Quantitative Preparation: While some people are able to appreciate the unique challenge that comes from dealing with number problems, many of us struggle while studying for this section and getting our confidence in our abilities to ace this section. Here are five tips that will help you improve your performance on the GRE’s quantitative section and increase your confidence in your knowledge.
- Become familiar with the types of questions in this portion of the test. The GRE quantitative section consists of 28 questions divided between quantitative comparisons, discrete quantitative (multiple-choice) questions and data interpretation questions. One of the best ways to become fimilar with the question styles is to do a lot of [subject:'gre' practice tests].
- Study a list of facts and formulas regularly used in the GRE quantitative section. Memorizing these facts and formulas will help you save time during the test.
- Use the diagrams provided or draw your own to help clarify a question. Diagrams that are provided in this section are drawn to scale and can be trusted.
- Look for mathematical shortcuts. Math problems can be solved many different ways. If one method of problem solving has you stumped, try another.
- Keep track of units given in GRE quantitative questions. Some questions may ask for an answer to be given in different units than were used in the problem and may require a final step of conversion.
- Take practice tests and answer sample questions to become familiar with different question types found in the GRE quantitative section.
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