Math Workout for the GMAT

I'm a GMAT tutor with 15+ years of successful students behind me. Here's what I suggest for the GMAT: 1. Use the Kaplan CD (as cheesy as the presentation is, the tests are very good). I've heard complaints that the prep tests from Kaplan are too hard, and I have to disagree with the point being made by these students. The only way, on a computer-adaptive test, to increase your score is to test using HARDER, not easier problems. I may kick ass at medium level questions, but unless I want a medium level score, practicing at a lower level hurts rather than helps. The Princeton Review Math and Verbal Workouts do not come with a CD. 2. Ignore the Kaplan book. Use The Princeton Review books (either Cracking the GMAT or GMAT Workouts for Math and Verbal) for tricks and psychology. Try the Official Guide for extra problems and basic review issues (but use as much of the Princeton psychology as you can -- the Official Guide encourages you to do the problems straight, and that's a huge waste of time). The Princeton tests are buggy for sure (Hello! Princeton Review! Fix this!) but are still fairly accurate. 3. Take as many practice tests as you can. That means Kaplan, Princeton Review, PowerPrep. Arco, Barrons, Petersons, and Dummies are all awful. Don't bother with their instruction or their tests. On Princeton Review and PowerPrep, knock 30 points off your score, just to be safe. 4. Check out your local library. Many public libraries have crazy collections of old, out of print Official Guides, chock full o paper-and-pencil tests going back a good 20 years. By all means, use these -- they're a goldmine of practice questions. Good luck!

This book does what it sets out to do, namely give you a GMAT Math work out. This book attempts to teach people some of the techniques needed to answer GMAT Math questions. It's really meant to be a supplement to their main GMAT Prep book. I found the techniques taught in the book to be helpful, particularly the section on answering word problems and problems where the answer choices are left in a variable form.Yes, the problem sets are easy, but I think the point of this book is to get the techniques down. After all, GMAT Math is difficult not because of the breadth of Mathematics it covers, but because of the tricky answer choices and the multiple ways of answering a question. Better to master test-taking skills on easy questions than to stare blankly at a difficult question.In spite of a few typographical errors and cheap quality paper, I do recommend this book for those looking to supplement their test taking skills, as this won't help you learn the Math, just the skills to take the test...

I think there are plenty of examples to get someone who knows (but has forogtten) GMAT related math. If you are bad at math like I am this book will bring you up to speed.

I really appreciated the step by step instructions. I was trying to just get myself up to the speed of a reasonably bright HS student (its been many years since I did math or anything without a calculator or spreadsheet) and this walked me through it or let me skip over easily what I didn't need.