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...
View ArticleMatemática 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...
View ArticleChallenging 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...
View ArticleGMAT 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...
View ArticleThree 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,...
View ArticleGMAT 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)...
View ArticleGMAT 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....
View ArticleGMAT 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...
View ArticleAlgebraic 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...
View ArticleGMAT 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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