Number Properties GMAT Strategy Guide: Guide 1 (Manhattan Gmat Prep) - Softcover

Manhattan Gmat Prep

Softcover

ISBN 10: 098185334X ISBN 13: 9780981853345

Publisher: Manhattan Prep Pub, 2008

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Description: The Number Properties Guide (160 pages) provides a comprehensive analysis of the properties and rules of integers tested on the GMAT. Learn, practice, and master everything from prime products to perfect squares.Each chapter builds comprehensive content understanding by providing rules, strategies and in-depth examples of how the GMAT tests a given topic and how you can respond accurately and quickly. The Guide contains a total of 161 "In-Action" problems of increasing difficulty with detailed answer explanations.Special Features: Purchase of this book includes one year of access to ManhattanGMAT’s online Number Properties Question Bank (accessible by inputting a unique code in the back of each book). Manhattan GMAT has categorized all the Number Properties problems in The Official Guides by question type. These categorized problems have been organized into problem lists that appear in the Number Properties Strategy Guide. Chapter By Chapter: 1. DIVISIBILITY & PRIMES: Integers, Rules of Divisibility, Multiples, Divisibility & Addition/Subtraction, Prime Factorization, Factor Foundation Rule, Prime Boxes, Greatest Common Factor, Least Common Multiple, Other Applications, Remainders (Advanced), Advanced GCF & LCM Techniques, Counting Total Factors (Advanced) 2. ODDS & EVENS: Arithmetic Rules, Special Case of Divisibility, Algebraic Representations, Testing Odd & Even Cases, Sum of Two Primes 3. POSITIVES & NEGATIVES: Absolute Value, Distance as Absolute Value, Double Negative, Multiplying & Dividing Signed Numbers, Testing Positive & Negative Cases, Disguised Questions, Complex Absolute Value Equations (Advanced) 4. CONSECUTIVE INTEGERS: Properties of Evenly Spaced Sets, Counting Integers in Series, Sum of Consecutive Integers, Products & Sums of Consecutive Integers & Divisibility, Advanced Divisibility Concepts 5. EXPONENTS: Properties and Rules of Exponents, Special Bases, Simplifying Exponential Expressions, Common Exponent Errors, Factoring and Distributing Exponents (Advanced) 6. ROOTS: General Rules of Roots, Roots and Fractional Exponents, Simplifying Roots, Imperfect vs. Perfect Squares, Simplifying & Estimating Roots of Imperfect Squares, Common Root Errors, Common Squares and Cubes, Simplifying Roots with Prime Factorization (Advanced), Adding & Subtracting Roots (Advanced), Conjugates (Advanced) 7. PEMDAS: Order of Operations, Subtraction of Expressions, Fraction Bars and Grouping Symbols

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About the ManhattanGMAT Strategy Guides

The ManhattanGMAT Strategy Guides offer students a unique balance between two competing emphases: test-taking strategies and in-depth content understanding. Most prep courses focus on the strategic portion of the GMAT - timing, shortcuts, etc. However, we believe that unless a student has a solid understanding of the content, the tricks won't be of any use. Therefore, we include practice problem sets that build specific foundational skills in each topic as well as advanced content that many other prep books ignore.

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There are three features that we believe distinguish ManhattanGMAT from other GMAT preparation companies.Instructors: We feel that teaching excellence is the key to student success. We ensure that our Instructors are the very best in a number of ways: All Instructors must have scored a 99th percentile overall on the official GMAT (currently a 760+). They also must have prior teaching experience in order to be considered. All Instructors must undergo a rigorous audition process to be extended an offer – historically, we accept approximately 1 in 5 applicants who meet the above standards. Instructors then undergo a 100+ hour training process before being allowed to see students. In order to attract and retain the best teachers, we pay $100/hour for all teaching assignments, plus bonuses. This is up to 4 times the industry standard, and the highest in the industry. Content-Based Curriculum: We believe that the best GMAT curriculum should provide students familiarity with the math, grammar, and analytical principles that the GMAT tests. Accordingly, we strive to re-teach students the 8th and 9th grade math tested on the GMAT as well as the grammar and logic that many students may never have studied. Other GMAT test prep programs on the market focus on teachable methods, such as “process of elimination” and "backsolving" techniques. Our GMAT course curriculum is different; it seeks to provide test takers of all levels with content mastery and an organized approach that builds skills for every question type on the exam, including the most advanced content that many other prep companies ignore. Focus: As our name implies we teach only one test: the GMAT. This means that all of our time, energy, and resources are spent developing strategies for the GMAT's unique content rather than for the generic standardized exam. Our specialized focus gives our students an edge that "all-in-one" test prep companies cannot provide.

About this edition

• Publisher: Manhattan Prep Pub
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 098185334X
• ISBN 13: 9780981853345
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 175