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GMAT Crash Course: All In One

Subject : gmat

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1. Sum
Such as: idioms
That : idioms
The result of addition is called this
Distinguish from: idioms

2. Okra is a native to Africa : Adjective
Regard as :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.
Native to: idioms
All or both: idioms

3. That car is just like one my father had. Is used when comparing only nouns.
Like: idioms
The inverse of a number or fraction is the reciprocal. 5/8 is 8/5
1:5^0=1
The number 3 in front of the variable in an espression like 3xy is called

4. Sheep herding requires a shepherd to stay with his flock at all times.
Like: idioms
That : idioms
Only two things comparatives: idioms
Require ...to: idioms

5. Subject/Verb Agreement
That : idioms
The number of : idioms
Native to: idioms
A subject must always agree with its verb

6. Just as I have found my cell phone indispensable - so you will too
Just as....so too: 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.
That: 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.

7. Multiplying and dividing fractions
Credit...with:idioms
Require ...to: idioms
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
Only to denote a moment in time

8. Adding/subtractin fractions
The same....as: 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
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 inverse of a number or fraction is the reciprocal. 5/8 is 8/5

9. My father sees a large investment portfolio as a sign of success
Target .....at: idioms
Native to: idioms
See as:idioms
Responsible for: idioms

10. My dad says I can no longer associate with you
Require ...to: idioms
Forbid to: idioms
Associate with : idioms
Prohibit ...from: idioms

11. Consecutive
Simple past - present - and past perfect are the three verb tenses most commonly tested on the GMAT.
Where:idioms
A descriptive word or phrase should immediately follow the thing that it modifies
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.

12. Reducing fractions

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13. Quotient
So....that:idioms
Must clearly refer to a noun - and must agree with that noun in gender and quatity
Superior to : idioms
The result of division

14. A # is divisble by 7 if
Three or more things: comparatives: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
Neither...nor :idioms
1. Read the Questions 2. Break it Down 3. Answer the Questions in your own words 4. Process of Elimination

15. I am responsible for feeding the parakeet.
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)
1. Read the Questions 2. Break it Down 3. Answer the Questions in your own words 4. Process of Elimination
Responsible for: 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

16. If you contrast one politician's ethics with another's - you will find no difference
Cannot be counted quantity words: idioms
When an action started in the past and ....
Contrast...with: idioms
Each:idioms

17. Joe is so smart as to be intimidating.
Only two things comparatives: idioms
More...than
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
So....as to be: idioms

18. I can physically prohibit you from interrupting me again.
Attribute...to:idioms
Prohibit ...from: idioms
Regard as :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)

19. The more you eat - the fatter you get
Contrast...with: idioms
Neither...nor :idioms
The more...the -er:idioms
Different from:idioms

20. The basketball player is not tall - but he is fast
Whom: idioms : he use whom
Items in alist or items that are being compared - must all contain the same parts of speech and must look the same
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...but : idioms

21. When
The result of addition is called this
Refers to just what it sounds like: the order in which mathematical operations are to be performed. Exponents - Multiplications - Division - Addition - and Subtraction
Only to denote a moment in time
It ends in 5 or 0

22. She thinks of me as just a friend
Try to: idioms
Think of ...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.
Responsible for: idioms

23. A # is divisible by 2 if
Responsibility to: idioms
Consider : idioms
So....that:idioms
It ends in 0 - 2 - 4 -6 - or 8

24. Many cigarette companies target their advertising at children.
Ability ..to:idioms
Items in alist or items that are being compared - must all contain the same parts of speech and must look the same
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.
Target .....at: idioms

25. Among the there sisters - Cinderella was the most beautiful
Three or more things: comparatives:idioms
The result of multipication is called this
The bottom number in a fraction
So....as to be: idioms

26. A # is divisible by 3 if
Continues to the present: As long as I have known him - Mal has looked puzzled in meetings.
Adding its digits yields a number divisible by 3
The number you are dividing another number into
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.

27. A # is divisble by 6 if
It is divisible by both 2 and 3
The same....as: idioms
Responsibility to: idioms
Just as....so too: idioms

28. Multiplying and dividing exponents
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
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
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
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

29. Square root

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30. Order of operations
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
Continues to the present: As long as I have known him - Mal has looked puzzled in meetings.
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
Refers to just what it sounds like: the order in which mathematical operations are to be performed. Exponents - Multiplications - Division - Addition - and Subtraction

31. Any positive number greater than 1 - raised to the power greater than 1
Contrast...with: idioms
Becomes larger for example - 3^2=9
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.
Require ...to: idioms

32. Parallel Construction
Consider : 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
Items in alist or items that are being compared - must all contain the same parts of speech and must look the same
The result of multiplying any number by any other number. The numbers 8 - 16 - and 424 are all multiples of 4.

33. Product
The result of multiplying any number by any other number. The numbers 8 - 16 - and 424 are all multiples of 4.
The result of multipication is called this
Three or more things: comparatives:idioms
The same....as: idioms

34. Many - Number - Fewer
Can be counted: quantity words: idioms
Different from:idioms
Estimate....to be :idioms
Adding its digits yields a number divisible by 3

35. Divisible
Associate with : 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)
Who:idioms :he use who
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.

36. Dazed by the battle - the soldier could no longer distinguish friend from enemy.
It ends in 5 or 0
The number of : idioms
Distinguish from: idioms
The number you are dividing another number into

37. Any fraction between 0 and 1 that's raised to a power greater than 1 gets
1:5^0=1
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.
Three or more things: comparatives:idioms
Smaller - for example (1/2)^2=1/4

38. Shakespeare is regarded as the greatest playwright of all time
The number you are dividing another number into
Regard as :idioms
Refers to just what it sounds like: the order in which mathematical operations are to be performed. Exponents - Multiplications - Division - Addition - and Subtraction
Simple past - present - and past perfect are the three verb tenses most commonly tested on the GMAT.

39. A # is divisble by 5 if
So....that:idioms
It ends in 5 or 0
Between...and: idioms
Consider : idioms

40. Past perfect
Was completed before some other past action began. : Mal has always looked puzzled in meetings until he got a new boss.
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.
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 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

41. I look back fondly on the 1983 County Fair - at which I won the prize for biggest watermelon.
Like: idioms
Which: idioms
Not only...but also : idioms
Smaller - for example (1/2)^2=1/4

42. Many wrongly consider Henry Kissinger the greatest statesman of the twentieth century.
AD VS. BCE
Associate with : idioms
Consider : idioms
Adding its digits yields a number divisible by 3

43. Prime numbers
Evaluate how each answer choice contributes to the support of the conculsion
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
Between...and: idioms
When:idioms

44. Scope
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
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
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 so....as:idioms

45. Coefficient
Not...but : idioms
Native to: idioms
The number 3 in front of the variable in an espression like 3xy is called
Not only...but also : idioms

46. more - -er - between
Which: idioms
Contrast...with: idioms
Only two things comparatives: idioms
Responsibility to: idioms

47. Why must you act like a four-year old. is used to mean similar to
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...
Evaluate how each answer choice contributes to the support of the conculsion
Like: idioms
Superior to : idioms

48. You should use a singular verb.... The number of excuses grows every time he tells the story.
Is a number that does not have any fractional parts. the number 2 is a whole number but 2.5 is not
The number of : idioms
Can be counted:quantity words: idioms
Prohibit ...from: idioms

49. I will eat neither tomatoes nor Brussels sprouts; they smell funny
Estimate....to be :idioms
So....that:idioms
Is any whole number - positive - negative - or zero. So -3. 100. and 0 are all ________s
Neither...nor :idioms

50. Each of the schools he applied to had it own strengths. Is used when you want to emphasize that items are separate
Each:idioms
More...than
Different from:idioms
Must clearly refer to a noun - and must agree with that noun in gender and quatity