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FROM Economist GMAT Tutor Blog: Our MBA Fair is today! What you need to know |
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FROM Economist GMAT Tutor Blog: Using singular vs. plural verb after a relative pronoun |
One of the most common tricks in Sentence Correction questions (although not the most difficult) is whether a verb should be in singular or plural form following a relative pronoun. |
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FROM Economist GMAT Tutor Blog: Use this trick to solve GMAT sequence questions |
Applying rules to questions involving sequences is often the fastest way to solve such problems. Consider the following question from the Economist GMAT Tutor: |
FROM Economist GMAT Tutor Blog: Simplifying fractions on the GMAT |
Fractions can often appear difficult to deal with in GMAT quant questions. However, if you simplify fractions, things become easier. |
FROM Economist GMAT Tutor Blog: How to solve GMAT quant questions using the median in a sequence |
Today we’re sharing the most efficient way to answer GMAT Quant questions that involve calculations based on the median of a set of values. |
FROM Economist GMAT Tutor Blog: How to add multiples on the GMAT |
FROM Economist GMAT Tutor Blog: How one student got a 740 by trying to meet our money-back score guarantee |
Now a strategy consultant, Timo first became familiar with Economist GMAT Tutor through our free trial. Having scored a 660 and learned about money-back score guarantee, he decided to take us up on the challenge. Here's what happened. |
FROM Economist GMAT Tutor Blog: How to handle square roots in GMAT Properties of Integers questions |
Questions involving properties of integers in combination with square roots may seem difficult at first glance, but with the application of the appropriate rule, they can be solved quickly. |
FROM Economist GMAT Tutor Blog: Recognizing quantifiers in Sentence Correction questions |
A tricky area of sentence correction involves quantifiers. Because these questions occurs so often, it is a good idea to train yourself to recognize these structures, so you can learn how to identify the possible traps the test makers can use with them. |
FROM Economist GMAT Tutor Blog: How to add lots of integers quickly on the GMAT |
When a question asks you to add a large number of integers, it can seem as if the answer may take some time to find. But the GMAT is all about smart shortcuts. Here's a quick method that should make you happy to see such questions on test day. |
FROM Economist GMAT Tutor Blog: Things that sound OK but aren’t! |
In sentence correction there are many options that sound correct the first time we read them, but actually are incorrect. This is because we take certain things for granted in spoken or everyday English, whereas the GMAT tests more formal rules. The GMAT is also expert at tripping the test taker up by purposely including things that sound awful, but are correct and vice versa. What can help us in such situations is to apply the appropriate rules. |
FROM Economist GMAT Tutor Blog: Choosing the right verb tense in reported speech |
A confusing area of GMAT sentence correction is choosing the correct verb tense in sentences involving reported speech. The good news is that there is a rule that helps us here. |
FROM Economist GMAT Tutor Blog: Properties of integers: Breaking numbers into primes |
Prime numbers can be considered tools to help us solve questions that appear difficult. Use these helpers to make your life easier on test day! |
FROM Economist GMAT Tutor Blog: 3 things you can do to fund your MBA this week |
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FROM Economist GMAT Tutor Blog: Prime factors: a key to solving GMAT quant problems faster |
It can be very frustrating to across a GMAT quant question that appears too complex to solve in two minutes. Help is at hand! There is always a quick method. In this case, prime factors are the key. |
FROM Economist GMAT Tutor Blog: Tips for a close reading of Sentence Correction answer options |
One challenge for you in Sentence Correction is to read all the options very closely and to note the differences among the options carefully. By following a specific order of errors for which you check, you can do this efficiently. |
FROM Economist GMAT Tutor Blog: Mastering divisibility in GMAT Quant questions |
There are many questions in the GMAT quant section in which the concept of divisibility is important. Therefore, it’s to your advantage to learn the rules in this area. |
FROM Economist GMAT Tutor Blog: GMAT questions involving fractions: How to solve them quickly |
There are some questions involving fractions that certainly seem very difficult at first glance. You need a systematic method to solve such questions. |