Math (PS) Each shelf of a bookcase contains 24 books. If the librarian took out 42 books and rearranged the remaining books so that all shelves but one contained 16 books and the last shelf contained 22 books, how many shelves does the bookcase have? (A) 4 (B)...

Obviously, no one wants to get a low GMAT score. But at the same time, doing poorly on the test isn’t the end of the world, and beating yourself up over your score isn’t healthy, or productive. Instead, try to deal with your disappointment in...

Math (PS) How many integers are divisible by 3 between and inclusive? (A) 6 (B) 7 (C) 8 (D) 9 (E) 10 OA and Explanation Verbal (SC) The nineteenth-century chemist Humphry Davy presented the results of his early experiments in his “Essay on Heat and Light”, a critique of all chemistry since...

In light of recent Class of 2010 job placement information, is now the best time to apply? Find out more about MBA job prospects and other business school trends in this week’s roundup. 1. The State of the 2010 MBA Job Market (more…)

November already?! Yes, only a month left to get your holiday shopping done …which for many of us means it’s also high time we use those gift cards that we received during the last holiday season. Use it or lose it…a gift card mantra that delights...

There are a lot of MBA aficionados roaming the Knewton office, so we recently sat down with David Liu, our Chief Operating Officer and a Columbia Business School grad, to talk to him about his MBA experience. Q: Why did you choose Columbia Business School? What...

We’re betting that you haven’t used a remainder in years. Remainders in division are pretty much just placeholders for kids who haven’t yet learned about mixed numbers or decimals yet; as soon as you learn what to do with the remainder, you tend to never...

One of the hallmark points of confusion on the GMAT is the dreaded Yes/No Data Sufficiency question. In a Value question, such as “What is the value of ?” the question of sufficiency is a familiar one: if you can solve for , you...

Math (DS) If and , is ? 1. 2. OA and Explanation Verbal (CR) Thousands who suffer heart attacks each year die before reaching a hospital or clinic where they can benefit from the drugs that dissolve clots in coronary...

We get a lot of interesting questions from Knewton students about GMATPrep® problems. Today, we’ll take a look at a particularly tricky Sentence Correction question dealing with comparisons, modifiers, and pronouns. The stars, some of them at tremendous speeds, are in motion just as the planets...