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5 lb. Book of GRE Practice Problems: 1,800+ Practice Problems in Book and Online (2018)

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    MANHATTAN PREP 5 lb. Book of GRE ® Practice Problems GRE® is a registered trademark of the Educational Testing Service. Manhattan Prep is neither sponsored by nor affiliated in any way with the ETS.

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    5 lb. Book of GRE® Practice Problems, Third Edition Retail ISBN: 978-1-5062-4759-5 Course ISBN: 978-1-5062-4761-8 Retail eISBN: 978-1-5062-4760-1 Course eISBN: 978-1-5062-4762-5 Copyright © 2018 MG Prep, Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. No part of this work may be reproduced or used in any form or by any means—graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping, web distribution —without the prior written permission of the publisher, MG Prep, Inc. GRE® is a registered trademark of the Educational Testing Service. Manhattan Prep is neither sponsored by nor affiliated with ETS.

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    INSTRUCTIONAL GUIDE SERIES GRE Math Strategies (ISBN: 978-1-5062-3821-0) GRE Verbal Strategies (ISBN: 978-1-5062-3823-4) SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS 500 Essential Words: GRE Vocabulary Flash Cards (ISBN: 978-1-935707-89-9) 500 Advanced Words: GRE Vocabulary Flash Cards (ISBN: 978-1-935707-88-2) 5 lb. Book of GRE ® Practice Problems (ISBN: 978-1-5062-4759-5)

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    November 15, 2018 Dear Student, Thank you for picking up a copy of 5 lb. Book of GRE ® Practice Problems . We hope this book provides just the right practice as you prepare for the GRE. Before we wrote the first edition of this book, we asked a bunch of GRE students what they wanted. They said, “Give us a lot of great practice.” So that’s what we set out to do. Ever since then, we’ve kept listening to our readers and students. In this latest edition, we’re giving you even more great practice, including mixed practice sets, math review sheets, and additional drills to strengthen your core skills. Please tell us what you want, too. If you have any questions or comments in general, please email our Student Services team at gre@manhattanprep.com. Or give us a shout at 212-721-7400 (or 800-576-4628 in the U.S. or Canada). We try to keep all our books free from errors. But if you think we’ve goofed, please visit manhattanprep.com/gre/errata. I look forward to hearing from you. Thanks again, and best of luck preparing for the GRE! Chris Ryan Executive Director, Product Strategy Manhattan Prep www.manhattanprep.com/gre 138 West 25th St., 7th Floor, New York, NY 10001 Tel: 646-254- 6479 Fax: 646-514-7425

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    YOUR ONLINE RESOURCES YOUR PURCHASE INCLUDES ONLINE ACCESS TO THE FOLLOWING: INTERACT™ FOR GRE: LESSONS AND PRACTICE PROBLEMS Interact™ for GRE is our revolutionary interactive, on-demand learning platform complete with lessons, drills, and practice problems. It’s like having a real teacher on your screen anytime, anywhere. With your 5 LB. Book, you have access to the first 15 modules of Interact™ for GRE lessons, including over 1,000 drills and problems. HOW TO ACCESS YOUR ONLINE RESOURCES IF YOU PURCHASED A PHYSICAL COPY OF THIS BOOK 1. Go to: www.manhattanprep.com/gre/access 2. Follow the instructions on the screen. You only need to register your product ONCE at the above URL. To use your online resources any time AFTER you have completed the registration process, log in to the following URL: www.manhattanprep.com/gre/studentcenter Please note that online access is nontransferable. This means that only NEW and UNREGISTERED copies of the book will grant you online access. Previously used books will NOT provide any online resources.

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    IF YOU PURCHASED A DIGITAL VERSION OF THIS BOOK 1. Create an account with Manhattan Prep at this website: www.manhattanprep.com/gre/register 2. Email a copy of your purchase receipt to gre@manhattanprep.com to activate your resources. Please be sure to use the same email address to create an account that you used to purchase the book.

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    TABLE of CONTENTS Cover Title Page Copyright page Table of Contents 1. Verbal Diagnostic Test Answers 2. Math Diagnostic Test Answers 3. Text Completions Answers 4. Sentence Equivalence Answers 5. Reading Comprehension Answers 6. Logic-Based Reading Comprehension Answers 7. Arithmetic Answers 8. Algebra Answers 9. Inequalities and Absolute Values Answers 10. Functions, Formulas, and Sequences Answers 11. Fractions and Decimals Answers 12. Percents

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    Answers 13. Divisibility and Primes Answers 14. Exponents and Roots Answers 15. Number Properties Answers 16. Word Problems Answers 17. Two-Variable Word Problems Answers 18. Rates and Work Answers 19. Variables-in-the-Choices Problems Answers 20. Ratios Answers 21. Averages, Weighted Averages, Median, and Mode Answers 22. Standard Deviation and Normal Distribution Answers 23. Probability, Combinatorics, and Overlapping Sets Answers 24. Data Interpretation Answers 25. Polygons and Rectangular Solids Answers 26. Circles and Cylinders

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    Answers 27. Triangles Answers 28. Coordinate Geometry Answers 29. Mixed Geometry Answers 30. Advanced Quant Answers 31. Essays 32. Verbal Practice Sections 33. Math Practice Sections Appendix A: Math Facts for the GRE Appendix B: 100 Math Drills

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    Chapter 1 Verbal Diagnostic Test

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    In This Chapter… Verbal Diagnostic Test Verbal Diagnostic Test Answers

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    Verbal Diagnostic Test 20 Questions Time: 30 Minutes For each of Questions 1 to 6, select one entry for each blank from the corresponding column of choices. Fill in the blank in the way that best completes the text. 1. In interviews, despots are often surprisingly ___________; this helps to explain how seemingly awful people are able to command so many followers. malign indignant forgiving personable munificent 2. The thriving health food company sells __________ meat products so meat-like that vegetarians sometimes call the phone number on the box to make sure that the product is really animal-free. mendacious nugatory ersatz parallel clandestine 3. The successful tech company faces an ironic problem in the fall quarter; people are so excited about the next (i) ________ of its product, which will be released over the holidays, that they refuse to purchase the (ii) _________ version. Blank (i) Blank (ii) ingenuity obsolete

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    4. Newborn babies are perfectly (i) _____________ , as yet unable to be concerned for others, or even to understand a difference between themselves and the world around them. As young children mature, they make the (ii) ______________ discovery that other people exist and have their own needs and desires—in other words, that the entire world is not about them. Blank (i) Blank (ii) solipsistic arresting sophomoric selfish quixotic undue 5. Historically, arguments against women’s suffrage (i) ___________ from the claim that women would cancel out their husbands’ votes to the charge that women would merely (ii) ___________ their husbands’ preferences, thus making their votes redundant. Such arguments, while once convincing, today seem (iii) __________ indeed. Blank (i) Blank (ii) Blank (iii) ran the gauntlet override ponderous ran the gamut ape shabby held the line disclaim cogent 6. His theory purported that “proper” enjoyment of art was a matter of pure aesthetics—it is surely, he says, a baser pleasure being enjoyed by the untrained (i) _________ , the museum “tourist” with (ii) _________ sensibilities, and even the art theorists and art historians who simply appreciate cultural referents or narratives in art, a predilection he thinks leads to (iii) _________ view of any art that includes such elements. Blank (i) Blank (ii) Blank (iii) cabal incendiary a facile literati parochial an urbane hoi-polloi dulcet a painstaking

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    Question 7 is based on the following reading passage. During an economic depression, it is common for food prices to increase even as incomes decrease. Surprisingly, however, researchers determined that during a depression, for every 5% increase in the cost of bread, the lowest socioeconomic class actually increases the amount of bread purchased per capita by 3%. 7. Which of the following hypotheses best accounts for the researchers’ findings? (A) Not all food costs increase during a depression; some food items actually become less expensive. (B) Because bread consumption does not increase by the same percentage as the cost does, people are likely consuming more of other food items to compensate. (C) When incomes decrease, people are typically forced to spend a larger proportion of their income on basic needs, such as food and housing. (D) People who suddenly cannot afford more expensive foods, such as meat, must compensate by consuming more inexpensive foods, such as grains. (E) During a depression, people in the lowest socioeconomic class will continue to spend the same amount of money on food as they did before the depression began. Question 8 is based on the following reading passage. Bedbug infestations have been a problem in major cities for years. The pesticide DDT has been found to be useful in killing bedbugs. However, DDT was banned in the United States and has been replaced by weaker pesticides. Thus, there is no effective means for eradicating bedbugs in the United States. 8. Which of the following, if true, most weakens the conclusion? (A) Bedbugs resemble other small insects in their appearance and behavior. (B) Bedbugs have largely been eradicated in other parts of the world. (C) Some treatments that do not include DDT have proven effective against bedbugs in other parts of the world.

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