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It would be great if apart from reading somebody can give a little insight. Thanks!!!

by larrybird

Wed Sep 09, 2009 6:33 am
Forum: GMAT Strategy
Topic: Answer Distribution in Data Suff. on real GMAT
Replies: 4
Views: 1333

Answer Distribution in Data Suff. on real GMAT

Hi On GMAT Prep II i got 49% DS questions and 51% PS. Is this normal nowadays on the real test? Also the distribution of answers in DS was the following: a.11% b.6% c.33% d.11% e.39% Is this a little skewed towards e's and c's? Can we expect having so little b's? I ask because as i did the DS proble...

by larrybird

Tue Sep 08, 2009 3:50 pm
Forum: GMAT Strategy
Topic: Answer Distribution in Data Suff. on real GMAT
Replies: 4
Views: 1333

pls the math geniuses help me out with these two! tks!

by larrybird

Mon Sep 07, 2009 2:00 pm
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: Help on these two !!
Replies: 2
Views: 2102

Help on these two !!

1. n is posiitve integer. t is posiitve integer. When n is divided by 3 the remainder is 2. When t is divided by 5 the remainder is 3. What is the remander when n*t is divided by 15? i. n-2 is divisible by 5 ii. t is divisible by 3 OA after some discussion 2. IN 1995, Division A (DA) of Company X ha...

by larrybird

Mon Sep 07, 2009 8:37 am
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: Help on these two !!
Replies: 2
Views: 2102

1. OK, tks 2. OA is 3/10. I guess you wanted to divide by 100 , right? A question on this one: can you assume that all purchases regarding bread miexs are zero?? If not, there is no way to solve this. 3. OA is 36 Initially I did a weighted average (1/6)* 25 + (5/6)*40 = 37.5 which is approx = 38 The...

by larrybird

Mon Sep 07, 2009 8:28 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Pls shed some light on these few official problems!
Replies: 3
Views: 1282

Pls shed some light on these few official problems!

Experts, here are 3 problems where I need help. Thanks a lot for the support! 1. Plz someone show how do this in a quick way (not just adding and finding the mean). Thanks! 70,75,80,85,90,105,105,130,130,130 The numbers above are the seconds it took each of 10 students to run 400 mts. If the standar...

by larrybird

Mon Sep 07, 2009 6:17 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Pls shed some light on these few official problems!
Replies: 3
Views: 1282
by larrybird

Sun Sep 06, 2009 6:14 pm
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: help with this one ...thanks!
Replies: 2
Views: 1080

This is a common trap. GMAT wants you to just cancel the squared root with the power of two. But think about it: the stem only says that x cannot be zero. What happens if x is negative, for instance x=-1? Is the final correct answer c. 1 as you mention ??? No! the answer would be -1. Answer E is cor...

by larrybird

Mon Aug 31, 2009 2:18 pm
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: value of expression
Replies: 1
Views: 1016

Chech when expression within absolute value is positive and negative: Case 1: -6<5t-8<1 2<5t<9 2/5<t<9/5 Case 2: -6<-(5t-8)<1 -6<-5t+8<1 -14<-5t<-7 -14/5<-t<-7/5 Multiply all by -1: 7/5<t<14/5 Finnaly the intersection of both Cases is: 7/5<t<9/5 IMO: D

by larrybird

Mon Aug 31, 2009 2:03 pm
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: range for t
Replies: 1
Views: 1025

Thanks!
Shawshank could you pls elaborate on why IYO problem 2 is E?

by larrybird

Mon Aug 31, 2009 7:24 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Help with this Geometry and DS problem pls!
Replies: 3
Views: 970

Help with this Geometry and DS problem pls!

Problem 1: In the figure (file attached), P and Q are on the circle with center O. What is the value of S? (Note(0,0) of X-Y plane is at center of circle) a. 0.5 b. 1.0 c. sqrt(2) d. sqrt(3) e. sqrt(2)/2 OA: b Problem 2: On the number line, the distance between X and Y is greater than the distance b...

by larrybird

Mon Aug 31, 2009 6:19 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Help with this Geometry and DS problem pls!
Replies: 3
Views: 970

Manhattan GMAT Sentence Correction guide

Hi Guys
Any reviews of this guide? Head it's really good for improving SC.
Anybody knows if it can be bought in a pdf file ???
I need it ASAP and it takes 10 days to get to my country.

thanks!

by larrybird

Mon Aug 03, 2009 7:10 pm
Forum: GMAT Strategy
Topic: Manhattan GMAT Sentence Correction guide
Replies: 5
Views: 1981

Freaking out with remainders

Experts:
I kind of freak out every time I see a question with remainders. Can anybody give me advice of a good tutorial to read out there to understand them better ? Or maybe line out the main concepts related of to this topic that are tested on GMAT?

Thanks !!!

by larrybird

Fri Jul 10, 2009 8:24 am
Forum: GMAT Math
Topic: Freaking out with remainders
Replies: 5
Views: 2422

thanks to all !!! guess i just need to do the algerba a little faster.

by larrybird

Sat Jul 04, 2009 6:44 pm
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Short way for solving problem
Replies: 5
Views: 1303

A. 8
B. 9
C. 10
D. 11
E. 12 (correct answer)

by larrybird

Sat Jul 04, 2009 6:26 pm
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Short way for solving problem
Replies: 5
Views: 1303