Kaplan GRE Exam Math Workbook
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Manufacturer: Kaplan Publishing
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 378
EAN: 9781419552212
ISBN: 141955221X
Label: Kaplan Publishing
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 352
Publication Date: 2008-08-05
Publisher: Kaplan Publishing
Studio: Kaplan Publishing
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Excellent supplement to GRE study
Comment: This was a great product, but I think students for the GRE need to recognize what it is for. It is meant for students who need extra review and practice on problems, more than what the comprehensive test books cover.
It does go into extensive detail about math you use on the exam. The first half covers the kinds of math (arithmetic, algebra, and geometry) and reviews those things we learned in high school, but may have forgotten. The second half covers the question types (comparison, word problems, and data analysis). There is a lot of material, so you have to skim through what you know and focus on your weaknesses.
I got this book after going through a comprehensive GRE test book and taking several practice tests. I was weak on the quantitative section, so I needed extra work, and this helped. My math score did improve dramatically after a week of intensive study with this book.
So, I recommend that you don't get this book when you start studying for the GRE. For people that are already strong in math, a regular GRE book might be enough. But if you practice and see that your math score is weak, use this one and study hard! It will definitely help.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Good for practice questions but hopeless for actually learning techniques
Comment: This book is fine for providing practice questions but hopeless for teaching techniques on how to answer questions.
For example, this is the entire explanation it provides for how to multiply fractions:
10/9 x 3/4 x 8/15
first reduce (cancel) diagonally and vertically:
2/3 x 1/1 x 2/3
then multiply numerators together and denominators together:
2x1x2/3x1x3 = 4/9
Of course it provides no explanation how it got to 2/3 x 1/1 x 2/3, "how" to reduce diagonally and vertically, or even what that means.
A terrible book if you need to learn concepts rather than just practice them
Customer Rating:
Summary: does not cover everything you need to know
Comment: BE WARNED THIS BOOK IS NOT COMPRHENSIVE IT DOES NOT CONTAIN EVERYTING YOU NEED TO KNOW FOR THE MATH. I went throught this book thinking im good with math, but when i opened the kaplan premier program (another study guide book I bought)to my surprise there was a whole new section of math that the workbook did not cover such as standard deviation,compound interest, simple interest, permutations, combinations,weight average,new average with deletion,orginal average to find what what has been deleted,sequence. Thse are just a few things not covered in the math workbook.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great Book
Comment: This one is just, excellent, may I say GRE maths for dummies!!!, having trouble with quantitative section...this is for you
Customer Rating:
Summary: Underrated
Comment: I strongly feel that some of the reviews of this book posted here are too harsh. Judging from a few of the comments, it seems that some might expect this to prepare them for the GRE Math Subject Test - which is very different from this book's intention, which is to prepare one for the math section of the General Test. The level of difficulty of the problems is not too hard - if you're looking to score a 800, this may not be the book for you - but it's perfect for those of us struggling to get over the 650 mark. The practice problems, for the most part, realistically resemble what one might encounter on the acutal test, and there are only a few GRE-tested math subjects that don't appear in this book. In just over a week of studying primarily with this book, I went from practice tests in the mid-600's range to a 720 on the actual test, so it definitely seemed to be a good investment.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Excellent supplement to GRE study
Comment: This was a great product, but I think students for the GRE need to recognize what it is for. It is meant for students who need extra review and practice on problems, more than what the comprehensive test books cover.
It does go into extensive detail about math you use on the exam. The first half covers the kinds of math (arithmetic, algebra, and geometry) and reviews those things we learned in high school, but may have forgotten. The second half covers the question types (comparison, word problems, and data analysis). There is a lot of material, so you have to skim through what you know and focus on your weaknesses.
I got this book after going through a comprehensive GRE test book and taking several practice tests. I was weak on the quantitative section, so I needed extra work, and this helped. My math score did improve dramatically after a week of intensive study with this book.
So, I recommend that you don't get this book when you start studying for the GRE. For people that are already strong in math, a regular GRE book might be enough. But if you practice and see that your math score is weak, use this one and study hard! It will definitely help.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Good for practice questions but hopeless for actually learning techniques
Comment: This book is fine for providing practice questions but hopeless for teaching techniques on how to answer questions.
For example, this is the entire explanation it provides for how to multiply fractions:
10/9 x 3/4 x 8/15
first reduce (cancel) diagonally and vertically:
2/3 x 1/1 x 2/3
then multiply numerators together and denominators together:
2x1x2/3x1x3 = 4/9
Of course it provides no explanation how it got to 2/3 x 1/1 x 2/3, "how" to reduce diagonally and vertically, or even what that means.
A terrible book if you need to learn concepts rather than just practice them
Customer Rating:
Summary: does not cover everything you need to know
Comment: BE WARNED THIS BOOK IS NOT COMPRHENSIVE IT DOES NOT CONTAIN EVERYTING YOU NEED TO KNOW FOR THE MATH. I went throught this book thinking im good with math, but when i opened the kaplan premier program (another study guide book I bought)to my surprise there was a whole new section of math that the workbook did not cover such as standard deviation,compound interest, simple interest, permutations, combinations,weight average,new average with deletion,orginal average to find what what has been deleted,sequence. Thse are just a few things not covered in the math workbook.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great Book
Comment: This one is just, excellent, may I say GRE maths for dummies!!!, having trouble with quantitative section...this is for you
Customer Rating:
Summary: Underrated
Comment: I strongly feel that some of the reviews of this book posted here are too harsh. Judging from a few of the comments, it seems that some might expect this to prepare them for the GRE Math Subject Test - which is very different from this book's intention, which is to prepare one for the math section of the General Test. The level of difficulty of the problems is not too hard - if you're looking to score a 800, this may not be the book for you - but it's perfect for those of us struggling to get over the 650 mark. The practice problems, for the most part, realistically resemble what one might encounter on the acutal test, and there are only a few GRE-tested math subjects that don't appear in this book. In just over a week of studying primarily with this book, I went from practice tests in the mid-600's range to a 720 on the actual test, so it definitely seemed to be a good investment.
* NEW! Details and practice for the new question type* Hundreds of test-like practice questions * Detailed answer explanations * Proven score-raising strategies * Tactics for solving all question types * Review of core math concepts
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