Are 700 plus level Questions Of PS and DS are way over the limit ?

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Hi All

Just wanted to have your opinion on whether the PS and DS questions 700 plus are way too beyond the actual questions , or Practicing them more compared to 600-700 ones is beneficiary ??

MartyTargetTestPrep · Answer

If you mean the 700-level questions on GMAT Club, some are indeed harder than any you would see on the GMAT, but most of them are not.

You can tell which are the hardest 700-level questions by using the difficulty percentage on the timer above the question. Questions marked 55% to 65% are hard but not extremely hard, questions market 75% to 85% are especially hard, and those marked 95% are the hardest of all. So, some questions marked 85% or 95% are harder than any that appear on the actual GMAT, though even some of these questions are no harder than some of the hardest ones on the test.

Also, just so you are aware, sometimes the reason a question is marked 95% is that it's flawed in some way such that almost everyone selects an incorrect choice as the correct answer.

Regarding which you should practice with, since you'll see questions of a variety of difficulty levels on the GMAT, you should practice with easy, medium, and hard questions to learn to consistently get questions of all difficulty levels correct.

For some more tips on how to prepare for GMAT quant, see the following post.  How to Increase Your GMAT Quant Score: Top 25 Tips

GmatKnightTutor · Answer

Just wanted to have your opinion on whether the PS and DS questions 700 plus are way too beyond the actual questions , or Practicing them more compared to 600-700 ones is beneficiary ??

Probably fair to say the Official Questions (from EASY to HARD) are the types you will see reflected on an actual exam depending on what the algorithm sends your way.

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GMATinsight · Answer

Every question in GMAT is important so answering a question on relative importance is not justified in this matter. Most questions in GMAT score are 600-70 level regardless your performance and adaptive nature of exam however answering the harder questions too is important to keep your score rising and high. To answer your question, 700 level questions are not beyond actual questions and they are pretty much part of the exam provided you have answered the previous questions in the section correctly. However, If you are weak candidate in Quant then I will recommend that you practice more questions from 600-700 level to gain confidence and strengthen foundation of quant. I hope this help! Leaving you with a few FREE resources for Quant which you might appreciate.

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