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Matemáticas para el GMAT: cómo dividir por una raíz cuadrada

Muchos estudiantes, especialmente los que están lejos de las matemáticas durante mucho tiempo, se pierden al tratar de dividir por una raíz cuadrada. Primero, revisemos estas tres preguntas de...

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Matemática GMAT: Como Dividir por Uma Raíz Quadrada

Muitos estudantes, especialmente aqueles que não mexem com matemática há um bom tempo, ficam perdidos quando tentam fazer divisões com raízes quadradas. Primeiro, considere essas três questões...

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Challenging GMAT Math Practice Questions

Here are fifteen challenging questions for GMAT math practice, with explanations below.  Can you keep the GMAT Quant pace, doing these in under 90 seconds each?   As always, no calculator!   1) Let...

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GMAT Math: Can you divide by a variable?

Question #1: In the equation, can you divide both sides by x? Question #2: In the equation (x – 3)(x + 5) = (2x + 1)(x + 5), can you divide both sides by (x + 5)? Question #3: Question #4:   Dividing...

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Three Algebra Formulas Essential for the GMAT

First, a few practice problems. 1) The numbers a, b, and c are all positive.  If , then what is the value of ? Statement #1: a – b = 3 Statement #2: = 7 2) Given that (P + 2Q) is a positive number,...

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GMAT Math: Algebra Equations with Radicals

This is a potentially tricky topic.  First, consider these practice questions. 1. Which value(s) of x satisfies the equation above? I. –1 II. 4 III. 9 (A) I (B) III (C) I & II (D) I & III (E)...

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GMAT Math: Strange Symbols

The GMAT sometimes features quant questions with strange symbols. These symbols should not fluster you too much as long as you remember that they do not represent standard mathematical notation....

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GMAT Quant: Three Equations, Three Unknowns

First, here are two challenging Quant problems, both involving three equations with three algebraic unknowns. 2a + b + 3c = 6 a – b + 5c = 12 3a + 2b + 2c = 2 1) Given the equations above, what does...

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Algebraic Fractions on the GMAT

More formally, these are called “rational expressions” in mathematics — “rational” in the sense of “having do with a ratio”, as the word is used in the phrase “rational numbers“.   These rational...

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GMAT Math: How to Divide by a Square Root

A lot of students prepping for GMAT Quant, especially those GMAT students away from math for a long time, get lost when trying to divide by a square root. However, dividing by square roots is not...

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