GRE Prep 2024 For Dummies with Online Practice (2023)

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ContentsataGlanceIntroduction...Part1:GettingStartedwiththeGRE........................................5cHapTER1:KnowingtheGRE..................iiicHapTEr2:PlanningYourTime...........oo...013cHapTer3:PlanningforExamDay:EverythingOutsidetheExam.............................23Part2:TacklingtheVerbalSectionOneWordataTime.................27cuapTer4:UppingYourBestGREVerbalScore........o.oo.29cuapters:WhatAreTheySaying:TextCompletionandSentenceEquivalence.................33chapters:GettingtheGist:ReadingComprehension.......................................51carter7:CriticalThinking:ArgumentAnalysisQuestions..................................67carter8:ExpandingYourVocabularytoBoostYourScore...77Part3:MathYouThoughtYou'dNeverNeedAgain......................97cHapTER9:RaisingYourBestGREMathScore...................ooo..99cHapTER10:WorkingwithNumbersandOperations........................................105cHAPTER11:SolvingAlgebraandFunctions......................ooo.129cHAPTER12:DrawingGeometry................o.ooiii157cuapTER13:SimplifyingWordProblems...L019cHaPTER14:InterpretingDataandGraphs...213cHapTER15:ComparingQuantities.....................coin...235Part4:GettingtheEssaysRight............................................253cHAPTER16:WritingtheEssaysWellandFast..............................................255cHAPTER17:PracticingYourEssays...............o.ooiiiiiiiiiie271Part5:Full-LengthPracticeExams:ShowTime..........................279CHAPTER18:PracticeExamT.........ooiiiiiiieee281cHAPTER19:PracticeExam1:AnswersandExplanations....................................307CHAPTER20:PracticeEXam2........iieitiieeee321cHAPTER21:PracticeExam2:AnswersandExplanations....................................345CHAPTER22:PracticeEXam3........ooiiieiiiieee357cHAPTER23:PracticeExam3:AnswersandExplanations....................................383Part6:ThePartofTens......................................................39cHAPTER24:TenKeyFactsabouttheGRE...............................oioiiao.......395cHAPTER25:TenMistakesYouWon'tMake(WhileOthersWill).....................covv.....399cHAPTER26:TenWaystoBuildYourSkillswiththeOnlinePracticeExams.....................403Index...407

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INTRODUCTION...AboutThisBOOK...ooiiiienIconsUsedinThisBOOK+.....oiiiietiie2BeyondtheBOOK............ooiiiil2WheretoGofromHere................ooiiiiinl3PART1:GETTINGSTARTEDWITHTHEGRE................................5cuarrers:KnowingtheGRE...7KnowingtheGRESections.................oiiiiiiiiiiiiiiieaean7KnowingtheGRESCOres..............ooiiiiiiiiiiieiiia...9Calculatingyourscore...............oiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiieieee9Checkingyourscore..............ooiiiiiiiiiiiiieiieiiiaieieea......10Seeingorcancelingyourscores...................oiiiiie1TakingadvantageoftheScoreSelectoption................................1BringingtheGREintoYourComfortZone......................oooieneeo...1Gettingfamiliarwithwhat'sontheexam..................................11Understandingtheotheradmissionsrequirements.........................12UsingOldSCOres.......oie12carrer:PlanningYourTime...a3PlanningYourPrepTime...............cc...13Planningyourlong-termstudytime.......................................13Planningyourshort-termstudytime......................................15Planningyourlast-minutestudytime.....................................16Planningyourpracticetime..............................cociee.l16PlanningYourExamTime..................oii17Planningyourquestiontime.......................ol17Throwingamentaldart.......................co17Planningyourintermissiontime.........................ool17Planningyourcomputertime......................coca...18PlanningYourMentalandPhysicalTime......................................19Stayingactive.........oiieee19Eatingwell...........19Relaxing...........19SchedulingYourExam...............iii.20Schedulingforthetestingcenter.........................................20Schedulingforhome.....................ll20euaererz:PlanningforExamDay:EverythingOutsidetheExam..........23PlanningtheNightBefore..................................................23Knowingwhattobring.............................lll023Knowingwhatnottobring......................L284PlanningforContingency...................cocoa...25It'sThem,NotYou:TestingunderAdverseConditions..........................26BR|study

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PART2:TACKLINGTHEVERBALSECTIONONEWORDATATIME...27currens:UppingYourBestGREVerbalScore...............................29BuildingYourCoreSkills..................229ManagingYourTime................oii...30euarers:WhatAreTheySaying:TextCompletionandSentenceEquivalence.........................033ClinchingTextCompletionandSentenceEquivalenceQuestions.................33Keepingitstraight...................34Tryingitout...eee...34DevelopingYourSkillsforFindingtheCorrectAnswers.........................35InterpretingtheText101.......................coooiiiiiiieen......35Gettingthegistofthetext...............................................36TakingtheBestandOnlyApproach..........................................36Interpretthetextwithoutlookingattheanswerchoices.....................37Completethetextwithyourownwords...................................37Eliminatewronganswerchoices..........................................38InterpretingTrickierSentences..........................cooiiiiaa.......38Usetransitionwordstogetthegistofthephrases..........................39Startwiththesecondorthirdmissingword................................40GettingYourHandsDirtywithSomePractice..................................41TextCompletionquestions...4]SentenceEquivalencequestions....................col...44wrens:GettingtheGist:ReadingComprehension.......................51RecognizingtheThreeReadingComprehensionQuestionFormats...............51Multiple-choicequestions:Chooseoneanswer.............................52Multiple-choicequestions:Chooseoneormoreanswers....................52Sentence-selectionquestions:Chooseasentencefromthepassage...........53DevelopingStrategiesforSuccess...........................................53Usingthecontextasyourroadmap........................oooeee.....53Graspingthegistofthepassage..........................................54Avoidingcommontraps............coiiiiiiiiiieee...54Answeringthequestionyourself..........................................55AcingtheThreeCommonlyTestedReadingComprehensionPassages............55Thebiologicalandphysicalsciencepassage................................55Thesocialsciencespassage..................coieiiiiiiaiieaian......58Thehumanitiespassage.....................cooiiiiiiieieaio...61Thesocialsciencespassageredux........................ciiiii.......63eaerer7:CriticalThinking:ArgumentAnalysisQuestions.................67CoveringtheAnswerChoices.......................ccoiiiiiiiaian......68ReadingtheQuestionforWhatIt'sAsking.....................................68ReadingthePassageforWhattheQuestionIsAsking..........................68Identifyingthe“because”and“therefore”..................................69Findingtheunstatedassumption.........................................70Exploringcommonlogicalfallacies........................................71AnsweringtheQuestioninYourOwnWords..................................72EliminatingEachWrongAnswer.................co...72Applyingtheprocessofelimination.......................................73Testingyourskills...............73XGREPrep2024ForDummieswithOnlinePractice

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carers:ExpandingYourVocabularytoBoostYourScore.................77BrushingUponPrefixes,Suffixes,andRoots..................................77Prefixes...o.ooTTSUFfIXESoo00.80ROOES«oeeee.80MemorizingtheGRE'sMostCommonVocabularyWords........................82PART3:MATHYOUTHOUGHTYOU'DNEVERNEEDAGAIN............97cuarrers:RaisingYourBestGREMathScore..................................99ManagingYourTime..................oii...100TypinganAnswer................iii...100SelectingTwoorMoreANSWers................oooeveeniineneenenanna......101Choosingamongthreeanswers.........................coovienen......101Choosingamongmorethanthreeanswers...............................102SelectingtheQuantityThat'sGreater...........................ccoen.......102carrer10:WorkingwithNumbersandOperations..........................105WorkingwithIntegers,Factors,andMultiples................................105WorkingwithMathTerms......................................oo.o......106WorkingwithPrimeandCompositeNumbers................................106WorkingwiththeUnitsDigit...............................................107WorkingwithAbsoluteValue...............................................108Workingwithoneabsolutevalue........................................109Workingwithtwoabsolutevalues.......................................109WorkingwithOrderofOperations.............................ccoeeee.0.110WorkingwithFractions...............................oINAddingandsubtracting...............ooITMultiplying............ee113Dividing...oe114Workingwithmixednumbersandimproperfractions......................114Cross-multiplying...................114WorkingwithDecimals..................................oocoiiel115Addingandsubtracting...................ool116Multiplying..........ea116DIVIdING.oe117WorkingwithPercentages........................coooiiiiiiiieae.....118Converting.........o.iiieee119Calculatingpercentageofchange........................................119WorkingwithFactorials.....................121WorkingwithRatios...................oii122Workingwithtotalnumbers..............o.oo122Workingwithamountsintheratio.......................................124Maintainingtheratio.........................oll124Combiningratios.............oooiiiiiiiiiee...126cuarrer11:SolvingAlgebraandFunctions.............................0129SolvingBasesandExponents...................ciiiiiiiieeeeeea..0129SolvingMathOperators................cooiiiiiiiiiiiieieaean.....132SolvingforX.oo.ea.134Solvingforxwithanumber.......................0134SolvingwiththeFOILmethod...........................................135Factoringbackout......................ie...138SolvingSquareRootsandRadicals..........................................139BR|study

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Simplifying.........a.140Addingandsubtracting.................oo14Multiplyinganddividing...................142Simplifyingfirst...142SolvingCoordinateGeometry...................ciiiiiiiiiiiaiienaen.......143Solvingcommonproblems...............LLL.143Solvinglinearequations......................coi...146Solvingtwolinearequations....................o.oo...148Solvinggraphedcircles......................ol...152SolvingPatternsinaSequence...................ooiiiiiiiiaiieiae.......153Solvingf(x)Functions......................ici...154cuarrer12DrawingGeometryo.oo...57DrawingLinesandAngles..............................ciiiieiel...157Drawinglines................iii157Drawingangles....................iiiiii...158MeasuringPolygons..................iii160Measuringtotalinteriorangles...............................LL...162Measuringoneinteriorangle......................oie...162DrawingTriangles..................ooiii...163Drawingthreetypesoftriangles.........................................163Measuringkeycharacteristics........................oiiiai...LL.164Drawingperimeterandarea.......................coiiiiiiiiiiaa.......166MeasuringwiththePythagoreantheorem................................168Drawingcommonrighttriangles.........................................169DrawingQuadrilaterals.....................172DrawingCircles...............iii174Drawingpartsofacircle........................o.oo.174Drawingthecircumferenceandarea.....................................176Drawingthearcandsector.....................cooiiiiiiiien.......178Drawingoverlappingshapes..........................oo...182Drawing3DShapes.................oiiiiiiiiiiiiiiieae...184Drawingacylinder........................ie...184Drawingarectangularsolid.............................................185Drawingacube...................iii...186cuarrer13:SimplifyingWordProblems...a9SimplifyingtheSteps...............cc.i191SimplifyingTimeandDistance.....................c.oooiiieieae......192SimplifyingUnitsofMeasurement..........................................193SimplifyingAverages...........coi...194Simplifyingmissing-termaverages.........................coil.......194Simplifyingevenlyspacedintegers.......................................195Simplifyingweightedaverages.............................0.00196SimplifyingWorkProblems...........................................0198SimplifyingTeam-WorkProblems...........................................199SimplifyingMixtureProblems........................ool.200SimplifyingSetsandGroups.................ciiiiiiiiiiiieae...203SimplifyingtheVenndiagram...........................................203Simplifyingthesetsformula............................................204SimplifyingProbability.................204Step#1:Setupthefraction............................................0205Step#2:Multiplyconsecutiveprobabilities................................205Step#3:Addeither/orprobabilitiesonasingleevent.......................206Simplifyingprobabilityinsetsandgroups.................................208XllGREPrep2024ForDummieswithOnlinePractice

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SimplifyingCountingMethods.............................................208Basiccountingmethods....................o.oo...209Whenordermatters:Permutations....................oooiiiinae....2.210Whenorderdoesn'tmatter:Combinations........................000.212cuarrer14:InterpretingDataandGraphs........................213InterpretingBasicStats.................oiii.213Interpretingthemedian................................00213Interpretingthemode................................oiiiell..l215Interpretingtherange.........................ciiiiiiiiiiiiee.....215Interpretingthemean.....................coi...216Interpretingstandarddeviation.....................o.oo.219Eyeballingstandarddeviation...........................................220Interpretingmeandeviation............................oel......223Interpretingthedistributioncurve.......................................223InterpretingTablesandGraphs............................................224Interpretingtables....................i...224Interpretinggraphs..........................iiie.....225cuarrer1s:COMparingQuantities.......................235ComparingExactAnswerChoices................................0........235ComparingSteps...o.ooeee...236ComparingviaStrategy................ooiiiiiiiiiieee...237Comparingsimilarappearances..................c.oooevieninienaon......237Comparingdrawings....................c.oiiiiiiiiiiiiie......238ComparingCONCEPtS.....outta...240Comparingidenticalterms.........................24Comparingranges......o.ooiiieee...246Comparingestimates.................ooiiiiiiiiiaiinieaneeo.......247ComparingwithFourSquare................................0.o........248Comparingwithahundred.............................................250Comparingmultipleunknowns..........................................250PART4:GETTINGTHEESSAYSRIGHT......................................253cuarrer16:WritingtheEssaysWellandFast...................................255SettingYourSightsonaPerfect6...............................0.......256Whattheessayscoresreallymean.......................................256Keymethodstoscoringwell............................00.257WritingtheIssueEssay................ooiiiiiiiiiiiieae......258Step1:Readandunderstandtheprompt.................................258Step2:Identifyexamplesyoualreadyknowabouttheissue.................259Step3:Takeapositionthat’sinlinewithyourexamples....................259Step4:WriteyourISSU@@SSay..........vvoinieieeiaie...260Tyingeverythingtogetherwithsmoothtransitions.........................263WritingtheArgumentEssay................cooiiiiiiiiia.....264Step1:Readandunderstandtheprompt.................................264Step2:Identifythepositionstatedintheargument........................265Step3:Listthereasonsgiventosupportthestatedposition.................265Step4:Identifytheflawedassumptionsbehindeachreason................266Step5:Writeyour@SSay.........oeuiineteiaie.267TableofContents

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