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GMAT Crash Course: All In One
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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. Adding and subtracting exponents
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
Adding its digits yields a number divisible by 3
Hypothesis that: idioms
The top number in a fraction
2. The lawnmower that you came to fix is in the garge. This is required information
Try to: idioms
Native of: idioms
That: 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
3. Multiplying and dividing fractions
What is Percent of X = (1/100) x
The result of multipication is called this
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
Itself 5^1=5
4. I'll take either a BMW or a Lexus; I'm not particular
Between...and: idioms
Can be counted: quantity words: idioms
Either ....or: idioms
Believe ...to be: idioms
5. Integer
A number of: idioms
When an action started in the past and ....
Is any whole number - positive - negative - or zero. So -3. 100. and 0 are all ________s
See as:idioms
6. My father sees a large investment portfolio as a sign of success
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
See as:idioms
Responsibility to: idioms
The number you are dividing another number into
7. She thinks of me as just a friend
The result of multiplying any number by any other number. The numbers 8 - 16 - and 424 are all multiples of 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
Think of ...as: idioms
Three or more things: comparatives:idioms
8. Remainder
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9. He has an ability to turn around a failing business
Require ...to: idioms
Ability ..to:idioms
As: idioms
The bottom number in a fraction
10. Reciprocal
Such as: idioms
Require ...to: idioms
The inverse of a number or fraction is the reciprocal. 5/8 is 8/5
Only two things comparatives: idioms
11. Fractions
Native of: 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
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.
12. She worried about where they would hide the loot.
Which: idioms
Worry about: 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.
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
13. Past perfect
Prohibit ...from: idioms
Was completed before some other past action began. : Mal has always looked puzzled in meetings until he got a new boss.
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
Each:idioms
14. most - -est - among
Permit to: idioms
Three or more things: comparatives: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
It ends in 0 - 2 - 4 -6 - or 8
15. noun - Not surprisingly - Robert De Niro is a native of New York City
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.
That: idioms
Native of: idioms
It is divisible by both 2 and 3
16. Any fraction between 0 and 1 that's raised to a power greater than 1 gets
Smaller - for example (1/2)^2=1/4
The number 3 in front of the variable in an espression like 3xy is called
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.
Estimate....to be :idioms
17. I can't wait to see whom she'll bring to dinner this time. ....she'll bring him to dinner this time
Contrast...with: idioms
More...than
Extreme wording is another very common reason for eliminating anser choice in POE
Whom: idioms : he use whom
18. A # is divisble by 9 if
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19. Square root
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20. Joe is so smart as to be intimidating.
Whom: idioms : he use whom
Adding its digits results in a number that's a multiple of 9
So....as to be: idioms
That : idioms
21. A hypothesis that the aluminum in soda cans causes Alzheimer's disease is circulating on the Internet.
Hypothesis that: idioms
Not only...but also : idioms
Itself 5^1=5
The number you are dividing another number into
22. A # is divisble by 5 if
Credit...with: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.
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
23. Distinct
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24. A # is divisble by 6 if
So....that:idioms
It is divisible by both 2 and 3
Whom: idioms : he use whom
Either ....or: idioms
25. April found herself choosing between the devil and the deep blue sea.
Estimate....to be :idioms
The same....as: idioms
Contrast...with: idioms
Between...and: idioms
26. You should use a singular verb.... The number of excuses grows every time he tells the story.
The number of : idioms
Evaluate how each answer choice contributes to the support of the conculsion
When an action started in the past and ....
Not...but : idioms
27. Use the
When an action started in the past and ....
The more...the -er:idioms
Responsible for: idioms
Only to denote a moment in time
28. The 4 Step Approach
1. Read the Questions 2. Break it Down 3. Answer the Questions in your own words 4. Process of Elimination
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
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
29. more - -er - between
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
Like: idioms
Only two things comparatives: idioms
30. Whole number
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
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
Is a number that does not have any fractional parts. the number 2 is a whole number but 2.5 is not
Becomes larger for example - 3^2=9
31. Any negative number raised to an even power becomes
Distinguish from: idioms
All or both: idioms
Like: idioms
Positive-3^4=81
32. Decimals
Not so....as:idioms
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
Between...and: idioms
Is a number that does not have any fractional parts. the number 2 is a whole number but 2.5 is not
33. Percent change
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 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
Difference/orginal
Only to denote a moment in time
34. You are not only clever but you are also charming
Hypothesis that: idioms
Not only...but also : 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.
Has ceased to occur : Mal looked puzzled when you told him the news
35. A # is divisible by 2 if
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
It ends in 0 - 2 - 4 -6 - or 8
Cannot be counted quantity words: idioms
The result of multiplying any number by any other number. The numbers 8 - 16 - and 424 are all multiples of 4.
36. Many of the top designers - such as Ralph Lauren and Donna Karan - have less expensive lines as well. Is used to mean for example
Such as: idioms
Is a number that does not have any fractional parts. the number 2 is a whole number but 2.5 is not
Cannot be counted quantity words: idioms
Adding its digits yields a number divisible by 3
37. Difference
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 result of subtraction
Continues to the present: As long as I have known him - Mal has looked puzzled in meetings.
A subject must always agree with its verb
38. I'll go out with you when the clock strikes thirteen - and not a moment
Worry about: idioms
Like: idioms
Is any whole number - positive - negative - or zero. So -3. 100. and 0 are all ________s
When:idioms
39. Plugging in
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)
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
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
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.
40. Parallel Construction
Is the number that's left over after division.The remainder when you diivide 35 by 8 is 3.
The number of : idioms
Items in alist or items that are being compared - must all contain the same parts of speech and must look the same
The number 3 in front of the variable in an espression like 3xy is called
41. 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
Superior to : idioms
Both...and: idioms
Becomes larger for example - 3^2=9
42. Coefficient
Ability ..to:idioms
The number 3 in front of the variable in an espression like 3xy is called
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.
When:idioms
43. Prime numbers
Not only...but also : 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
As....as
More...than
44. Out of scope
Simple past - present - and past perfect are the three verb tenses most commonly tested on the GMAT.
Credit...with:idioms
When you see an answer choice that goes beyong the realm of the argument - you can consider it and eliminate it
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
45. I no longer believe the tooth fairy to be real
The result of multipication is called this
Can be counted:quantity words: idioms
Believe ...to be: idioms
Was completed before some other past action began. : Mal has always looked puzzled in meetings until he got a new boss.
46. Reasoning
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47. The more you eat - the fatter you get
The more...the -er:idioms
Hypothesis that: idioms
Adding its digits results in a number that's a multiple of 9
Must clearly refer to a noun - and must agree with that noun in gender and quatity
48. Many cigarette companies target their advertising at children.
Consider : idioms
Target .....at: idioms
Itself 5^1=5
Can be counted:quantity words: idioms
49. Present perfect
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 the number that's left over after division.The remainder when you diivide 35 by 8 is 3.
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
Continues to the present: As long as I have known him - Mal has looked puzzled in meetings.
50. Dividend
Attribute...to: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.
The number you are dividing another number into
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