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Inconsistency difficult in quant [#permalink] New post   05 Oct 2023, 16:06
Made 2 official mocks (2 and 6). In math, I got 51 in both. I felt Mock 6 was more accesible, and I was right.

I got the difficulty of each question by searching on the question bank of GMAT Club.

Mock 2: 30 correct, 2 incorrect; average difficulty 60%
Mock 6: 31 correct, 1 incorrect; average difficulty 35%


Why is the difference in the difficulty of the question so large?
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Re: Inconsistency difficult in quant [#permalink] New post   05 Oct 2023, 17:18
Gratz on the multiple Q51 mocks. Searching for how the difficulty level of a question is decided on gmatclub could provide some helpful insight. If you're interested to see what types of performances can get a Q51 on the test, consider checking out some of the publicly shared Q51 ESRs as well.

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Re: Inconsistency difficult in quant [#permalink] New post   06 Oct 2023, 02:50
The difficulty of any actual test will vary. When you look at lots and lots of official practice tests, that becomes obvious. But if you're at Q51, you needn't worry about this at all. At the end of the day, you just need to perform at your level. If the questions are much harder, you could potentially miss more and end up at the same score that you would have had if the questions were easier and you missed fewer. Try not to read too much into the level of difficulty of what's on the test!
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Re: Inconsistency difficult in quant [#permalink] New post   09 Oct 2023, 12:10
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Hi Junnaruse,

Another thought is that the difficulty levels you see on GMAT Club may not match the difficulty levels defined by GMAC. Also, at the end of the day, I really would not worry about these things. You seem to be in a great spot, so just focus on moving forward with your prep.
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