Tips on Maths Prep

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Tips on Maths Prep

by Harsh25 » Thu Feb 25, 2010 12:17 pm
Hey Guys,

Been following the forums since a few days now and I must say its great to see such an active community here!

Well, cutting the long story short, I intend to give my GMAT in June-July (Depending upon what kind of score I start getting in my practice tests). As of now, am too scared to even attempt a diagnostic test thanks to my history with Maths which has been in a miserable state since high school.

Now, most of the suggestions I have seen out here to tackle gmat and handling maths refers to going through the OG and other books such as Kaplan. I have gone through these books and while they have sufficient problems, am still having difficulty with concepts and the explanations of answers which are given. Such being the case, sometimes I get stuck doing only a few problems everyday trying to understand the explanations on my own.

So is there any other way in which I can literally start from scratch and redo the entire Math from basics concepts on diff topics. One of my past professors suggested me to buy the school text books and start from there.. Anyone tried that ? Or is there any other way to really improve your Maths from a very below average level to something which can help me score 700+ ( I know I sound a bit ambitious but I think I can do it if I get the right structure in place )

Your suggestions will be really helpful!
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by money9111 » Thu Feb 25, 2010 2:47 pm
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by hk » Thu Feb 25, 2010 3:45 pm
If you want an easier book to digest I would recommend the Kaplan Math Workbook. Its pretty easy to follow and covers pretty much all the topics. It has tons of exercises too. I found this book really useful when i prepared for the gmat.

If you want topic-wise in-depth review then you could go for the Manhattan GMAT books.

Also you might want to check out this document too. https://www.beatthegmat.com/are-you-weak ... e-t80.html


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by gmat1001 » Fri Feb 26, 2010 11:40 am
As far as possible, refrain from referring to school text books b'coz, it's gmat that we have in mind & not the other way... do

so ONLY if you need an elementary understanding of any concept.

Alternatively, refer to www.purplemath.com (i found it gr8)

Still,if it's a book that you'd rather prefer, i recommend a new book "Foundations of GMAT math " by Mgmat.

I'm using it & so far so gud but i can post a full review only after its completion.

Hang in there....there's a long distance to cover.

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by Harsh25 » Sat Feb 27, 2010 3:14 am
Thanks for the suggestions.. Will definitely check out these books.. As of now, I decided to take help from a coaching classes which are only on weekends. They have provided with their own material which I wont say is all that good but it does help since the same is explained in detail during the class. Once this is done, I plan to study on my own where I will start the official guide and the kaplan to start off with.

Lets see how that goes.. Thanks for the suggestion once again!