My personal favorite for quant, even with its quirks, is the BellCurves question bank - a few thousand cool, tricky questions that you can break down into dozens of categories. You get good in all of those categories and you will nail quant.
To access it, go to the GMAT section of https://bellcurves.com/ and set up a practice account.
Another good source of questions, both quant and verbal, is the Veritas Question Bank - high quality quant and tricky verbal, including great RC, there. https://www.veritasprep.com/gmat-question-bank/
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For additional practice, you need not look any further than Beat The GMAT. There are thousands (more like tens of thousands!) of practice questions posted on this site, AND they're answered by expert GMAT instructors.
Also, to help you focus on one topic at a time, you can use BTG's tagging feature. For example, here are all of the questions tagged as statistics questions: https://www.beatthegmat.com/forums/tags/ ... statistics
See the left side of that linked page for more tag options.
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Also, to help you focus on one topic at a time, you can use BTG's tagging feature. For example, here are all of the questions tagged as statistics questions: https://www.beatthegmat.com/forums/tags/ ... statistics
See the left side of that linked page for more tag options.
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We have a list of recommended resources for free and paid practice questions here: https://www.gmatprepnow.com/resources/practice-questions
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Thanks for the nod, Marty.
If you're interested in that question bank, see here: https://www.veritasprep.com/gmat-question-bank/
If you're interested in that question bank, see here: https://www.veritasprep.com/gmat-question-bank/
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I want to add something important: if all you're doing is doing problems from the OGs and GMATPrep question banks at random, then you're not building any particular content knowledge in a systematic way.
Here's how you should be studying:
1) Read about the underlying concepts and strategies in content-specific strategy guides. I of course think Manhattan Prep's are excellent, but any company's guides will give you a grounding in the concepts taught.
2) Do a set of OG problems that relate specifically to that topic. Mprep has a tool call Navigator that will allow to you search for OG problems by topic and track all of your data on accuracy and timing: https://www.manhattanprep.com/gmat/stor ... navigator/
3) Review your answers thoroughly and track any mistakes in an Error Log.
4) After you've studied a good deal of content, then do random sets in the OGs to practice pattern recognition and timing.
5) Do a practice test every 2 weeks to track your progress.
6) For any topics that are weak on the practice test, go back and do another set of practice problems specific to that topic.
If you're looking for additional resources to practice after you've studied topic-by-topic, Mprep offers Question Banks, Practice Tests, Challenge Problems, Workshops, and more. See here: https://www.manhattanprep.com/gmat/store/ And email [email protected] if you have any other questions about our resources.
But whatever resources you use, make sure you use them strategically by studying topic-by-topic first!
Here's how you should be studying:
1) Read about the underlying concepts and strategies in content-specific strategy guides. I of course think Manhattan Prep's are excellent, but any company's guides will give you a grounding in the concepts taught.
2) Do a set of OG problems that relate specifically to that topic. Mprep has a tool call Navigator that will allow to you search for OG problems by topic and track all of your data on accuracy and timing: https://www.manhattanprep.com/gmat/stor ... navigator/
3) Review your answers thoroughly and track any mistakes in an Error Log.
4) After you've studied a good deal of content, then do random sets in the OGs to practice pattern recognition and timing.
5) Do a practice test every 2 weeks to track your progress.
6) For any topics that are weak on the practice test, go back and do another set of practice problems specific to that topic.
If you're looking for additional resources to practice after you've studied topic-by-topic, Mprep offers Question Banks, Practice Tests, Challenge Problems, Workshops, and more. See here: https://www.manhattanprep.com/gmat/store/ And email [email protected] if you have any other questions about our resources.
But whatever resources you use, make sure you use them strategically by studying topic-by-topic first!
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Hi vdm,
I think that everyone would agree that the most realistic and test-like practice problems are the ones provided by GMAC (in that company's various books and online resources) and that everyone's 'goals' include doing the proper amount of practice to hit a score goal on the Official GMAT. However, many Test Takers tend to over-emphasize doing lots of practice problems during their studies (instead of focusing on learning the tactics, patterns and 'secrets' of the GMAT and then applying that knowledge to practice questions).
There is also sometimes a 'skill-related' issue: for example, if a Test Taker's math 'skills' are not particularly strong, then doing lots of practice questions, regardless of the source of those questions, might not be helpful. In that situation, the initial focus should be put on the skill-building (setting up a free account at Khan Academy www.khanacademy.org, for example).
This is all meant to say that, by defining your specific goals, you can absolutely find what you *need* to achieve those goals. You just have to be specific with the details.
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
I think that everyone would agree that the most realistic and test-like practice problems are the ones provided by GMAC (in that company's various books and online resources) and that everyone's 'goals' include doing the proper amount of practice to hit a score goal on the Official GMAT. However, many Test Takers tend to over-emphasize doing lots of practice problems during their studies (instead of focusing on learning the tactics, patterns and 'secrets' of the GMAT and then applying that knowledge to practice questions).
There is also sometimes a 'skill-related' issue: for example, if a Test Taker's math 'skills' are not particularly strong, then doing lots of practice questions, regardless of the source of those questions, might not be helpful. In that situation, the initial focus should be put on the skill-building (setting up a free account at Khan Academy www.khanacademy.org, for example).
This is all meant to say that, by defining your specific goals, you can absolutely find what you *need* to achieve those goals. You just have to be specific with the details.
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
