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GMAT Crash Course: All In One

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Instructions:

Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. She thinks of me as just a friend
Define as: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
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
Think of ...as: idioms

2. Many theories in contemporary psychology are attributed to Freud.
Attribute...to: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
The result of multiplying any number by any other number. The numbers 8 - 16 - and 424 are all multiples of 4.
The bottom number in a fraction

3. I am responsible for feeding the parakeet.
Is any whole number - positive - negative - or zero. So -3. 100. and 0 are all ________s
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
The result of multiplying any number by any other number. The numbers 8 - 16 - and 424 are all multiples of 4.
Responsible for: idioms

4. Please try to chew with your month closed at the awards dinner tonight.
Estimate....to be :idioms
Where:idioms
Try to: idioms
Only two things comparatives: idioms

5. The sideshow barker estimated Henry to be a fool.
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
Credit...with:idioms
Estimate....to be :idioms
Three or more things: comparatives:idioms

6. She worried about where they would hide the loot.
Not only...but also : idioms
Where:idioms
Not so....as:idioms
Worry about: idioms

7. Integer
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
That: idioms
Superior to : idioms
Is any whole number - positive - negative - or zero. So -3. 100. and 0 are all ________s

8. Whole number
Is a number that does not have any fractional parts. the number 2 is a whole number but 2.5 is not
Was completed before some other past action began. : Mal has always looked puzzled in meetings until he got a new boss.
Extreme wording is another very common reason for eliminating anser choice in POE
Worry about: idioms

9. Any negative number raised to an odd power stays
The number you are dividing another number into
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
Negative -3^3=-27
The number of : idioms

10. Use a plural verb - something is multitude....A number of survivors of the plane crash swam to shore
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.
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
Simple past - present - and past perfect are the three verb tenses most commonly tested on the GMAT.
A number of: idioms

11. Opposite

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12. Factors
Worry about: idioms
The more...the -er: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.
When an action started in the past and ....

13. I no longer believe the tooth fairy to be real
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.
Believe ...to be: 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
Adding its digits results in a number that's a multiple of 9

14. Parallel Construction
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
Only two things comparatives: idioms
The result of multiplying any number by any other number. The numbers 8 - 16 - and 424 are all multiples of 4.

15. Negative exponents
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
The number 3 in front of the variable in an espression like 3xy is called
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

16. Reducing fractions

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17. The lawnmower - which is in the garge - is broken beyond repair. This is extraneous information.
Believe ...to be: idioms
All or both: idioms
Items in alist or items that are being compared - must all contain the same parts of speech and must look the same
Which: idioms

18. Percent
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
Permit to: idioms
Was completed before some other past action began. : Mal has always looked puzzled in meetings until he got a new boss.
What is Percent of X = (1/100) x

19. I'll go out with you when the clock strikes thirteen - and not a moment
When:idioms
Target .....at: idioms
Only two things comparatives: idioms
Only when referring to an actual location

20. Consecutive
Evaluate how each answer choice contributes to the support of the conculsion
The bottom number in a fraction
Forbid to: 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.

21. A # is divisble by 7 if
Refers to just what it sounds like: the order in which mathematical operations are to be performed. Exponents - Multiplications - Division - Addition - and 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
Not so....as: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.

22. That desk is where I spend countless hours working at my thankless job.
Where:idioms
Was completed before some other past action began. : Mal has always looked puzzled in meetings until he got a new boss.
Such as: idioms
The number 3 in front of the variable in an espression like 3xy is called

23. Sum
The result of addition is called this
Require ...to: idioms
Smaller - for example (1/2)^2=1/4
Estimate....to be :idioms

24. Coefficient
Target .....at: idioms
Has ceased to occur : Mal looked puzzled when you told him the news
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 number 3 in front of the variable in an espression like 3xy is called

25. It is my responsibility to feed the parakeet.
1. Read the Questions 2. Break it Down 3. Answer the Questions in your own words 4. Process of Elimination
Estimate....to be :idioms
Responsibility to: 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.

26. Dividend
So....that:idioms
Adding its digits yields a number divisible by 3
Different from:idioms
The number you are dividing another number into

27. Any number to the 1 power is
Extreme wording is another very common reason for eliminating anser choice in POE
Itself 5^1=5
See as:idioms
Contrast...with: idioms

28. A # is divisble by 5 if
Difference/orginal
Can be counted: quantity words: idioms
Superior to : idioms
It ends in 5 or 0

29. Where
Only when referring to an actual location
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.
Positive-3^4=81
Refers to just what it sounds like: the order in which mathematical operations are to be performed. Exponents - Multiplications - Division - Addition - and Subtraction

30. Cross Multiplication

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31. Convicted felons are not permitted to vote
Permit to: idioms
A descriptive word or phrase should immediately follow the thing that it modifies
What is Percent of X = (1/100) x
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

32. Basic approach to data sufficiency
Permit to: 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
AD VS. BCE
Is any whole number - positive - negative - or zero. So -3. 100. and 0 are all ________s

33. A # is divisble by 8 if
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
1. Read the Questions 2. Break it Down 3. Answer the Questions in your own words 4. Process of Elimination
A descriptive word or phrase should immediately follow the thing that it modifies
Prohibit ...from: idioms

34. Who left the door open?-subject - He left the door open
Who:idioms :he use who
A descriptive word or phrase should immediately follow the thing that it modifies
It is divisible by both 2 and 3
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)

35. Plugging in
Where:idioms
Are pretty much just another way of writing square roots
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
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.

36. Between cake and ice cream - I like ice cream more.
Not only...but also : idioms
Only two things comparatives: idioms
When you see an answer choice that goes beyong the realm of the argument - you can consider it and eliminate it
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

37. Decimals
Becomes larger for example - 3^2=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
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
The more...the -er:idioms

38. The talk show host agitated the guests to the point that they were throwing chairs at each other.
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
Was completed before some other past action began. : Mal has always looked puzzled in meetings until he got a new boss.
That : idioms
Refers to just what it sounds like: the order in which mathematical operations are to be performed. Exponents - Multiplications - Division - Addition - and Subtraction

39. Reciprocal
The inverse of a number or fraction is the reciprocal. 5/8 is 8/5
Is the number that's left over after division.The remainder when you diivide 35 by 8 is 3.
Smaller - for example (1/2)^2=1/4
When an action started in the past and ....

40. Many wrongly consider Henry Kissinger the greatest statesman of the twentieth century.
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.
Consider : idioms
Only two things comparatives: idioms
Target .....at: idioms

41. The basketball player is not tall - but he is fast
Not...but : idioms
Responsibility to: idioms
Forbid to: idioms
Define as:idioms

42. You are no different from me; we both want success.
Consider : 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...
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
Different from:idioms

43. She was so blunt that many considered her rude.
Cannot be counted quantity words: 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.
It is divisible by both 2 and 3
So....that:idioms

44. Percent change
Difference/orginal
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
A descriptive word or phrase should immediately follow the thing that it modifies
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

45. If you contrast one politician's ethics with another's - you will find no difference
Contrast...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
The result of multiplying any number by any other number. The numbers 8 - 16 - and 424 are all multiples of 4.
Consider : idioms

46. The lawnmower that you came to fix is in the garge. This is required information
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...
That: idioms
The result of multiplying any number by any other number. The numbers 8 - 16 - and 424 are all multiples of 4.
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

47. Washing my car in the winter is not as easy as it is in the summer.
When you see an answer choice that goes beyong the realm of the argument - you can consider it and eliminate it
Simple past - present - and past perfect are the three verb tenses most commonly tested on the GMAT.
As....as
Forbid to: idioms

48. Joe is so smart as to be intimidating.
So....as to be: idioms
Can be counted:quantity words: idioms
Associate with : idioms
The inverse of a number or fraction is the reciprocal. 5/8 is 8/5

49. Some Republicans define welfare abuse as the primary evil in America.
Not...but : 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.
Think of ...as: idioms
Define as:idioms

50. Digit
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.
Was completed before some other past action began. : Mal has always looked puzzled in meetings until he got a new boss.
The number you are dividing another number into
Whom: idioms : he use whom