If you could assign a weight to VERBAL vs QUANT...

I read a post on the MGMAT forum that doing better on Verbal gives you a better overall score compared to Quant. I guess this topic has been discussed a few times before and the key reason is that a lot of non-native English speakers take the test bringing down the Verbal scores. From the recent 3-6...

This is insane. How can you solve this in under 2 minutes?

There must be a faster way. Experts would really appreciate if you could shed some light on this.

Besides OG, which tests do people come back from the real exam and say: "Hey, ____________ practice test was the most like what I saw on the real deal". MGMAT Veritas Kaplan 800score I have access to all these but I have not done all yet, so which most represents what is seen on the real t...

My gut feel was "How does knowing what it increased by tell me anything about the original price?" and then I moved on. But clearly, there's an algebraic solution. Generally speaking, if we know the difference in prices between two dates like this example, can we always solve and get an an...

Time saving strategy: Work your way in the reverse order?

Can it be generally said that in Problem Solving questions on the GMAT, it is better to work from E to A instead of A to E because the testmaker is trying to make you work through the answer in order.

Those with experience, hoping you can shed light on whether this is a good "strategy".

Property of a triangle within a triangle

http://s24.postimg.org/n7c01grq9/googletriangle.jpg In the diagram above, what is the value of y? (1) x = 5 (2) a = b Answer B Can anyone point me to more examples of understanding this property of the triangle? I am struggling to understand how we can establish side y just by knowing that a and b ...

Averages and means

The number m is the average (arithmetic mean) of the positive numbers a and b. If m is 75% more than a, then m must be 30% less than b 42.85% less than b 50% less than b 66.67% less than b 75% less than b Answer A I reach until the point where I get [spoiler]2.5a = b[/spoiler] but I do not know how ...

Breakdown of most frequently tested topics on the GMAT?

Hi Rebecca, With thousands of GMAT tests being taken over the years, a pattern can be drawn regarding what subjects are tested more relative to others. For example, knowing Number Properties usually represents 20% of all Quant questions versus Probability that represents 10%. Is there a chart or dia...