Princeton Review 1,012 GMAT Practice Questions Book Review- June 17, 2009
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The book indeed contains 1,012 questions – counted myself 
. It starts with a diagnostic test (37q and 41v questions). There are a total of 55 different “drills” targeting various interesting and often neglected areas. The format for Math is not just standard multiple choice, but actually 50% of the quant questions are Data Sufficiency, so one can practice both questions types – PS and DS.
Book Contents and Question Split:
- Quant:
- Arithmetic (terminology, percents, multiples, fractions, ratios, factors, decimals) – 70 questions
- Algebra (equations and inequalities, plugging in, pita, quadratics, must be true, Yes/No DS, roots, interest, functions, powers) – 163 questions
- Statistics, Probability, and Combinations (averages, median, mode, range, stdev, rate, factorials, probability, permutations and combinations, groups) – 117 questions
- Geometry (lines and angles, triangles, quadraliterlas, circles, 3D figures, coordinate geometry, inscribed figures and shaded regions) – 100 questions
- Quant Subtotal: 450
- Verbal:
- RC – 30 passages and 150 questions (5 questions per passage)
- SC (subject/verb agreement, tenses, pronouns, parallel, modifiers, idioms, mixed) – 175 questions
- CR (weaken, strengthen, assumption, inference, evaluate, ID reasoning, resolve/explain, mixed) – 159 questionss
- Verbal Subtotal: 484
- Total: 934 + diagnostic test (78) = 1,012
I am giving Kudos for these sections: factorials, probability, combinations, groups, Yes/No DS, assumption, and parallel structure questions. These areas are often neglected by test prep companies and I am thrilled to see a guide that actually addresses these.
Issues I have with this book:
- Random House used cheap paper – as always
- RC section is structured by topic (humanities, science, etc rather than by type of questions)
- Verbal questions are a bit off (esp. CR) but that’s to be expected
- Could use more 700-level questions but there are a few in each section
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