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Hello everyone,
I'm new to the forum and preparing to take the GMAT as I'm about to begin my last year of 3 to complete my undergraduate studies and need a good score to start applying for graduate or Master's programs.
This topic is because I want to ask a question related to problem-solving strategies in the Quant section.
I am way better in arithmetic than I am in algebra therefore I can tackle problems that allow arithmetic solutions fast but at the same time I feel like an algebraic type of solution (in the sense of solving problems through equations by assigning the needed variables and similar) to some problems would be faster and I should improve my algebraic manipulation skills to have a sort of universal toolkit and be able to tackle a wide-variety of questions in this section fairly easily.
So that's the question, should I improve my problem solving algebraic skills or should I stick to using arithmetic wherever it is possible? If yes what's the best way to find algebraic related problems and effectively enhance this particular skill?
Hope to hear valuable feedback, any other, even if unrelated to the quant section recommendation is much appreciated and welcomed. Thanks
I'm new to the forum and preparing to take the GMAT as I'm about to begin my last year of 3 to complete my undergraduate studies and need a good score to start applying for graduate or Master's programs.
This topic is because I want to ask a question related to problem-solving strategies in the Quant section.
I am way better in arithmetic than I am in algebra therefore I can tackle problems that allow arithmetic solutions fast but at the same time I feel like an algebraic type of solution (in the sense of solving problems through equations by assigning the needed variables and similar) to some problems would be faster and I should improve my algebraic manipulation skills to have a sort of universal toolkit and be able to tackle a wide-variety of questions in this section fairly easily.
So that's the question, should I improve my problem solving algebraic skills or should I stick to using arithmetic wherever it is possible? If yes what's the best way to find algebraic related problems and effectively enhance this particular skill?
Hope to hear valuable feedback, any other, even if unrelated to the quant section recommendation is much appreciated and welcomed. Thanks
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Hi you will need to strengthen both algebra and arithmetic.
Once you have a basic foundation for topics you can start to think of ways to solve problems differently.
There is more than one solution path for each problem on the GMAT, the exam rewards the most effective solution path. At the end of your prep you will want to have a process to solve each question, make sure you avoid silly errors, and then plot an approach to proceed, on some problems just working backwards or testing numbers will work better on some others algebra may work better, do not lock yourself into an approach until you solve a problem, always ask yourself how else could I have solved each question, this will help train your mind with multiple options.
For silly errors there is not much room, on my first attempt I got two problems on 21 wring and I got 81 or the 71st percentile, so this edition of the exam does not give you much room for silly errors.
Good luck hope this is helpful
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Once you have a basic foundation for topics you can start to think of ways to solve problems differently.
There is more than one solution path for each problem on the GMAT, the exam rewards the most effective solution path. At the end of your prep you will want to have a process to solve each question, make sure you avoid silly errors, and then plot an approach to proceed, on some problems just working backwards or testing numbers will work better on some others algebra may work better, do not lock yourself into an approach until you solve a problem, always ask yourself how else could I have solved each question, this will help train your mind with multiple options.
For silly errors there is not much room, on my first attempt I got two problems on 21 wring and I got 81 or the 71st percentile, so this edition of the exam does not give you much room for silly errors.
Good luck hope this is helpful
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