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Problem Solving — algebra and arithmetic (GMAT Focus Edition)
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Which area of math is difficult for you?

Probability
31
46%
Numbers
14
21%
Functions
7
10%
Algebra
2
3%
Time speed and Distance
7
10%
Other(those who vote for this, please mention the topic in a post)
6
9%
 
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by ajith » Mon Oct 23, 2006 1:42 am
Suggest a topic you feel is hard to crack, I will prepare some notes on the topic which would make it easier. Everyone can contribute so that we could make it some kind of a knowledge base.

As a start, suggest a topic which is going to be discussed this week...
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by aim-wsc » Wed Jan 03, 2007 3:37 am
i hv just voted for speed and time problems...

we already have loads of probability problems:)

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by Vasudha » Sun Mar 11, 2007 1:20 pm
Hi,

Can we discuss some speed problems. They can get tricky at times.


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by ajith » Sun Apr 01, 2007 10:15 pm
Topic Added: Boats in streams, kind of TSD https://www.beatthegmat.com/viewtopic.php?t=1969

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Probablity

by Gunjan99 » Mon Oct 08, 2007 3:56 am
Can you suggest some downloadable documents for probablity questions?

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Re: Probablity

by beatthegmat » Mon Oct 08, 2007 9:35 pm
Gunjan99 wrote:Can you suggest some downloadable documents for probablity questions?
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by ash g » Sat Mar 08, 2008 8:44 am
[1] Lines: Coordinate Geometry [2] Inequality + Absolute value
topics that I find difficult.

Just a suggestion, would it be possible to organize the GMAT Math section according to topics. Maybe this has been discussed before.

The posts subjects dont really help when we are looking for specific types of problem. So suggestion is that in the new message window, would it be possible to provide a topic type (we already have a classfication list of different topics that are tested) that needs to be populated. It may not work 100% to begin with but gradually most of the messages will start having such classification and a seperate link can be provided to those looking for say "probability", "statistics" etc.

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by gabriel » Mon Mar 17, 2008 12:57 am
ash g wrote:[1] Lines: Coordinate Geometry [2] Inequality + Absolute value
topics that I find difficult.

Just a suggestion, would it be possible to organize the GMAT Math section according to topics. Maybe this has been discussed before.

The posts subjects dont really help when we are looking for specific types of problem. So suggestion is that in the new message window, would it be possible to provide a topic type (we already have a classfication list of different topics that are tested) that needs to be populated. It may not work 100% to begin with but gradually most of the messages will start having such classification and a seperate link can be provided to those looking for say "probability", "statistics" etc.

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Ash
Well there are many problems in doing something like this. First of all there are just too many topics to be covered. Second of all many questions test more than one topic, how would they be included in the list. Moreover you can use the search function effectively to divide threads according to different topics.

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by Musiq » Fri Apr 18, 2008 8:28 am
I voted other.

I think Factors / Mutiples / Reminders are the hardest questions in GMAT for 2 reasons:

a) They are abstract
b) Its very tough to focus on what is being asked.
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by sandeep_chhabra » Tue May 06, 2008 10:31 am
I would love to have some stuff on geometry

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Probability

by JinalShah » Wed Jun 18, 2008 1:15 pm
According to me probability is difficult....

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by younggun044 » Sun Jun 29, 2008 6:40 am
I found inequality questions timeconsuming. Dont know best methods n shortcuts to get the answer.