How many hard questions one can encounter?

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I have one silly question...In Gmat how many hard questions we can encounter in quants and verbal approx and what should be accuracy for hard questions to get 700+ score.I know it depends on test algorithm but anyone can share their approximation if they had analysed their mocks before.

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GmatKnightTutor · Answer

Might also be worth checking out the various score combos that can get a person a 700+ score. Using the search feature on gmatclub may show some posts with publicly available ESRs.

All the best.

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AjiteshArun · Answer

Hi  12921 ,

Unfortunately the answer is that no one knows. Some people may be able to give you a range, especially if they've taken the GMAT multiple times, but that may not be a good indicator of what you'll see during  your  exam. For example, one test taker reported that he or she got a  V42 with only two questions incorrect .

Accuracy is not a very reliable way to generate a score estimate. Try to use the official practice tests to get an idea of where you are.

vv65 · Answer

The ESR after Verbal 44 and Quant 47 showed the difficulty level as "Medium-high" throughout both verbal and quant.

The ESR of a 800-scorer showed the same.

Point is, beyond a certain level all the questions are "hard". There are degrees of hardness of course, and some questions are harder than others. 
But sometimes 'harder' just means that it's easier to goof up and very few test-takers get the question right.

What is hard for an individual is personal. The GMAC decides difficulty level based on statistics on how test-takers perform.

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MartyTargetTestPrep · Answer

To a large degree, the answer to your question depends on what you consider "hard."

If we go with the assumption that you are rather skilled in GMAT quant and verbal and thus that only questions that are among the hardest are hard to you, then we can say the following.

In quant, there will be around 6 to 8 hard questions, of which maybe 2 or 3 will be particularly challenging.

You could score 700+ by getting just a few of those correct, and if your verbal score is in the 40s, you could score 700+ without getting any of those questions correct, because you can score 47 in quant without getting any of those correct.

In verbal, there could be around 9 to 11 hard questions, of which around 3 to 6 would be particularly challenging. To score in the 40s in verbal, you generally have to get all but 5, or possibly a few more, questions correct. So, you have to get some hard questions correct.

However, you could miss all the hardest questions in verbal and score 700+ if your quant score were high enough and you got all the medium verbal questions correct.

IanStewart · Answer

For a high level test taker (e.g. Q49-Q50 level), the numbers are clearly much higher than this, on most tests. I'm not sure where you've gotten these numbers from.

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