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Table of Contents

GMAT TEST RESOURCES................................................................................................................... 5

GMAT OVERVIEW ................................................................................................................................. 6

TESTING AND ANALYSIS................................................................................................................. 8

INTRODUCTION TO THE GMAT .................................................................................................. 10

THE GMAT SCORING SCALE ......................................................................................................... 11

QUANTITATIVE TEST ....................................................................................................................... 13 PROBLEM-SOLVING QUESTIONS ........................................................................................................... 13 DATA-SUFFICIENCY QUESTIONS........................................................................................................... 13 QUESTION TYPES.................................................................................................................................... 15 ARITHMETIC ............................................................................................................................................ 16 DIVISIBILITY ........................................................................................................................................... 17 MULTIPLICATION..................................................................................................................................... 18 ADDITION ................................................................................................................................................ 19 SUBTRACTION ......................................................................................................................................... 19 EVENS AND ODDS .................................................................................................................................. 21 PRIME NUMBERS..................................................................................................................................... 22 PERCENTS................................................................................................................................................ 24 SQUARE OF A NUMBER ........................................................................................................................... 28 EXPONENTS ............................................................................................................................................. 30 ROOTS ..................................................................................................................................................... 32 AVERAGES ............................................................................................................................................... 32

VERBAL TEST ........................................................................................................................................ 34 READING COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS .............................................................................................. 34 What Is Measured ........................................................................................................................ 35 CRITICAL REASONING QUESTIONS ....................................................................................................... 35 What Is Measured ........................................................................................................................ 36 SENTENCE CORRECTION QUESTIONS ................................................................................................... 36 What Is Measured ........................................................................................................................ 37 READING COMPREHENSION ................................................................................................................... 38

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FLYING OVER THE PASSAGE .................................................................................................................. 38 CREATING A TENTATIVE SUMMARY ....................................................................................................... 39 OPENINGS AND ENDINGS ...................................................................................................................... 40 EXTRANEOUS INFORMATION .................................................................................................................. 40 USING KITCHEN LOGIC.......................................................................................................................... 41 GETTING INTO THE AUTHOR'S MIND .................................................................................................... 41 EMOTIONAL WORDS ............................................................................................................................... 42 FINDING THE KEY WORDS..................................................................................................................... 43 MAKING PROPER INFERENCES............................................................................................................... 44 APPLYING IDEAS FOR GENERALIZATIONS............................................................................................. 45 USING CONTEXT CLUES......................................................................................................................... 45 BREAKING DOWN PASSAGE ORGANIZATION ....................................................................................... 47 FIRST WORD ANALYSIS ......................................................................................................................... 48 UNDERSTANDING THE INTIMIDATION ................................................................................................... 49 FINDING YOUR OPTIMAL PACE .............................................................................................................. 50 DON'T BE A PERFECTIONIST .................................................................................................................. 51 FACTUALLY CORRECT, BUT ACTUALLY WRONG .................................................................................... 52 DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS........................................................................................................................ 53 SENTENCE CORRECTION ........................................................................................................................ 54 TRY EVERY CHOICE ................................................................................................................................ 54 READ CAREFULLY.................................................................................................................................... 54 APOSTROPHES......................................................................................................................................... 55

Possessive Nouns ......................................................................................................................... 55 Possessive Personal Pronouns vs. Contractions ............................................................... 55 COMMA ERRORS ..................................................................................................................................... 56 PROBLEMS WITH REFERENCES.............................................................................................................. 58 PROBLEMS WITH AGREEMENT ............................................................................................................... 60 LACK OF PARALLELISM ........................................................................................................................... 63 MISCELLANEOUS PROBLEMS.................................................................................................................. 64 CRITICAL REASONING ............................................................................................................................ 68 IDENTIFYING PREMISES AND CONCLUSIONS ....................................................................................... 70 DIAGRAMMING CONDITIONAL STATEMENTS ........................................................................................ 74 CLASSIFICATION ..................................................................................................................................... 77 SEVEN COMMON FALLACIES .................................................................................................................. 83

ANALYTICAL WRITING TEST....................................................................................................... 86

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ANALYSIS OF AN ISSUE.......................................................................................................................... 86 What Is Measured ........................................................................................................................ 86

ANALYSIS OF AN ARGUMENT ................................................................................................................. 86 What Is Measured ........................................................................................................................ 87

PLANNING STAGE ................................................................................................................................... 87 STICKING TO THE PLAN.......................................................................................................................... 88 REVIEWING THE PLAN ............................................................................................................................ 88 BRAINSTORMING SMART........................................................................................................................ 88 MAKING THE CUTS ................................................................................................................................. 91 ENDING AT THE START........................................................................................................................... 91 STAYING CONSISTENT ........................................................................................................................... 93 MAINTAINING THE FLOW........................................................................................................................ 93 BACKING UP YOUR POINTS.................................................................................................................... 94 USING PROPER GRAMMAR ..................................................................................................................... 95 WATCHING YOUR VOCABULARY ............................................................................................................ 96 AVOIDING TUNNEL VISION.................................................................................................................... 96 JUST DO IT ............................................................................................................................................. 97 CONCLUSION IS REVIEW........................................................................................................................ 98 COMMUNICATING REASON, NOT PASSION ........................................................................................... 99 ANSWERING THE WHY? ....................................................................................................................... 100 GETTING READY FOR TEST DAY.............................................................................................. 101 POST GMAT.......................................................................................................................................... 103

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