March 26, 2013 in Example Problems, Quantitative
If a = (b+c)/e, then c = a. (a-b)e b. ae – b c. (ae)/b d. (b+a)/e e. (a/e) – b In this question, you are solving for c. To solve for c you must first isolate it. These types of problems can be a little intimidating because they don’t contain any actual numbers. Don’t worry, all you have to do is adhere to the basic math principles of multiplication and division; really, all you’re [...]
March 8, 2013 in Example Problems, Quantitative
If y=3x + 2 and y = -4 – 6x, what is the value of y? The first step to answering this question is to recognize these equations are equal; both equations equal y, therefore each equation equals the other: 3x + 2 = -4 – 6x 3x = (-4) – 6x – 2 3x + 6x = -4 -2 9x = -6 x = -(6/9) x = – (2/3) Now that we have solved [...]
February 14, 2013 in Example Problems, Quantitative
“The GMAT Project” intends to ensure its readers are well prepared for all aspects of the GMAT. If you follow our weekly postings of example problems and solutions, we expect you to be more prepared than ever to not only succeed on the GMAT, but to get into your graduate school of choice. Remember, all of the GMAT Quantitative Reasoning problems are designed to be solved in about one minute, so even if it looks like a long and [...]
January 24, 2013 in Example Problems, Verbal - Sentence Correction
Here at the GMAT Project, we know a thorough knowledge of English grammar is essential to excelling on the GMAT, especially when it comes to Sentence Correction questions. These questions present you with a sentence in which a portion of the sentence is underlined. The underlined portion may or may not contain an error; if it does, you must pick the best revised version of that portion of the sentence from among the answer choices. [...]
December 24, 2012 in Example Problems, Quantitative
“The GMAT Project” intends to ensure its readers are well prepared for all aspects of the GMAT. If you follow our weekly postings of example problems and solutions, we expect you to be more prepared than ever to not only succeed on the GMAT, but to get into your graduate school of choice. This week we will turn our attention to a GMAT Data Sufficiency question. Because the instructions regarding Data Sufficiency questions are highly specific we have [...]
December 13, 2012 in Example Problems, Quantitative, Uncategorized
“The GMAT Project” intends to ensure its readers are well prepared for all aspects of the GMAT. If you follow our weekly postings of example problems and solutions, we expect you to be more prepared than ever to not only succeed on the GMAT, but to get into your graduate school of choice. This week we will turn our attention to a GMAT Data Sufficiency question. Because the instructions regarding Data Sufficiency questions are highly specific we have included [...]
December 6, 2012 in Example Problems, Verbal - Sentence Correction
Problem: Because the financial review covered only the fiscal years of July 1992 through June 1994, so the investigators were unable to determine the extent of possibly earlier overpayments. (A) 1994, so the investigators were unable to determine the extent of possibly (B) 1994, and the investigators were unable to determine the extent of possibly (C) 1994, the investigators were unable to determine the extent of possible (D) 1994, therefore the investigators were unable to [...]
November 29, 2012 in Example Problems, Quantitative
“The GMAT Project” intends to ensure its readers are well prepared for all aspects of the GMAT. If you follow our weekly postings of example problems and solutions, we expect you to be more prepared than ever to not only succeed on the GMAT, but to get into your graduate school of choice. This week we will turn our attention to a GMAT Data Sufficiency question. Because the instructions regarding Data Sufficiency questions are highly specific we have [...]
November 22, 2012 in Verbal - Sentence Correction
The GMAT tests grammar with the sentence correction questions in the verbal section. A thorough knowledge of English grammar is thus necessary if you want a top score on the exam. We now have a series of posts to help: Grammar Crammer! In this post we’ll discuss one grammar rule that is frequently tested on both exams: that vs. which. See our previous post here. Both that and which are relative pronouns that introduce relative [...]
November 20, 2012 in Verbal - Sentence Correction
The GMAT tests grammar with the sentence correction questions in the verbal section. A thorough knowledge of English grammar is thus necessary if you want a top score on the exam. We now have a series of posts to help: Grammar Crammer! In this post we’ll discuss one grammar rule that, while not directly tested, is important to know in order to understand how many other grammar rules work: what is the difference between a [...]
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