Word Problems GRE Strategy Guide, 2nd Edition - Softcover

Manhattan GRE, -

Softcover

ISBN 10: 193570754X ISBN 13: 9781935707547

Publisher: Kaplan Publishing, 2011

Synopsis

Updated for the revised GRE, the Word Problems Guide analyzes the GRE’s complex math word problems and provides structured frameworks for attacking each question type so that you can master the art of translating challenging word problems into organized data.

Each chapter builds comprehensive content understanding by providing rules, strategies and in-depth examples of how the 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. ALGEBRAIC TRANSLATIONS
Decoding the GRE Word Problem, Common Word Problem Phrases, Translating Words Correctly, Hidden Constraints

3. RATES & WORKS
Basic Motion: The RTD Chart, Matching Units in the RTD Chart, Multiple Rates Problems, Average Rate: Don't Just Add and Divide, Work Problems, Population Problems

4. RATIOS
Label Each Part of the Ratio with Units, Proportions, The Unknown Multiplier, Multiple Ratios: Make a Common Term

5. STATISTICS
Averages, Using the Average Formula, Evenly Spaced Sets: Take the Middle, Weighted Averages, Media: The Middle Number, Standard Deviation, Range, Quartiles and Percentiles, The Normal Distribution

6. COMBINATORICS
The Fundamental Counting Principle, Simple Factorials, Anagrams, Combinatorics with Repetition: Anagram Grids, Multiple Arrangements

7. PROBABILITY
"1" is the Greatest Probability, More Than One Event: "AND" vs. "OR," The "1 - x" Probability Trick, The Domino Effect

8. MINOR PROBLEM TYPES
Optimization, Grouping, Overlapping Sets

9. DRILL SETS

10. PRACTICE QUESTION SETS

Edition details

• Publisher: Kaplan Publishing
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 193570754X
• ISBN 13: 9781935707547
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 152