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Can u tell how to buy the hard copy of flas cards? Not possible for me to study online as i dont have a lappy.

goginenivineeth wrote:Can u tell how to buy the hard copy of flas cards? Not possible for me to study online as i dont have a lappy.

The BeattheGMAT flashcards are available for free. If you want hardcopy you can simply print them on sheets of think paper and cut these.

These flash cards are great. I will use them to review at the end and add some of the ones I already made. Nice work!

beatthegmat wrote:During my GMAT preparation, I made close to 300 flashcards to help me stay fresh on the strategies and materials I had studied over the course of several months. The document linked below contains the digitized version of my flashcards--please use them as a study aid.

• Click here for free GMAT flash cards

Also, seriously consider making your own deck of flashcards for your own studies. You will be surprised by how much you commit to memory by simply writing down concepts on paper.

Best of luck!

Hi !

Thanks for the great flash cards.

I am not sure if this is a mistake.

On page 65, bottom left hand corner flash card, the example is
"Since Mieko's average speed was 4/3 of Chan's, her time was 4/3 as long."

Do you mean to say Mieko's average speed was actually 3/4 of Chan's, hence her time was 4/3 as long?

valleeny wrote:Hi !

Thanks for the great flash cards.

I am not sure if this is a mistake.

On page 65, bottom left hand corner flash card, the example is
"Since Mieko's average speed was 4/3 of Chan's, her time was 4/3 as long."

Do you mean to say Mieko's average speed was actually 3/4 of Chan's, hence her time was 4/3 as long?

Well, unfortunately, I have not looked at Eric's cards yet but I can tell you that that sentence is wrong. Without knowing the rest of the problem, there are two possibly correct versions of this sentence:

"Since Mieko's average speed was 3/4 of Chan's, her time was 4/3 as long."

or

"Since Mieko's average speed was 4/3 of Chan's, her time was 3/4 as long."

Of course, I am assuming that the pronoun "her" is replacing "Mieko" and not "Chan".

Rate and time are always inversely related.

Hi Eric,

I was just scrolling through your flashcards. Thanks for sharing them. They seem excellent, I will dig deeper into them soon, but I had a quick question while I was scrolling.

Your flash card regarding "Backsolving" stated:
"Start with Choice 'E' and work back to 'A' when backsolving from the answer choices"

Can you please tell me why you chose this?
From Veritas, I heard to start from C, because then you know which way to go (whether up or down).
From Kaplan, I heard to start from B or D, because if you pick the right one, you might be done. I found this might not be as good as Veritas' way.

And then I read your's, if you start from the lowest or highest, wouldn't you end up doing most amount of work?

Thanks

DestroyTheGMAT wrote:Hi Eric,

I was just scrolling through your flashcards. Thanks for sharing them. They seem excellent, I will dig deeper into them soon, but I had a quick question while I was scrolling.

Your flash card regarding "Backsolving" stated:
"Start with Choice 'E' and work back to 'A' when backsolving from the answer choices"

Can you please tell me why you chose this?
From Veritas, I heard to start from C, because then you know which way to go (whether up or down).
From Kaplan, I heard to start from B or D, because if you pick the right one, you might be done. I found this might not be as good as Veritas' way.

And then I read your's, if you start from the lowest or highest, wouldn't you end up doing most amount of work?

Thanks

Logically speaking, starting from B or D is the score-maximizing and time-saving approach.

If you start from C, then unless the answer is actually C, it is guaranteed you will have to check another answer choice. On the other hand, if you start from B, and B is too large, then you know the answer is A. In other words, by starting at B, you have a chance of selecting the right answer without doing more work even if the answer is not B. But let's say you start from B, and it is too small. Then, check D; if D remains too small, you know the answer is E while if D is too large, you know the answer is C (b/c remember B was too small). In other words, starting at B or D is, logically, the best backsolving approach.

Thanks Testluv! Makes sense. Which company do you instruct for?

DestroyTheGMAT wrote:Thanks Testluv! Makes sense. Which company do you instruct for?

Well, just look at my signature!

Thanks Eric.
Well then combining your and Kaplan's strategies together, the best way to go is answer D.