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Great questions! So first off, you do not need to buy any books -- every aspect of the GRE is covered by Magoosh. For instance, any math concept that could pop up on the GRE--even those pesky combinations problems--are covered in depth on Magoosh. That doesn't mean you shouldn't use any supplementary texts. I always recommend that students use the Official Guide to the GRE by ETS. These are the guys who write the actual test, so it is a good idea to do the practice tests in the book (the strategy part is not that helpful though :)). That should help you get plenty of practice on the Quant section--from the easy questions to the very difficult ones. Speaking of easy and difficult questions, it sounds like you will not need to ramp up a little first. Magoosh offers lots of quizzes at the very beginning that cover material in the lesson videos (the lesson videos cover the basics). After you go through all our easy questions, you may still want more practice on the fundamentals. In that case, the McGraw Hill's Conquering the GRE math will give you plenty of practice simplifying radicals, finding areas of circles, solving exponent questions, etc. As for a guaranteed good score, you will definitely improve at math. Our students improve by an average of 10+ points (that's 5 points per section). If you really focus on the math, esp. if you are rusty and starting in the 140 range, the room for improvement is much greater than 5 points. Some of our students have improved by more than 10 points in math alone. So yes, it's definitely possible to get a score. It's hard to say how long these students studied for, but from my experience, if you spend 3 months diligently using Magoosh--taking practice tests every 10 days or so--and really targeting your weaknesses, you should be able to see a sizable improvement. And if for any reason in those three months you are not seeing a score improvement, our support team will always work with you to make sure your score is going up. Hope that helps! And let me know if you have any other questions :).

Let me tackle these questions for you :). For the first question, we find that 40% are 20+ and are N.S. (not-susceptible). 9% are 20+ and are susceptible. The question asks us amongst 20+, how many are N.S. We can take 40/49. The 49 we get from 40 + 9, the total percent who are 20+. This gives us approximately 80%, which is answer (E). I do not, however, get 80% on the dot. Did the question ask for approximation? Is there a typo? Did I make a mistake? For the second question: X and Z receive the same number of votes. If y = the number Yasmin receives, then 4/3 y = x, and 3/4z = y. Therefore y = 3/4 x, therefore 3/4 x = 3/4 z, or x = z. That said, 8% votes of Z is going to be much less than the total votes of X. Of course you didn't even have to realize that x = z. Both x and z are greater than y, and are pretty close to one another. When you take 8% of something you massively reduce it. Therefore, (A) has to be much greater than (B). Just my humble opinion, but I think that the question would have been better had it simply comparing the number of votes received by X and Z. In that case, the answer would have been ©. Question 3: Think of it this way. 1% of 25 = 1/4. A 16th of 1% is the same as 1/4/16 = 1/64. (A). Question 4: We do not know anything about Company X in 1994. We are only given information for company A and Y. Even had the question provided information on Company X in 1994, without giving us a specific number, we can't rely on percent changes to come up with actual earnings. With all these unknowns, the answer has to be (D). Hope that makes sense :).

The entire clock is a circle, meaning that all the way around the clock is 360 degrees. Since the clock is broken up evenly into 12 different parts (corresponding to hours), each hour represents 360/12 = 30 degrees. Therefore the hour hand, in moving from noon to 2:30, will move 2 x 30 = 60 plus half of the distance from the 2 to 3 (30/2 = 15 degrees) giving us 75 degrees. Hope that helps :).

Hmmm...it looks like I totally misinterpreted the question :(. And it's more complicated than I had thought. The best way to solve it is to figure out the total possibilities given the different possible the dolls the youngest niece is holding. If she is hold the SNF doll, then the other dolls can be distributed 4! = 24 amongst the other four nieces. If she is holding a EE doll, the other dolls can be broken up 4!/2 (remember we want to divide by 2 to account for the redundancy of the SNF doll). This give us 12. The same math applies when we assume the youngest niece has TT doll: 12 possibilities result. Also remember that we do not want to account for the second time the youngest niece has a SNF doll. That gives us a total of 12 + 12 + 24 = 48. Sorry for any confusion :).

Hi Exengineer, Congrats on your score of 800 :). For the new test that actually equates to a 167 (the test is out of 170). For access to more difficult verbal problems I recommend Manhattan GRE (MGRE), especially its on-line tests. I found Barron's book somewhat lacking (though no terrible) both in terms of content, and, as you mentioned, in how faithfully it captures the new format. The MGRE does a much better job of approximating the test. The six online MGRE tests, in addition to having a slew of tough verbal problems, also has some tricky math problems. For a more thorough review of MGRE, as well as a host of other Revised GRE sources, check out this link: Manhattan GRE Book Review | Magoosh GRE Blog Hope that helps :).

The Revised GRE consists of two 30 minute essays, five quant/verbal sections (one experimental), in addition to the time it takes you to answer the questions relating to your personal info. This equals roughly 4 hrs. For a more comprehensive write up, check out this post: New GRE Format 2012 | Magoosh GRE Blog

Hi Gaia Air, A good way of thinking of this problem is to set up your usual permutation problem. We are arranging four dolls: 4 x 3 x 2 x 1 = 24. In half of these instances, the sun-and-fun doll is redundant. Meaning D1 D2 D3 SF1 SF2 is the same as D1 D2 D3 SF 2 SF 1. So we divide 24/2 = 12. It seems like when you set up the part about ignoring the rule, you should have had 4 x 3 x 2 x 1, not 2 x 1 x 3 x 2 x 1. Hope that helps :).

I can definitely help out :). For the first question: The area of triangle AEF has a base of AF = 7. The height of triangle AEF is the same as the width of the rectangle, which is AB = 5 (remember for a triangle base and height meet at a right angle). Therefore the area of AEF is 5x7/2 = 17.5. For the second question. If we draw a line up from Point D, which we call DF, we can use the Pythagorean Theorem to find the length of BD. DF = 4, (in effect forming a right angle), we can see that BC = 12, but 2 of that 12 goes beyond DF. 12 - 2 = 10 is the length of BC. Using the P. Theorem we get 4^2 + 10^2 = √116 = 2√29 Hope that helps!

Hi Firecube, This is a classic GRE/GMAT trick: if you double a number it increases by 100% not by 200% For this question, it is asking how much did it increase from 5 to 12 is a 140% increase (think of it as '5' increased by 7 to get to 12). A 240% increase would be 5 increasing by 5 x 2.4 = 12; that would equal 5 + 12 = 17. Hope that helps :).

Math can definitely be frustrating, especially if the explanations are vague and the lessons don't match the actual questions (this can be said for Barron's and Kaplan's). An excellent guide is McGraw Hill's Conquering the New GRE: McGraw-Hill I would also recommend Cliff Notes Math Review for Standardized Test Amazon.com: CliffsNotes Math Review for Standardized Tests (CliffsTestPrep) (9780470500774): Jerry Bobrow Ph.D.: Books Once you feel you've honed your math basics skills, the Magoosh Revised GRE computer-based product provides many lessons to help both build off, and apply, what you already know. Manhattan GRE offers helpful helpful guidance at a basic level (and offers 6-free practice tests). Let me know if you have any other questions. I'd love to help you turn into a GRE quant machine :).

Firecube's answer and approach below are correct. It looks like you were on the right path, but you used '8' instead of '6' for the number of non-biographies. It should be C(6,2) = 15. However, you do not want to stop there: you can also have 3 biographies and 1 non-bio [C(4,3)xC(6,1) = 24], and all biographies [C(4,4) = 1]. Adding those together you get 115. Hope that helps!

Hi Firecube, That's definitely the correct answer! And your method was the most effective way at arriving at the answer :).

Hi Grandlux, I've reviewed each book for the Revised GRE. In a nutshell, Barron's is okay. Strategies are decent, practice questions are similar to the test. Princeton has good strategies but questions are far too easy (and typos abound!). Kaplan I've found is very poor, at least as far as the Revised GRE goes. Strategies are very generic and not helpful; their SE/TC will not prepare you for the test at all. Math and RC is okay. MGRE is good (you are offered 6 full-length practice tests). True, the material can be very difficult, but, for someone in your shoes, the strategy section can help you strengthen that base again. You can check out the complete write-up I have here: New GRE Book Reviews | Magoosh GRE Blog Let me know if you have any other questions :).

Hi Cp2004098, Let's see if I can answer your questions. 1) The answer here really depends on your schedule. How much time do you have. etc. If you are looking to get into a specific program, then that deadline should also be an important consideration when determining when to apply. That said, the GRE is offered all year round. The right time, depends on you. 2) Very few people can do well on the GRE without taking some kind of preparation. The good news is you have many, many options for GRE coaching, besides the one offered in Pune. Many of the big companies offer software and on-line programs (Kaplan, Manhattan GRE). To get more a sense of having a tutor by your side, Magoosh offers an excellent on-line tutorial with lessons and hundreds of practice questions (and it is much cheaper than the coaching in Pune): gre.magoosh.com. Of course I'm with Magoosh - so there is that inevitable bias. But I can definitely say we've helped many students in India (probably end some from Pune) achieve success on the Revised GRE. Hope that helps, and let me know if I can answer any more questions :).