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GMAT Prep 2024/2025 For Dummies with Online Practice (2023) provides a strategic approach to answering difficult exam questions effectively.

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GMAT Prep 2024/2025 For Dummies with Online Practice (2023) - Page 8 preview imageSwithOnlinePracticebyLisaZimmerHatch,MA,ScottA.Hatch,JD,andSandraLunaMcCune,PhDdummies
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GMAT Prep 2024/2025 For Dummies with Online Practice (2023) - Page 9 preview imageGMAT®Prep2024/2025ForDummies®withOnlinePracticePublishedby:JohnWiley&Sons,Inc.,111RiverStreet,Hoboken,NJ07030-5774,ww.wiley.comCopyright©2023byJohnWiley&Sons,Inc.,Hoboken,NewJerseyPublishedsimultaneouslyinCanadaNopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,storedinaretrievalsystemortransmittedinanyformorbyanymeans,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recording,scanningorotherwise,exceptaspermittedunderSections107or108ofthe1976UnitedStatesCopyrightAct,withoutthepriorwrittenpermissionofthePublisher.RequeststothePublisherforpermissionshouldbeaddressedtothePermissionsDepartment,JohnWiley&Sons,Inc.,111RiverStreet,Hoboken,NJ07030,(201)748-6011,fax(201)748-6008,oronlineathttp://www.wiley.com/go/permissions.Trademarks:Wiley,ForDummies,theDummiesManlogo,Dummies.com,MakingEverythingEasier,andrelatedtradedressaretrademarksorregisteredtrademarksofJohnWiley&Sons,Inc.,andmaynotbeusedwithoutwrittenpermission.GMATisaregisteredtrademarkoftheGraduateManagementAdmissionCouncil™.TheGraduateManagementAdmissionCouncildoesnotendorseandisnotaffiliatedwiththeownerorcontentofGMAT®Prep2024/2025ForDummies®,withOnlinePractice.Allothertrademarksarethepropertyoftheirrespectiveowners.JohnWiley&Sons,Inc.,isnotassociatedwithanyproductorvendor‘mentionedinthisbook.LIMITOFLIABILITY/DISCLAIMEROFWARRANTY:WHILETHEPUBLISHERANDAUTHORSHAVEUSEDTHEIRBESTEFFORTSINPREPARINGTHISWORK,THEYMAKENOREPRESENTATIONSORWARRANTIESWITHRESPECTTOTHEACCURACYORCOMPLETENESSOFTHECONTENTSOFTHISWORKANDSPECIFICALLYDISCLAIMALLWARRANTIES,INCLUDINGWITHOUTLIMITATIONANYIMPLIEDWARRANTIESOFMERCHANTABILITYORFITNESSFORAPARTICULARPURPOSE.NOWARRANTYMAYBECREATEDOREXTENDEDBYSALESREPRESENTATIVES,WRITTENSALESMATERIALSORPROMOTIONALSTATEMENTSFORTHISWORK.THEFACTTHATANORGANIZATION,WEBSITE,ORPRODUCTISREFERREDTOINTHISWORKASACITATIONAAND/ORPOTENTIALSOURCEOFFURTHERINFORMATIONDOESNOTMEANTHATTHEPUBLISHERANDAUTHORSENDORSE.THEINFORMATIONORSERVICESTHEORGANIZATION,WEBSITE,ORPRODUCTMAYPROVIDEORRECOMMENDATIONSITMAYMAKE.THISWORKISSOLDWITHTHEUNDERSTANDINGTHATTHEPUBLISHERISNOTENGAGEDINRENDERINGPROFESSIONALSERVICES.THEADVICEANDSTRATEGIESCONTAINEDHEREINMAYNOTBESUITABLEFORYOURSITUATION.YOUSHOULDCONSULTWITHASPECIALISTWHEREAPPROPRIATE.FURTHER,READERSSHOULDBEAWARETHATWEBSITESLISTEDINTHISWORKMAYHAVECHANGEDORDISAPPEAREDBETWEENWHENTHISWORKWASWRITTENANDWHENIT1SREAD.NEITHERTHEPUBLISHERNORAUTHORSSHALLBELIABLEFORANYLOSSOFPROFITORANYOTHERCOMMERCIALDAMAGES,INCLUDINGBUTNOTLIMITEDTOSPECIAL,INCIDENTAL,CONSEQUENTIAL,OROTHERDAMAGES.Forgeneralinformationonourotherproductsandservices,pleasecontactourCustomerCareDepartmentwithintheU.S.at877-762-2974,outsidetheU.S.at317-572-3993,orfax317-572-4002.Fortechnicalsupport,pleasevisithttps://hub.wileycom/community/support/dummies.Wileypublishesinavarietyofprintandelectronicformatsandbyprint-on-demand.Somematerialincludedwithstandardprintversionsofthisbookmaynotbeincludedine-booksorinprint-on-demand.IfthisbookreferstomediasuchasaCDorDVDthatisnotincludedintheversionyoupurchased,youmaydownloadthismaterialathttp://booksupport..wileycom.FormoreinformationaboutWileyproducts,visitwwwwiley.com.LibraryofCongressControlNumber:2023935196ISBN978-1-394-18336-4(pbk);ISBN978-1-394-18338-8(ebk);ISBN978-1-394-18340-1(ebk)|—StudyXY
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GMAT Prep 2024/2025 For Dummies with Online Practice (2023) - Page 10 preview imageIntroduction...Part1:GettingStartedwiththeGMAT......................................5cHapTer1:TheLowdownontheGMATLo...7cHapTER22MaximizingYourScoreontheGMAT...17cHapTER3:MasteringBusinessSchoolAdmissions...............................ll029Part2:CreatingaGMATStudyPlan........................................35cHapTEr4:PlanningYourApproach.............oo37cHAPTER5:GMATPracticeASS@SSMeNt...........oiiiiiieiiiiiiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeinnn...43cHapTEr6:ScoringandInterpretingthePracticeAssessment................................55Part3:VanquishingtheVerbalSection.....................................67cuapter7:NotasEnticingasaBestseller:ReadingComprehension..........................69cater8:ThinkingThisThroughLogically:CriticalReasoning...............................91cHapTEr9:BringingItTogether:AMiniPracticeVerbalSection..............................119Part4:ConqueringtheQuantitativeSection.............................133cHAPTER10:GettingBacktoBasics:NumbersandOperations...............................135chapter11:ConsideringAlltheVariables:Algebra..........................................157cHaPTER12:ManipulatingNumbers:StatisticsandSets.....................................191CHAPTER13:Houston,WeHaveaProblem:ProblemSolvingQuestions.........................209CHAPTER14:ProveYourProwess:AMiniPracticeQuantitativeSection..........................217Part5:ExcellingontheDataInsightsSection............................229cHapTER15:FourTypesofDistinctiveDataInsightsQuestions...............................231chapter16:DecipheringDatainGraphics.......................oLLL247cHaPTER17:Enough’sEnough:DataSufficiencyQuestions...................................259Part6:PracticeMakesPerfect.............................................o"CHAPTER18:GMATPracticeTest........oviiiiiiiiiiieeeieee273CHAPTER19:PracticeTestAnswersandExplanations......................................0.291Part7:ThePartofTens.....................................................307cHAPTER20:TenQuestionTypesYou'veGotaGoodShotAt.................................309cHapTER21:TenWaystoIncreaseYourChancesofGettingintoBusinessSchool...............313Index...317|v1StudyXY
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GMAT Prep 2024/2025 For Dummies with Online Practice (2023) - Page 12 preview imageINTRODUCTION...AboutThisBOOK...ooiiiienFoolishAssumptions..................iii2IconsUsedinThisBOOK+.....oiiiietiie2BeyondtheBook:TheOnlinePractice..........................................3WheretoGofromHere................ooiiiiinl3PART1:GETTINGSTARTEDWITHTHEGMAT..............................5curren:TheLowdownontheGMAT..........................................7KnowingWhytheGMATIsImportant....................ocooiiiiienenao..7PlanningItPerfectly:WhenandHowtoTaketheGMAT..........................8ChoosingbetweentakingtheGMATonlineoratatestcenter.................8WhentoregisterforandtaketheGMAT....................................9ThingstotaketotheGMATtestingcenter(ortohaveathome)...............10FormingFirstImpressions:TheFormatoftheGMAT...........................1ExaminingthestructureoftheGMAT.....................................12GettingfamiliarwithwhattheGMATtests.................................12Understandingthecomputerizedformat..................................13HoningyourcomputerskillsfortheGMAT.................................14KnowingWhereYouStand:ScoringConsiderations............................14HowtheGMATtestersfigureyourscore...........................oo......14HowtheGMATtestersreportyourscore...................ccoeveennon....14WhataboutcancelingyourGMATscores?.....................covveen.....15RepeatingtheProcess:RetakingtheGMAT....................................15cuarrer2zMaximizingYourScoreontheGMAT...............................17DiscoveringStrategiesforBoostingYourScore................................17Forcingyourselftoguesssoyoucanmoveon..............................18Takingadvantageofthereviewandeditfeature............................18Understandingtheimportanceofcompletingeachsection...................19WinningtheRaceagainsttheClock..........................................19Givingeachquestionequaltreatment.....................................19Makingtimeforthelasttenquestions.....................................20Keepingtrackofyourpace...20GettingRidofWrongAnswers...21Keepingtrackofeliminatedanswerchoicesforthecomputertestformat......21RecognizingWronganswers...............oouiiiiiiinanieaiieeean..22PlayingItSmart:AFewThingsYouShouldn'tDoWhenTakingtheTest...........25Don'tloseyourfocus...25Don'treadquestionsatlightningspeed...................................26Don'twasteallyourtimeonthehardestquestions..........................26DOoNtCheat..ooteee126TacklingaCaseofNerveswithRelaxationTechniques..........................26BR|study
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GMAT Prep 2024/2025 For Dummies with Online Practice (2023) - Page 13 preview imagecarers:MasteringBusinessSchoolAdmissions...........................29ChoosingaBusinessSchool.....................o.oo29LiningUpYourDucks—ApplyingtoBusinessSchools..........................31Whentoapply.......coo32Whattosubmit.......o.oo32CraftingEffectiveBusinessSchoolEssays.....................................33PART2:CREATINGAGMATSTUDYPLAN.................................35euarers:PlanningYourApproach.....................037UsingthePre-assessment:TheHow-To.......................................37EvaluatingSection1:Quantitative.........................................37EvaluatingSection2:Verbal..............................................38EvaluatingSection3:Datainsights........................................38DevisingaPlanofAttack..............................oll.39Whenyouhavemorethanthreemonths..................................39Whenyouhavefewerthantwomonths...................................40cumerers:GMATPracticeAssessment.........................................43Section1:QUANLItAtIVE.oo.titeiiaeaeaeaea44Section2:Verbal...........ee46Section3:DataInsights.............................coool.50carters:ScoringandInterpretingthePracticeAssessment..............55Section1:QuantitativeReasoning.................................0......0.55Section2:Verbal..............iil.58Section3:DataInsights........................iii...60AnswersataGlance............oiiiiiiiiiiee..B6PART3:VANQUISHINGTHEVERBALSECTION............................67ware:NOtasEnticingasaBestseller:ReadingComprehension......69JudgingbyAppearances:WhatReadingComprehensionQuestionsLookLike......70ApproachingReadingPassages......................coiiiiiiiiiea...70Masteringthemessage:Themainpoint...................................70Absorbingtheambiance:Author'stone....................................71Findingtheframework:Thepassage’soutline..............................71StickingtotheSubject:TypesofPassages.......................ooooein....72Experimentingwithnaturalsciencepassages..............................72Gatheringinsocialcircles:Socialsciencepassages..........................73Gettingdowntobusinesspassages..........................ielll73ApproachingReadingComprehensionQuestions..............................73Identifyingthequestiontype.............................ll74Eliminatinganswerchoices........................o.ooTTDealingwithexceptionquestions.........................................78ReadingComprehensionPracticeQuestionswithAnswerExplanations...........80Readingcomprehensionpracticequestions................................81AnswerExplanations...................coicici...85carers:ThinkingThisThroughLogically:CriticalReasoning.............91Focusingon“Critical”Concepts:AnOverview..................................92Understandingthestructureofthequestions..............................92Figuringouthowtoanswerthequestions.................................92XGMATPrep2024/2025ForDummieswithOnlinePractice|\
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GMAT Prep 2024/2025 For Dummies with Online Practice (2023) - Page 14 preview imageMakingaCase:EssentialsofInformalLogic...................................93Fightingfair:Theelementsofanargument................................93GettingfromPointAtoPointB:Typesofreasoning.........................93ThinkingInsidetheBox:QuestionTypes.........................ooeueen......96StalkingYourPrey:HowtoApproachEachQuestionType.......................9Strengtheningorweakeningarguments..........................00.....97Delvingintodrawingconclusions........................................100Spottingthosesneakyassumptions.........................ocoo.....102Usingyournoggintomakeinferences....................................104Ponderingtheparadox...........................ooiiiiiiel...L105Makingyourwaythroughmethod-of-reasoningquestions..................106CriticalReasoningPracticeQuestionsandAnswerExplanations.................108Criticalreasoningpracticequestions.....................................108AnswerExplanations................oie.113carrer:BringingItTogether:AMiniPracticeVerbalSection...........119WorkingThroughVerbalReasoningPracticeQuestions........................120UnderstandingWhat'sRightwithAnswerExplanations........................127PART4:CONQUERINGTHEQUANTITATIVESECTION.................133cuarter10:GettingBacktoBasics:NumbersandOperations..............135JustYourType:KindsofNumbers..........................................135It'sNotBrainSurgery:BasicOperations..................coooiiiinne....2137Adding,subtracting,multiplying,anddividing.............................137Abalancingact:Operationswithevenandoddnumbers...................139Checkingouttherealestate:Fundamentalconceptsofrealnumbers.........140UsingLittleNumbersforBigValues:BasesandExponents.....................142Addingandsubtractingwithexponents......................cel..143Multiplyinganddividingwithexponents..................................143FiguringoutthepowersofOand1...oo.144Dealingwithfractionalexponents...................cooiiiii...144Workingwithnegativeexponents.................oooiiiiiiiiii.....144CheckingOuttheAncestry:Roots...........oooiiiiieiiiiiniieeen......145OrderofOperations:PleaseExcuseMyDearAuntSally........................146SplittingUp:Fractions,Decimals,andPercents......................ovn......147DealingwithDecimals...een...148Delvingintofractions................ooiiiiiiii148Addingandsubtractingfractions....................oo150Multiplyinganddividingfractions.............................0000150Calculatingpercentchange..................cooiiiiiiiiiiiiiaein.....152Takingitfurther:Repeatedpercentchange...............................153MakingComparisons:RatiosandProportions.......................eee.....154PlayingtheNumbers:ScientificNotation....................................155curren11:ConsideringAlltheVariables:Algebra..........................157DefiningtheElements:AlgebraicTerminology................................157Bravingtheunknowns:Variablesandconstants...........................158Comingtogether:Termsandexpressions.................................158Knowingthenomials:Kindsofexpressions...............................159MaintaininganOrderlyFashion:AlgebraicOperations.........................159Addingtoandtakingaway........................cool...160Multiplyinganddividingexpressions.....................................161BR|study
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GMAT Prep 2024/2025 For Dummies with Online Practice (2023) - Page 15 preview imageExtractingInformation:FactoringPolynomials................................164Somethingincommon:Findingcommonfactors...........................164Twobytwo:Factoringquadraticpolynomials..............................165MindingYourPsandQs:Functions............................oioe......166Standingin:Understandingfunctionterminology..........................166Takingittothelimit:Domainandrangeoffunctions.......................168Gettinginline:Sequencesandseries.....................................170PuttingOnYourThinkingCap:ProblemSolving...............................171Isolatingthevariable:Linearequationswithoneunknown..................171Beingabsolutelypositive:Absolutevalueequations........................173Gettinginsync:Simultaneousequations..................................173Notplayingfair:Inequalities............................................176Solvingquadraticequations...................coi.179Readingbetweenthelines:Wordproblems...............................181Burningthemidnightoil:Workproblems.................................182Goingthedistance:Distanceproblems...................................183Mixingitup:Mixtureproblems..........................................184Catchingabreak:Break-evenproblems..................................184SeeingIsBelieving:TheCoordinatePlane....................................185Gettingtheplanetruth:Coordinateplaneterminology.....................185Gettingtothepoint?Findingthecoordinates..............................186Dividingtheterritory:Identifyingquadrants...............................186Slip-SlidingAway:SlopeandLinearEquations................................187Takinga“peak”:Theslopeofaline.......................................187Usingtheslope-interceptformforlinearequations........................188euarrer122ManipulatingNumbers:StatisticsandSets......................191JoiningaClique:Groups...........ooiiiiiieee.19SettingUpSets..........iiiieee...193Setterminology.........coieee...193Gettingavisual:Venndiagrams..............................o.....000193MakingArrangements:PermutationsandCombinations.......................194Countingwithoutlisting...........................o.oo...195Positioningwithpermutations.........................................0195Comingtogether:Combinations.........................................197MeetingintheMiddle:Mean,Median,andMode.............................198Summingitupmean-ingfully......................o.oo199Feelingmedian-lysplit.................................199Modelingthemode.......................i.199Tuningintothefrequencies.............................................200StrayingfromHome:RangeandStandardDeviation..........................201Scoutingouttherange...................ll200Watchingoutforwanderers:Standarddeviation...........................201PredictingtheFuture:Probability...........................................203Takingachance............................iiiiieiie......203Fishingforacomplement...............................................203Conditioningtheprobability............................................203Recognizingmutuallyexclusiveevents...................................204Gaininginsightintoindependentanddependentevents....................204Jugglingmultipleprobabilities..................................o......205xiiGMATPrep2024/2025ForDummieswithOnlinePractice|\
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GMAT Prep 2024/2025 For Dummies with Online Practice (2023) - Page 16 preview imagecuarrer13:Houston,WeHaveaProblem:ProblemSolvingQuestions....209BePrepared:APracticeProblemSolvingPlan................................209TryingOutSomeProblemSolvingPracticeProblems..........................211AnswerExplanations..................e224cuarter1:ProveYourProwess:AMiniPracticeQuantitativeSection....217TacklingProblemSolvingPracticeQuestions.................................218CheckingOuttheAnswerExplanations....................oiiiiiaiin.222PART5:EXCELLINGONTHEDATAINSIGHTSSECTION................229cuarrer15:FOurTypesofDistinctiveDataInsightsQuestions.............231UnderstandingWhattheIRQuestionsAreAllAbout...........................231Skillstested..ooo00232Aboutthequestiontypes....................iii...232ApproachingEachQuestionType.........234Tableanalysis...............i...234Two-partanalysis...eee.237Graphicsinterpretation...................coil...240Multi-sourcereasoning................oii...242cuarrer16:DecipheringDatainGraphics.......................247MasteringGraphics-FocusedQuestionswithFiveSimpleSteps.................247TranslatingInformationinTables...........................................248MakingComparisonswithBarGraphs.......................................249Simplebargraphs.............L249Graphswithmanybars.................................................250Segmentedbargraphs....................ool250HoninginonHistograms..............................coi...252LookingatLineGraphs..........................oii...252Basiclinegraphs..................iii...253Scatterplots.........ieee...253Complexscatterplots................ooiiiiiiiiiiiiiiieaa254PerusingStem-and-LeafPlots..............................................255ClarifyingCircleGraphs(AlsoKnownasPieCharts)............................256VenturingintoVennDiagrams....................cooiiiiiiiiiiiiiao...257euarrer17:ENough’sEnough:DataSufficiencyQuestions...................259YouDon'tNeedtheSolutiontoFindtheAnswer..............................259StepstoApproachingDataSufficiencyQuestions.............................260TakingonDataSufficiencyPracticeProblems................................264AnswerExplanations..................iii...266PART6:PRACTICEMAKESPERFECT.......................................2!curren1s:GMATPracticeTest..................................................273AnswerSheet............ooiiiiiiiiiiiiiieee275Section1:DataInsights........................iii...276Section2:QUANItAtIVE«oo.tetteae277Section3:Verbal...........LL.282TableofContents
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