GMAT Crash Course: All In One

Instructions:

• Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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• Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. Reciprocal
Becomes larger for example - 3^2=9
The inverse of a number or fraction is the reciprocal. 5/8 is 8/5
Like: idioms
The result of subtraction


2. 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.
So....that:idioms
All or both: idioms
Cannot be counted quantity words: 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)


3. Benjamin Franklin is credited with the invention of the U.S Postal system.
When you see an answer choice that goes beyong the realm of the argument - you can consider it and eliminate it
Believe ...to be: idioms
Is any whole number - positive - negative - or zero. So -3. 100. and 0 are all ________s
Credit...with:idioms


4. Cross Multiplication

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5. Prime numbers
Just as....so too: idioms
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
Adding its digits results in a number that's a multiple of 9
The number 3 in front of the variable in an espression like 3xy is called


6. Fractions
Forbid 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.
Target .....at: 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


7. Reasoning

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8. Washing my car in the winter is not as easy as it is in the summer.
Three or more things: comparatives:idioms
As....as
Either ....or: idioms
Simple past - present - and past perfect are the three verb tenses most commonly tested on the GMAT.


9. A # is divisible by 2 if
Native to: idioms
It ends in 0 - 2 - 4 -6 - or 8
The result of subtraction
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


10. April found herself choosing between the devil and the deep blue sea.
Evaluate how each answer choice contributes to the support of the conculsion
Between...and: idioms
Attribute...to:idioms
Worry about: idioms


11. It is my responsibility to feed the parakeet.
Can be counted:quantity words: idioms
Responsibility to: idioms
Between...and: idioms
The more...the -er:idioms


12. Any negative number raised to an even power becomes
Forbid to: idioms
Positive-3^4=81
Attribute...to:idioms
Different from:idioms


13. Assumption
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
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.
Evaluate how each answer choice contributes to the support of the conculsion


14. Integer
Continues to the present: As long as I have known him - Mal has looked puzzled in meetings.
Is any whole number - positive - negative - or zero. So -3. 100. and 0 are all ________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
Hypothesis that: idioms


15. Exponent

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16. Although she looks much older - Faye Dunaway is the same age as my mother's.
The same....as: idioms
Where:idioms
Which: idioms
Credit...with:idioms


17. The lawnmower that you came to fix is in the garge. This is required information
So....as to be: idioms
See as:idioms
That: idioms
Believe ...to be: idioms


18. Give a child as much love as you can. No human can read that amount of material in an hour.
Cannot be counted quantity words: idioms
Responsible for: idioms
That: idioms
Only when referring to an actual location


19. I'll take either a BMW or a Lexus; I'm not particular
When: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
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
Either ....or: idioms


20. Joe is so smart as to be intimidating.
So....as to be: idioms
Define as:idioms
The more...the -er:idioms
Contrast...with: idioms


21. Strengthen

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22. Negative exponents
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.
The same....as: 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
AD VS. BCE


23. Present perfect
Continues to the present: As long as I have known him - Mal has looked puzzled in meetings.
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
When:idioms
Can be counted:quantity words: idioms


24. She worried about where they would hide the loot.
Cannot be counted quantity words: idioms
Adding its digits yields a number divisible by 3
Worry about: idioms
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. Extreme
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.
Just as....so too: idioms
Superior to : idioms


26. Who left the door open?-subject - He left the door open
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.
As: idioms
Is the number that's left over after division.The remainder when you diivide 35 by 8 is 3.


27. more - -er - between
It ends in 0 - 2 - 4 -6 - or 8
Smaller - for example (1/2)^2=1/4
Only two things comparatives: idioms
That: idioms


28. I am not so foolsih as to fall for that a third time
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
Not so....as:idioms
The top number in a fraction
Require ...to: idioms


29. I forbid you to interrupt me again
It ends in 0 - 2 - 4 -6 - or 8
Forbid to: idioms
Only when referring to an actual location
See as:idioms


30. Numerator
The top number in a fraction
Both...and: idioms
Require ...to: idioms
So....as to be: idioms


31. I no longer believe the tooth fairy to be real
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
Associate with : idioms
Only when referring to an actual location
Believe ...to be: idioms


32. You should admit you're afraid of both clowns and elephants .
Three or more things: comparatives: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.
Both...and: idioms
Distinguish from: idioms


33. Each of the schools he applied to had it own strengths. Is used when you want to emphasize that items are separate
Each:idioms
Can be counted: quantity words: idioms
Extreme wording is another very common reason for eliminating anser choice in POE
Like: idioms


34. My dad says I can no longer associate with you
Credit...with:idioms
Associate with : 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
Positive-3^4=81


35. Opposite

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36. Digit
The inverse of a number or fraction is the reciprocal. 5/8 is 8/5
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 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
Hypothesis that: idioms


37. Pronouns
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
It ends in 5 or 0
Must clearly refer to a noun - and must agree with that noun in gender and quatity
Prohibit ...from: idioms


38. noun - Not surprisingly - Robert De Niro is a native of New York City
Prohibit ...from: idioms
Native of: idioms
Hypothesis that: idioms
The result of subtraction


39. A hypothesis that the aluminum in soda cans causes Alzheimer's disease is circulating on the Internet.
Has ceased to occur : Mal looked puzzled when you told him the news
Hypothesis that: idioms
Only two things comparatives: idioms
Credit...with:idioms


40. I can't wait to see whom she'll bring to dinner this time. ....she'll bring him to dinner this time
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
Try to: idioms
Adding its digits yields a number divisible by 3
Whom: idioms : he use whom


41. Use the
Permit to: idioms
Different from:idioms
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.
When an action started in the past and ....


42. Basic approach to data sufficiency
The result of multipication is called this
Any number greater than 0. So 1/4 - 5000 - but 0 is not. any number that's less than 0 --15 - 0 is not
AD VS. BCE
Which: idioms


43. Why must you act like a four-year old. is used to mean similar to
The result of subtraction
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
Like: idioms


44. I look back fondly on the 1983 County Fair - at which I won the prize for biggest watermelon.
Who:idioms :he use who
Which: idioms
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
Like: idioms


45. Subject/Verb Agreement
Just as....so too: 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.
Which: idioms
A subject must always agree with its verb


46. Misplaced Modifier
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
A descriptive word or phrase should immediately follow the thing that it modifies
The same....as: idioms


47. Whole number
Must clearly refer to a noun - and must agree with that noun in gender and quatity
Believe ...to be: idioms
Is a number that does not have any fractional parts. the number 2 is a whole number but 2.5 is not
Three or more things: comparatives:idioms


48. Order of operations
Refers to just what it sounds like: the order in which mathematical operations are to be performed. Exponents - Multiplications - Division - Addition - and Subtraction
Who:idioms :he use who
It ends in 5 or 0
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


49. Multiplying and dividing exponents
Only two things comparatives: idioms
See as:idioms
Prohibit ...from: 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


50. Multiple
Estimate....to be :idioms
The result of multiplying any number by any other number. The numbers 8 - 16 - and 424 are all multiples of 4.
Items in alist or items that are being compared - must all contain the same parts of speech and must look the same
The number you are dividing another number into