Review of 1000 PS and DS questions

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Hi,

Has anyone ever used 1000 PS and DS question bank for GMAT? I am unable to find suitable reviews of the quality of content present in these materials.

My problem areas are - 
1. I tend to get slow during the middle of the exam and create undue time pressure towards the end.
2. I make a lot of silly mistakes.

Some say that this question bank has easier questions (probably below 650 level) compared with the current GMAT Quant level, but I think that these questions might be a good source of practice. I guess practicing relatively easier questions might help me get rid of silly mistakes and timing pressure.

Can someone please guide me whether its a good decision to work on these document or not.

PS - I am through with many questions of gmatclub 25 Quant tests,. but still facing the issue of silly mistakes.

Thanks.

fluke · Answer

My advice:
Use 1000Series.

Another advice:
MGMAT CATS/Practice/Challenge Problems

dragonball · Answer

Hi Fluke,

Do you have any idea whether the 1000 PS and DS question bank level is below 680 or above 680?

fluke · Answer

I don't know it for sure, but my guess would be ~85% of those are below 650. Most of those are between 500-650. Rest few are below 500. Try those; pick a few sets, say 3 DS and 2PS at random and see it for yourself. If you are making >3 mistakes in every set, then it's worthwhile. Let others know your opinion after solving those sets.

Good luck!!

dragonball · Answer

I did 1 section of PS. Completed 20 question in 27 minutes and got 2 wrong. :-)

Since I tend to make careless mistakes in easy questions, I will surely work on this document. Probably, this might help me ensure that I don't get any 600-700 level question wrong.

jamifahad · Answer

I have solved 1000series and from my experience it is definitely around 650-680 level except last 2-3 questions of every set that tend to be 700 level. 1000series helped me a lot in word problems, be it mixture,ratio,percent,interest or any other. I was getting bogged down by wordings but this question bank really helped me figure out word problems really quickly. I have solved most of the set and at one stage I could solve all question much within stipulated time. That's the key. But do not expect tougher mean-median or geometry or inequality questions from these sets.
For 700-level, check out GMAT Paper Test sets. That's very close to real GMAT exam except well it is not CAT.

dragonball · Answer

Thanks for the reply Jamifahad. It really helped.

yogesh1984 · Answer

Another suggestion- did you tried Bunuel collections (esp. for good quality questions! his profile link -  https://gmatclub.com/forum/members/member-73391.html - please look @ signature ). For me those questions saved a lot of time and did not really worked too hard on quant part.

AbhiJ · Answer

Dragon Ball Try SETS 31 question, these questions kick the ass of 1000 PS/DS. Take each Math Test as a sectional test.

karan1914 · Answer

HI  dragonball 
can you please share the link from where you have downloaded the PS and DS 1000 questions.

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