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I started with the Official Guide Companion 12 edition Quant by Manhattan and answered every single PS and DS question. Next I went to Foundations of GMAT Math by Manhattan, that one helped a tremendous amount. From there I went over and over and over the PS and DS sections of OG 13 until I could ru...
- by pbrmoney
Mon Oct 29, 2012 3:04 pm- Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
- Topic: How do I improve from 490 to 700+?
- Replies: 4
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Hey Irfankool, I literally just accomplished what you are looking to do, well, almost. I went from a 490 to a 680. My post is just below yours: http://www.beatthegmat.com/490-680-i-m-ok-with-that-i-think-v-40-q-43-t128046.html I read on GMATHacks that the best resource is the OG itself. I first went...
- by pbrmoney
Mon Oct 29, 2012 12:14 pm- Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
- Topic: How do I improve from 490 to 700+?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5595
490 --> 680. I'm ok with that.... I think. (V 40, Q 43)
I will start by saying that I thought I didn't stand a chance of ever getting a decent GMAT score. I was an English major in college and although I did really well in all of my coursework, the only quant courses I took were astronomy (got a D) and statistics (got an A thanks to having a decent tutor...
- by pbrmoney
Sun Oct 28, 2012 2:07 pm- Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
- Topic: 490 --> 680. I'm ok with that.... I think. (V 40, Q 43)
- Replies: 5
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I can eliminate a, b, and d easily. But when it comes down to choosing between C and E, I'm a bit torn. C isn't actually wrong, is it? It just neglects to include -1 as answer choice E does... would that be fair to say. Is the reason that E is correct just because it's a better answer (and incorpora...
- by pbrmoney
Mon Oct 15, 2012 5:06 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Inequalities: Which of the following describes all values of
- Replies: 13
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Can someone please address why this problem doesn't require the Distance = Rate x Time formula? By that, I mean that the first step in the OG explanation is to multiply the Distance (3.25 miles) by the rate (8 mph) which yields the time it took Bob to run the first leg. I understand how to do the pr...
- by pbrmoney
Sun Oct 14, 2012 12:48 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: OG 13 79
- Replies: 4
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