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How many RC passages in general come in GMAT ? [#permalink] New post   25 Jul 2012, 08:04
Can some one tell how many RC passages in general come in GMAT ?
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Re: How many RC passages in general come in GMAT ? [#permalink] New post   25 Jul 2012, 09:42
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Usually three or four, but there are no guarantees!
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Re: How many RC passages in general come in GMAT ? [#permalink] New post   25 Jul 2012, 20:09
How good is the probability of getting 4 RCs ?
I gave gmatprep test and each time encountered just 3 RCs.
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Re: How many RC passages in general come in GMAT ? [#permalink] New post   26 Jul 2012, 00:53
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Hi smartmanav, I don't know the answer to that! In fact, no one really does except the folks that write the GMAT. It's possible to speculate based on data across multiple GMATprep tests, but even if we could figure it out, the information wouldn't be very useful anyway.
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Re: How many RC passages in general come in GMAT ? [#permalink] New post   12 Aug 2012, 07:21
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Can some one tell how many RC passages in general come in GMAT ?

The number of RCs vary ,but the number of questions would be in the range 12-15. That being said , its possible to see these questions spread over 3 or 4 or worst case 5 RCs.
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Re: How many RC passages in general come in GMAT ? [#permalink] New post   18 Aug 2013, 08:04
do all RC passages have the same length?
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Re: How many RC passages in general come in GMAT ? [#permalink] New post   21 Aug 2013, 19:16
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RC passages can be characterized as short or long passages. Short passages are 2-3 paragraphs, less than 50 lines, and usually have 3 questions. Long passages have 3-4 paragraphs, more than 50 lines, and usually have 4 questions.

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Re: How many RC passages in general come in GMAT ? [#permalink] New post   21 Aug 2013, 22:25
In OG passages, lines are numbered, is it the same in the real test?

also many of the OG passages consist of along one or two paragraphs which makes it harder for skimming approach people. any advice on that matter?
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Re: How many RC passages in general come in GMAT ? [#permalink] New post   31 Aug 2013, 16:13
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Yes in fact many of the arguably harder passages have fewer paragraphs. You can't quickly read the beginning of each paragraph..since there is only one. It will require a more skilled reading pass-through to get what's going on. Try the rc pill strategy.

Most exams will have 3-5 passages. It would be extremely unusually if you had passages outside of this range. Expect anywhere from 1-6 paragraphs per passage.

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Re: How many RC passages in general come in GMAT ? [#permalink] New post   24 Apr 2019, 06:58
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I passed one GMAT yesterday and got 5 RC. 4 long articles!!!!!!!
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Re: How many RC passages in general come in GMAT ? [#permalink] New post   24 Apr 2019, 07:05
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I passed one GMAT yesterday and got 5 RC. 4 long articles!!!!!!!



WOW!! How did it go? Pass on your experience please!
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Re: How many RC passages in general come in GMAT ? [#permalink] New post   24 Apr 2019, 11:14
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Wow.... that's pretty insane. Usually it is 4. How many total RC questions did you have?
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Re: How many RC passages in general come in GMAT ? [#permalink] New post   25 Apr 2019, 18:32
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Hi PierreWU,

How did things go with your GMAT?
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Re: How many RC passages in general come in GMAT ? [#permalink] New post   26 Apr 2019, 02:37
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Wow.... that's pretty insane. Usually it is 4. How many total RC questions did you have?

Hi everyone,

I tried to put things together. I was confused whether it's 4 or 5 RC.

But what is sure for me is that I got 3 really long articles and at least 1 medium length article. The length of CR questions are also longer than my last test. I got 710 Q50 V34 last time, but 660 Q50 V30 this time.

One article about gender and class, one about art, one about plant/astroids, and a shorter one about immigration.

I should retake!
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Re: How many RC passages in general come in GMAT ? [#permalink] New post   26 Apr 2019, 23:51
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PierreWU wrote:
Hi everyone,

I tried to put things together. I was confused whether it's 4 or 5 RC.

But what is sure for me is that I got 3 really long articles and at least 1 medium length article. The length of CR questions are also longer than my last test. I got 710 Q50 V34 last time, but 660 Q50 V30 this time.

One article about gender and class, one about art, one about plant/astroids, and a shorter one about immigration.

I should retake!
You almost certainly got 4 passages, unless something went wrong with the GMAT software. The GMAT should always present a test taker with exactly 4 passages.

Congratulations on the 710, and all the best for the retake. :)
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