137 Posts Found

Making up for lost time on the GMAT isn’t easy, but one kind of word problem gives test-takers a chance to do just that.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: GMAT

To choose between two answer choices that each seem grammatically correct, you need to rely on logic.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: GMAT

These two strategies for answering GMAT data sufficiency questions will help on test day, and neither requires much math.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: GMAT

Memorization isn’t going to cut it for the GMAT. Test-takers need to practice on new problems and think conceptually.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: GMAT

Unlike the SAT, the GMAT feeds you new questions based on how well you answered previous ones.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: GMAT

These three common mistakes can be easily corrected if you know what to look for.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: GMAT

You may not use geometry every day, but GMAT measures it to see how creatively you solve problems.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: GMAT

The GMAT’s “plan/strategy” questions trip up test-takers more often than most. Here’s a tip for making sure that doesn’t happen to you.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: GMAT

GMAT test makers have a number of tricks for making simple math difficult. The key is to see through the ruse.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: GMAT

Modifiers, verbs, and pronouns will allow you to eliminate most answer choices on GMAT sentence correction questions.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: GMAT

The GMAT sets numerous traps for the unwary test-taker. Answer choices frequently appear to be correct but are utterly wrong.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: GMAT

A key clue to GMAT sentence-correction questions is often hidden in plain sight-as an humble pronoun.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: GMAT

Fear not: All those GMAT problems loaded with strange subscript notations are pretty easy, once you see how simply they are structured.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: GMAT

To solve the GMAT’s weighted-average problems, just think back to a game you played in third-grade gym class.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: GMAT

There are only two ways to go wrong on data-sufficiency questions; for smart test-takers, that poses a big opportunity.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: GMAT

Inequality questions are easier to solve if you follow three simple rules.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: GMAT

Data sufficiency questions resemble riddles that require test-takers to answer with the least amount of information possible. Here’s how to approach them.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: GMAT

Still a bit nervous about your GMAT? With this Facebook app from the administrators of the test, students can answer eight GMAT practice questions and see how they score compared with other quiz-takers. They can also post the results to their Facebook page or challenge a friend.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) | Subject: GMAT

For some GMAT questions, the best first step is simply to plug an arbitrary number into the equation.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: GMAT

Bolded statement questions require GMAT test-takers to understand the relationship between two statements. This simple approach can help.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: GMAT