[info:'gre-problem-solving' Problem solving] on the GRE specifically refers to quantitative reasoning problems that provide you with multiple choice answers. This style makes up half of the Quantitative Section and can be particularly irksome. Here are some tips to help see you though.
- When solving word problems (math problems in a real-world setting), make reasonable real-world assumptions. Don’t get stuck looking for subtle meanings, this is not the wrong section for test-makers try to trick you in this way.
- Unless your question specifically involved Data Analysis interpretation of graphs or charts you should not rely on your eyes alone to measure angle sizes; the figures are not often drawn to scale. Know which questions you should (or must) visually estimate, and which ones you should not.
- Look for the most intuitive way to get the right answer. Problem solving questions are designed to have faster and shorter ways to get the same answer, so if you’re doing a lot of pencil work, stop and take a moment to think. There is likely a quicker way.
- Numerical value answer choices will increase in size as you read down the list. So if you estimate roughly the size of number the question asks for, then you can easily eliminate all but the most probable answers.
- If you’re stuck, many questions allow you to work backward by assuming hypothetically that each answer choice in turn is the correct one, then testing it by “plugging it in.”
- Never forget to double check your work. Wrong answers anticipate commonly made mistakes ir order to trick you. Use a pencil and scrap paper so you can briefly check your process and calculation before selecting your final answer.
Now, put our tips to the [info:'gre-problem-solving' test].
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