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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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1. Digit
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
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.
Who:idioms :he use who
The result of addition is called this

2. You are not only clever but you are also charming
Just as....so too: idioms
Positive-3^4=81
Three or more things: comparatives:idioms
Not only...but also : idioms

3. I am not so foolsih as to fall for that a third time
Different from:idioms
Not so....as:idioms
The result of subtraction
Contrast...with: idioms

4. Route 66 is a highway that runs from Chicago to Los Angeles.
Items in alist or items that are being compared - must all contain the same parts of speech and must look the same
Three or more things: comparatives: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
From...to:idioms

5. I am responsible for feeding the parakeet.
Native of: idioms
Responsible for: idioms
Only two things comparatives: idioms
The number you are dividing another number into

6. A # is divisble by 5 if
It ends in 5 or 0
Refers to just what it sounds like: the order in which mathematical operations are to be performed. Exponents - Multiplications - Division - Addition - and Subtraction
Is a number that does not have any fractional parts. the number 2 is a whole number but 2.5 is not
Attribute...to:idioms

7. Plugging in
Both...and: idioms
A descriptive word or phrase should immediately follow the thing that it modifies
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. Any number to the 1 power is
Itself 5^1=5
Prohibit ...from: idioms
Which: idioms
Only to denote a moment in time

9. The basketball player is not tall - but he is fast
The bottom number in a fraction
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...
Refers to just what it sounds like: the order in which mathematical operations are to be performed. Exponents - Multiplications - Division - Addition - and Subtraction
Not...but : idioms

10. I no longer believe the tooth fairy to be real
Estimate....to be :idioms
Believe ...to be: idioms
Just as....so too: idioms
The top number in a fraction

11. The more you eat - the fatter you get
The more...the -er: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...
Estimate....to be :idioms
Not only...but also : idioms

12. 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
Think of ...as: idioms
The result of multiplying any number by any other number. The numbers 8 - 16 - and 424 are all multiples of 4.
Not so....as:idioms

13. 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
Require ...to: idioms
Adding its digits results in a number that's a multiple of 9
When you see an answer choice that goes beyong the realm of the argument - you can consider it and eliminate it

14. Percent change
When you see an answer choice that goes beyong the realm of the argument - you can consider it and eliminate it
Difference/orginal
Items in alist or items that are being compared - must all contain the same parts of speech and must look the same
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

15. Much - amount - less
Only two things comparatives: idioms
Each:idioms
Cannot be counted quantity words: 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

16. Multiple
The result of multiplying any number by any other number. The numbers 8 - 16 - and 424 are all multiples of 4.
As: idioms
Native to: idioms
More...than

17. Odd number
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
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
Can be counted:quantity words: idioms

18. She was so blunt that many considered her rude.
Distinguish from: idioms
Whom: idioms : he use whom
Not...but : idioms
So....that:idioms

19. Divisible
Becomes larger for example - 3^2=9
Prohibit ...from: 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)
Any number greater than 0. So 1/4 - 5000 - but 0 is not. any number that's less than 0 --15 - 0 is not

20. My father sees a large investment portfolio as a sign of success
Smaller - for example (1/2)^2=1/4
When you see an answer choice that goes beyong the realm of the argument - you can consider it and eliminate it
The inverse of a number or fraction is the reciprocal. 5/8 is 8/5
See as:idioms

21. You are no different from me; we both want success.
Cannot be counted quantity words: idioms
A descriptive word or phrase should immediately follow the thing that it modifies
When:idioms
Different from:idioms

22. A # is divisble by 8 if
Has ceased to occur : Mal looked puzzled when you told him the news
Each:idioms
It ends in 0 - 2 - 4 -6 - or 8
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

23. Reciprocal
Hypothesis that: idioms
The inverse of a number or fraction is the reciprocal. 5/8 is 8/5
Distinguish from: idioms
AD VS. BCE

24. Zero

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25. The talk show host agitated the guests to the point that they were throwing chairs at each other.
Evaluate how each answer choice contributes to the support of the conculsion
That : idioms
The inverse of a number or fraction is the reciprocal. 5/8 is 8/5
Smaller - for example (1/2)^2=1/4

26. 'ER' is superior television show to 'Survivor'
Superior to : idioms
Becomes larger for example - 3^2=9
It ends in 0 - 2 - 4 -6 - or 8
A descriptive word or phrase should immediately follow the thing that it modifies

27. Although she looks much older - Faye Dunaway is the same age as my mother's.
Cannot be counted quantity words: idioms
Negative -3^3=-27
The same....as: idioms
Has ceased to occur : Mal looked puzzled when you told him the news

28. You should use a singular verb.... The number of excuses grows every time he tells the story.
The number of : idioms
The number 3 in front of the variable in an espression like 3xy is called
Think of ...as: idioms
Which: idioms

29. I'll take either a BMW or a Lexus; I'm not particular
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
That: idioms
A descriptive word or phrase should immediately follow the thing that it modifies
Either ....or: idioms

30. A # is divisble by 4 if
Associate with : idioms
Only when referring to an actual location
Contrast...with: 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.

31. Any number to the 0 power is
As: idioms
The result of subtraction
1:5^0=1
Attribute...to:idioms

32. He does not bathe every day - as I do. IS used to compare noun/ verb combinations.
It is divisible by both 2 and 3
Try to: idioms
Forbid to: idioms
As: idioms

33. The lawnmower that you came to fix is in the garge. This is required information
It is divisible by both 2 and 3
That: 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
Was completed before some other past action began. : Mal has always looked puzzled in meetings until he got a new boss.

34. Sheep herding requires a shepherd to stay with his flock at all times.
Require ...to: idioms
Such 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)
AD VS. BCE

35. Past perfect
Whom: idioms : he use whom
So....as to be: idioms
Was completed before some other past action began. : Mal has always looked puzzled in meetings until he got a new boss.
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

36. Misplaced Modifier
Estimate....to be :idioms
A descriptive word or phrase should immediately follow the thing that it modifies
Target .....at: 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

37. Factors
Are pretty much just another way of writing square roots
See 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.
1:5^0=1

38. Difference
The number 3 in front of the variable in an espression like 3xy is called
Native of: idioms
The result of subtraction
Is any whole number - positive - negative - or zero. So -3. 100. and 0 are all ________s

39. Negative exponents
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
Like: 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

40. Square root

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41. A # is divisble by 7 if
Different from:idioms
Which: 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
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

42. I can physically prohibit you from interrupting me again.
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
Prohibit ...from: 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.
The result of multiplying any number by any other number. The numbers 8 - 16 - and 424 are all multiples of 4.

43. Consecutive
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.
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.
The result of addition is called this
When:idioms

44. Washing my car in the winter is not as easy as it is in the summer.
Credit...with:idioms
As....as
Only to denote a moment in time
Permit to: idioms

45. Dazed by the battle - the soldier could no longer distinguish friend from enemy.
Is the number that's left over after division.The remainder when you diivide 35 by 8 is 3.
Just as....so too: idioms
Distinguish from: idioms
Worry about: idioms

46. Among the there sisters - Cinderella was the most beautiful
Three or more things: comparatives:idioms
The inverse of a number or fraction is the reciprocal. 5/8 is 8/5
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
Extreme wording is another very common reason for eliminating anser choice in POE

47. Prime numbers
Forbid to: 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
Just as....so too: 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)

48. Quotient
Contrast...with: idioms
The result of division
Attribute...to:idioms
Distinguish from: idioms

49. Out of scope
Responsible for: idioms
So....that:idioms
When you see an answer choice that goes beyong the realm of the argument - you can consider it and eliminate it
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

50. 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.
The result of addition is called this
Both...and: idioms
Ability ..to:idioms
All or both: idioms