papgust wrote:In real GMAT, you get a maximum of 2 questions from Probability & P&C. I have seen many people not getting a single question from these chapters.
a few days before i took the gmat, a friend of mine told me that he got 4 questions on probability in the exam. So, i panicked and downloaded a couple of probability tutorials from the net. The videos covered basic permutations, combinations and probability. While practicing problems, I found that I was not able to solve complaex problems. I gave up and decided if I see any probability questions, i'll skip them n spend the time saved on the remaining questions.
In the exam, I got (surprise surprise) a total of 4 questions on p&c and probability. Luckily, all these tested the basics and I am pretty sure I got them all correct. Probability questions on the GMAT are not designed to be impossible. They are designed to be tricky & a tad confusing.. all the answer choices will definitely be ones that you could have arrived at. That being said, if your foundation is all set, and you practice enough simple to medium level problems, then you will not have trouble as far as this topic is concerned.
I heard that usually the test takers who are faring pretty well in the exam get probability questions. My friend got 4, I got 4 and i know of a couple of others who have gotten 4 questions as well. Word has it that GMAC is increasing the number of questions on the topic.
So, to sum up, discount probability at your own peril. It may come up and 4 questions are an awful lot to miss out on.
