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17 May 2008, 10:38
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So I have been practicing with the gmatprep and I have consistently scored 51s and some occasional 50s in math section. My impression is that the higher math problems test for your ability to manipulate the stems and rework the equations and most DS questions are number properties questions.
But I wanted to see how the difficult questions relate to the "easy" questions, so I intentionally missed the first 15 questions. To my surprise, the easy questions were actually "hard". I found that they usually ask you to do actual multistep calculations that are time consumming and error prones. I recognized some questions similar to questions that were posted by members who were not familiar with the gmatprep tests, because I thought some of those questions were particularly tricky. Some of questions were asking for estimated values, but the answer choices usually have 2 values very close to each other, so they require actual calculations.
This is giving me some concerns because I might be spending a lot of time on easy questions and I might get them wrong by overlooking obvious clues.
But I wanted to see how the difficult questions relate to the "easy" questions, so I intentionally missed the first 15 questions. To my surprise, the easy questions were actually "hard". I found that they usually ask you to do actual multistep calculations that are time consumming and error prones. I recognized some questions similar to questions that were posted by members who were not familiar with the gmatprep tests, because I thought some of those questions were particularly tricky. Some of questions were asking for estimated values, but the answer choices usually have 2 values very close to each other, so they require actual calculations.
This is giving me some concerns because I might be spending a lot of time on easy questions and I might get them wrong by overlooking obvious clues.
18 May 2008, 06:47
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It is always advisable to solve easy questions. Two reasons for it:
1) It will reduce amount of silly mistakes we do usually.
2) It will force you to think in term of real GMAT, where around 25%-50% of questions you will be getting is easier than your capability.
Best source for easy problems are OG.
1) It will reduce amount of silly mistakes we do usually.
2) It will force you to think in term of real GMAT, where around 25%-50% of questions you will be getting is easier than your capability.
Best source for easy problems are OG.
osbornecox
12 Apr 2010, 06:31
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I agree that some of the "easy" questions are surprisingly hard.
