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Are They Trying to Trick Me Here? When GMAT Quant Gets Nasty.

How do you know that a GMAT Quant question is tricking you? Read on... Of course the GMAT is trying…

4 years ago

Amounts of Money: Singular or Plural in GMAT Sentence Correction?

Are amounts of money singular or plural in GMAT Sentence Correction? Short answer: BOTH. Seems like this might be tricky,…

4 years ago

When to Plug In on a GMAT Rates Question — (almost) Never!

When do you try Smart Numbers with a GMAT Rates question? Hardly ever. Why? It just makes things twice as…

4 years ago

Don’t use ABSOLUTES in GMAT Verbal Answers (CR and RC)

Unless you are specifically told that something is the "best," the "worst," the "only," etc. you can be sure that…

4 years ago

A GMAT Geometry Question with NO CALCULATION?!?

How can you solve a GMAT Geometry question with no calculation? Simple: find one that's based on spatial awareness. It's…

4 years ago

When to Answer BY CONCEPT in GMAT Data Sufficiency Questions

When to answer by CONCEPT in GMAT Data Sufficiency questions... While it might be tempting to plug in numbers for…

4 years ago

“different from” in GMAT Sentence Correction Questions

GMAT Sentence Correction idioms are a pain, I know. Most of the time, they aren't even consistent, so I don't…

4 years ago

GMAT Critical Reasoning Necessary vs. Sufficient: Strategies

GMAT Critical Reasoning Necessary vs. Sufficient -- Can the Distinction Help You? Let’s start with a quick definition of what an…

4 years ago

RELATIVE PRIMES in GMAT Properties of Numbers

WTF are Relative Primes in GMAT Properties of Numbers? Learn more here... This is a slightly different approach from a…

4 years ago

Best Practices for Breaking GMAT Reading Comprehension Answer Choices

How to tell whether a GMAT Reading Comprehension answer fits: turn it into a question! It's a really simple way…

5 years ago