Algebra GRE Strategy Guide, 2nd Edition (Manhattan GRE Strategy Guides) - Softcover

Manhattan GRE, -

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1935707477 ISBN 13: 9781935707479

Publisher: Kaplan Publishing, 2011

Synopsis

Updated for the revised GRE, the Algebra Guide covers algebra in all its various forms (and disguises) on the GRE so that you can master fundamental techniques and nuanced strategies to solve for unknown variables of every type.

Each chapter builds comprehensive content understanding by providing rules, strategies and in-depth examples of how the revised GRE tests a given topic and how you can respond accurately and quickly. The Guide contains both “Check Your Skills” questions in the chapters that test your understanding as you go and “In-Action” problems of increasing difficulty, all with detailed answer explanations.

Purchase of this book includes one year of access to 6 of Manhattan GRE’s online practice exams.

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Chapter by Chapter

1. INTRODUCTION & THE REVISED GRE
Introduction, How to Use Manhattan GRE's Strategy Guides, The Revised GRE, Question Formats in Detail

2. EQUATIONS
The Order of Operations (PEMDAS), Solving for a Variable with One Equation, Solving for Variables with Two Equations, Subtraction of Expressions, Fraction Bars as Grouping Symbols

3. QUADRATIC EQUATIONS
Identifying Quadratic Equations, Distributing, Factoring, How Do We Apply This To Quadratics?, Factoring Quadratic Equations, Solving Quadratic Equations, One Solution Quadratics, Zero in the Denominator: Undefined, The Three Special Products

4. INEQUALITIES & ABSOLUTE VALUES
Solving Inequalities, Absolute Value - Distance on the Number Line, Putting Them Together: Inequalities and Absolute Values, Manipulating Compound Inequalities, Using Extreme Values, Optimization Problems, Summary of Inequality Techniques

5. FORMULAS & FUNCTIONS
Plug In Formulas, Strange Symbol Formulas, Formulas with Unspecified Amounts, Sequence Formulas: Direct and Recursive, Sequence Problems, Sequences and Patterns

6. DRILL SETS

7. PRACTICE QUESTION SETS

Edition details

• Publisher: Kaplan Publishing
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1935707477
• ISBN 13: 9781935707479
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144