I described practice tests in the other forum: http://www.beatthegmat.com/ready-for-the-gmat-t11673.html There were some changes in scores, but overall, I thought the 'closer-to-reality' tests were higher scores and I felt reasonably confident that I was learning from my mistakes. Before the first G...

I find the suggestion regarding Data Sufficiency to be a double-edged sword. For timing, I agree, you do not need to find exactly that x = 5 or whatever, but you have to work the problem until you are sure that there will be a unique answer. I cautious this because some questions, especially as they...

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For future reference: It is not a bad idea to search the site for related questions before you post. There are a lot of them that have been answered in the past (especially the GMAT Prep)

Question The question is asking for the ratio of flower to sugar (let's call Flower, F, and Sugar, S). So we need to find F/S = ??? You seem to understand that I. is sufficient first, but let's see it: I. Cups of flower is 250% of cups of sugar. therefore -> F = 2.5S -> F/S = 2.5 We have the ratio ...

moonlite wrote:Sorry about that... It should read:

If x is an integer, what is the value of X?

1) -2(x+5) <1> 9

2) -3x > 9

But i think i figured out why the answer is C and not D.

Done and done.. moving some comments over to the "I JUST BEAT THE GMAT" section... but here is a preview as prepare to write a debrief -

760 - 99 %
Q50/V42 (95%,95%)

!!!! Thanks guys!

Yes, please reply - netigen.

You are much better than me at combinations.. trying to sponge knowledge quickly here : )

As presented, I want to say that the answer should be 13 / 2^14 convert them all into 2/^15 (common denominator) 2^3/2^15 + 2^3 / 2^15 + 6 / 2^15 + 4 / 2^15 = (8+8+6+4)/2^15 -combine under the common denominator = 26 / 2^15 -adding all numerators, you get 26 = (13 * 2) / 2^15 -factor 26 to find a fa...