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GMAT Crash Course: All In One - 2

Subject : gmat

Instructions:

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. ;
(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
One way: strengthens; One way: weakens
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
Two independent sentences

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

3. When you think you have a problem figured out...
Go slower.
Do so
Comparing different things
Comparing similar things

4. S-W-Slash Chart
S = Really strengthen s = possibly strengthen W = Really weakens w = possibly weakens - - = possibly strengthens a bit
(1) What is the antecedent? Is it sensible? Is it present? Is it unambiguous? (2) Do they agree in number?
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
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!

5. different ___
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.
Opposition
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
From

6. Compare to
Wrong. Year is redundant
Two independent sentences
Comparing similar things
Describe structure - Bold face - Parallel the reasoning - 'By...' (e.g. - Mary argues by...)

7. root (1620 + 832)
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
Cannot introduce examples -- such as must be used instead
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Breathe - Create an internal clock around 3 minutes - Benchmark Problems

8. Sentence Correction Steps
(1) Stop Signs: 3rd person pronouns (2) Splits (3) Look for parallelism (4) Everything else
At
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
Look for verbs

9. being
When the Yes/No question has to do with whether a variable is a fraction or integer: Fraction - Integer and Zero
Almost always wrong
BCE. ab > xy ? but you don't know the sign

10. Stop Signs for SC
3rd Person Pronouns -- It - Its - They - Them - Their
Analogy
Describe structure - Bold face - Parallel the reasoning - 'By...' (e.g. - Mary argues by...)

11. Critical Reasoning: Evaluate
(1) Stop Signs: 3rd person pronouns (2) Splits (3) Look for parallelism (4) Everything else
With
(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
One way: strengthens; One way: weakens

12. When choosing numbers... don't choose 0 -1 or any number in the numerator or denominator
3rd Person Pronouns -- It - Its - They - Them - Their

Look for subjects
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

13. Author is always in the middle of the road...
Go straight for fractions
Avoid extremes
Two independent sentences

14. From (Stick to scope; avoid extremes; negation technique)
(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
Assumptions - Conclusions
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.
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15. Mal's room is so clean that his mother praises him.

16. y = 3x + 2
(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
Describe structure - Bold face - Parallel the reasoning - 'By...' (e.g. - Mary argues by...)
y is 2 more than a multiple of 3
On

17. If there is a list...
the GMAT will always put the comma on the last
Describe structure - Bold face - Parallel the reasoning - 'By...' (e.g. - Mary argues by...)
Be estimated
The second sentence focuses on the extent to which the children are covered in mud.

18. Given jkmn = 1 j = 1/k; m = 1/n
Parallel
Sufficient.
From
Do so

19. CLA
For Yes/No Data Sufficiency Questions: Criteria - List possible values based on the criteria - and Answer Question
Cannot be measured
On
20 problems --> 35 minutes - skip critical reasoning questions early on (strengthen/weaken) - Skip combinations and permutations; or - absolute values with inequalities

20. Bold Face Problems
Almost always wrong
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
(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
Go straight for fractions

21. Reporting that one of ___ many problems had been the recent extended sales slump in women's apparel - the seven-store retailer said it would start a three-month liquidation sale in all of its torso.
(1) Stop Signs: 3rd person pronouns (2) Splits (3) Look for parallelism (4) Everything else
z > x + y + 1 - x + y + z > 0 - x + y + 2z > x + y + 1 --> z > 1/2
The second sentence focuses on the extent to which the children are covered in mud.
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

22. not only X but...
BCE. ab > xy ? but you don't know the sign
For Yes/No Data Sufficiency Questions: Criteria - List possible values based on the criteria - and Answer Question
Also Y
Opposition

23. ride __ a bus
On
With
Wrong. Year is redundant
Breathe - Create an internal clock around 3 minutes - Benchmark Problems

24. n(n+1)(n+2)
The second sentence focuses on the extent to which the children are covered in mud.
3 consecutive integers are even and divisible by 3
Do so
S = Really strengthen s = possibly strengthen W = Really weakens w = possibly weakens - - = possibly strengthens a bit

25. forbid ___
To
3 consecutive integers are even and divisible by 3
Breathe - Create an internal clock around 3 minutes - Benchmark Problems
y is 2 more than a multiple of 3

26. You cannot strengthen or weaken by...
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On the same scale
Read faster
Analogy

27. Conclusions
Look for verbs
Add the exponents to determine the answer.
(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
y is 2 more than a multiple of 3

28. 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.
Joe or his friends are going. --> the verb correlates to the subject it is closed to when 'or' is used.
Read slower
Add a countering premise

29. and
Comparing different things

Parallel
Analogy

30. n/108 = Integer/1? (1) n/12 = Integer/1 (2) n/9 = Integer/1
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.
Not Sufficient. jk = mn --> jk and mn = same numbers > 1 or they could equal 1
Read slower
Also Y

31. How to eliminate answers on geometry questions
Look for subjects
(1) What is the antecedent? Is it sensible? Is it present? Is it unambiguous? (2) Do they agree in number?
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) 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

32. easier the passage...
From
For Yes/No Data Sufficiency Questions: Criteria - List possible values based on the criteria - and Answer Question
Read slower
List each of the five based on the criteria. Move slowly.

33. Estimate x...
Read faster
To be y.
To
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.

34. Given: x+ y + z > 0 Is z > 1?
Look for verbs
At
Look for subjects
Add the exponents to determine the answer.

35. Studying for Critical Reasoning
BCE. ab > xy ? but you don't know the sign
(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
x + y + 1 < 0 - 0 < x + y + z - x + y + 1 < x + y + z --> z > 1 -
Not Sufficient. jk = mn --> jk and mn = same numbers > 1 or they could equal 1

36. Geometry
For Yes/No Data Sufficiency Questions: Criteria - List possible values based on the criteria - and Answer Question
Wrong. Year is redundant
I. Diagram II. Identify III. Infer
From

37. Joe or his friends ____ going.
Joe or his friends are going. --> the verb correlates to the subject it is closed to when 'or' is used.
Describe structure - Bold face - Parallel the reasoning - 'By...' (e.g. - Mary argues by...)
When the question has to do with whether a variable is positive or negative - then list negative - positive and zero.
the GMAT will always put the comma on the last

38. CLA: FIZ

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
Mal's room is so clean that his mother praises it. A possessive noun must match only with a possessive pronoun.
When the Yes/No question has to do with whether a variable is a fraction or integer: Fraction - Integer and Zero

39. 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.
Go slower.
0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 --> Answer 4
What are they really asking? What are they really telling me? Focus on the minimum?

40. Given jkmn = 1 jk/mn = 1
Not Sufficient. jk = mn --> jk and mn = same numbers > 1 or they could equal 1
List each of the five based on the criteria. Move slowly.
Proven wrong
Two independent sentences

41. ride __ a car
Go slower.
In
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
To (Bring new info; Avoid weak wording) - Strengthen - Weaken - Evaluate

42. The year 1996.
Wrong. Year is redundant
(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
(1) Stop Signs: 3rd person pronouns (2) Splits (3) Look for parallelism (4) Everything else

43. Pronoun Questions
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?
List each of the five based on the criteria. Move slowly.
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

44. FDP
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.
Sufficient.
Read slower
Go straight for fractions

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

46. 'Although' requires an...
Opposition
Parallel
Don't even read it.
Joe or his friends are going. --> the verb correlates to the subject it is closed to when 'or' is used.

47. Given: x+ y + z > 0 Is z > x + y + 1?

Not Sufficient. jk = mn --> jk and mn = same numbers > 1 or they could equal 1
Avoid extremes
z > x + y + 1 - x + y + z > 0 - x + y + 2z > x + y + 1 --> z > 1/2

48. CLA: NPZ
When the question has to do with whether a variable is positive or negative - then list negative - positive and zero.
Proven wrong
Cannot introduce examples -- such as must be used instead
Mal's room is so clean that his mother praises it. A possessive noun must match only with a possessive pronoun.

49. Verbal Problems Timing strategy
20 problems --> 35 minutes - skip critical reasoning questions early on (strengthen/weaken) - Skip combinations and permutations; or - absolute values with inequalities
Add a countering premise
BCE. ab > xy ? but you don't know the sign
3 consecutive integers are even and divisible by 3

50. nouns
(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) What is the antecedent? Is it sensible? Is it present? Is it unambiguous? (2) Do they agree in number?
(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
Look for verbs