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GMAT Crash Course: All In One - 2

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Basic tools to eliminate answers in geometry questions
Memorize the following approximations: Pie approximately equals 3 - Square root of one equals one - Square root of two approximately equals 1.4 - Square root of three approximately equals 1.7
At
3 consecutive integers are even and divisible by 3
On the same scale

2. Argument
y is 2 more than a multiple of 3
Not Sufficient. jk = mn --> jk and mn = same numbers > 1 or they could equal 1
To (Bring new info; Avoid weak wording) - Strengthen - Weaken - Evaluate
Don't even read it.

3. The only way for growers to salvage frozen citrus is to process them quickly into juice concentrate before they rot when warmer weather returns.
Read slower
To have it quickly processed into juice concentrate before warmer weather returns and rots the fruit - because citrus is singular and 'it' is the appropriate pronoun
you are nice (Because is redundant)
On the same scale

4. Always assume sufficient until...
3 consecutive integers are even and divisible by 3
To be y.
Analogy
Proven wrong

5. whether or not
Be estimated
Redundant - should just be whether
(1) What is the antecedent? Is it sensible? Is it present? Is it unambiguous? (2) Do they agree in number?
Assumptions - Conclusions

6. 'Although' requires an...
Be estimated
Opposition
Also Y
Comparing similar things

7. CLA: NPZ
Breathe - Create an internal clock around 3 minutes - Benchmark Problems
On the same scale
One way: strengthens; One way: weakens
When the question has to do with whether a variable is positive or negative - then list negative - positive and zero.

8. do it
Draw a diagram. The first thing you should do with any geometry problem that does not have a diagram is to sketch it out scratch booklet. And when you draw the diagram - try to brought scale that way be in a position to estimate.
List each of the five based on the criteria. Move slowly.
Do so
3rd Person Pronouns -- It - Its - They - Them - Their

9. :
Sufficient.
Analogy
From
Anything to the left of the colon should be a full sentence or fine on its own

10. Quant Problems Timing strategy
5 problems --> 65 minutes remaining - 10 problems --> 55 minutes remaining - 20 problems --> 35 minutes remaining - 30 problems --> 15 minutes remaining - 34 problems --> 7 minutes remaining - Skip between questions 3 and 8.
z > x + y + 1 - x + y + z > 0 - x + y + 2z > x + y + 1 --> z > 1/2

y is 2 more than a multiple of 3

11. When choosing numbers... don't choose 0 -1 or any number in the numerator or denominator
Analogy

Cannot be measured
On

12. easier the passage...
Describe structure - Bold face - Parallel the reasoning - 'By...' (e.g. - Mary argues by...)
0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 --> Answer 4
Read slower
Draw a diagram. The first thing you should do with any geometry problem that does not have a diagram is to sketch it out scratch booklet. And when you draw the diagram - try to brought scale that way be in a position to estimate.

13. Author is always in the middle of the road...
Assumptions - Conclusions
From
Avoid extremes
Go slower.

14. S-W-Slash Chart
(1) Read question first (2) Read for structure and look for gaps (3) Work from wrong to right (4) Negation test: If you negate the argument will fall apart - Answer choices that bring in new information are wrong - Look for reverse causation
Add a countering premise
Sufficient.
S = Really strengthen s = possibly strengthen W = Really weakens w = possibly weakens - - = possibly strengthens a bit

15. Given jkmn = 1 jk/mn = 1
Add the exponents to determine the answer.
To have it quickly processed into juice concentrate before warmer weather returns and rots the fruit - because citrus is singular and 'it' is the appropriate pronoun
the GMAT will always put the comma on the last
Not Sufficient. jk = mn --> jk and mn = same numbers > 1 or they could equal 1

16. Do not divide by variables in the inequalities if... you don't know the sign
Parallel
(1) What is the antecedent? Is it sensible? Is it present? Is it unambiguous? (2) Do they agree in number?

Memorize the following approximations: Pie approximately equals 3 - Square root of one equals one - Square root of two approximately equals 1.4 - Square root of three approximately equals 1.7

17. credit X ___
Do so
With
Joe or his friends are going. --> the verb correlates to the subject it is closed to when 'or' is used.
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18. Critical Reasoning: Explain Problems
Comparing different things
Go slower.
We are in the 'To category.' So - we bring something to the argument. It will not break the premises. For example - Mary: That guy is a newspaper reporter...; Joe: No! That guy wears a cape! Therefore - it is superman. We focus on explaining!
20 problems --> 35 minutes - skip critical reasoning questions early on (strengthen/weaken) - Skip combinations and permutations; or - absolute values with inequalities

19. Diagrams in questions the problem often format a bead on the scale unless otherwise indicated - but they are not all...
We are in the 'To category.' So - we bring something to the argument. It will not break the premises. For example - Mary: That guy is a newspaper reporter...; Joe: No! That guy wears a cape! Therefore - it is superman. We focus on explaining!
On the same scale
20 problems --> 35 minutes - skip critical reasoning questions early on (strengthen/weaken) - Skip combinations and permutations; or - absolute values with inequalities
Mal's room is so clean that his mother praises it. A possessive noun must match only with a possessive pronoun.

20. When the positive integer x is divided by 11 - the quotient is y and the remainder is 3. When x is divided by 19 the remainder is also 3. What is the remainder when y is divided by 19?
0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 --> Answer 4
y is 2 more than a multiple of 3
(1) Recognition (2) Content (3) Circle right answers and explain why the others are wrong (4) Train your eye to notice stop signs (pronouns)
Write your integers like this

21. The reason I like you is because...
From
From
you are nice (Because is redundant)
To have it quickly processed into juice concentrate before warmer weather returns and rots the fruit - because citrus is singular and 'it' is the appropriate pronoun

22. Studying for Critical Reasoning
(1) ID each question type (To - From - About) (2) What am I looking for? (3) For the question type - what does the answer need to be ...right;...wrong. (4) Work the passage (5) For the passage - what does an answer need to be right (6) For the passag

On
Describe structure - Bold face - Parallel the reasoning - 'By...' (e.g. - Mary argues by...)

23. ride __ a car
Not Sufficient. jk = mn --> jk and mn = same numbers > 1 or they could equal 1
y is 2 more than a multiple of 3
Write your integers like this
In

24. forbid ___
3rd Person Pronouns -- It - Its - They - Them - Their
Many geometry problems come complete with a diagram drawn to scale. Most people get so caught up in solving a geometry problem geometrically that they forget to look at the diagram to see whether the answer is reasonable. Simply using approximations
To
0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 --> Answer 4

25. n/108 = Integer/1? (1) n/12 = Integer/1 (2) n/9 = Integer/1
Many geometry problems come complete with a diagram drawn to scale. Most people get so caught up in solving a geometry problem geometrically that they forget to look at the diagram to see whether the answer is reasonable. Simply using approximations
5 problems --> 65 minutes remaining - 10 problems --> 55 minutes remaining - 20 problems --> 35 minutes remaining - 30 problems --> 15 minutes remaining - 34 problems --> 7 minutes remaining - Skip between questions 3 and 8.
108 --> 2 -2 -3 -3 -3 12 --> 2 -2 -3 9 --> 3 -3 - Because you cannot be certain that the 12 and 9 share the 3.
z > x + y + 1 - x + y + z > 0 - x + y + 2z > x + y + 1 --> z > 1/2

26. Timing Strategies
3rd Person Pronouns -- It - Its - They - Them - Their
One way: strengthens; One way: weakens
108 --> 2 -2 -3 -3 -3 12 --> 2 -2 -3 9 --> 3 -3 - Because you cannot be certain that the 12 and 9 share the 3.
Breathe - Create an internal clock around 3 minutes - Benchmark Problems

27. Stop Signs for SC
3rd Person Pronouns -- It - Its - They - Them - Their
Comparing similar things
Redundant - should just be whether
When the question has to do with whether a variable is positive or negative - then list negative - positive and zero.

28. Joe or his friends ____ going.
Redundant - should just be whether
Joe or his friends are going. --> the verb correlates to the subject it is closed to when 'or' is used.
Many geometry problems come complete with a diagram drawn to scale. Most people get so caught up in solving a geometry problem geometrically that they forget to look at the diagram to see whether the answer is reasonable. Simply using approximations
Assumptions - Conclusions

29. Diagrams marked not on the scale ______. In fact - the drawings of these problems often purposely misleading the I.
Go slower.
Read faster
Cannot be measured
x + y + 1 < 0 - 0 < x + y + z - x + y + 1 < x + y + z --> z > 1 -

30. being
On
(1) Recognition (2) Content (3) Circle right answers and explain why the others are wrong (4) Train your eye to notice stop signs (pronouns)
(1) Stop Signs: 3rd person pronouns (2) Splits (3) Look for parallelism (4) Everything else
Almost always wrong

31. different ___
Go slower.
Opposition
(1) Stop Signs: 3rd person pronouns (2) Splits (3) Look for parallelism (4) Everything else
From

32. If there is a list...
the GMAT will always put the comma on the last
Look for verbs
Avoid extremes
Add the exponents to determine the answer.

33. date x __ y
(1) What is the antecedent? Is it sensible? Is it present? Is it unambiguous? (2) Do they agree in number?
To (Bring new info; Avoid weak wording) - Strengthen - Weaken - Evaluate
At
Go straight for fractions

34. ab > xy? (1) a/x > y/b....AD BCE
Be estimated
Breathe - Create an internal clock around 3 minutes - Benchmark Problems
BCE. ab > xy ? but you don't know the sign
Root (81) = + or - 9 - 5/root(x) is not simplest form -->5root(x)/x is simplest - (5/(3+root(x)) --> (5/(3+root(x)) x (3-root(x))/(3-root(x))

35. The year 1996.
3 consecutive integers are even and divisible by 3
Wrong. Year is redundant
Seven-store retailer is singular - therefore its is the correct pronoun. one action is the seven-store retailer saying something and the sales slump -- the sales slump preceded reporting about the slump; therefore - it needs to be in the past partici
0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 --> Answer 4

36. Compare to
To have it quickly processed into juice concentrate before warmer weather returns and rots the fruit - because citrus is singular and 'it' is the appropriate pronoun
Breathe - Create an internal clock around 3 minutes - Benchmark Problems
Comparing similar things
z > x + y + 1 - x + y + z > 0 - x + y + 2z > x + y + 1 --> z > 1/2

37. Critical Reasoning: Evaluate

One way: strengthens; One way: weakens
5 problems --> 65 minutes remaining - 10 problems --> 55 minutes remaining - 20 problems --> 35 minutes remaining - 30 problems --> 15 minutes remaining - 34 problems --> 7 minutes remaining - Skip between questions 3 and 8.
3 consecutive integers are even and divisible by 3

38. and
Parallel
To be y.
What are they really asking? What are they really telling me? Focus on the minimum?
3rd Person Pronouns -- It - Its - They - Them - Their

39. ;
Two independent sentences

Go slower.
Cannot be measured

40. Bold Face Problems
To be y.
(1) Read question first (2) Read for structure and look for gaps (3) Work from wrong to right (4) Negation test: If you negate the argument will fall apart - Answer choices that bring in new information are wrong - Look for reverse causation
(1) Find conclusion (2) Relate each bold point to conclusion - Supports the conclusion - It is the conclusion - Supports the other conclusion - It is the other conclusion (3) Tell each answer choice what it should say
z > x + y + 1 - x + y + z > 0 - x + y + 2z > x + y + 1 --> z > 1/2

41. For studying sentence correction
(1) Recognition (2) Content (3) Circle right answers and explain why the others are wrong (4) Train your eye to notice stop signs (pronouns)
Not Sufficient. jk = mn --> jk and mn = same numbers > 1 or they could equal 1
Avoid extremes
Read slower

42. y = 3x + 2
Mal's room is so clean that his mother praises it. A possessive noun must match only with a possessive pronoun.
Seven-store retailer is singular - therefore its is the correct pronoun. one action is the seven-store retailer saying something and the sales slump -- the sales slump preceded reporting about the slump; therefore - it needs to be in the past partici
Describe structure - Bold face - Parallel the reasoning - 'By...' (e.g. - Mary argues by...)
y is 2 more than a multiple of 3

43. root (1620 + 832)
List each of the five based on the criteria. Move slowly.
(1) Must be supported by premise (2) Never supported by anything (3) If you have two sentences - put therefore in between and see if it makes sense
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you are nice (Because is redundant)

44. How to eliminate answers on geometry questions
(1) Must be supported by premise (2) Never supported by anything (3) If you have two sentences - put therefore in between and see if it makes sense
0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 --> Answer 4
Many geometry problems come complete with a diagram drawn to scale. Most people get so caught up in solving a geometry problem geometrically that they forget to look at the diagram to see whether the answer is reasonable. Simply using approximations
Cannot introduce examples -- such as must be used instead

45. From (Stick to scope; avoid extremes; negation technique)
Add a countering premise
Add the exponents to determine the answer.
Assumptions - Conclusions
List each of the five based on the criteria. Move slowly.

46. In any problem...
y is 2 more than a multiple of 3
On
What are they really asking? What are they really telling me? Focus on the minimum?
5 problems --> 65 minutes remaining - 10 problems --> 55 minutes remaining - 20 problems --> 35 minutes remaining - 30 problems --> 15 minutes remaining - 34 problems --> 7 minutes remaining - Skip between questions 3 and 8.

47. CLA: FIZ
When the Yes/No question has to do with whether a variable is a fraction or integer: Fraction - Integer and Zero
Not Sufficient. jk = mn --> jk and mn = same numbers > 1 or they could equal 1
With
Read slower

48. Pronoun Questions
(1) What is the antecedent? Is it sensible? Is it present? Is it unambiguous? (2) Do they agree in number?
Root (81) = + or - 9 - 5/root(x) is not simplest form -->5root(x)/x is simplest - (5/(3+root(x)) --> (5/(3+root(x)) x (3-root(x))/(3-root(x))
Look for subjects
When the Yes/No question has to do with whether a variable is a fraction or integer: Fraction - Integer and Zero

49. not only X but...
Comparing similar things
Also Y

From

50. ride __ a bus
the GMAT will always put the comma on the last
List each of the five based on the criteria. Move slowly.
Read slower
On

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