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Contents
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Meet Magoosh xi
Chapter 1
1 Meet the GRE
Chapter 2
7 How to Study
1-Month GRE Study Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Chapter 3
23 GRE Quantitative Reasoning
Meet the GRE Quantitative Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Quantitative Question Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Quantitative Concept #1: Fractions/Ratios/Percents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Fractions/Ratios/Percents Practice Questions 47
Fractions/Ratios/Percents Answers and Explanations 50
Quantitative Concept #2: Integer Properties and Number Sense . . . . 52
Integer Properties and Number Sense Practice Questions 59
Integer Properties and Number Sense Answers and Explanations 62
Quantitative Concept #3: Algebra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
Algebra Practice Questions 81
Algebra Answers and Explanations 84
Quantitative Concept #4: Exponents and Roots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Exponents and Roots Practice Questions 91
Exponents and Roots Answers and Explanations 94
Quantitative Concept #5: Word Problems and Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . .98
Word Problems and Statistics Practice Questions 113
Word Problems and Statistics Answers and Explanations 118
Quantitative Concept #6: Geometry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128
Geometry Practice Questions 138
Geometry Answers and Explanations 144
Quantitative Concept #7: Counting and Probability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160
Counting and Probability Practice Questions 166
Counting and Probability Answers and Explanations 168
Quantitative Concept #8: Data Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Data Interpretation Practice Questions 184
Data Interpretation Answers and Explanations 188
Quantitative Concept #9: Quantitative Comparison Strategies . . . . .190
Quantitative Comparison Practice Questions 201
Quantitative Comparison Answers and Explanations 204
Math Fact and Formula Cheat Sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209
Chapter 4
211 GRE Verbal Reasoning
Meet the GRE Verbal Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212
Verbal Question Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213
Vocabulary on the GRE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216
Flashcards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .218
Verbal Question Types: Text Completion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .219
Text Completion Practice Questions 223
Text Completion Answers and Explanations 232
Verbal Question Types: Sentence Equivalence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .247
Sentence Equivalence Practice Questions 249
Sentence Equivalence Answers and Explanations 252
Verbal Question Types: Reading Comprehension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .256
Reading Comprehension Practice Questions 276
Reading Comprehension Answers and Explanations 292
Chapter 5
309 GRE Analytical Writing Assessment
Meet the GRE AWA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .309
The Issue Task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .312
The Argument Task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .321
Practice Writing Tasks 328
Chapter 6
333 GRE Practice Test
GRE Practice Test Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .335
GRE Analytical Writing 335
GRE Quantitative Section 1 338
GRE Verbal Section 1 346
GRE Quantitative Section 2 356
GRE Verbal Section 2 364
Answer Key. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .374
GRE Practice Test Explanations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .375
GRE Analytical Writing Assessment 375
GRE Quantitative Section 1 Answers and Explanations 376
GRE Verbal Section 1 Answers and Explanations 388
GRE Quantitative Section 2 Answers and Explanations 397
GRE Verbal Section 2 Answers and Explanations 412
423 (cid:50)ff (cid:87)o (cid:87)(cid:75)(cid:72) (cid:55)(cid:72)(cid:86)(cid:87)(cid:4)
Appendix
Magoosh Vocabulary Word Lists 427
(cid:43)(cid:76) (cid:87)(cid:75)(cid:72)(cid:85)(cid:72)(cid:4)
First, we want to take this opportunity to thank you for checking out this book by
Magoosh. You’ll soon discover that the content of these pages, combined with our
online product, packs a gigantic GRE-prep wallop.
You see, what you’re holding in your hands is a companion guide for the Magoosh
GRE-prep program offered online at magoosh.com. You’re not going to find thousands
of practice questions in these pages. Instead, you’re going to find two hundred of the
highest-quality, best-explained, and most robust questions that have helped thousands
of students succeed on the actual GRE. On top of the thorough explanations and
step-by-step directions, we rank the difficulty level of each question and tell you what
percentage of our online students answered the question (or one like it) correctly.
These stats are there to help you size up each question before you dive in. You can use
them to figure out what actually makes a question easy, medium, or hard. Getting a feel
for the difficulty level of the questions on the GRE will help you approach the test with
more confidence. “Look at that,” you’ll say to yourself. “I just sailed through a hard
question like it was no big deal!”
With the help of this book and all the useful features in Magoosh online, you’ll
rock the GRE.
That’s because the preparation you do with Magoosh online mimics the real
experience of a computer-based test like the GRE. You’ll have all the tools you need
and know what to expect when you sit down to take the real test. In addition to the
thousand-plus practice questions online, we also provide a text explanation and a
video explanation for every question. Yes, every single one. And we don’t just offer
practice questions. To help you cover the basics, we also provide more than two
hundred video lessons that cover every topic on the test.
We hope you’re getting the sense that we really care about your success, because
we do. That’s where this book comes in. We started wondering how we could help you
study even more efficiently for the GRE and figured that an actual book might come
in handy. Sometimes books can go places laptops can’t. You can toss this book in your
bag and study whenever you find yourself lacking an Internet connection, wanting
to review handwritten notes, or feeling like you might learn something better from
a physical book. This book extends the Magoosh content to help keep you studying
whenever and wherever it’s convenient.
Magoosh isn’t just about practice questions and tests, though. We also have a free
blog (magoosh.com/gre) full of great study tips and other info. In fact, we’ve used some
of our most popular posts to help write this book. In addition, you’ll find free math
and vocabulary flashcards in the iOS and Google Play app stores. You can flip through
these online resources whenever you have a few free minutes.
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