Best GMAT Quant question bank - sorted by difficulty?

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Hi all,

Recently decided to take the GMAT with very little prep just to see what it would be like and ended up with a fairly good verbal score (mid 90%) and a really low quant score (~20%). I figure I'm going to heavily focus my efforts on the quant section, and was wondering if you all would have any recommendations for drilling quant questions, perhaps by difficulty level? I am thinking I will start with sub-600 level questions until I am very confident in not making mistakes, then attempt to master 600-700 level questions, then get some 700+ questions.

It would be awesome if any of you could point me toward a resource where you can just answer Quant questions, perhaps by level (as opposed to by topic), with explanations/answers. If anybody has any other recommendations on how to best prep in light of a very skewed split, please let me know as well!

Thanks!

pushpitkc · Answer

Hey  landoro15

Welcome to GMATClub

I have good news for you. GMAT-Quant is the easiest section to improve on the GMAT.
This link will help you concept revision:  GMATClub Quantitative Mega-Thread . You may
also download the GMATClub Math book  here .

Once you are clear with the concepts, you should practice questions from the following links
Here, the questions are sorted by difficulty and topic wise
 PS Directory by Topic and Difficulty  |  DS Directory by Topic and Difficulty

Whenever you practice questions, try to understand if you are able to apply the learning to
the problems. Every time you are not able to solve a question go through the thread(where
the question has been discussed) and go through the various methods that have been used
to solve the problems. In my experience, you will come across a few methods that will help
you save some time. Try and adapt these methods when you solve similar problems later. 
Work on maintaining an error log and go through the mistakes you make from time to time. 
This retrospection will definitely help you improve your scores.

Hope this helps you

landoro15 · Answer

Thank you for your reply. Are there any overlaps with those questions and MGMAT or GMAC CATs? Where are those questions sourced?

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pushpitkc · Answer

If you click on the link, you will see topics arranged according to their difficulty. Once you have chosen and click on a particular topic you will see a screen that looks like this Capture_Fraction_700level.JPG Please look at the source before you work on it. Have highlighted one question from GMATPrep and one from GMATPrep Question Pack(Avoid whichever source you plan to give a test in) Hope this helps you!

billionaire · Answer

Hi landoro15 You already received very good answer regarding your answer to improve quant score. If you decide to try with books also then this is how they are arranged in terms of quality and difficulty : For starters Kaplan and Princeton are the best, with questions that will be in 650 range. For advanced questions you should use Manhattan prep books and/or Veritas prep books. They will be in 700+ range. Also, as already mentioned you should use GMAT club questions and/or purchase GMAT club tests. Beside that, if you still need challenging questions NOVA GMAT prep course book/ NOVA GMAT Bible, will be good way to go. One caveat, questions from NOVA are not always exactly GMAT type structured but they test exactly the same skills and they are excellent prep. The NOVA GMAT prep course/NOVA GMAT Bible would be good for anybody who wants to excel in those topics that GMAT tests on exam. Of course, you should practice Official questions from Official guides and GMATPrep software, that goes without saying

Finally, you may decide that you need full online math prep course guided step by step. For best GMAT course suitable for your needs, you should check here reviews on GMAT Club and decide which one is most suitable and/ affordable for you. If money/time is not an issue for you should by some of the best ones, with best marks and satisfied genuine opinions

Good luck and happy prep !

ccooley · Answer

This is an old topic, but since somebody bumped it, I thought I'd comment in case anyone is reading it now with the same question in mind! This situation (haven't prepped much yet, looking for a simple source of high-quality questions sorted by difficulty) is exactly what the Official Guide to the GMAT is made for you. You really can't do better than that. The explanations are a little lacking, probably because of space concerns, but you can use something like MPrep's GMAT Navigator (or a Google search of the first few words of the question) to find much more thorough explanations in almost all cases.

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