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Hi Dabral,

Sorry, but I don't get the point: why losing time in doing these kind of calculations?
F.e I can memorize these two turning points
45 left = 15 questions done
and the easiest of all 25 minutes left = 25 questions done

No?


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I don't know about memorizing that chart for the quant part of the GMAT. Instead, I would look at the where I am in the test, say I just finished Question#24, now I have 13 questions left, just double that and the timer on the screen should be close to 26 min. If let's say the timer showed 20 min, then I know I need to speed up and that would likely mean letting go a hard question. If you don't have your overall timing under control, then the only option is to balance it out by letting go a few hard questions. Obviously, it is not easy to always be able to detect hard ones, but if you have done enough preparation with official GMAT questions, you should have a good sense of what is hard. This is what I do and recommend to my students as well.

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The key is to stick with the method that you can consistently follow in the exam. Honestly, I cannot be bothered with memorizing a table. I know from experience that once the exam starts, all this goes out of the window. I prefer to just do a quick calculation in the mind, and this is pretty simple. Plus, I may do it at different points depending on my internal gauge of my overall progress. Also, when I see I am a bit behind time, I may speed up on the easy ones, meaning do the operations and computations faster. Of course, there is a danger of making a simple mistake somewhere but when you are running out of time, you have no choice but to compensate somehow.

In summary, stick with the timing method that works for you. Perhaps others can share what works best for them.

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