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1. You should use a singular verb.... The number of excuses grows every time he tells the story.
The result of addition is called this
Such as: idioms
The number of : idioms
Ability ..to:idioms

2. Adding and subtracting exponents
1:5^0=1
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
Can be counted: quantity words: idioms
Define as:idioms

3. Many of the top designers - such as Ralph Lauren and Donna Karan - have less expensive lines as well. Is used to mean for example
Think of ...as: idioms
Which: idioms
So....that:idioms
Such as: idioms

4. I can physically prohibit you from interrupting me again.
Prohibit ...from: 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 bottom number in a fraction
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

5. Misplaced Modifier
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...
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.
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.
A descriptive word or phrase should immediately follow the thing that it modifies

6. That desk is where I spend countless hours working at my thankless job.
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
Between...and: idioms
Where:idioms
Like: idioms

7. Basic approach to data sufficiency
The result of addition is called this
AD VS. BCE
Prohibit ...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.

8. Give a child as many hugs as you can. No human can read that number of pages in an hour.
Can be counted:quantity words: idioms
Was completed before some other past action began. : Mal has always looked puzzled in meetings until he got a new boss.
Evaluate how each answer choice contributes to the support of the conculsion
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

9. Some Republicans define welfare abuse as the primary evil in America.
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
Associate with : idioms
Define as:idioms

10. Dazed by the battle - the soldier could no longer distinguish friend from enemy.
Adding its digits yields a number divisible by 3
That: idioms
Different from:idioms
Distinguish from: idioms

11. Why must you act like a four-year old. is used to mean similar to
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
Try to: 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

12. Shakespeare is regarded as the greatest playwright of all time
Which: idioms
The number 3 in front of the variable in an espression like 3xy is called
Regard as :idioms
That: idioms

13. The 4 Step Approach
1. Read the Questions 2. Break it Down 3. Answer the Questions in your own words 4. Process of Elimination
All or both: idioms
A subject must always agree with its verb
Both...and: idioms

14. That car is just like one my father had. Is used when comparing only nouns.
The result of subtraction
Negative -3^3=-27
Like: idioms
Prohibit ...from: idioms

15. Any negative number raised to an odd power stays
Negative -3^3=-27
Native to: idioms
Not so....as:idioms
Such as: idioms

16. Any negative number raised to an even power becomes
Different from:idioms
When an action started in the past and ....
Continues to the present: As long as I have known him - Mal has looked puzzled in meetings.
Positive-3^4=81

17. It is my responsibility to feed the parakeet.
As....as
The number 3 in front of the variable in an espression like 3xy is called
Responsibility to: 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

18. 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)
Responsible for: 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
Difference/orginal

19. A # is divisible by 3 if
Between...and: idioms
Superior to : idioms
Whom: idioms : he use whom
Adding its digits yields a number divisible by 3

20. 'ER' is superior television show to 'Survivor'
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.
Superior to : 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
Native of: idioms

21. He has an ability to turn around a failing business
Not...but : idioms
Ability ..to:idioms
So....that: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

22. Consecutive
Evaluate how each answer choice contributes to the support of the conculsion
Require ...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.

23. Many cigarette companies target their advertising at children.
When:idioms
Target .....at: idioms
Is a number that does not have any fractional parts. the number 2 is a whole number but 2.5 is not
Simple past - present - and past perfect are the three verb tenses most commonly tested on the GMAT.

24. She thinks of me as just a friend
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.
Think of ...as: idioms
The result of addition is called this
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.

25. Any fraction between 0 and 1 that's raised to a power greater than 1 gets
Smaller - for example (1/2)^2=1/4
Only two things comparatives: idioms
Estimate....to be :idioms
Which: idioms

26. Extreme
Either ....or: idioms
Extreme wording is another very common reason for eliminating anser choice in POE
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
Native to: idioms

27. Difference
Native to: idioms
The result of subtraction
Native of: idioms
It is divisible by both 2 and 3

28. Exponent
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
Only two things comparatives: idioms
So....that: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...

29. Among the there sisters - Cinderella was the most beautiful
Three or more things: comparatives:idioms
Native to: 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.
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

30. Reducing fractions
Native of: 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
The result of subtraction
Between...and: idioms

31. Any number to the 1 power is
Worry about: idioms
When you see an answer choice that goes beyong the realm of the argument - you can consider it and eliminate it
Itself 5^1=5
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

32. Simple Past
AD VS. BCE
Has ceased to occur : Mal looked puzzled when you told him the news
Define as:idioms
Native to: idioms

33. Zero
Require ...to: idioms
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
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...
Three or more things: comparatives:idioms

34. Verb Tense
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.
Define as:idioms
That : idioms
Simple past - present - and past perfect are the three verb tenses most commonly tested on the GMAT.

35. noun - Not surprisingly - Robert De Niro is a native of New York City
Only when referring to an actual location
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
Can be counted:quantity words: idioms
Native of: idioms

36. Parallel Construction
Not only...but also : idioms
Items in alist or items that are being compared - must all contain the same parts of speech and must look the same
The inverse of a number or fraction is the reciprocal. 5/8 is 8/5
More...than

37. Odd number
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 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
Has ceased to occur : Mal looked puzzled when you told him the news
As: idioms

38. Sheep herding requires a shepherd to stay with his flock at all times.
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.
Think of ...as: 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
Require ...to: idioms

39. I look back fondly on the 1983 County Fair - at which I won the prize for biggest watermelon.
Distinguish from: idioms
Only when referring to an actual location
Which: 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

40. Adding/subtractin fractions
Can be counted: quantity words: 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
Consider : 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

41. Please try to chew with your month closed at the awards dinner tonight.
Becomes larger for example - 3^2=9
Has ceased to occur : Mal looked puzzled when you told him the news
Try to: idioms
Responsible for: idioms

42. Between cake and ice cream - I like ice cream more.
Can be counted: quantity words: idioms
When you see an answer choice that goes beyong the realm of the argument - you can consider it and eliminate it
Can be counted:quantity words: idioms
Only two things comparatives: idioms

43. April found herself choosing between the devil and the deep blue sea.
Between...and: idioms
The top number in a fraction
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
Regard as :idioms

44. Percent
Distinguish from: idioms
Must clearly refer to a noun - and must agree with that noun in gender and quatity
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
What is Percent of X = (1/100) x

45. Coefficient
Superior to : idioms
Whom: idioms : he use whom
Responsible for: idioms
The number 3 in front of the variable in an espression like 3xy is called

46. 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.
Between...and: idioms
Believe ...to be: idioms
Like: idioms
All or both: idioms

47. That weightlifter has more muscle in his head than he has brains.
A subject must always agree with its verb
Which: idioms
More...than
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

48. Use the
Like: 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)
AD VS. BCE
When an action started in the past and ....

49. Out of scope
Not...but : idioms
The result of subtraction
When you see an answer choice that goes beyong the realm of the argument - you can consider it and eliminate it
The result of addition is called this

50. I'll go out with you when the clock strikes thirteen - and not a moment
So....that: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
Native of: idioms
When:idioms

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