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GMAT Grammar: Vital Noun Modifiers
Learn about the importance of this elite category of modifiers. Not all modifiers are created equal! All noun modifiers, by definition, give additional information about the noun they modify. BUT, the importance of that additional information can vary significantly. Consider the following two sentences, both with modifiers...
How will the Integrated Reasoning Section be Scored?
Some fast facts about the GMAT’s new Integrated Reasoning section. Fact: Right now, the GMAT has a Verbal Section (75 min), a Quantitative Section (75 min), and two Analytical Writing Assessment (AWA) essays (Analysis of Argument and Analysis of Issue, 30 minutes each). Fact: Right now, your GMAT...
GMAT Trick: “Drawn as Accurately as Possible”
Using the information given in diagrams to your advantage The following sentences appear in the directions to the GMAT Problem Solving questions. A figure accompanying a problem solving questions is intended to provide information useful in solving the problem. Figures are drawn as accurately as possible. Exceptions...
GMAT Grammar and Logic: Spoken English vs. Written English
Don’t reproduce spoken-English mistakes in GMAT Sentence Correction It’s logical, but … Consider the following sentences. 1) Unlike the full gram of potassium found in a baked potato, a banana has only about 600 milligrams. 2) So upset with the low wages set in the new contract, management had...
Formal Logic and GMAT Critical Reasoning
I’ll begin with a typical GMAT Critical Reasoning question. As a case study, consider this question from the OG13e, CR #115 (OG12e, CR #114): Guidebook writer: I have visited hotels throughout the country and have noticed that in those built before 1930 the quality of the original carpentry...
How to Actually Improve Your Score on the GMAT Quant Section
Know the fundamentals To do well on the GMAT quant, you can’t guess your way through, relying on techniques such as process of elimination or approximation. At a certain point you have to know the properties of a right triangle or the difference between dependent and...
Integrated Reasoning Question Type: Bar Charts
Fact: One common way data will displayed on GMAT Integrated Reasoning questions is in bar charts. This post is a whirlwind overview of what you need to know about the varieties of bar charts in order to be successful with them on the new IR section. Bars &...
That vs. Which in GMAT Sentence Correction
Learn the important distinction between “that” vs. “which” on GMAT Sentence Correction. That vs. which? Restrictive vs. Non-restrictive A restrictive modifier limits the conceivable scope of a general noun to a relevant subset. For example, consider the difference in the following two sentences: 1) I avoid dogs that appear...
GMAT Math: Terminating and Repeating Decimals
The topic of decimals, and patterns of decimals, seems to be of slightly greater interest to GMAC in the GMAT OG13e than in previous editions. What decimals terminate? What decimals repeat? In this post, we’ll take a look at these questions. Rational Numbers Integers are positive and...
Save Time on GMAT Critical Reasoning Questions
Learn to handle these questions with swift precision! Know Your Job Step one of the general strategy for GMAT Critical Reasoning is: read the question before reading the argument. Know which type of question you are going to have to answer, and read the argument with that question...
