McGraw-Hills Conquering the New GRE Math

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Be ready for the mathematics sections of the GRE General Test--scheduled to be revised in August 2011 McGraw-Hill‘s Conquering the New GRE Math offers you intensive review for every kind of GRE math question. Within each topic, solved problems of gradually increasing difficulty help you build your problem-solving skills. Exercises show how each math concept is tested on the GRE. Full-length GRE math sections provide practice with questions just like those on the real test. Features: Complete coverage of the new math question types scheduled to be introduced in August 2011 Intensive drill and practice to improve your math skills to get into the graduate program of your choice Sample GRE math questions build your test-taking confidence Expertise from an author who specializes in providing instruction to students whose math skills are weak or rusty Topics include: The GRE Quantitative Reasoning Section; The Math You Need to Review; How the Questions Are Asked; GRE Quantitative Comparison; GRE Problem-solving (Multiple-choice); GRE Data Interpretation; GRE Numeric Entry Questions; GRE Mathematics Review; Number Properties; Arithmetic Computation; Algebra; Geometry; GRE Math Practice Tests; GRE Math Practice Test 1; GRE Math Practice Test 2; GRE Math Practice Test 3

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful

Helped me kick the GRE's butt!, August 7, 2011

K. Williams (Ann Arbor, MI United States) - See all my reviews

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I took the revised GRE yesterday. Several weeks ago I was feeling really weak on my math skills, even though I had worked through a Princeton Review book. The PR book was just too much strategy and not enough actual math. This book walked me through examples of math that I just didn't remember, and had lots of practice problems for every skill. It was absolutely phenomenal and I would recommend it to anyone who feels shaky on GRE math. I was feeling pretty confident going into the test yesterday after working through this book over the past few weeks, and I knocked it out of the park!

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful

Remedial Math, August 2, 2011

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This book is great for refreshing your math skills, however it should not be your only resource. Of all the GRE prep materials I've used to study for the quant section, this is clearly the easiest. It provides good overview of number properties, quadratic equations, standard deviations, square roots etc. However, I did notice that most geometry principles are explained in pros without presenting a figure for illustrating the concept. This seems like an incredibly inadequate way to present geometric laws. Either way, after starting with this book, move on to the Kaplan and Nova books for an accurate depiction of the real math on the GRE. After taking the practice tests under timed conditions and getting all 800 scores with McGraw Hill New Gre Math, I knew something was wrong. And I am NOT great at math. Therefore, this book has only limited value. Supplement supplement and practice practice, just one resource is seldom the best resource.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful

Need help on basic math in preparation for the GRE? This book is for you?, June 28, 2011

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This book is a great review of all the topics covered on the math portion of the GRE. It's got great concise explanations of all concepts and plenty of practice problems. After all, the best way to get better at math is to do it.