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Hi,I am from Saudi Arabia. I am advising you to prepare for GRE math test by start with "Kaplan GRE exam math workbook" after you finish from this book you will gain the basic knowledge of mathematics and make you more faster to solve math problems, then it best to you to start with math section in "Barron's GRE preparation" because the Barron book has advanced math and difficult questions which help you to become familiar with difficult questions in real GRE test.This is the best method for math preparation.Good Luck
This was a great product, but I think students for the GRE need to recognize what it is for. I was weak on the quantitative section, so I needed extra work, and this helped. So, I recommend that you don't get this book when you start studying for the GRE. It does go into extensive detail about math you use on the exam. But if you practice and see that your math score is weak, use this one and study hard. The first half covers the kinds of math (arithmetic, algebra, and geometry) and reviews those things we learned in high school, but may have forgotten. It is meant for students who need extra review and practice on problems, more than what the comprehensive test books cover. My math score did improve dramatically after a week of intensive study with this book.
The second half covers the question types (comparison, word problems, and data analysis). There is a lot of material, so you have to skim through what you know and focus on your weaknesses.I got this book after going through a comprehensive GRE test book and taking several practice tests. For people that are already strong in math, a regular GRE book might be enough. It will definitely help.
This book is fine for providing practice questions but hopeless for teaching techniques on how to answer questions.For example, this is the entire explanation it provides for how to multiply fractions:10/9 x 3/4 x 8/15first reduce (cancel) diagonally and vertically:2/3 x 1/1 x 2/3then multiply numerators together and denominators together:2x1x2/3x1x3 = 4/9Of course it provides no explanation how it got to 2/3 x 1/1 x 2/3, "how" to reduce diagonally and vertically, or even what that means.A terrible book if you need to learn concepts rather than just practice them
BE WARNED THIS BOOK IS NOT COMPRHENSIVE IT DOES NOT CONTAIN EVERYTING YOU NEED TO KNOW FOR THE MATH. I went throught this book thinking im good with math, but when i opened the kaplan premier program (another study guide book I bought)to my surprise there was a whole new section of math that the workbook did not cover such as standard deviation,compound interest, simple interest, permutations, combinations,weight average,new average with deletion,orginal average to find what what has been deleted,sequence. Thse are just a few things not covered in the math workbook.
This one is just, excellent, may I say GRE maths for dummies., having trouble with quantitative section.this is for you
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