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Product Description
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
Product Details
Kaplan GRE Exam Math Workbook
Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: Kaplan Publishing; 2008-08-05
Label: Kaplan Publishing
Studio: Kaplan Publishing
ISBN: 141955221X
Average Customer Review: based on 41 reviews
Sales Rank in Books: #2011
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Summary: Lots of practice 2010-03-02
Comment: Lots of exercises and more in-depth explanations for when a crash review is not enough. It could easily become an elemental math/algebra/geometry/statistics review textbook and, at the same time, contains lots of tips to prepare you for the standardized nature of the GRE.
The book is kind of heavy but the material is durable.
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Summary: A decent starting point, but deceptively easy. 2010-01-15
Comment: I found this book helpful, but once it came to test day it only took me so far. I would say there are two main issues. First, the quantitative comparison questions in the workbook are far too simplistic. The only ones I actually encountered on the test were similar to the hardest presented in each practice test. In these situations the very detailed problem solving you've learned elsewhere in the book are relatively useless. When you have 1 minute per question, you can't really solve anything. There should be more focus on shortcuts. The second issues is that the book doesn't seem to address permutations and groups in much detail. You know, those "How many different numbers can you creating using the digits 1 through 9, with no repetition and in descending order," type questions. My version of the GRE was crawling with these, and I was ill-equipped to handle them.
Overall, I'm content with this as a study starting point. I'm glad I used it and all of the practice problems and explanations were very helpful, but I wouldn't go so far as to say it will leave you fully prepared for the quant. test. But I guess that's why they're trying to pit the "Comprehensive" book instead. Ah well, best of luck.
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Summary: surprising 2009-12-05
Comment: I read the other good reviews about this book and decided it would be worth trying out even though I had very little time before taking the GRE to study with the book. I have it under good authority the brand Kaplan since it helped on my other standardized test scores and this proved to be VERY helpful as well. It helped me raise my math score by over 100 pts which was totally exciting since I never was a math wizard or anything; I would highly recommend this book for other to use as well!!
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Summary: Kaplan Math 2009-11-02
Comment: This book was excellent for word problems! I liked the way that the chapters are organized and the practice with quantitative comparison exercises. This book is better than the Barron's math workbook.
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Summary: Pretty helpful... 2009-09-13
Comment: This book gives a thorough overview of the math topics on the GRE, but I wish it had more practice sets.
The book is kind of heavy but the material is durable.