Seeking advice for QUANT

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Seeking advice for QUANT

by ajohnson77 » Thu Jan 02, 2014 8:16 am
This is my first post hello to all. I am 36 years old and have not taken a math class on the material tested in over 20 years. Needless to say I am unable to answer any problems from the OG 13th edition pages 20-26 as suggested in my daily emails from beat the gmat 60 study plan. Geometry, Algebra, fractions, decimals all gone, lost somewhere in the back of my mind. Please advise what books, websites (Magoosh or Gmatprepnow)should I use that will teach me in literally baby steps the concepts I need to know.The OG Quant book is more for practice which I cannot do since I don't know the material. I have the KAPLAN premier 2013 edition, but it seems they are more concerned with teaching you tricks to beat the exam and not focused to much on learning the material. My exam is on March 1st, I am aiming for a 570 or better on the exam 55% verbal, 45% Quant. Please advise should I get the Manhattan quant books, or there is another website like Mathhelp.com that teaches GMAT math a 1 month subscription is $50.00. I almost want to take the GRE to avoid all this math, but I have invested over 45 days so far just on verbal alone. BTW i am doing self study and I work full -time so a class is not an option. Please keep in mind I don't have a general idea of the material and would be like an 8th grader starting from scratch.
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by Brent@GMATPrepNow » Thu Jan 02, 2014 9:14 pm
I'll let the other test prep companies speak for themselves, but I can tell you that we (GMAT Prep Now) don't assume that students already have strong foundation skills. So, each module in our course begins the most basic concepts, and we build on these concepts to eventually cover every strategy you need to know to ace the GMAT.

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by ajohnson77 » Sat Jan 04, 2014 5:42 pm
Thanks for the response. Are there any specific books you would recommend for QUANT? Specifically books that assume the reader has not foundation for the material,but at the same time has challenging 700+ level questions. I have the OG 13 book, also for quant and verbal and I have the Kaplan premier 2014.