1/18/2010

GRE Quantitative Section

Yes, GRE does demand a strong vocabulary but that is not always the only criteria to get you a good score. For technical students, aiming a 800/800 in quant firstly gives u a raise. Its easy, its your strong point so do not neglect it and use it to your benefit in this exam. Practise a lot. Even though it is elementary maths, practising the tricks (vedic maths concepts and agility) gets you ahead in the competition. You’ll have 45 minutes to get through 28 questions in the maths section. Each GRE math question comes in one of three basic varieties: Problem Solving (PS), Quantitative Comparisons (QC), or Data Interpretation (DI). Practising elementary arithmetic (fractions, distance, relative speed, rate problems ), elementary alzebra and area, volume, basic properties of geometric figures will give you a good stand.

If you have joined Kaplan, IMS or some other class room coaching, you would know the techniques to use and what topics to concentrate on. Others who have no guidance, can use Kaplan. It has a fair amount of practise problems which is very similar to the actual GRE pattern. The book also guides you on the tricks to be used. The books guide you on all the topics to be covered. General Math Strategies involve using shortcuts, approximations (GRE is never calculation intensive), avoiding common traps (the most obvious answer is not always the right one, think twice), elimination techniques, using scratch paper and avoiding careless mistakes at all cost.

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