What does the GMAT Quantitative section test? Math, of course. As tautological as that may seem, there is a very subtle point here. What exactly is math? Mathematics Strange…
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Question #1: In the equation, can you divide both sides by x? Question #2: In the equation (x – 3)(x + 5) = (2x + 1)(x + 5), can you…
Prepositions in English display a powerful diversity of uses. In previous preposition article, we talked about the proposition "of". Here, we will look, at the preposition "for." The preposition…
Prepositions in English display a powerful diversity of uses. In previous preposition article, we talked about the proposition "to". Here, we will look, at the preposition "of." The preposition…
The single most-tested topic on the GMAT Quantitative Section is something called "Number Properties." In a way, this statement, while absolutely true, is a bit deceptive. It's like saying the…
First of all, try this GMAT Sentence Correction practice problem. 1) Knocked from the asteroid belt, an asteroid that comes close to Earth may be captured by Earth's gravitational…
This is the third in a series of probability articles for the GMAT Quantitative Section. In the first, I discussed the "AND" and "OR" rules for probability. In the second, I discussed…
This is an idiom that demonstrates some of the quirkiest aspects of the English language, aspects that often frustrate non-native speakers in the process of learning English. This idiom concerns…
Suppose you know, or at least you suspect, that you want to go to business school at some point in the not-too-distant future. You know that you have to take…
Before a discussion of this cluster of idioms, take a look at these practice GMAT Sentence Correction questions. 1) Supply-side economics believes in the national economy growing most vigorously both through reducing taxes,…