I'm studying for GMAT. Like most people, I usually use a calc to help solve problems. However, the test does not allow them. How can I improve my skills. Should I just do ton's and ton's of problems. I can set up the problems just fine. It just takes time for me to crunch through the numbers.
2007-02-23 12:35:39 · 6 answers · asked by InvisibleWar 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
I am afraid there are no magic cures for this and so improving is going to involve practice, practice and yet more practice.
However here are some tips to help you along.
1. When you are practicing concentrate on getting the questions right rather than speed. If you concentrate on speed before you are comfortable with all the concepts then you are likely to get into the habit of making lots of silly mistakes and these will cost you dear in the test. However if you concentrate on getting them right you will find that you get faster and faster at solving them as you get more comfortable with the question types.
2. Once you have completed a set of problems review them thoroughly to try and identify where you made mistakes and where you did more work than was required. This is particularly important for the questions you got wrong or took a long time.
3. Focus on the problem types that you find particularly difficult, so for example if you struggle with solving equations then seek out these questions and do extra work on them.
4. In the test there will be some math questions that you cannot do in a reasonable amount of time, do not be afraid to skip a few questions. Far better to spend 2 minutes on a question and get it wrong than spend 9 1/2 minutes to get it right (and then leave yourself with no time to finish the section). And to be honest if you spend 9 1/2 minutes on a problem it is probably because you don't know how to do it and will get it wrong anyway.
GMAT math tutorials to get you started
http://www.prepfortests.com/gmat/tutorials/quantitative
...and GMAT practice questions
http://www.prepfortests.com/gmat/practicequestions
Best of luck
2007-02-23 19:00:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In my experience I have fouond that you must do tons and tons of problems. Practice the set up and the numbers crunching. When I was in college, I had to start with dum dum math (because I had dropped out of high school) but work all the way through to 2 semesters of the calculus in order to transfer to UCLA. I found that if I did the home work every night; that is setting up the problems and crunching the numbers, I did not have to even think about it come test time. It was automatic. As a matter of fact, by the time I was in the 1st calculus course (I went through to differential equations), I was doing the algebra and analytical geometry in my head like it was arithmetic. I even thought about changing my major to math. Practice, practice, practice! Best way I know.
2007-02-23 12:45:01 · answer #2 · answered by irrawady2002 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Take a continuing ed math course, check out the library for free courses. There are refresher courses at college that will not affect your GPA, I took one. Get hold o some math books and work the problems, manually.
2016-03-29 09:22:03 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The answers are in that book that you were supposed to have read there are no plug-ins for that yet
2007-02-23 12:46:26 · answer #4 · answered by Chris 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Practice makes perfect; remember how you learned you multiplication tables. there is no easy solution
2007-02-23 12:38:51 · answer #5 · answered by Preacher 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should try Yahoo! Answers.
2007-02-23 12:39:52 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋