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GRE Quant Questions often require knowledge of multiple math concepts. How you relate the concepts to each other is often the key to solving the problems. Consider the following question of the day:
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This problem tests your proficiency in 3 different skills:
- Sum of the internal angles of a triangle is 180 degrees.
- Solving a linear equation.
- The pythgorean theorem.
Your knowledge of any one skill in isolation will not get you anywhere. You need to connect the dots to solve the problem.
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Despite their convoluted appearance, Quantitative Comparisons are some of the easiest questions on the Math section of the GRE. Read this eBook and find out how to solve GRE Quantitative Comparison questions quickly and accurately.
The Ultimate Guide to Solving GRE Quantitative Comparison Questions
Sometimes, a single word is enough to lead you to the correct answer choice in a GRE Sentence Completion question. What is the most important word in the following question?
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If you change the word “first” in the original sentence to another word, say “worst”, then the blank completely changes. Sometimes a single word is enough to define the missing word.
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Another day and another GRE question of the day!
As a student you are probably accustomed to finding the exact solution of a problem that you are given. This is NOT the case with Quantitative Comparisons, and in fact should be avoided whenever possible! If you can figure out which column is larger WITHOUT performing any calculations, then you have solved the question and saved yourself valuable time. Look at this problem and please do not try to compute the two quantities:
Loading ...One simple hint: We are dealing with numbers in this question and therefore both quantities are determinate. Whatever you do, do not select D!
Happy Friday to All. Enjoy your weekend and take it easy out there.
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Hopefully you know that for Sentence Completion questions, you should come up with your own word that could fit in the blank before checking out the answer choices. But that doesn’t mean you have to spend significant time or energy coming up with a word once you know the meaning you are looking for!
Try recycling the words from the sentence instead of trying to imagine a new one. It will save you some mental energy and crucial time. What do you think would be a good word to recycle in this question?
Loading ...Instead of trying to come up with a new word here, try simply reusing the word “delight”. Although it is slightly different than the correct answer choice, it is without a doubt a very easy and accurate target word that you can use!
The GRE is stressful enough as it is. Instead of spending additional mental energy and time on this part of these problems, consider using this productive shortcut and give yourself a well-deserved break!
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You are here because you have just started preparing for the GRE and need some information on whether the initial questions in a set are more important than the ones that follow.
Short Answer – All questions NOW carry the same weight.
Long Answer – Read on.
In the previous incarnations of GRE, getting initial questions right was very important – so much so that your result could make or break within the first 20 minutes of each test. Unfortunately, this system puts test-takers at a disadvantageous position, as it creates an extra and unwanted pressure. Moreover, test-takers were learning to ‘game’ the system by spending considerable amount of time on the first 15 questions or so.
What these test-takers didn’t realize was this – by spending too much time on the first few questions, they were neglecting their performance on questions that followed.
So instead, ETS decided to provide test-takers with a solution – an opportunity to mark and review the questions.
So what does this mean for you? Well, within a given set, you can attempt any question at any given time, without it affecting the difficulty level of any question that follows (within the set). So now, when you answer the first question in the verbal or quantitative section – you don’t need to fear about the implications of getting this answer wrong. Other than loss of points in that particular question, you will not lose much else.
This strategy is beneficial for you in more than one way:
- It will reduce the pressure that comes with the first few questions of any GRE section – whether that is quantitative or verbal.
- It allows for clearer focus throughout the exam. Since no one question has higher weight-age than another, you can spend equal time on each and every question in order to score maximum points.
- If you know your strengths and weaknesses, you can increase your test efficiency by spending more time on difficult sections. Marking them in order to review later will help you to concentrate on simpler questions first. I personally exercised this technique in my Verbal question sets, and felt very relaxed during the exam.
Skeptics argue that this technique puts A-level students at a disadvantage, but ETS has been working hard to level the playing field as much as possible, which includes making verbal exam more intuitive. I believe, and many would agree, that any changes that help students are a welcome change – as is the case here.
To sum it up – Yes, initial questions in both verbal and quantitative sections are important. But their importance is spread out evenly throughout the whole paper. The only change in level happens after end of each section, but that is for another day.
On some Sentence Completion questions, actions, not modifiers, may determine the meaning of the word in the blank. What do you think are the Key Words in the following question?
Loading ...For every Sentence Completion question, you should be able to literally point to the text that enables you to define the word in the blank. In this case, the words that we are looking at are “Jim… insisted on getting right back on and trying again.” His persistence is evident through these actions; therefore, “sedulously” is the best choice.
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- Know where you’re going: Here’s a terrible idea: wake up an hour before the test
and start googling and map-questing your way to the test with no prior idea of where you’re going. Seriously, if you do this, then you will end up in Alabama having an anxiety attack and trying to take your GRE of a piece of bark. Please at least look up the test location before the day of the test.
- Eat food: If you can’t figure this one out, then you kind of deserve to do terribly on the GRE. Eat some damn breakfast and listen to your mother for once in your life, you clod. Breakfast IS the most important meal of the day, so put some oatmeal (or really anything except Fruity Pebbles) in your body before you put yourself through the standardized test equivalent of waterboarding.
- Don’t get hammered the night before your test: The fact that I even have to mention this embarrasses both of us, so let’s just get this out of the way. Remember all that hard work you put in studying for this homicide-inducing exam? Well, every shot of Jose Cuervo that goes into your brain pours out one important fact. You can get drunk immediately after the test if you want to, so ease up on the PBR and gravity bong in the weeks beforehand, hot shot.
Leave early: Traffic happens. So do speeding tickets, fender benders, and occasionally, full-on road-rage fistfights in the middle of the highway. Keep your eye on the prize and plan to arrive at the test center a full 30 minutes early, at the bare minimum.- Turn your phone off: No seriously, turn your phone off. During the test, when you’re studying, when you’re taking practice tests, or doing anything that requires your full attention when preparing for the GRE, just turn it off, or I will turn it off for you. This isn’t junior high, and you can wait two hours to get rejected by the girl you met at the bar last night who already told you she had a boyfriend, jerk. This is your future, so take it seriously for once, ok?
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In the occasional case that there are no direct synonyms or suggestions for the word in the blank, the GRE will at least provide you with one reliable crutch: only one of the answer choices for the blank will be a reasonable choice. This means that based on the situation described in the sentence, only one of the five choices is something that can be justified with logical explanation and common sense.
In the following sentence completion question, which one of the answer choices is most reasonable? Try it out:
Loading ...The only choice that could possibly make sense in this scenario is “plethora”. None of the other words describe a reasonable situation. If you can’t identify a synonymous or descriptive clue in a sentence, try using common sense instead to identify the correct answer.
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Here is another GRE quantitative comparison question for your practice. Notice how the question can be easily solved if you know some basic triangle properties.
Loading ...Hope you got this one right. If you are a recent visitor to the blog, you will notice that we are up and running with GRE Question of the Day. One new GRE question will be posted everyday. Free GRE Prep does not get any better than this! Would you agree?
