GMAT Math Tip: Getting busy with word problems
Do not read completely through a word problem before jotting down details. Instead, convert every clause you read into an algebraic expression. Then go ahead with manipulating the expression. For example: “She picks a number (an integer) and multiplies it by the next integer.” On your scratch work you should write down: “n*(n+1)”, immediately followed …
GMAT Math Tip: Don’t get creative with the quant question… yet.
A common way to blow up on a quant question is to read it all the way through and then pause to begin to brainstorm creative ways of solving the problem. Due to the constraints of time and question complexity on the GMAT, you are usually not afforded the luxury of ruminating on a particular …