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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. 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
The second sentence focuses on the extent to which the children are covered in mud.
With
Write your integers like this

2. Diagrams in questions the problem often format a bead on the scale unless otherwise indicated - but they are not all...
To
Assumptions - Conclusions
On the same scale
From

3. 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
(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
On the same scale
Go straight for fractions

4. Diagrams marked not on the scale ______. In fact - the drawings of these problems often purposely misleading the I.
With
Read faster
Cannot be measured
Be estimated

5. 3 things to remember about roots
I. Diagram II. Identify III. Infer
Read faster
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))
List each of the five based on the criteria. Move slowly.

6. 'Although' requires an...
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.
Proven wrong
Opposition
(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

7. Drawings in questions using the data sufficiency format that are not drawn to scale. They cannot...
BCE. ab > xy ? but you don't know the sign
Describe structure - Bold face - Parallel the reasoning - 'By...' (e.g. - Mary argues by...)
Be estimated
Go straight for fractions

8. The year 1996.
BCE. ab > xy ? but you don't know the sign
Wrong. Year is redundant
Be estimated
y is 2 more than a multiple of 3

9. being
Breathe - Create an internal clock around 3 minutes - Benchmark Problems
Almost always wrong
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.
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!

10. Conclusions
Redundant - should just be whether
Anything to the left of the colon should be a full sentence or fine on its own
(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
For Yes/No Data Sufficiency Questions: Criteria - List possible values based on the criteria - and Answer Question

11. ;
Two independent sentences
20 problems --> 35 minutes - skip critical reasoning questions early on (strengthen/weaken) - Skip combinations and permutations; or - absolute values with inequalities
(1) What is the antecedent? Is it sensible? Is it present? Is it unambiguous? (2) Do they agree in number?
Go slower.

12. Compare with
With
From
Comparing different things
z > x + y + 1 - x + y + z > 0 - x + y + 2z > x + y + 1 --> z > 1/2

13. The only way for growers to salvage frozen citrus is to process them quickly into juice concentrate before they rot when warmer weather returns.

14. Quant Problems Timing strategy
Also Y
Wrong. Year is redundant
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.
Two independent sentences

15. Verbal Problems Timing strategy
BCE. ab > xy ? but you don't know the sign
20 problems --> 35 minutes - skip critical reasoning questions early on (strengthen/weaken) - Skip combinations and permutations; or - absolute values with inequalities
On
z > x + y + 1 - x + y + z > 0 - x + y + 2z > x + y + 1 --> z > 1/2

16. About

17. nouns
Look for verbs
To (Bring new info; Avoid weak wording) - Strengthen - Weaken - Evaluate
y is 2 more than a multiple of 3
Cannot introduce examples -- such as must be used instead

18. CLA
Joe or his friends are going. --> the verb correlates to the subject it is closed to when 'or' is used.
The second sentence focuses on the extent to which the children are covered in mud.
(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
For Yes/No Data Sufficiency Questions: Criteria - List possible values based on the criteria - and Answer Question

19. whether or not
Redundant - should just be whether
3rd Person Pronouns -- It - Its - They - Them - Their
Analogy
Assumptions - Conclusions

20. Timing Strategies
x + y + 1 < 0 - 0 < x + y + z - x + y + 1 < x + y + z --> z > 1 -
Add the exponents to determine the answer.
When the question has to do with whether a variable is positive or negative - then list negative - positive and zero.
Breathe - Create an internal clock around 3 minutes - Benchmark Problems

21. Always assume sufficient until...
List each of the five based on the criteria. Move slowly.
Read slower
Proven wrong
To be y.

22. Estimate x...
To be y.
(1) Recognition (2) Content (3) Circle right answers and explain why the others are wrong (4) Train your eye to notice stop signs (pronouns)
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
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.

23. not only X but...
Go straight for fractions
Comparing similar things

Also Y

24. tougher the passage...
To (Bring new info; Avoid weak wording) - Strengthen - Weaken - Evaluate
Read faster
To
From

25. The reason I like you is because...
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
Don't even read it.
you are nice (Because is redundant)
Go straight for fractions

26. m is an integer - is m odd? (1) m/2 is not an even integer (2) m - 3 is an even integer
List each of the five based on the criteria. Move slowly.
Anything to the left of the colon should be a full sentence or fine on its own
(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
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

27. All the children are covered in mud. Vs the children are all covered in mud.
Proven wrong
Almost always wrong
The second sentence focuses on the extent to which the children are covered in mud.
Anything to the left of the colon should be a full sentence or fine on its own

28. When you think you have a problem figured out...
Go slower.
(1) Stop Signs: 3rd person pronouns (2) Splits (3) Look for parallelism (4) Everything else
From
Joe or his friends are going. --> the verb correlates to the subject it is closed to when 'or' is used.

29. For studying sentence correction
(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
Don't even read it.
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
(1) Recognition (2) Content (3) Circle right answers and explain why the others are wrong (4) Train your eye to notice stop signs (pronouns)

30. Pronoun Questions
Mal's room is so clean that his mother praises it. A possessive noun must match only with a possessive pronoun.
Cannot be measured
(1) What is the antecedent? Is it sensible? Is it present? Is it unambiguous? (2) Do they agree in number?
Assumptions - Conclusions

31. root (1620 + 832)
(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
Don't even read it.
24
(1) Stop Signs: 3rd person pronouns (2) Splits (3) Look for parallelism (4) Everything else

32. :
Anything to the left of the colon should be a full sentence or fine on its own
(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
On
I. Diagram II. Identify III. Infer

33. How to do assumption problems?
Comparing different things
Describe structure - Bold face - Parallel the reasoning - 'By...' (e.g. - Mary argues by...)

(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

34. n/108 = Integer/1? (1) n/12 = Integer/1 (2) n/9 = Integer/1
Not Sufficient. jk = mn --> jk and mn = same numbers > 1 or they could equal 1
Describe structure - Bold face - Parallel the reasoning - 'By...' (e.g. - Mary argues by...)
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.
What are they really asking? What are they really telling me? Focus on the minimum?

35. What should I do if there is no diagram?
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.
Analogy
Go slower.
Also Y

36. CLA: NPZ
When the question has to do with whether a variable is positive or negative - then list negative - positive and zero.
At
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
(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

37. do it
Avoid extremes
0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 --> Answer 4
Also Y
Do so

38. S-W-Slash Chart
To (Bring new info; Avoid weak wording) - Strengthen - Weaken - Evaluate
Avoid extremes
S = Really strengthen s = possibly strengthen W = Really weakens w = possibly weakens - - = possibly strengthens a bit
Wrong. Year is redundant

39. ab > xy? (1) a/x > y/b....AD BCE

40. Given: x+ y + z > 0 Is z > x + y + 1?
z > x + y + 1 - x + y + z > 0 - x + y + 2z > x + y + 1 --> z > 1/2
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!
Wrong. Year is redundant
Almost always wrong

41. You cannot strengthen or weaken by...
Look for verbs
Go slower.
Analogy
Go straight for fractions

42. Given jkmn = 1 j = 1/k; m = 1/n
From
Sufficient.
the GMAT will always put the comma on the last
y is 2 more than a multiple of 3

43. Author is always in the middle of the road...
Describe structure - Bold face - Parallel the reasoning - 'By...' (e.g. - Mary argues by...)
Joe or his friends are going. --> the verb correlates to the subject it is closed to when 'or' is used.
Avoid extremes
(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

44. forbid ___
To
I. Diagram II. Identify III. Infer
20 problems --> 35 minutes - skip critical reasoning questions early on (strengthen/weaken) - Skip combinations and permutations; or - absolute values with inequalities
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!

45. easier the passage...
0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 --> Answer 4
In
One way: strengthens; One way: weakens
Read slower

46. In any problem...
What are they really asking? What are they really telling me? Focus on the minimum?
On the same scale
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
Joe or his friends are going. --> the verb correlates to the subject it is closed to when 'or' is used.

47. Sentence Correction Steps
(1) Stop Signs: 3rd person pronouns (2) Splits (3) Look for parallelism (4) Everything else
I. Diagram II. Identify III. Infer
0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 --> Answer 4
S = Really strengthen s = possibly strengthen W = Really weakens w = possibly weakens - - = possibly strengthens a bit

48. credit X ___
In
Cannot be measured
Add a countering premise
With

49. and
Parallel
Don't even read it.

List each of the five based on the criteria. Move slowly.

50. How to eliminate answers on geometry questions
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
Proven wrong
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.
To (Bring new info; Avoid weak wording) - Strengthen - Weaken - Evaluate