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GMAT Strategy Sheet Online
GMAT Strategy Sheet Online
GMAT Strategy Sheet Online
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Strategies and Test Day Tips:
Picking Numbers: DATA SUFFICIENCY
Pick numbers that are permissible and manageable. 1 (A) #1 is Suff.; #2 is Not Suff.
STRATEGY SHEET 2 (B) #2 is Suff.; #1 is Not Suff.
Backsolving: T (C) #1 is Not Suff.; #2 is Not Suff.; #1 AND #2 are Suff.
Use this sheet to help you remember Start with choice (B) or (D). E (D) #1 is Suff.; #2 is Suff.
your math content. Be surealso to N (E) #1 is Not Suff.; #2 is Not Suff.; #1 AND #2 are Not Suff.
make use of the Kaplan Methodson Equations and Variables:
the reverse side. n distinct linear equations are needed to solve for n variables.
Triangles: b Angles:
x + y + z = 1808 (Interior angles) c d
l1
y d c
a + b + c = 3608 (Exterior angles) b
a a l1 and l2 are parallel
a = y + z; b = x + z; c = x + y
b
height
l2 c d
1 base height
Area = __
2 d c
a + b = 180
Sum of any 2 sides 3rd side
a x z
c
base
Quadrilaterals: Sum of interior angles = 360 Other Formulas and Things to Know:
Quantity of A
Distance
Speed =________ Average = Sum
of the
terms Average Speed = ____________
_______________ Total Distance
Rate = ___________
Time Number of terms Total Time Quantity of B
w New Amount Original Amount Original Amount New Amount
% Increase = ___________________________
100% % Decrease = ___________________________
100%
Original Amount Original Amount
s l
A = s2
A = lw Exponent Rules: Radical Rules: Numbers:
0 is an even integer.
b1 x x = x2 (x a)b = x ab
_ _
a b=
__
ab 1 is not prime.
_ _
_a 2 is the lowest prime number
____ a
= __
x
1a
xa = ___ __ a
x = x a b
x b b b and the only even
h h _ _ _ prime number.
a c+ b c= (a + b) c
x0 = 1 (negative)odd = negative _ _ ___ Mode: the most common
b a + b
a+ number(s) in a set
b b2
x ax b = x a + b (negative)even = positive _
( a)2 = a
Median: the middle term in a set
A = bh A = 1 (b1 + b2 )h of ascending
2 or descending
numbers; when the set
Miscellaneous: Work Formula: has an even number of
Uniform Solids: numbers, the average
ab + ac = a(b + c) a +
b= __
_____
c ac + __
b
c ab
T = _____ of the two middle terms
a+b
Only (odd) (odd) and
r x% of y = y% of x |x| = |x|
(odd) + (even)
h
yield odd numbers.
h
l w Coordinate Plane: In the xy-plane, the y-axis is vertical, andthe x-axis is horizontal.
y______
2 y1
V = r2h V = lwh Standard form of a line: y = mx + b rise
Slope = ____
run= x x
(where m is the slope, and b is the y-intercept) 2 1
SA = 2r2 + 2rh SA = 2(lw + lh + wh)
Paragraph 3: Identify another source of the authors faulty reasoning; Kaplan Reading Comprehension Strategies
explain why it is questionable.
Global questions: Use Topic, Scope, and Purpose, and your Passage Map to
In additional paragraphs, describe other points of fault in the argument, as
predict the correct answer.
time permits.
Detail questions: Use your Passage Map to target your research.
Second-to-last paragraph: Describe evidence that wouldif it were
Inference questions: Use clues in the question stem or answer choices to
providedstrengthen the argument.
research; the correct answer will follow from the passage.
Final paragraph: Conclude that without such evidence, youre not
Logic questions: Use your Passage Map and keywords to determine why or
persuaded.
how the author uses the reference.