KAPLAN GRE / GMAT MATH WORKBOOK (Kaplan GMAT Math Workbook)

Thinking about going to grad school but your math skills are a little rusty? Kaplan's GRE/ GMAT Math Workbook includes the proven strategies and targeted math training you need to get the high scores you want.

Features:

• Hundreds of computer adaptive test-style practice questions.
• Detailed explanations for every answer.
• Exclusive test-taking strategies to help you increase your score.
• Detailed review of special format questions, including graphs, quantitative comparisons, and data sufficiency.

Higher score guaranteed.

I hate to say this, but there is an element of luck involved in the kinds of quant questions you get. My first GMAT exam was a disaster because I felt I was 'ambushed' by the math section, but in my test yesterday I felt great about the quant section - and I think this book played a role.

Don't let the GMAT intimidate you. You will need to be in the right frame of mind, and doing all the practice tests and improving your weak areas will lead you to success!


Excellent workbook   December 20, 2001
 2 out of 6 found this review helpful

This book helped me to improve my math score. Not only does it give a detailed review of math concepts, there are plenty of math problems to do with complete concise answers.

It helped me, I am sure that it can help anyone!


Not A Good math Prep for the GMAT   March 13, 2001
 50 out of 51 found this review helpful

I just took the GMAT yesterday (3/12/2001). I was stupid for using this book as my only math prep. What I saw on the GMAT was much different form what's in this book. This book covers basic atrihmetic, algebra, word problems, and geometry. THIS IS NOT THE ONLY MATH THAT'S GOING TO BE ON THE TEST!!! This book didn't cover probabilty and statistics, which is all over the GMAT once you get to the hard questions. The problems in this book are very, very simple compared to the actual GMAT math problems. No advance concepts are covered in this book.

Forget this book and get the GMAT 2000-2001 edition by Kaplan. It covers simple and advanced math topics and it even comes with 4 full-length practice GMAT CATs. The Princeton Review gives you GMAT test taking tips and triks. While preparing for the GMAT, I suggest that you use the Kaplan, Princeton Review, and the Offical Guide together.

The sad truth is that the level of difficulty in these books don't match the level of difficulty on the GMAT. Therefore, they tend to give give you a false sense that you are prepared.

The GMAT is not easy. BE VERY PREPARED!! Also, when and if you take the sample tests ETS provides with their powerprep software, the score you get on that will be vey close to the score you will get on the actual test, so don't take it for granted.


Excellent for people with rusty math skills   March 23, 2000
 18 out of 19 found this review helpful

A really useful guide, if, like me, you have not done math for a while. Covers useful material in a good level of depth. Also an excellent source of practice questions. In my opinion, a great deal better than the Princeton Math Workout, which spent too much time on ways to "crack" the test rather than actually teaching you how to do the math. The Kaplan Guide is much more focussed on the latter.