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Here is a new Challenge Problem! If you want to win prizes, try entering our Challenge Problem Showdown. The more people that enter our challenge, the better the prizes! Question If 5a + 7b = k, where a and b are … Read More

Today’s article comes from Veritas Prep GMAT instructor, Ron Awad. A common complaint I hear from students is: “I’m not good at algebra.” Full disclosure, algebra is not my favorite topic either. Although … Read More

By Roy Nissan-Cohen, GMAT instructor Any teacher who has prepared students for the GMAT, SAT, or any other standardized test, will recognize the following typical student exclamation: “It’s looks so easy when you … Read More

Here is a new Challenge Problem! If you want to win prizes, try entering our Challenge Problem Showdown. The more people that enter our challenge, the better the prizes! Question The length and width of a rectangle are … Read More

By Geva Stern, GMAT Instructor Extraordinaire Today we’ll be looking at a difficult GMATPrep problem solving question, but more importantly, we’ll use the example to try and discuss what goes on in the mind of a … Read More

Here is a new Challenge Problem! If you want to win prizes, try entering our Challenge Problem Showdown. The more people that enter our challenge, the better the prizes! Question In a certain type of tiling called … Read More

Here is a new Challenge Problem! If you want to win prizes, try entering our Challenge Problem Showdown. The more people that enter our challenge, the better the prizes! Question If x is positive, what is the value of |x … Read More

Some of the most difficult quant questions on the GMAT are the ones that use the fewest formulas. One such category of problems involve even/odd integer arithmetic. Although they involve few calculations, they can … Read More

Here is a new Challenge Problem! If you want to win prizes, try entering our Challenge Problem Showdown. The more people that enter our challenge, the better the prizes! Question The value of investment Q increased … Read More

Here is a new Challenge Problem! If you want to win prizes, try entering our Challenge Problem Showdown. The more people that enter our challenge, the better the prizes! Question If a, b, and c are integers such that 0 … Read More

Today’s article comes from Veritas Prep GMAT instructor, Ron Awad. Most people see the GMAT as an obstacle to be surmounted in an effort to get into the business school of their choice. Some people see it as an … Read More

Welcome to part three of a three-part series on common mistakes that students make when answering GMAT Data Sufficiency questions. In this article, we’ll examine two mistakes related to equations. Mistake #1 – … Read More

Try your hand at answering this simple question: Given that a < 5, and b – a = 0, which of the following must be true about b? A) b = 5 B) b ≥ 5 C) b ≤ 5 D) b < 4 E) b > 5 Did you pick answer … Read More

Raise your hand if you love rate and work questions. They’re awesome, right? They tend to be fairly long, and the set-up is pretty complex, plus we get to build a table before we dive into the equations! Oh, wait… … Read More