Events & Promotions
|
|
GMAT Club Daily Prep
Thank you for using the timer - this advanced tool can estimate your performance and suggest more practice questions. We have subscribed you to Daily Prep Questions via email.
Customized
for You
Track
Your Progress
Practice
Pays
Not interested in getting valuable practice questions and articles delivered to your email? No problem, unsubscribe here.
Apr 2610:00 AM EDT
-11:00 AM EDT
The Target Test Prep course represents a quantum leap forward in GMAT preparation, a radical reinterpretation of the way that students should study. Try before you buy with a 5-day, full-access trial of the course for FREE!
Apr 2711:00 AM EDT
-12:00 PM EDT
Prefer video-based learning? The Target Test Prep OnDemand course is a one-of-a-kind video masterclass featuring 400 hours of lecture-style teaching by Scott Woodbury-Stewart, founder of Target Test Prep and one of the most accomplished GMAT instructors
Apr 2808:00 AM PDT
-11:00 AM PDT
Whether you are just beginning your MBA journey or fine-tuning your path to a 700+ score, GMAT Day is designed to give you a competitive edge.
27 Jan 2013, 19:01
Kudos
Bookmarks
Not that my verbal is much better, but:
Having some problems with quant.
I know I'm spending to much time on questions at the beginning.
How can I speed up, or is this even my problem?
Getting very frustrating as I'm devoting 16-20 hours a week of study time just to get these results.
I've been using Kaplan's GMAT Premier to study with.
Having some problems with quant.
I know I'm spending to much time on questions at the beginning.
How can I speed up, or is this even my problem?
Getting very frustrating as I'm devoting 16-20 hours a week of study time just to get these results.
I've been using Kaplan's GMAT Premier to study with.
Attachment:
GMAT Practice Test (Kaplan 1-27-13).png
Archived Topic
Hi there,
This topic has been closed and archived due to inactivity or violation of community quality standards. No more replies are possible here.
Where to now? Join ongoing discussions on thousands of quality questions in our Quantitative Questions Forum
Still interested in this question? Check out the "Best Topics" block below for a better discussion on this exact question, as well as several more related questions.
Thank you for understanding, and happy exploring!
28 Jan 2013, 11:52
Kudos
Bookmarks
Hi there, without having many details as to what kinds of questions are messing you up, it's pretty clear from your posted results that time is currently a big issue hindering your results. If you look at the first 10 questions, all but one of them took you 4-5 minutes to solve. That means after 10 questions, you've gone through half the time of the exam. It will be very difficult to get a high schore at this point because you're going to be rushing through questions trying to make back some of the time lost.
As such, I'd review just the first 10 questions you did and see why they took you so long? Was it a question of understanding what was being asked? Was it a question of taking a long time to do the calculations? Depending on what the questions are, you may want to focus on mental math calculations or geometry concepts. If you can practice answering questions in 2-3 minutes instead of 4-5, you'll be in much better shape to answer all the questions and get a much better score.
In general, the review of a CAT to see where the mistakes were made is more important than trying to do a second CAT. Look at the questions, figure out how to solve them faster and time your calculation time. In my classes, one of the first things I recommend is to re-memorize the multiplication table up to 12x12. We learned this in elementary but have forgotten it. It's amazing how much time can be saved by not having to calcultate 9x12 and 8x7 on paper.
Hope some of this helps. If you provide more details as to the time expenditure we can try and drill down further to save time.
-Ron
As such, I'd review just the first 10 questions you did and see why they took you so long? Was it a question of understanding what was being asked? Was it a question of taking a long time to do the calculations? Depending on what the questions are, you may want to focus on mental math calculations or geometry concepts. If you can practice answering questions in 2-3 minutes instead of 4-5, you'll be in much better shape to answer all the questions and get a much better score.
In general, the review of a CAT to see where the mistakes were made is more important than trying to do a second CAT. Look at the questions, figure out how to solve them faster and time your calculation time. In my classes, one of the first things I recommend is to re-memorize the multiplication table up to 12x12. We learned this in elementary but have forgotten it. It's amazing how much time can be saved by not having to calcultate 9x12 and 8x7 on paper.
Hope some of this helps. If you provide more details as to the time expenditure we can try and drill down further to save time.
-Ron
28 Jan 2013, 17:28
Kudos
Bookmarks
This was very helpful, thank you.
I think the main issue for me with the first 10 questions was a little bit of understanding what was being asked, or concept, but more of that it took me too long on the calculations.
So it took me way too long on the calculations and some of the questions seemed tough.
I'm going to review the test for the next few hours to see if this will help me improve. Thank you, and any other comments or advice are welcome.
I think the main issue for me with the first 10 questions was a little bit of understanding what was being asked, or concept, but more of that it took me too long on the calculations.
So it took me way too long on the calculations and some of the questions seemed tough.
I'm going to review the test for the next few hours to see if this will help me improve. Thank you, and any other comments or advice are welcome.
