are the OG questions in order of difficulty ?

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are the OG questions in order of difficulty ?

by II » Mon Jan 07, 2008 11:18 am
Quick question:
Are the questions in the OG 11th Edition in order of difficulty ? i.e. the first questions are easy, and the latter ones are harder ?

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by smar83 » Mon Jan 07, 2008 1:26 pm
Yes They are. Typically the last 100 questions in each section are of higher difficulty.

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by jmagnuss » Tue Feb 24, 2009 9:36 pm
Really? Unfortunately the excel grid for the 11th ed doesn't include the difficulty level, but the one for the 10th ed shows that they're pretty well mixed.

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by Ian Stewart » Fri Feb 27, 2009 12:56 pm
jmagnuss wrote:Really? Unfortunately the excel grid for the 11th ed doesn't include the difficulty level, but the one for the 10th ed shows that they're pretty well mixed.
Yes, that's true - the sequence of questions was changed from the 10th to the 11th edition; in the 11th, the difficulty level increases as you progress through the book.
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by jmagnuss » Tue Mar 10, 2009 12:42 pm
Does anyone know the difficulty level of the questions? Such as # 1 - 50 are 300-500. 51-100 500-600, 100-200 are 600-700 and 200+ are 700-800 level?

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by pJackson79 » Wed Mar 18, 2009 6:25 pm
Would anyone agree with me that the OG holds back the most difficult math questions? I think that the OG math section goes up to about 700 or 750 but it does not go above that.