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Hi,
I am having trouble with the DS style questions, even the easy ones ! In problem solving I feel I got some mojo, in DS I am like a brick
I've been practicing for quite some time now, and I still can't get my head around these frustrating questions, i've tried all different sorts of strategies :
AD/BCE , covering the stem, looking for hidden constrains, imagining the stem as part of the question, praying, dragon fire, unicorn dust ... nothing works !
I just can't seem to get my head around them
On my first attempt at a sample of about 80 DS questions from the official guide [40 "easy" bin and 40 from the "difficult bin"] my hit rate was %82 and %77 respectively, as in the percentage of questions I got correct
But that's with really being liberal with the timing
Anyhow, my questions are two :
1- Is such a hit rate normal ? (i.e if I didn't get %90 from the first solving attempts, can I still get a high quant score ? I'm worried its a you get it or you don't kind of thing)
2- Do you have any words to help with DS style questions, anything, tips, advice, strategy. I just get shaken completely when I see a DS question
Thank You
I am having trouble with the DS style questions, even the easy ones ! In problem solving I feel I got some mojo, in DS I am like a brick
I've been practicing for quite some time now, and I still can't get my head around these frustrating questions, i've tried all different sorts of strategies :
AD/BCE , covering the stem, looking for hidden constrains, imagining the stem as part of the question, praying, dragon fire, unicorn dust ... nothing works !
I just can't seem to get my head around them
On my first attempt at a sample of about 80 DS questions from the official guide [40 "easy" bin and 40 from the "difficult bin"] my hit rate was %82 and %77 respectively, as in the percentage of questions I got correct
But that's with really being liberal with the timing
Anyhow, my questions are two :
1- Is such a hit rate normal ? (i.e if I didn't get %90 from the first solving attempts, can I still get a high quant score ? I'm worried its a you get it or you don't kind of thing)
2- Do you have any words to help with DS style questions, anything, tips, advice, strategy. I just get shaken completely when I see a DS question
Thank You
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Mastering the DS is possible with prolonged practice.
for number properties and inequalities, make sure you check these things everytime.
for any value X:
1) check fraction vs integer
2) check positive vs zero vs negative
3) check even vs odd
4) master your co-ordinate geometry and number lines. visualize the equations on graphs
Don't solve the whole question, take one statement at a time. If possible place some paper on options while looking at a particular statement. Gmat has limited number of permutations for DS type, try to master them.
Og and gmat club's quant tests are good source of DS questions.
for number properties and inequalities, make sure you check these things everytime.
for any value X:
1) check fraction vs integer
2) check positive vs zero vs negative
3) check even vs odd
4) master your co-ordinate geometry and number lines. visualize the equations on graphs
Don't solve the whole question, take one statement at a time. If possible place some paper on options while looking at a particular statement. Gmat has limited number of permutations for DS type, try to master them.
Og and gmat club's quant tests are good source of DS questions.
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