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 Advice December 31, 2008
Hi,
I am from Saudi Arabia. I am advising you to prepare for GRE math test by start with "Kaplan GRE exam math workbook" after you finish from this book you will gain the basic knowledge of mathematics and make you more faster to solve math problems, then it best to you to start with math section in "Barron's GRE preparation" because the Barron book has advanced math and difficult questions which help you to become familiar with difficult questions in real GRE test.
This is the best method for math preparation.
Good Luck
Excellent supplement to GRE study November 26, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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.
 Good for practice questions but hopeless for actually learning techniques October 26, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
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
does not cover everything you need to know October 10, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
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.
Great Book September 23, 2008
This one is just, excellent, may I say GRE maths for dummies!!!, having trouble with quantitative section...this is for you
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