Best way to go about quants

Question

Hello all,
I have booked my slot for 25th march

I wanted to understand how to go about quants

should I (learn from practicing questions) or (learn concepts and practice)

I have a Q48 and struggle a lot in the fundamentals of some areas.

TIA
nik256

ScottTargetTestPrep · Answer

Hi nik256,

To improve your quant skills, you may find it helpful to engage in topical quant practice.

For example, let’s say that you want to practice Number Properties. You can do so by answering 50 or more questions just from Number Properties: LCM, GCF, units digit patterns, divisibility, remainders, etc.

After each problem set, thoroughly analyze your incorrect questions. For example, if you got a remainder question wrong, ask yourself why. Did you make a careless mistake? Did you not properly apply the remainder formula? Was there a concept you did not understand in the question?

By carefully analyzing your mistakes, you will be able to fix your weaknesses efficiently and, in turn, improve your GMAT quant skills. Number Properties is just one example; follow this process for all quant topics.

GmatKnightTutor · Answer

Consider working with a study buddy in those specific areas. Perhaps a person going through a Work Rate problem in real-time with you may help things "click" better than a book, for example. You may want to focus on Verbal as well in the run up to your exam in March. Here's someone who improved a similar score (V31) in about a month. All the best. https://gmatclub.com/forum/gmat-online- ... 68599.html

egmat · Answer

Hi  nik256

Thank you for reaching out with your details.

Since you have mentioned that you are struggling with the fundamentals in some areas, I believe it’s very important that you  fix up your conceptual and  process  gaps  in a sub-section (say, Number Properties) before you move to  Cementing your skills in that sub-section  through structured practice. I have recorded a  Personalized video  explaining how you can go about accomplishing these objectives. Please watch:

nik256 - Personalised Video - Watch Video

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Here is a summary of the video –

Fix your foundation  –  First identify your gaps and then work on those weaknesses (Conceptual/Application) . This will eliminate redundancies in your approach and keep you from going over concepts you’re already doing well in. 
  Cement your skills  – After building your foundation in that particular sub-section or topic, proceed to Cementing. Practice Medium and then Hard Questions, first in relaxed timing and then in standard timing (under 2 minutes per question). This will also allow you to  identify any remaining topic-wise weaknesses. Visualizing your progress with data  is another benefit of this laser-focused approach. 
  Check your Test Readiness  – Once you’ve cemented your skills in all sub-sections of Quant, you must then proceed to the Test Readiness phase in which you practice multiple subsections together ( essentially putting yourself in the exam mindset ). Once you’ve done test readiness well, you can now proceed to taking full length mocks.

You can experience the tools that I have demonstrated in my video (foundations/quizzing platform) by going through  e-GMAT’s  free trial course   (it even has a  free SIGma-X mock , which comes with an  Enhanced Score Report ).

Motivation:

Here is a success story which I believe you’ll find helpful and inspiring,

-  Javiera scored a stellar GMAT 770 (Q50) – 60-point improvement in 40 days

Hope this helps!

-Vaibhav

nik256 · Answer

Hii vaibhav

Extremely thankful for taking out time to respond to my queries.

Its actually very insightful and the context that you have provided have given me a clarity on how to approach the weaknesses.

Looking forward to putting all the learnings into my preparations.

GMATWhizTeam · Answer

Hi  nik256

Here's a video that you may find helpful:
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL1pmGSHO2Y

Identifying your weaker areas and working your weaker areas should ideally get you a score of 49/50. For this, you need to have a strong understanding of the concepts and also use the right methodology to solve the questions. The good thing about GMAT quant is it tests only specific types of questions from each topic. Knowing how to solve those types of questions will help you solidify your learning and score well on GMAT quant. You should consider spending more time on analysing the solutions of the questions from the topics in which you are weak. By analysing I mean, go through each step of the solution, identify the exact step at which you made the mistake, compare your approach with the right one and then learn the right approach. This should help.

If you are struggling with some specific topics, you may share the same for better understanding.

You can get some tips from Ruthwik's journey who scored 740 with a perfect Quant score:
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JP3PmEoFcZw

Feel free to reach out in case of any queries! Would be happy to help!

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