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One of the most valuable reasons to spend time practicing GMAT Quant questions is to uncover which math concepts truly give you trouble. Many students make steady progress with the fundamentals but stop short of testing their understanding under new or unfamiliar conditions. It’s one thing to know a topic well enough to handle standard examples. It’s another to solve questions that twist those same concepts in subtle or unexpected ways.
To perform well on test day, you must move beyond surface-level understanding and focus on identifying specific weaknesses. Broad labels such as “I’m bad at probability” or “I struggle with work problems” are too general to guide improvement. Instead, look closely at the details. Perhaps you’re confident with rate questions when all workers operate for the same period of time, but find yourself confused when one worker stops earlier than the other. Or maybe you handle right triangles comfortably but make consistent errors when the question involves isosceles or equilateral cases.
This level of self-awareness doesn’t happen by chance. It comes from tracking your errors carefully and examining each one to understand why it occurred. Over time, you begin to see clear patterns in the types of questions that trip you up and the reasoning mistakes you make most often. These insights become your personal roadmap for progress.
When you understand precisely where your weaknesses lie, you can address them efficiently and with purpose. That focused effort, more than any single strategy or trick, is what turns practice into mastery.
Reach out to me with any questions about your GMAT prep. Happy studying!
Warmest regards,
Scott Woodbury-Stewart
Founder & CEO, Target Test Prep
How to Identify and Fix Your Weakest GMAT Quant Concepts
One of the most valuable reasons to spend time practicing GMAT Quant questions is to uncover which math concepts truly give you trouble. Many students make steady progress with the fundamentals but stop short of testing their understanding under new or unfamiliar conditions. It’s one thing to know a topic well enough to handle standard examples. It’s another to solve questions that twist those same concepts in subtle or unexpected ways.
To perform well on test day, you must move beyond surface-level understanding and focus on identifying specific weaknesses. Broad labels such as “I’m bad at probability” or “I struggle with work problems” are too general to guide improvement. Instead, look closely at the details. Perhaps you’re confident with rate questions when all workers operate for the same period of time, but find yourself confused when one worker stops earlier than the other. Or maybe you handle right triangles comfortably but make consistent errors when the question involves isosceles or equilateral cases.
This level of self-awareness doesn’t happen by chance. It comes from tracking your errors carefully and examining each one to understand why it occurred. Over time, you begin to see clear patterns in the types of questions that trip you up and the reasoning mistakes you make most often. These insights become your personal roadmap for progress.
When you understand precisely where your weaknesses lie, you can address them efficiently and with purpose. That focused effort, more than any single strategy or trick, is what turns practice into mastery.
Reach out to me with any questions about your GMAT prep. Happy studying!
Warmest regards,
Scott Woodbury-Stewart
Founder & CEO, Target Test Prep
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