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Agree about the wet erase boards. They really suck, my hands were covered in black ink after my first 5 quant questions...

by Fei

Mon Mar 05, 2007 3:38 am
Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
Topic: 740 (49 V, 41 Q)
Replies: 2
Views: 5196

740 on 4 weeks study...

I just took the GMAT, 740 score, 49 Quant, 41 verbal. My prep over 4 weeks was as follows: I thought my quant would be ok (I have an 800 quant from the GRE), it was verbal that woried me most. Books: Princeton Review - basic stuff, good for an overview but no good if you're chasing a serious score. ...

by Fei

Mon Mar 05, 2007 3:35 am
Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
Topic: 740 on 4 weeks study...
Replies: 11
Views: 12029

Greatest prime factor...

What is the greatest prime factor of:

4^17 - 2^28

Ans = 7... how to solve?

Tks+

by Fei

Sat Mar 03, 2007 1:09 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Greatest prime factor...
Replies: 5
Views: 2759

GmatPrep Question...

Troubles here: The rate of a chemical reaction is directly proportional to the square of the concentration of chemical A, and inversely proportional to the concentration of chemical B present. If conentration of B is increased by 100%, which of the following is closest to percentage change in concen...

by Fei

Mon Feb 26, 2007 5:36 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: GmatPrep Question...
Replies: 4
Views: 2712

Good luck

Hi. No, the Qaunt GMATprep was definitely of the same level of difficulty as the real thing. When I mean similar, I mean similar in terms of the types of questions, for instance, I got a lot of DS inequalities, and DS number properties questions in the real thing that were similar to the GMAT Prep a...

by Fei

Fri Jun 23, 2006 7:49 pm
Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
Topic: 680 - took it this morning Jun 22nd 2006
Replies: 8
Views: 9099

Hi I know exactly how you feel about the verbal. I was sooo bad at RC initially. CR wasn't much better and so I knew very well that I would need to put a lot of work into Verbal compared with Math, which was hard because I actually enjoyed the PS and DS sections! So I practiced using every book that...

by Fei

Fri Jun 23, 2006 12:04 am
Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
Topic: 680 - took it this morning Jun 22nd 2006
Replies: 8
Views: 9099

680 - took it this morning Jun 22nd 2006

:? I wanted to share my experience on this website as I felt it was the least I do after gaining so much help from this website through downloading the practice materials, notes and reading about other people's experiences. Thank you so much. Firstly, I can't say I beat the GMAT, I was aiming for ov...

by Fei

Thu Jun 22, 2006 12:58 am
Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
Topic: 680 - took it this morning Jun 22nd 2006
Replies: 8
Views: 9099

thanks to my friend - here is the solution to Q18 above. :D Just have to work through one by one A: a2+b2 ≠ (a+b)2 B: (a+1)+(b+1) = (a+b+2) ≠ (a+b)+1 C: a1/2+b1/2 ≠ (a+b)1/2 D: 2/a + 2/b = (2a + 2b)/ab ≠ 2/(a+b) E: -3a + -3b = -3(a+b) CORRECT If anyone can pro...

by Fei

Sat Jun 17, 2006 8:16 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: GMATprep - quant Q indicative of real exam?
Replies: 10
Views: 13443

117 5.5 DS solution

No. the book's answer is correct. I think the answer in the book explains this question sufficiently using the rule that, " the degree measure of an exterior angle of a triangle is equal to the sum of the remote interior angles" therefore, according to this rule, BDC is then an exterior an...

by Fei

Wed Jun 14, 2006 12:42 am
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: OG Quant Review: DS, Chapter 5.5, Problem 117 wrong?
Replies: 16
Views: 10404

GMATprep - quant Q indicative of real exam?

Hi I just took the GMAT prep and found that there was little overlap. I got 720. I wish the solutions were provided though because I came across a few hairy questions. Q3 ( for the third question, I don't consider this easy, and I am a bit worried about running into this on the real thing so early o...

by Fei

Tue Jun 13, 2006 3:51 pm
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: GMATprep - quant Q indicative of real exam?
Replies: 10
Views: 13443