater than 0. So 1/4 - 5000 - but 0 is not. any number that's less than 0 --15 - 0 is not


31. Much - amount - less
Responsible for: 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.
Just as....so too: idioms
Cannot be counted quantity words: idioms


32. Zero

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33. Positive/negative numbers

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34. Quotient
Cannot be counted quantity words: idioms
The result of division
The result of multipication is called this
As....as


35. Each of the schools he applied to had it own strengths. Is used when you want to emphasize that items are separate
The number 3 in front of the variable in an espression like 3xy is called
Target .....at: 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
Each:idioms


36. Simple Past
Continues to the present: As long as I have known him - Mal has looked puzzled in meetings.
Simple past - present - and past perfect are the three verb tenses most commonly tested on the GMAT.
Who:idioms :he use who
Has ceased to occur : Mal looked puzzled when you told him the news


37. You are no different from me; we both want success.
Adding its digits results in a number that's a multiple of 9
Different from:idioms
So....as to be: idioms
Itself 5^1=5


38. When
Both...and: idioms
Which: idioms
A subject must always agree with its verb
Only to denote a moment in time


39. I can physically prohibit you from interrupting me again.
Only when referring to an actual location
Prohibit ...from: 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.
So....as to be: idioms


40. The 4 Step Approach
From...to:idioms
Are pretty much just another way of writing square roots
1. Read the Questions 2. Break it Down 3. Answer the Questions in your own words 4. Process of Elimination
Require ...to: idioms


41. Many theories in contemporary psychology are attributed to Freud.
Not...but : idioms
Attribute...to:idioms
The number 3 in front of the variable in an espression like 3xy is called
Must clearly refer to a noun - and must agree with that noun in gender and quatity


42. Divisible
The result of multiplying any number by any other number. The numbers 8 - 16 - and 424 are all multiples of 4.
Hypothesis that: idioms
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)
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


43. That desk is where I spend countless hours working at my thankless job.
A descriptive word or phrase should immediately follow the thing that it modifies
Itself 5^1=5
Contrast...with: idioms
Where:idioms


44. most - -est - among
Three or more things: comparatives:idioms
Itself 5^1=5
Like: idioms
That: idioms


45. Distinct

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46. A hypothesis that the aluminum in soda cans causes Alzheimer's disease is circulating on the Internet.
A descriptive word or phrase should immediately follow the thing that it modifies
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
It ends in 5 or 0
Hypothesis that: idioms


47. Past perfect
So....as to be: idioms
AD VS. BCE
Was completed before some other past action began. : Mal has always looked puzzled in meetings until he got a new boss.
Consider : idioms


48. Sheep herding requires a shepherd to stay with his flock at all times.
Whom: idioms : he use whom
Native to: idioms
Require ...to: idioms
Contrast...with: idioms


49. He does not bathe every day - as I do. IS used to compare noun/ verb combinations.
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
Both...and: idioms
Adding its digits results in a number that's a multiple of 9


50. Many - Number - Fewer
Can be counted: quantity words: idioms
Is any whole number - positive - negative - or zero. So -3. 100. and 0 are all ________s
Items in alist or items that are being compared - must all contain the same parts of speech and must look the same
Only two things comparatives: idioms