GMAT Prep Plus 2021: 6 Practice Tests + Proven Strategies (2020)

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TableofContentsKaplanGMATPrepPlusFMCoverTitlePageCopyrightHowtoUseThisBookChangesandCorrectionsPartOne:TheGMATChapter1:IntroductiontotheGMATGMATFormatGMATScoringGMATStrategiesandAttitudeGMATChecklistChapter2:UnderstandingtheCATTheCATExplainedAretheFirstQuestionsMoreImportant?TheImportanceofPacingOtherCATStrategiesPartTwo:DiagnosticTestChapter3:GMATDiagnosticTestHowtoTakeThisTestReviewandReflectPartThree:VerbalSectionandStrategiesChapter4:VerbalSectionOverviewCompositionoftheVerbalSectionPacingontheVerbalSectionHowtheVerbalSectionIsScoredCoreCompetenciesontheVerbalSectionIntroductiontoStrategicReadingChapter5:CriticalReasoningStrategyPreviewingCriticalReasoningWhatDoCriticalReasoningQuestionsTest?TheBasicPrinciplesofCriticalReasoningTheKaplanMethodforCriticalReasoning

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AnswerKeyAnswersandExplanationsChapter6:CriticalReasoningQuestionTypesAssumptionQuestionsStrengthenandWeakenQuestionsEvaluationQuestionsFlawQuestionsExplainQuestionsInferenceQuestionsBoldedStatementQuestionsQuestionTypeIdentificationExerciseAnswerKeyAnswersandExplanationsChapter7:AdvancedStrategiesforCriticalReasoningSpecialCase#1:CausalitySpecialCase#2:RepresentativenessSpecialCase#3:Plans,Proposals,andPredictionsAnswerKeyAnswersandExplanationsChapter8:CriticalReasoning:PuttingItAllTogetherHowtoTakeThisQuizCriticalReasoningQuizCriticalReasoning:AnswerKeyCriticalReasoning:AnswersandExplanationsGMATbytheNumbers:CriticalReasoningChapter9:ReadingComprehensionStrategyPreviewingReadingComprehensionQuestionFormatandStructureTheBasicPrinciplesofReadingComprehensionTheKaplanMethodforReadingComprehensionAnswerKeyAnswersandExplanationsChapter10:ReadingComprehensionQuestionTypesGlobalQuestionsDetailQuestionsInferenceQuestionsLogicQuestions

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“Other”QuestionsQuestionTypeIdentificationExerciseChapter11:ReadingComprehension:PuttingItAllTogetherHowtoTakeThisQuizReadingComprehensionQuizAnswerKeyAnswersandExplanationsGMATbytheNumbers:ReadingComprehensionChapter12:SentenceCorrectionStrategyPreviewingSentenceCorrectionQuestionFormatandStructureTheKaplanMethodforSentenceCorrectionAnswerKeyAnswersandExplanationsChapter13:SentenceCorrection:CommonlyTestedGrammarVerbsPronounsModificationParallelismComparisonsUsageandIdiomsClausesandConnectorsAnswerKeysAnswersandExplanationsChapter14:SentenceCorrection:PuttingItAllTogetherHowtoTakeThisQuizSentenceCorrectionQuizAnswerKeyAnswersandExplanationsGMATbytheNumbers:SentenceCorrectionPartFour:QuantitativeSectionandStrategiesChapter15:QuantitativeSectionOverviewCompositionoftheQuantitativeSectionWhattheQuantitativeSectionTestsPacingontheQuantitativeSectionHowtheQuantitativeSectionIsScoredCoreCompetenciesontheQuantitativeSection

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Chapter16:ProblemSolvingStrategyPreviewingProblemSolvingQuestionFormatandStructureTheBasicPrinciplesofProblemSolvingTheKaplanMethodforProblemSolvingStep3:ApproachStrategically—PickingNumbersStep3:ApproachStrategically—BacksolvingStep3:ApproachStrategically—EstimatingandGuessingAnswerKeysAnswersandExplanationsGMATbytheNumbers:ProblemSolvingChapter17:DataSufficiencyStrategyPreviewingDataSufficiencyQuestionFormatandStructureTheBasicPrinciplesofDataSufficiencyTheKaplanMethodforDataSufficiencyKnowtheTwoTypesofDataSufficiencyQuestionsDataSufficiencyStrategyAnswerKeysAnswersandExplanationsGMATbytheNumbers:DataSufficiencyChapter18:AlgebraontheGMATPreviewingAlgebraontheGMATTranslatingWordsintoExpressionsandEquationsIsolatingaVariableQuadraticEquationsSystemsofLinearEquationsSpecialCasesinSystemsofLinearEquationsSequencesFunctionsandSymbolismAnswerKeysAnswersandExplanationsGMATbytheNumbers:AlgebraChapter19:ArithmeticontheGMATPreviewingArithmeticontheGMATArithmeticOperationsFractionsandDecimals

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ExponentsRadicalsAbsoluteValueInequalitiesAnswerKeysAnswersandExplanationsGMATbytheNumbers:ArithmeticChapter20:NumberPropertiesontheGMATPreviewingNumberPropertiesontheGMATIntegersandNon-IntegersOddsandEvensPositivesandNegativesFactorsandMultiplesRemaindersandPrimesAnswerKeysAnswersandExplanationsGMATbytheNumbers:NumberPropertiesChapter21:RatiosandProportionsontheGMATPreviewingRatiosandProportionsontheGMATRatiosApplyingFractionstoProportionsPercentswithSpecifiedValuesMixturesAnswerKeysAnswersandExplanationsGMATbytheNumbers:RatiosandProportionsChapter22:MathFormulasontheGMATPreviewingMathFormulasontheGMATAveragesRatesAndSpeed—ConvertingRatesRatesAndSpeed—Multi-PartJourneysCombinedRatesandCombinedWorkInterestRatesOverlappingSetsAnswerKeysAnswersandExplanationsGMATbytheNumbers:MathFormulas

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Chapter23:StatisticsontheGMATPreviewingStatisticsontheGMATMedian,Mode,Range,andStandardDeviationSequencesofIntegersCombinationsandPermutationsProbabilityAnswerKeysAnswersandExplanationsGMATbytheNumbers:StatisticsChapter24:GeometryontheGMATPreviewingGeometryontheGMATLinesandAnglesTrianglesPolygonsCirclesMultipleFiguresSolidsCoordinateGeometryAnswerKeysAnswersandExplanationsGMATbytheNumbers:GeometryChapter25:QuantitativeReasoning:PuttingItAllTogether—AdvancedPracticeHowtoUseThesePracticeSetsAdvancedProblemSolvingPracticeSetAdvancedDataSufficiencyPracticeSetAnswerKeysAnswersandExplanationsPartFive:AnalyticalWritingandIntegratedReasoningSectionsChapter26:AnalyticalWritingAssessmentPreviewingtheAnalyticalWritingAssessmentHowtheAWAIsScoredTheBasicPrinciplesofAnalyticalWritingTheKaplanMethodforAnalyticalWritingPracticeEssaysChapter27:IntegratedReasoningPreviewingtheIntegratedReasoningSection

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HowtheIntegratedReasoningSectionIsScoredTheKaplanMethodforIntegratedReasoningTheIntegratedReasoningQuestionTypesConclusionPartSix:TestDayChapter28:TakeControlofTestDayMentalConditioningStressManagementStressManagementQuizTheWeekBeforeTestDayTheDayBeforeTestDayOnTestDayCancellationandMultipleScoresPolicyPartSeven:AppendixesAppendixA:HowMuchCanaGMATScoreChange?HowMuchScoresVaryHavinga“BadDay”The“GambleRetake”ImprovingYourScoreAppendixB:ACloserLookatGMATScoringEveryQuestionHasaCurveFairandUnfairQuestionsNotAllQuestionsAreWorththeSame

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Editor,2021EditionPaulaL.Fleming,MA,MBAContributingEditorEthanA.WeberSpecialthankstoourfacultyauthorsandreviewersSteveBartley;HarryBroome;JamesCarney;ChrisCosci;AmyT.Craddock;EmilyGraves;JackHayes,MBA;JoL’Abbate;GordonSpector;ChrisSun;CarolineSykes;MaryToroAdditionalspecialthankstoNaomiBeesen;KimBowers;M.DominicEggert;RobinGarmise;RitaGarthaffner;JoannaGraham;CraigHarman;CrispinJeffrey-Franco,MBA;M.L.(Lisa)Liu;MandyLuk;JenniferMoore;MonicaOstolaza;AnnePennick;SherylPosnick;CarlySchnur;SaschaStrelka,MA;NoahTeitelbaum,MSEd,MBA;OscarVelazquez;MichaelWolff;AmyZarkos;andthecountlessotherswhohavecontributedtothisandpasteditions.GMATisaregisteredtrademarkoftheGraduateManagementAdmissionCouncil™.KaplanmaterialsdonotcontainactualGMATitemsandareneitherendorsedbynoraffiliatedinanywaywithGMAC.Thispublicationisdesignedtoprovideaccurateinformationinregardtothesubjectmattercoveredasofitspublicationdate,withtheunderstandingthatknowledgeandbestpracticeconstantlyevolve.Thepublisherisnotengagedinrenderingmedical,legal,accounting,orotherprofessionalservice.Ifmedicalorlegaladviceorotherexpertassistanceisrequired,theservicesofacompetentprofessionalshouldbesought.ThispublicationisnotintendedforuseinclinicalpracticeortheStudy

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deliveryofmedicalcare.Tothefullestextentofthelaw,neitherthePublishernortheEditorsassumeanyliabilityforanyinjuryand/ordamagetopersonsorpropertyarisingoutoforrelatedtoanyuseofthematerialcontainedinthisbook.©2020byKaplan,Inc.PublishedbyKaplanPublishing,adivisionofKaplan,Inc.750ThirdAvenueNewYork,NY10017AllrightsreservedunderInternationalandPan-AmericanCopyrightConventions.Bypaymentoftherequiredfees,youhavebeengrantedthenon-exclusive,nontransferablerighttoaccessandreadthetextofthiseBookonscreen.Nopartofthistextmaybereproduced,transmitted,downloaded,decompiled,reverseengineered,orstoredinorintroducedintoanyinformationstorageandretrievalsystem,inanyformorbyanymeans,whetherelectronicormechanical,nowknownorhereinafterinvented,withouttheexpresswrittenpermissionofthepublisher.ISBN:978-1-5062-6238-310987654321KaplanPublishingprintbooksareavailableatspecialquantitydiscountstouseforsalespromotions,employeepremiums,oreducationalpurposes.Formoreinformationortopurchasebooks,pleasecalltheSimon&SchusterSpecialSalesdepartmentat866-506-1949.Study.

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HowtoUseThisBookWelcometoKaplan’sGMATPrepPlusCongratulationsonyourdecisiontopursueanMBAorothergraduatemanagementdegreeandthankyouforchoosingKaplanforyourGMATpreparation.You’vemadetherightchoiceinacquiringthisbook—you’renowarmedwithacomprehensiveGMATprogramthatistheresultofdecadesofresearchingtheGMATandteachingmanythousandsofstudentstheskillstheyneedtosucceed.Youhavewhatyouneedtoscorehigher;thenextstepistomakethecommitmenttoyourstudyplan,which,accordingtotheGMATtestmaker,averagesabout100hoursofpreparationfor600+and700+scorers.Let’sstartbywalkingyouthrougheverythingyouneedtoknowtotakeadvantageofthisbookandyouronlineresources.LEARNINGOBJECTIVES

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Inthissection,youwilllearnhowto:e|dentifythetypesofstudyresourcesthisbookcontains,includinginstructioncoveringeverythingtestedontheGMAT,strategiesforeveryquestiontype,andpracticequestionsofalltypeseExplainhowtoregisterandaccessthisbook’sonlineresources,whichincludefull-lengthcomputeradaptivetests,analysisofyourresults,answersandexplanations,videoworkshops,andmore®CreateastudyplanthatletsyoustartyourpreparationfortheGMATwithconfidenceYourBookTherearetwomaincomponentsofyourGMATPrepPlusstudypackage:yourbookandyouronlineresources.Thisbookcontains:eDetailedinstructioncoveringtheessentialverbal,math,andwritingconceptseTime-testedandeffectiveKaplanMethodsandstrategiesforeveryquestiontype®Morethan350practicequestions,followedbydetailedanswerexplanationsYourOnlineResources

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YourKaplanonlineresourcesgiveyouaccesstoadditionalinstructionandpracticematerialstoreinforcekeyconceptsandsharpenyourGMATskills:eSixfull-lengthcomputer-adaptivepracticetests(CATs).Takeoneatthebeginningofyourstudiestodiscoveryourstrengthsandweaknesses.Laterinyourprep,takepracticetestseveryweekortwotobecomethoroughlyfamiliarwiththetest’sformatandtimingandtomeasureyourprogress.eAnalysisofyourperformanceoneachpracticetest,includingdetailedanswerexplanations®PracticesetsandquizzesfortheVerbal,Quantitative,AnalyticalWriting,andIntegratedReasoningsectionsoftheGMAT®A200-questionQbankforadditionaltargetedpracticeeVideoworkshopsfeaturingveteranGMATinstructorseTheGMATStrategySheetGettingStartedStudyingfortheGMATcanbedaunting,andwithsomanyresourcesavailabletoyou,itmaynotbeclearwheretobegin.Don’tworry;we’llbreakitdownonestepatatime,justaswe’lldowiththeGMATquestionsthatyouwillsoonbeonyourwaytomastering.GettingStarted1.Registeryouronlineresources.
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