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# Best GMAT Math Prep Books (Reviews & Recommendations)

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Top Best GMAT Quantitative Books

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1. Need to figure out your weaknesses in GMAT math? Take a GMATPrep test or GMAT Club's free gmat diagnostic test
2. Rusty with Math or want to be very methodical - start with basics: Manhattan GMAT Foundations of GMAT Math
3. OK with Math but need a good review in a short amount of time: Kaplan Math Workbook + MGMAT Number Properties + MGMAT Word Translations
4. Need highest score and have time: MGMAT Guides + GMAT Club tests
5. Need specific question practice: PR 1012 (has some errors/typos), Quant OG, or use gmat club tags
6. Probability and Combinations review: http://gmatclub.com/forum/combinations- ... 56486.html and MGMAT Word Translations

 Book Bundles and Study Plans at a Glance Standard Plan Advanced Plan Ultimate Plan Beyond Hardcore Plan General Strategy BooksExplain how GMAT works, provide general principles and strategies, give an idea about weaknesses, provide practice tests Kaplan Live Online+ comes with 6 practice tests Kaplan Live Online+ comes with 6 practice testsKaplan GMAT Advanced- Poor guidebook, more of a question collection Kaplan Live Online+ comes with 6 practice testsKaplan GMAT Advanced- Poor guidebook, more of a question collectionGMAT Test Simulation Booklet+ Great for practice Kaplan Live Online+ comes with 6 practice testsKaplan GMAT Advanced- Poor guidebook, more of a question collectionGMAT Test Simulation Booklet+ Great for practice Quant BooksRefresh math principles, fill gaps, and learn patterns Kaplan Math Workbook- missing probability and combinations Kaplan Math Workbook- missing probability and combinationsMGMAT Number Properties 5 Quant MGMAT GuidesMGMAT Math Foundations 5 Quant MGMAT GuidesMGMAT Math FoundationsProbability and Combinations for Dummies Verbal BooksRefresh grammar rules, aquire CR and RC strategies Kaplan Verbal WorkbookOR: PowerScore Verbal Bible CR: PowerScore CR or MGMAT CRRC: MGMAT RCSC: PowerScore SC or MGMAT SC CR: PowerScore CR or MGMAT CRRC: MGMAT RCSC: PowerScore SC or MGMAT SCSC: Kaplan Verbal Foundations CR: PowerScore CR or MGMAT CRCR: LSAT Critical ReasoningRC: MGMAT RCRC: LSAT Reading ComprehensionSC: PowerScore SC or MGMAT SCSC: Doing Grammar Practice QuestionsAdditional practice Official Guide 12th+ 900 retired real GMAT questions Official Guide 12th+ 900 retired real GMAT questionsVerbal Official Guide+ 300 retired verbal GMAT questionsQuant Official Guide+ 300 retired quant GMAT questions Official Guide 12th+ 900 retired real GMAT questionsVerbal Official Guide+ 300 retired verbal GMAT questionsQuant Official Guide+ 300 retired quant GMAT questionsPrinceton Review 1012+ Great target practice Official Guide 12th+ 900 retired real GMAT questionsVerbal Official Guide+ 300 retired verbal GMAT questionsQuant Official Guide+ 300 retired quant GMAT questionsPrinceton Review 1012+ Great target practicePaper GMAT Tests+ Official Retired tests available from GMAC TestsSimulated Practice GMAT tests GMATPrep, Kaplan, Free tests GMATprep, Kaplan, MGMAT, some GMATClub tests GMATprep, PowerPrep, GMAT Focus, Kaplan, MGMAT, GMATClub tests GMATprep, PowerPrep, GMAT Focus, Kaplan, MGMAT, PR, GMATClub tests

1. GMAT Math Books

Recommended for best results if you have the time.
Strengths:
1. Good balance between test taking strategies and background theory explanations
2. Single-topic focus of each guide allows the student to purchase only those guides that pertain to his/her weaknesses
3. Covered concepts are illustrated with examples that are conveniently assigned to either PS or DS section.
5. Additional online practice question banks (different for each book)
Weaknesses:
1. Time and Money
2. Books themselves do not contain many practice questions (though online and OG 12 references more than compensate)
Notes: most often recommended guide is the Manhattan GMAT Number properties and MGMAT Word Translations

Rival of the MGMAT bundle though a bit higher priced.
Strengths:
1. 12 total guides + an intro book for quant + test simulation booklet
2. Practice questions. Every one of the guides is packed with practice questions
3. Fresh questions; you probably have not seen them on forums/etc since these books have just been published

Weaknesses:
1. Price: $250 2. Spacing is a bit strange sometimes with only one question per page A solid supplement to the Official Guide Strengths: 1. Fairly comprehensive review of the basic math concepts needed for the GMAT 2. Structure of the book allows you to work from start to finish, building on previous skills learned 3. Sections devoted to Word problem and Data Sufficiency questions Weaknesses: 1. Statistics, Combinations/Permutations and Probability are not covered 2. Questions do not reflect GMAT questions, but rather are designed to insure that the material is mastered Notes: Recommended/most interesting problem compilation from Kaplan Math Workbook Faster than going through the math MGMAT Guides, but also not as thorough Great for additional math practice questions, but don't expect to find any strategies or math lessons here. Strengths: 1. 300 real GMAT questions 2. Real GMAT questions retired from past tests 3. The practice questions are organized by level of difficulty 4. The practice questions follow actual GMAT test patterns - great to have one's ear trained. Weaknesses: 1. The book does not contain any strategies 2. It does have a few short review sections but they are very weak 3. Mostly low and medium difficulty questions. Not very helpful to a person aiming to get above 700. Bottom Line: this book is optional; usually OG 12 is sufficient by itself. Notable Specialized Books - Arithmetic, Probability, Combinations, DS, etc Combinations & Probability Veritas Prep Combinations & Probability - added 08/24/10 [Reveal] Spoiler: Table of Contents Attachment: veritas_probability-TOC.gif [ 42 KiB | Viewed 644674 times ] Dedicated Combinations and Probability Guide considered by many to be the best Strengths: 1. Good strategies 2. Plenty of practice questions 3. Well organized and laid out Weaknesses: 1. Possibly crosses into non-gmat section but a very minor concern . - added 11/11/09 1936240122 [Reveal] Spoiler: Table of Contents Attachment: wordtranslations.png [ 24.83 KiB | Viewed 643775 times ] Contains material on Combinations and Probability Strengths: 1. Coverage of combinations and probability 2. Coverage of Statistics and Overlapping sets problems 3. Comes with 6 MGMAT tests Weaknesses: 1. As with all MGMAT Guides, lacks practice questions and relies on the Official Guide for additional practice. If you have covered the OG, you may have to look elsewhere for practice, such as GMAT Club's free collection of probability questions: http://gmatclub.com/forum/combinations- ... 56486.html - Added 2/5/2010 [Reveal] Spoiler: Table of Contents Attachment: mgmat_foundations_TOC.gif [ 24.12 KiB | Viewed 643297 times ] Great for refreshing math concepts and building confidence in math Strengths: 1. Works well with other MGMAT books (structured in a similar way) 2. Best book for brushing up on long forgotten math concepts (fractions, powers, etc) 3. Comes with additional online practice questions Weaknesses: 1. The book has 400 practice questions but they are not in a GMAT format, rather a math-textbook format 2. Long! 300 full-size pages - I think the expectation is that you skip parts that you know 3. No access to MGMAT tests that usually are included with all of the other 8 guides Notes: recommended instead of the Kaplan Math Foundations. See a very detailed review of the Foundations of GMAT Math by a member [Reveal] Spoiler: Attachment: math_refresher.jpg [ 5.02 KiB | Viewed 811827 times ] Attachment: Math_Cliffs.jpg [ 10.78 KiB | Viewed 812050 times ] Attachment: pr_math.jpg [ 12.1 KiB | Viewed 811408 times ] Attachment: kaplan_foundations.jpg [ 7.13 KiB | Viewed 800862 times ] Attachment: kaplanmathfoundations.png [ 46.86 KiB | Viewed 712821 times ] _________________ Founder of GMAT Club US News Rankings progression - last 10 years in a snapshot - New! Just starting out with GMAT? Start here... Need GMAT Book Recommendations? Best GMAT Books Co-author of the GMAT Club tests Last edited by bb on 01 Mar 2017, 15:23, edited 51 times in total. Updated  Kaplan GMAT Prep Discount Codes Economist GMAT Tutor Discount Codes Math Revolution Discount Codes Suspended Member Joined: 23 Jul 2009 Posts: 59 Followers: 7 Kudos [?]: 55 [12] , given: 10 Re: Best GMAT Math Prep Books (Reviews & Recommendations) [#permalink] ### Show Tags 27 Jul 2009, 02:56 12 This post received KUDOS My view about MGMAT books except SC Guide is not that great. Other MGMAT books lack in number of questions. No dount to start with very basics, these guides might be helpful. Also, i am under the impression that all high scorers usually refer to KAPLAN series and OGs. I have a question here, I haven't tried, practising 1000 series questions. How much useful are these?? Founder Joined: 04 Dec 2002 Posts: 14914 Location: United States (WA) GMAT 1: 750 Q49 V42 GPA: 3.5 Followers: 3951 Kudos [?]: 25110 [10] , given: 4747 Re: Best GMAT Math Prep Books (Reviews & Recommendations) [#permalink] ### Show Tags 05 May 2009, 13:31 10 This post received KUDOS Expert's post 1 This post was BOOKMARKED 2. Interesting Second Tier Books Great Mathematics fundamentals review book.Strengths: 1. Great for a zero-knowledge start or for those who did not deal with maths problems for a long time. 2. Simple,straightforward and relevant 3. Extremely low price 4. 5 Stars on Amazon Weaknesses: 1. Technically not a GMAT-dedicated book 2. Lacks some of the more advanced areas Good Mathematics refresherStrengths: 1. Good book for starting from scratch. Weaknesses: 1. Many people have found this book too basic. 2. Lack of good strategies. Not a solid performer, even when it came out in 2005 Strengths: 1. Could be a good supplement if you need to master some of the more basic math areas 2. Contains 220 GMAT math questions 3. Price Weaknesses: 1. Statistics, Combinations/Permutations and Probability are not covered 2. Tricks are emphasized above fundamentals 3. Not suitable for solid math performers 4. 2nd edition, published in June 2005 - long overdue for an update and hopefully will use a better paper grade Table of Contents: [Reveal] Spoiler: Table of Contents Good coverage of Math Basics but numerous errors wipe out value; lacks difficult questions. Use the Foundations of GMAT Math instead Strengths: 1. Methodical - starts with very basics of number properties and how to add/multiply large numbers 2. Good coverage of topics and well organized though a bit strange with equations as the last chapter 3. Covers adequately probability and statistics, coordinate geometry in great detail 4. No overlap with other Kaplan GMAT Books Weaknesses: 1. A significant number of errors in questions and explanations 2. One-step questions only - nothing hard 3. No index and no single place for formula reference _________________ Founder of GMAT Club US News Rankings progression - last 10 years in a snapshot - New! Just starting out with GMAT? Start here... Need GMAT Book Recommendations? Best GMAT Books Co-author of the GMAT Club tests Intern Joined: 15 Jul 2016 Posts: 10 Followers: 6 Kudos [?]: 2 [4] , given: 87 Re: Best GMAT Math Prep Books (Reviews & Recommendations) [#permalink] ### Show Tags 03 Jan 2017, 22:46 4 This post received KUDOS This is a brilliant post, also 1. The MGMAT verbal foundation book is really great for non-native speakers. 2. For CR - powescore bible is the best for building strategy. Senior Manager Joined: 20 Dec 2010 Posts: 250 Schools: UNC Duke Kellogg Followers: 5 Kudos [?]: 45 [3] , given: 4 Re: Best GMAT Math Prep Books (Reviews & Recommendations) [#permalink] ### Show Tags 18 Aug 2011, 19:10 3 This post received KUDOS Guys...I wanted to share my experience and take on the GMAT Advanced Quant Book. advanced-gmat-quant-from-manhattan-gmat-114166-20.html In the thread I posted above -- I could not stop raving about the advanced quant book. I still think it's an excellent book -- but I am not too sure it's really relevant to your GMAT preparation. It's a wonderful book filled with excellent problems -- but the tone of the problems are not what you find on the real gmat. Different perspective post exam: I took the real GMAT a couple of days ago -- scored Q50. My overall score was 760 (Q 50, V 44). I was always pretty strong in the verbal section (LSAT prep years ago and I write reports and grant proposals). But quant really scared me -- I invested a lot of time in the advanced quant book mainly because my first manhattan CAT quant did not go all that well. Now what I realized is this (post real gmat and gmat prep practice) -- the manhattan quant questions are a lot of fun if you like solving difficult math problems. But they are not representative of the real deal. The real gmat questions are very elegant -- in that -- they are not HARD -- they are just *brilliantly* tricky. Manhattan problems take a long time to solve -- they require a lot of work. But the real gmat questions have this tone about them -- its so unique. Most of the problems on the real gmat can be cracked with a proper technique and an analytical approach -- you don't need to use fancy formulas or solve complex expressions and equations. I am very pleased with my Q50 -- but I don't think the manhattan advanced quant guide helped me all that much. The real GMAT questions are very subtle -- they are not over powering. The best guide you can use is the GMATPrep software. Keep resetting this software and do every problem (there are plenty of problems in both the bins) on there. I could hardly complete the Manhattan quant sections -- but I completed my real gmat quant exam with 8 minutes to spare. Intern Joined: 25 Mar 2009 Posts: 28 Followers: 0 Kudos [?]: 9 [2] , given: 1 Re: Best GMAT Math Prep Books (Reviews & Recommendations) [#permalink] ### Show Tags 05 May 2009, 14:28 2 This post received KUDOS I have one more book which has not been listed here in this section. It is McGraw Hill Book, I really found the book useful Strengths: 1. Lot of word problems which are usually difficult to solve 2. Focuses on Maths basics with clear strategies foir each type of problems 3. Works well with the OG side with more detail on each topic Weaknesses: 1. Does not cover complex topics like Permutation, Prob. etc Last edited by bb on 05 May 2009, 14:53, edited 2 times in total. Added Link Intern Joined: 28 May 2009 Posts: 2 Location: United Kingdom Schools: IMD, ISB, Said, Judge Followers: 1 Kudos [?]: 4 [2] , given: 0 Re: Best GMAT Math Prep Books (Reviews & Recommendations) [#permalink] ### Show Tags 28 May 2009, 04:58 2 This post received KUDOS 1 This post was BOOKMARKED Hi Guys, I am very new to GMAT Club just have been following it for the last couple of weeks. I have started my GMAT preparation around 1.5 weeks back (wasn't much in touch with these types of quant or verbal qs in the last 4-5 years)....to comment on the Mcgraw book, that was the 1st one I got from a friend and started with it......with absolutely no pratice, I found the questions pretty easy, I could finish all the quant (taking less than 2 mins per qs on an average) and verbal qs (taking a few secs more than 2 mins/qs on average) with fairly good accuracy......thus I feel 1> the qs standards are not up to the mark at all 2> the reviews are not very detailed in some specific topics like permu-combi, probability etc. Then I got the OG12 this week and found the 1st 5 diagnostic tests (in the begining of the book) much different from what I saw in McGraw. I am planning to get Kaplan and some of Manhattan next week, I am happy that I did not spend much time on the McGraw one and then find out it's flaws nearer to the test date. Cheers, PC GMAT Club team member Joined: 16 Mar 2009 Posts: 115 Location: Bologna, Italy Followers: 47 Kudos [?]: 915 [2] , given: 19 Re: Best GMAT Math Prep Books (Reviews & Recommendations) [#permalink] ### Show Tags 19 Jun 2009, 19:46 2 This post received KUDOS gmatoverduegirl wrote: Has anyone tried the EZ Solutions - Test Prep Series books? I was on Amazon and they came out as suggested books but I dont know... Hi. and welcome to GMAT Club forum. It's always great to see new people. Answering your question on E-Z Solutions. You can look though this thread gmat-books-ez-solutions-thoughts-76791.html But I'll sum it up for you. Apparently this company has its employees writing fake reviews on amazon and other web-sites. There was an attempt to do so on gmatclub site also. Since we find such a way of doing business not only inappropriate but also highly unethical, we removed our review on E-Z books from Best GMAT Math Prep Books thread. _________________ My Recent Posts: All GMAT CAT Practice Tests - links, prices, reviews Master thread - GMAT Prep classes links to reviews and ratings Review: GMATPrep (GMAT Prep) & PowerPrep (Power Prep) Tests Have trouble finding answers on this site? Ask me! Manager Joined: 27 Jun 2008 Posts: 158 Followers: 2 Kudos [?]: 30 [2] , given: 11 Re: Best GMAT Math Prep Books (Reviews & Recommendations) [#permalink] ### Show Tags 22 Jul 2009, 23:18 2 This post received KUDOS I bought Manhattan GMAT Inequality and Geometry, I will highly recommend in case you want to work on the fundamentals of these 2 topics. Manager Joined: 27 Jun 2008 Posts: 158 Followers: 2 Kudos [?]: 30 [2] , given: 11 Re: Best GMAT Math Prep Books (Reviews & Recommendations) [#permalink] ### Show Tags 23 Jul 2009, 00:21 2 This post received KUDOS Grt feature, rated a couple of books. Can we do it for other books in some post? Founder Joined: 04 Dec 2002 Posts: 14914 Location: United States (WA) GMAT 1: 750 Q49 V42 GPA: 3.5 Followers: 3951 Kudos [?]: 25110 [2] , given: 4747 Re: Best GMAT Math Prep Books (Reviews & Recommendations) [#permalink] ### Show Tags 26 Jul 2009, 17:57 2 This post received KUDOS Expert's post 1 This post was BOOKMARKED dumbasbricks wrote: I am truly torn. After working through the math section of PR's Cracking the GMAT it is apparent that I need additional study. I'm deciding between some of the specific Manhattan books, the Kaplan math workbook, and now the new entrant, the Kaplan math foundations book. I should note that I am less concerned with additional sample problems accompanied by many of the books, but most concerned with what gives the most thorough, succinct, correct instruction on math concepts. I'll be purchasing the official guide to make sure I have a gauntlet of questions to test out my knowledge on, once I've studied up. Are the mistakes in the Kaplan Foundations book only present in the review questions, or are their some errors in the fundamentals they teach? Are Manhattan's books worth the added expense? i.e. If I purchase 3 math review books from Manhattan I am looking at roughly$50+ vs $15 for either the Kaplan Math Foundations or Kaplan Math workbook? Is this a 'get-what-you-pay-for" situation? I ask because I cannot find any of the Manhattan books at any local retailers, so I can't actually take a look at these books before purchasing. Very valid question and I have been trying to figure out how to make the process of picking books easier. I would say that the mistakes in the Kaplan Math Foundations are not very concerning - a few errors in the explanations are easy to spot. They are not in concepts or rules or theorems, so you are not learning baloney, just a few errors in the explanations/answer choices, which are minor. So, it is irrelevant for the majority of test takers except the pickiest, but I am sure the book will be condemned on Amazon as the result. Here is my shot at it. I would say the best combination for what you are looking for is probably Kaplan Math Workbook with MGMAT Number Properties book. Kaplan Math Foundations is much more thorough but basic and starts with how to multiply/divide numbers. It is not enough by itself - you would need another math book with harder Math Questions to practice. MGMAT Guides are better than Kaplan Math Workbook in terms of explanations and learning presentation - they are the ultimate collection and having used them, you can be confident you covered all areas, though most people find that though they learnt the concepts, the books did not contain anything they did see in other books (except Number Properties book). In my opinion, it is probably not worth the extra$ for all of the guides.

To summarize:
If you are completely bad and rusty with math - get Kaplan Math Foundations
If you are looking for a good time/money ROI, then Kaplan Math Workbook and MGMAT Number Properties
If you are looking for the ultimate high score/thorough coverage, then the MGMAT Guides.

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Hi,

I started my GMAT preparation last week.I have a target of 750+. Per recommendations of many , I am going with OG13 & Manhatten SC. But, I feel OG's quants are damn easy. Kindly suggest me some real 750+ kinda book for quant . Kaplan advanced questions are not like Gmat's. Waiting prompt responses.

700 DS problems: search.php?search_id=tag&tag_id=180
700 PS problems: search.php?search_id=tag&tag_id=187

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Has anyone tried the EZ Solutions - Test Prep Series books? I was on Amazon and they came out as suggested books but I dont know...
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Project GMAT isn't available on Amazon. Has the book been discontinued? Is there another place to purchase it?

It's been out of stock for a few weeks - not sure if another edition or batch will be printed. If not, we'll remove it.
It is not available from veritasprep.com, so my guess it may be the last we've seen of it.
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Does anyone here has the "Project GMAT book"? I would like to buy it. Because it is not available on the Amazon.

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hi, i recently started preparing for GMAT ,,and the only book i've got is OG11...( and i found the problems in the OG quantitative review fairly easy)
what i want to ask is-

is it really necessary to buy all these books ??
i found them quite expensive.. so which are the books are essential?? like i can't prepare without them?
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I kept reading here about the Manhattan GMAT here and decided that I needed a strategy book (at least one) for my studies. I don't see Kaplan helping too much now (at least the results aren't as tangible as I've hoped) and the official guide can get you only so far. I figured since I read good things here and maybe something that's not "mass produced" like the Kaplan and Barron's (I bought the latter too, barely read it and didn't like it), might help. Then again, I'm very skeptical of these strategy books. I find that they're often very similar and teach me very little new information. So I decide on the Manhattan GMAT and specifically the word translations that seem to make up a large bulk of the math.

Lo and behold, I'm reading the Manhattan GMAT and it's showing me practical strategies that I've never seen before. Age and rates problems that used to seem convoluted have been solved brilliantly. By brilliantly, I don't mean "correctly", of course every book would have the correct solution. But the brilliance in it is that the book helps YOU solve these problems. I always considered myself strong in math, but let's face it, even algebra can be confusing. With my penchant for dumb mistakes, that hurts even more. But their strategy of organizing this material in tables, works wonders. I've never seen these tables before. Now everything is so much clearer and easier. Kaplan and the \$1,500 that I've shelled out has not shown me how to solve these problems as clearly and as easily as the Manhattan GMAT. I'm up to combinatorics and am actually looking forward for more strategies that will help me solve these problems and save time. Thanks guys for letting me know about this series, this book is highly recommended.
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new to the forum...

Is it me, or is Princeton Review 1012 absolutely riddled with errors? So far I have found at least 8 mistakes in the answer keys or diagrams.

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Some Errors in PR 1012:

Page 314, Question 2, Lines and Angles Drill - They placed either the x or the y in the wrong space in the figure. The answer explanation indicates that x and y comprise both a "large angle" and a "small angle" created by the line intersecting 2 parallel lines. This is not the case as both are large angles.

Page 320, Question 5 of Triangles Drill - They don't indicate that any of the triangles in the figure are right triangles, making it impossible to determine if a triangle is indeed a Pythagorean Triple.

Page 333 Question 8 of Circles Drill - Answer explanation gives B as the answer, but you need A to provide the radius of the circle. Answer should be C.

Page 334, Question 10 of Circles Drill - Statement 1: x =72. There is no X in the diagram!! retarded....

Page 335, Question 13 of Circles Drill - Answer explanation says "Statement 1 gives you the second of two of the three sides of the smallest triangle." Incorrect... It only gives you one of the three. They may have left out a number they meant to put in.

That's what I have so far. There are some others but I can't find them at the moment.
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I recently completed the Kaplan Math Foundations book and I agree that the few errors in the review explanations (I noticed only a handful throughout the book) did not outweigh the benefit of the book.

I think the book is best for people who either 1) need to begin at square one with math, or 2) notice that their math foundations are holding them back from achieving a higher score. Since I was a liberal arts major in college (and have not really dealt with math since high school), I felt like I needed the book before delving into the MGMAT guides. In that regard, it has served me well and I feel like my footing is much stronger.
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