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Peterson’s
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Peterson’s
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Mark Alan Stewart
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Contents
Before You Begin xiii
How This Book Is Organized xiii
Special Study Features xiv
About the CD xv
You’re Well on Your Way to Success xv
Give Us Your Feedback xv
Top 10 Strategies to Raise Your Score xvi
PART I: GMAT BASICS
1 All About the GMAT 3
The GMAT at a Glance 3
How the Computer-Adaptive GMAT Works 7
The GMAT CAT Interface 8
The GMAT CAT Test-Taking Experience 13
Your GMAT Scores 17

Score Reporting 19
How Business Schools Evaluate GMAT Scores 20
Top 10 Tips for GMAT Prep 20
Summing It Up 23
2 GMAT Questions: A First Look 25
Analytical Writing Assessment (AWA) 25
The Quantitative Section 31
TheVerbalSection 40
Summing It Up 50
PART II: DIAGNOSING STRENGTHS AND
WEAKNESSES
3 Practice Test 1: Diagnostic 59
Analytical Writing Assessment 59
Quantitative Section 61
VerbalSection 68
Answer Key and Explanations 82

PART III: GMAT ANALYTICAL WRITING ASSESSMENT
4 Issue Analysis 101
The7-StepPlan 101
“Qualifying” Your Viewpoint 108
Debating a Statement’s Pros and Cons 109
Developing Rhetorical Arguments 110
Putting It All Together 112
Rhetorical Effectiveness and Your Essay’s Structure 114
Keys to Writing a Successful GMAT Issue Analysis Essay 115
Summing It Up 118
5 Argument Analysis 119
The7-StepPlan 119
Common Reasoning Flaws and How to Handle Them 126

Adding Optional Elements to Your Essay 134
Keys to Writing a Successful GMAT Argument Analysis Essay 135
Summing It Up 139
6 Writing Style and Mechanics 141
The Basics 141
Advanced Techniques 146
Summing It Up 153
PART IV: GMAT QUANTITATIVE SECTION
7 Problem Solving 157
The5-StepPlanforProblemSolving 158
Some Advanced Techniques 165
Use Commonsense “Guesstimates” to Narrow the Field 166
When to Plug In Numbers for Variables 167
When—and When Not—to Work Backward from Numerical
Answer Choices 168
Find the Easiest Route to the Answer 169
Search Geometry Figures for Clues 170
Sketch a Geometry Figure to Solve a Problem 171
Plug In Numbers for “Defined Operation” Questions 173
Keys to Successful GMAT Problem Solving 173
Summing It Up 179
8 Data Sufficiency and Analysis 181
The 5-Step Plan for Data Sufficiency Problems 182
Data Sufficiency Strategies 189
Keys to Successful GMAT Data Sufficiency 193
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The 5-Step Plan for Data Analysis Problems 196

Keys to Successful GMAT Data Analysis 200
Summing It Up 202
9 Math Review: Number Forms, Relationships, and Sets 203
Percents, Fractions, and Decimals 204
Simplifying and Combining Fractions 206
Decimal Place Values and Operations 209
Simple Percent Problems 211
Percent Increase and Decrease 212
Ratios and Proportion 214
AlteringFractionsandRatios 216
Ratios with More Than Two Quantities 217
Proportion Problems with Variables 218
Arithmetic Mean, Median, Mode, and Range 219
Standard Deviation 222
Geometric Sequences 223
Arithmetic Sequences 225
Permutations 226
Combinations 227
Probability 228
Summing It Up 232
10 Math Review: Number Theory and Algebra 233
Basic Properties of Numbers 234
Factors, Multiples, and Divisibility 237
Prime Numbers and Prime Factorization 238
Exponents (Powers) 239
Exponents and the Real Number Line 241
Roots and Radicals 243
Roots and the Real Number Line 246
Linear Equations with One Variable 247
Linear Equations with Two Variables 250

Linear Equations That Cannot Be Solved 255
Factorable Quadratic Expressions with One Variable 256
The Quadratic Formula 259
Nonlinear Equations with Two Variables 260
Solving Algebraic Inequalities 261
Weighted Average Problems 262
Currency Problems 263
MixtureProblems 264
Investment Problems 265
Problems of Rate of Production or Work 266
Problems of Rate of Travel (Speed) 267
Problems Involving Overlapping Sets 269
Summing It Up 271


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11 Math Review: Geometry 273
Lines and Angles 274
Triangles 277
Isosceles and Equilateral Triangles 281
Rectangles, Squares, and Parallelograms 283
Circles 288
Advanced Circle Problems 289
Polygons 295
Cubes and Other Rectangular Solids 297
Cylinders 299
Coordinate Signs and the Four Quadrants 300
Defining a Line on the Coordinate Plane 301
Graphing a Line on the Coordinate Plane 304

Midpoint and Distance Formulas 306
Coordinate Geometry 307
Summing It Up 311
PART V: GMAT VERBAL SECTION
12 Critical Reasoning 315
The6-StepPlan 315
Assumption Questions 319
Additional Evidence Questions 322
Inference Questions 329
StrategyQuestions 332
Hypothesis Questions 336
Necessary Inference Questions 340
Parallel Argument Questions 346
Summing It Up 349
13 Sentence Correction 351
The4-StepPlan 352
Grammatical Errors Involving Parts of Speech 353
Problems with a Sentence’s Structural Elements 360
Redundancy, Wordiness, Awkwardness, and Omissions 364
Errors in Parts of Speech 369
Problems in Tense, Voice, and Mood 373
Sentence Structure and Sense 377
Summing It Up 385
14 Reading Comprehension 387
“Interactive” Reading: The Key to Reading Comprehension 388
The7-StepPlan 388
Techniques for Interactive Reading 393
Sample Reading Passages and Question Types 397
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