Product Description

The Word Translations Guide analyzes the GMAT's complex math word problems and provides structured frameworks for attacking each question type. Master the art of translating challenging word problems into organized data. Each chapter builds comprehensive content understanding by providing rules, strategies and in-depth examples of how the GMAT tests a given topic and how you can respond accurately and quickly. The Guide contains a total of 120 'In-Action' problems of increasing difficulty with detailed answer explanations. The content of the book is aligned to the latest Official Guides from GMAC (12th edition).

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Chapter by Chapter

Part I: General

1. ALGEBRAIC TRANSLATIONS

Translation Techniques, Using Charts, Prices and Quantities

2. RATES & WORK

RTD Charts, Matching Units, Multiple RTD Problems, Average Rate, Basic Work, Working Together, Population

3. RATIOS

Labels, Proportions, Unknown Multipliers, Multiple Ratios

4. COMBINATORICS

Fundamental Counting Principle, Factorials, Anagrams, Multiple Arrangements, Arrangements with Constraints

5. PROBABILITY

And vs. Or, 1 - x Shortcut, Domino Effect, Probability Trees

6. STATISTICS

Average Formula, Evenly Spaced Sets, Weighted Averages, Median, Standard Deviation

7. OVERLAPPING SETS

Double-Set Matrix, Sets & Percents, Sets & Algebraic Representation, 2 Sets/3 Choices, Venn Diagrams

8. MINOR PROBLEM TYPES

Optimization, Grouping, Scheduling, Computation, Graphing

Part II: Advanced

Includes separate chapters on numerous Advanced Word Translations topics, as well as additional practice problems.