Weaken questions almost always get broken by asking “how is it possible that the Conclusion is false while the facts remain true?” This is no exception. There’s a problem if you dump shit on the curb. Enough said. To reduce waste of raw materials, the government of Sperland is considering requiring household appliances to be … Read More
The thing to notice here is that every even number has a 2 in it. You can pull all these 2s to the front of the number, which turns a sequence of consecutive evens like this into a string of consecutive numbers (evens and odds). From here, you can see where the larger prime factor … Read More
Here’s my recent appearance on the Testing Ain’t Easy podcast with Stefan Maisnier from MyGuru tutoring! Testing Ain’t Easy with MyGuru Tutoring – News & Opinions on the Dynamic World of Modern Academic, Admissions, and Professional Standardized Tests n this podcast, MyGuru Director of Instruction Stefan Maisnier welcomes #gmat expert, Rowan Hand to discuss the … Read More
Introduction Well we were promised that when the Focus Edition came out, they were only subtracting information from the GMAT rather than adding it. And then we find Completing the Square questions on the test. This is a quadratics topic that was never in the GMAT curriculum before FE, so you do the math on … Read More
99,999^2 – 1^2 = GMAT difference of squares quant question Here’s the actual text of the question in a proper layout: First things first, we need to figure out what sort of question this is. At first, it looks like something where we need to get it back into powers of 10, particularly given the … Read More
How to Read for GMAT Reading Comprehension Here’s a simple trugh: You Don’t Read Fast Enough for the GMAT This isn’t an insult. It’s not a personal attack. It’s a statement of fact. Top scorers in the Verbal section simply read faster. The people who treat GMAT Verbal like a light morning jog, who have … Read More
Why I’m Not Talking About the 700 GMAT Score Anymore That’s it. I’m fed up with having to explain that 700 is no longer the bar. Not only is this not my job, it’s becoming a drain on my mental health. Just recently, I had a 685 scorer tell me that she was disappointed in … Read More
Does the GMAT Repeat Questions? The Ultimate Guide “The secret is reps, reps, reps.” – Arnold Schwarzenegger Quick Answer? No. But also… kind of. It depends on what you mean by “repeat.” If you’re asking “does the GMAT repeat questions” the exact same question—same wording, same numbers—will appear on multiple GMATs: absolutely not. That’s a … Read More
How to Solve GMAT Questions Faster: the Recognition-Execution Loop The GMAT tests pattern recognition under pressure. The high scorer is one who can identify what the question is really asking—and execute the right solution strategy faster and more confidently. What Is the Recognition-Execution Loop? The recognition-execution loop is a cognitive cycle you repeat every time … Read More
2^(1/2)/4 + 3/(2*2^(1/2)) or \sqrt{2}\4 (The most difficult thing about this question is writing it in a way that will be found by the search engines–which don’t appreciate LaTeX code–so please forgive me having to write shit like 2^(1/2)/4 + 3/(2*2^(1/2)) or \sqrt{2}\4 over and over). All that out of the way, the question itself … Read More