How to deal with the first 10 questions on the exams??

Question

Hello everyone.

Just wanted to get an idea of the number of questions to get correct to get to a 700+

Looking for answers regarding the importance of the first 10 questions and its implications??

bb · Answer

Well... that's been discussed a few times

Just look below https://gmatclub.com/forum/first-10-que ... 84001.html - this is a first good spot with discussion starting back in 2009 (still relevant today). What most folks recognize is that the first 10 questions are important, BUT this is not the same as saying that you can hack a high score because if you spend most time on the first 10 or 12 you will likely have to guess the last 20 and get even a worse score. What this should translate into is this: pay more attention on the first 10 questions, spending a tiny bit more time to check your work, make sure you don't crash and burn on the first few questions, and just stay alert. Do not try to solve every question at any cost however. Even if you have to guess, do it. There is no use in spending 3 minutes to guess a question if you could have done it after 2 and definitely NEVER spend more than 3 mins on any quant or verbal question (RC excluded obviously). There is this topic too if you wanted to observe. I may need to clean the formatting a bit... https://gmatclub.com/forum/new-format-g ... 69682.html

GmatKnightTutor · Answer

There is some myth vs. fact info in the beginning of the Official Guide you may find interesting regarding the first 10 questions.

IanStewart · Answer

Try not to make any careless errors early in the test, but otherwise don't stress at all about the first ten questions. They aren't more important than later questions. If you see a very hard question early in the test, which can happen, it really won't matter much if you get it wrong, just as it wouldn't matter much if you get a very hard question wrong late in the test. There are a lot of myths floating around about the importance of early questions, and test takers who devote lots of time to early questions at the expense of later ones are getting lower scores than they should.

MartyTargetTestPrep · Answer

Hi nik256.

The first 10 questions on the Quant or Verbal section of the GMAT are no more important that other questions on the section.

HOWEVER, the section does start with questions that are mostly of medium-difficulty, and if you miss medium-difficulty questions, you'll drive your score down.

So, the key to scoring high on the GMAT is to get medium-difficulty questions correct whenever you see them in a section, including when you see them at the beginning of a section.

For more on how many questions you need to get correct to score 700+ on the GMAT, see this post.

How Many Questions Can I Get Wrong on the GMAT and Get 700?

nik256 · Answer

Thanks a lot marty once again.

Just had another doubt in my mind regarding verbal cr ... In the course of ttp, there are a lots of types of correct answer types and examples...Is it necessary to go through each of them in detail or giving them a read is sufficient??

MartyTargetTestPrep · Answer

The idea of those lessons is to raise your awareness of the types of incorrect choices that appear in the questions. So, the key is to fully understand how the incorrect and correct answer types work. You certainly don't need to memorize them or do anything along those lines.

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