GMAT Crash Course: All In One - 2

Instructions:

• Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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• Match each statement with the correct term.
• Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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. easier the passage...
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!
Read slower
Comparing similar things


2. About

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3. Stop Signs for SC
BCE. ab > xy ? but you don't know the sign
(1) What is the antecedent? Is it sensible? Is it present? Is it unambiguous? (2) Do they agree in number?
3rd Person Pronouns -- It - Its - They - Them - Their
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4. m is an integer - is m odd? (1) m/2 is not an even integer (2) m - 3 is an even integer
Mal's room is so clean that his mother praises it. A possessive noun must match only with a possessive pronoun.
List each of the five based on the criteria. Move slowly.
Redundant - should just be whether
From


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

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6. 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.
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
you are nice (Because is redundant)
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!
Read slower


7. To Weaken
Read slower
Do so
Add a countering premise
Look for verbs


8. Diagrams in questions the problem often format a bead on the scale unless otherwise indicated - but they are not all...
Breathe - Create an internal clock around 3 minutes - Benchmark Problems

3 consecutive integers are even and divisible by 3
On the same scale


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

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10. 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?
the GMAT will always put the comma on the last
Assumptions - Conclusions
0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 --> Answer 4
One way: strengthens; One way: weakens


11. You cannot strengthen or weaken by...
(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
S = Really strengthen s = possibly strengthen W = Really weakens w = possibly weakens - - = possibly strengthens a bit
Analogy
Read faster


12. root (1620 + 832)
S = Really strengthen s = possibly strengthen W = Really weakens w = possibly weakens - - = possibly strengthens a bit
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.
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Wrong. Year is redundant


13. In any problem...
Go slower.
Almost always wrong
Analogy
What are they really asking? What are they really telling me? Focus on the minimum?


14. credit X ___
y is 2 more than a multiple of 3
Look for subjects

With


15. Pronoun Questions
(1) What is the antecedent? Is it sensible? Is it present? Is it unambiguous? (2) Do they agree in number?
What are they really asking? What are they really telling me? Focus on the minimum?
Analogy
(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


16. 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.
To
20 problems --> 35 minutes - skip critical reasoning questions early on (strengthen/weaken) - Skip combinations and permutations; or - absolute values with inequalities
Go straight for fractions


17. Critical Reasoning: Explain Problems

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18. Diagrams marked not on the scale ______. In fact - the drawings of these problems often purposely misleading the I.
Parallel
Comparing similar things
the GMAT will always put the comma on the last
Cannot be measured


19. Quant Problems Timing strategy
What are they really asking? What are they really telling me? Focus on the minimum?
Do so
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


20. do it
Do so
you are nice (Because 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.
From


21. Do not divide by variables in the inequalities if... you don't know the sign
To

On
Proven wrong


22. If there is a list...
In
the GMAT will always put the comma on the last
At
BCE. ab > xy ? but you don't know the sign


23. y = 3x + 2
(1) Stop Signs: 3rd person pronouns (2) Splits (3) Look for parallelism (4) Everything else
x + y + 1 < 0 - 0 < x + y + z - x + y + 1 < x + y + z --> z > 1 -
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y is 2 more than a multiple of 3


24. When choosing numbers... don't choose 0 -1 or any number in the numerator or denominator
0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 --> Answer 4

S = Really strengthen s = possibly strengthen W = Really weakens w = possibly weakens - - = possibly strengthens a bit
Look for verbs


25. Mal's room is so clean that his mother praises him.

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26. and
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) 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
Parallel
Opposition


27. What should I do if there is no diagram?
From
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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


28. 'Although' requires an...
Describe structure - Bold face - Parallel the reasoning - 'By...' (e.g. - Mary argues by...)
Opposition
Almost always wrong
x + y + 1 < 0 - 0 < x + y + z - x + y + 1 < x + y + z --> z > 1 -


29. ride __ a car
Add a countering premise
In
S = Really strengthen s = possibly strengthen W = Really weakens w = possibly weakens - - = possibly strengthens a bit
Comparing different things


30. CLA: FIZ
y is 2 more than a multiple of 3
When the Yes/No question has to do with whether a variable is a fraction or integer: Fraction - Integer and Zero
the GMAT will always put the comma on the last
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


31. Given: x+ y + z > 0 Is z > x + y + 1?
Almost always wrong
To
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
z > x + y + 1 - x + y + z > 0 - x + y + 2z > x + y + 1 --> z > 1/2


32. Argument
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.
To (Bring new info; Avoid weak wording) - Strengthen - Weaken - Evaluate
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))
BCE. ab > xy ? but you don't know the sign


33. whether or not
20 problems --> 35 minutes - skip critical reasoning questions early on (strengthen/weaken) - Skip combinations and permutations; or - absolute values with inequalities
Redundant - should just be whether
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!
For Yes/No Data Sufficiency Questions: Criteria - List possible values based on the criteria - and Answer Question


34. Given: x+ y + z > 0 Is z > 1?
you are nice (Because is redundant)
Sufficient.
(1) What is the antecedent? Is it sensible? Is it present? Is it unambiguous? (2) Do they agree in number?
Add the exponents to determine the answer.


35. The reason I like you is because...
you are nice (Because is redundant)
Anything to the left of the colon should be a full sentence or fine on its own
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.


36. being
Almost always wrong
From
(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
To (Bring new info; Avoid weak wording) - Strengthen - Weaken - Evaluate


37. forbid ___
To
Joe or his friends are going. --> the verb correlates to the subject it is closed to when 'or' is used.

3rd Person Pronouns -- It - Its - They - Them - Their


38. How to do assumption problems?
From
(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
The second sentence focuses on the extent to which the children are covered in mud.
(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


39. 42/x = Integer/1
To
Add the exponents to determine the answer.
3 consecutive integers are even and divisible by 3
Write your integers like this


40. ;
Mal's room is so clean that his mother praises it. A possessive noun must match only with a possessive pronoun.
(1) What is the antecedent? Is it sensible? Is it present? Is it unambiguous? (2) Do they agree in number?
Two independent sentences
Be estimated


41. From (Stick to scope; avoid extremes; negation technique)
(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
Assumptions - Conclusions
Read slower
When the Yes/No question has to do with whether a variable is a fraction or integer: Fraction - Integer and Zero


42. If you see a semicolon and it is before or after underlined part

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43. ride __ a bus
On
(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
x + y + 1 < 0 - 0 < x + y + z - x + y + 1 < x + y + z --> z > 1 -
At


44. Compare to
(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
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.
z > x + y + 1 - x + y + z > 0 - x + y + 2z > x + y + 1 --> z > 1/2
Comparing similar things


45. How to eliminate answers on geometry questions
(1) Stop Signs: 3rd person pronouns (2) Splits (3) Look for parallelism (4) Everything else
Don't even read it.
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
Analogy


46. 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)
Go slower.
When the question has to do with whether a variable is positive or negative - then list negative - positive and zero.
Two independent sentences


47. All the children are covered in mud. Vs the children are all covered in mud.
To
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.



48. Compare with
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

Comparing different things


49. Like
Cannot introduce examples -- such as must be used instead
One way: strengthens; One way: weakens
Assumptions - Conclusions
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.


50. Geometry
What are they really asking? What are they really telling me? Focus on the minimum?
From
y is 2 more than a multiple of 3
I. Diagram II. Identify III. Infer