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Ratio of 5-member vs 4-member committees - GMAT prep
A certain club has 20 members. What is the ratio of number of 5-member committees that can be formed from the members of the club to the number of 4 member committees that can be formed from the members of the club?
A. 16 to 1
B. 15 to 1
C. 16 to 5
D. 15 to 6
E. 5 to 4
- by prata
Mon May 23, 2016 12:21 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Ratio of 5-member vs 4-member committees - GMAT prep
- Replies: 1
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Area of triangular region - GMAT Prep Exam Pack 1
In the figure shown, what is the area of triangular region PRT?
1. The area of rectangular region PQST is 24
2. The length of line segment RT is 5
- by prata
Sun May 22, 2016 11:26 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Area of triangular region - GMAT Prep Exam Pack 1
- Replies: 3
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- by prata
Sun May 22, 2016 9:02 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: The European Economic Community exported
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1064
Hi prata, The scoring algorithm on the Official GMAT is far more complicated than most people realize. It takes into account a number of different factors - far more than just the number of correct answers. As such, you can't think in terms of "how many questions can I afford to get wrong.&quo...
- by prata
Mon May 09, 2016 2:35 am- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: Scoring in mid 600s in Mocks, need help to touch 720+
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2834
Hi, Here's my verbal crash course: - Read voraciously everyday for two weeks. (Anything challenging will do.) There's research suggesting that the physiology of our brains changes when we read more: http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/01/study-reading-a-novel-changes-your-brain/282952...
- by prata
Sat May 07, 2016 1:28 am- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: Scoring in mid 600s in Mocks, need help to touch 720+
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2834
Hi prata, Raising your Verbal Scaled Score to a V42+ will take some significant work on your part. Thankfully, you have plenty of time to continue studying before the Fall application deadlines. You'll likely have to focus on learning/practicing Verbal Tactics to raise your score to that level. 1) ...
- by prata
Sat May 07, 2016 1:24 am- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: Scoring in mid 600s in Mocks, need help to touch 720+
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2834
Hi prata, GMAC has publicly stated that the Official Score that you earn on Test Day is within +/- 30 points of actual ability. Assuming a similar 'swing' in how your practice CATs function, ALL of your CATs are in range of 650. Given the similarities in your Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores, this is...
- by prata
Wed May 04, 2016 12:36 am- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: Scoring in mid 600s in Mocks, need help to touch 720+
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2834
Hi prata, Since you have been studying for long, I assume that you would have gone through all the concepts and fundamentals tested on the GMAT. 1. Are you following any preparatory course/book? 2. Have you completed the OG and the Verbal review? 3. Did you give full length mock CATs including the ...
- by prata
Wed May 04, 2016 12:06 am- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: Scoring in mid 600s in Mocks, need help to touch 720+
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2834
Thanks beatthegmat111! I will use your tips and hope to increase my verbal score. However being a non native English speaker the task will not be easy.
Thanks once again for the infomation and wish you all the very best for your b-school applcations and mba plans.
- by prata
Tue May 03, 2016 3:48 pm- Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
- Topic: GMAT
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4395
Scoring in mid 600s in Mocks, need help to touch 720+
Hi, I started preparing seriously for GMAT starting March 2016 and intend to appear for it in June. However I have not booked a date and would like to do so only once I start scoring in 700s in the mocks. Following are my scores starting from Economist GMAT with GMAT preps being the most recent ones...
- by prata
Tue May 03, 2016 3:40 pm- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: Scoring in mid 600s in Mocks, need help to touch 720+
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2834
Hi Everyone, I'm very happy to report that today I took my first official GMAT and scored a 790 (50Q, 51V). I'm mainly on here to give everyone yet another example illustrating how learnable the GMAT really is. The first CAT I took (Manhattan) in February I scored a 650 on, which was relatively dis...
- by prata
Tue May 03, 2016 3:05 pm- Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
- Topic: GMAT
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4395