You are also welcome to browse our reviews and recommendations of Best GMAT Books (all-in-one), GMAT Quant Books, and GMAT Verbal books.

You are also welcome to browse our reviews and recommendations of Best GMAT Books (all-in-one), GMAT Quant Books, and GMAT Verbal books.

You are also welcome to browse our reviews and recommendations of Best GMAT Books (all-in-one), GMAT Quant Books, and GMAT Verbal books

GMAT Official Guide for Quantitative Review Second Edition

The Official Guide for GMAT Quantitative Review, 2nd Edition is available from Amazon.com

There are 44 new Problem Solving and 31 new Data Sufficiency Questions (a total of 75 new questions out of 300).

List of Changes:
Problem Solving (PS)
- 4 new easy questions
- 21 new medium questions
- 19 new hard questions
Data Sufficiency
- 13 new easy questions
- 8 new medium questions
- 9 new hard questions

The main issue with the first edition was low question difficulty. This edition addresses the issue slightly, but as you can see, not by much. One issue that was fixed is the total number of questions. The first edition claimed (just like this one) to have 300 questions, but only had 294 – how can you make that mistake in the Official Guide for Quantitative Review? The question split is 176 for PS and 124 for DS.

As to content, changes, it is interesting to see many of the tables and data-interpretation questions go and addition of sequence questions. Also, DS lost many of its arithmetic questions, which were replaced by Word Problems.

Overall – pretty much the same book – would have loved to see more new questions, but $12 for 28 new hard and 29 medium REAL questions is not bad. By the way, the first edition is on sale right now The Official Guide for GMAT Quantitative Review for $6.78!

Here is the full list of new questions for reference:
PS: 1, 2, 7, 41, 56, 60, 61, 62, 64, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 78, 79, 80, 81, 83, 102, 103, 108, 112, 117, 131, 135, 142, 145, 146, 147, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 160, 162, 173

DS: 1, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13, 14, 16, 21, 22, 24, 31, 33, 43, 48, 51, 66, 70, 73, 79, 82, 85, 96, 102, 104, 106, 107, 111, 116, 117, 122

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August 2009: http://gmatclub.com/blog/2009/08/20-most-popular-gmat-books-from-gmat-club/
March 2009: http://gmatclub.com/blog/2009/04/march-2009-top-20-gmat-books-ranked-by-popularity-on-gmat-club/

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Princeton Review 1,012 GMAT Practice Questions (Look up details on Amazon)

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

See my other reviews for overview of the latest GMAT Books:

• Amazon Reviews
• Best GMAT Books

1. Kaplan GMAT 2010 Premier Live Online (Kaplan Gmat Premier Live) – 6/2/2009 (Already available on Amazon)
2. Cracking the GMAT with DVD, 2010 Edition (Graduate School Test Preparation) – 6/9/2009 (preorder on Amazon)
3. 1,012 GMAT Practice Questions (Graduate School Test Preparation) – 6/9/2009 (preorder on Amazon)
4. 365 Daily Lesson Plans for the GMAT – PDF Download – 7/15/2009 (not sure what it is – we’ll see)
5. Kaplan GMAT Direct: Streamlined Review and Strategic Practice from the Leader in GMAT Preparation (Kaplan Direct) – 8/14/2009 (Can’t wait to get a hold of this book)
6. The Official Guide for GMAT Quantitative Review 2nd Edition – 8/17/2009 – Yes!
7. The Official Guide for GMAT Verbal Review 2nd Edition – 8/17/2009 – Yes!
8. GMAT For Dummies (German) – 10/7/2009 – Fantastisch!
9. Baron’s GMAT Flash Cards – 1/1/2010 – that’s a way to start a new year
10. GMAT Cram Plan by Cliff’s – 1/11/2010. I love the Cliff’s series and I think this will be a game changing book
11. Kaplan GMAT 800 (2010-2011 edition) – 3/1/2010. This title has been abandoned/changed by Kaplan so I am surprised to see it is planned for March of 2010

Source: Amazon.com

Powerscore GMAT Verbal Bible (order from Amazon) builds upon success of Powerscore Critical Reasoning Bible and Powerscore Sentence Correction Bible but with those two great books out there, this book does not add up. The only advantage I see is the Reading Comprehension section (new; there are no Powerscore books covering RC) but with only a few passages and questions, it does not justify purchasing the book. Here is a detailed analysis of the book:

Verbal Bible Advantages:
+ Great SC Material
+ Great CR Material
+ Great RC strategies
+ Condenses information into all-in-one verbal workbook that competes well against Kaplan GMAT Verbal Workbook

Verbal Bible Disadvantages:
- Less practice/instruction than SC Book
- Less practice/instruction than CR Book
- Almost no Reading Comprehension practice (section includes only 2 passages with 4 questions each)
- Overall could use more practice questions (true about all PowerScore books)

The book does contain about 125 GMAT questions and 85 Mini-drills (these are non-gmat style questions but still very helpful for practicing and nailing down the strategies). Out of the 125 GMAT questions, 50 are in CR section, 8 in RC, and 77 in SC.

Bottom Line:
If you are looking for a great all-in-one Verbal workbook that you can cover in a few weeks, this is a great choice – it condenses 700 pages of PowerScore books into 400. However, minuscule number of practice questions, especially in the RC section, make it unattractive.

If you are looking for a 700+ score, I would recommend getting the separate Powerscore CR and Powerscore SC books and getting Manhattan GMAT for RC. This will have the entire Verbal section covered.

Alternatively, look into getting the Kaplan Verbal Workbook. It also has quality material but more practice questions. Just keep in mind that the questions overlap with the Kaplan Premier Program book.

Look up Powerscore Verbal Bible on Amazon

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-BB, founder of GMAT Club.