viii CONTENTS
- CHAPTER 1 Introducing the GRE. PART 1 Getting Started
- What Is the GRE?
- GRE Scoring
- What Is a Section-Adaptive Exam?
- Using the Calculator
- Skipping Questions and Guessing
- The GRE Test Format
- CHAPTER 2 GRE Diagnostic Test
- How to Use the Diagnostic Test
- Answers and Explanations
- Sample Scaled Scores
- Evaluation Charts
- CHAPTER 3 The Analytical Writing Measure PART 2 GRE Analytical Writing and Verbal Reasoning
- Scoring Analytical Writing
- How to Approach the “Analyze an Issue” Task
- How to Approach the “Analyze an Argument” Task
- CHAPTER 4 Text Completion
- Single-Blank Text Completion Questions
- Double- and Triple-Blank Text Completion Questions
- Exercise: Text Completion Set
- Exercise: Text Completion Set
- Exercise: Text Completion Set
- Exercise Answers
- CHAPTER 5 Sentence Equivalence
- How to Approach Sentence Equivalence Questions
- Look for Synonyms
- Exercise: Sentence Equivalence Set
- Exercise: Sentence Equivalence Set
- Exercise: Sentence Equivalence Set
- Exercise Answers
- CHAPTER 6 Reading Comprehension. .12
- Question Formats
- Information-Based Passages
- Question Types
- Argument-Based Passages
- Exercise: Reading Comprehension
- Exercise Answers
- Strategies. CHAPTER 7 Two Essential Quantitative Reasoning
- Strategy 1: Plug In Numbers
- Strategy 2: Back-Solve
- Exercise: Two Essential Quantitative Reasoning Strategies
- Exercise Answers
- CHAPTER 8 Quantitative Comparison Strategies
- Quantitative Comparison Format
- Strategy: Play Devil’s Advocate
- Strategy: Plug In Numbers with Interesting Properties
- Strategy: Make Comparisons, Not Calculations
- Strategy: Make the Columns Comparable
- the Quantities Strategy: Use the Implied Relationship Between
- Strategy: Work Backward
- Exercise: Quantitative Comparison Questions
- Exercise Answers
- CHAPTER 9 Number Properties PART 4 Math Review
- Factors and Multiples
- Exercise: Factors and Multiples
- Exercise Answers
- Odds and Evens
- Exercise: Odds and Evens
- Exercise Answers
- Positives and Negatives
- Exercise: Positives and Negatives
- Exercise Answers
- Evenly Spaced Sets
- Exercise: Evenly Spaced Sets
- Exercise Answers
- CHAPTER 10 Part-to-Whole Relationships
- Fractions
- Decimals
- Exercise: Fractions and Decimals
- Exercise Answers
- Percentages
- Exercise: Percentages
- Exercise Answers
- Ratios
- Exercise: Ratios
- Exercise Answers
- CHAPTER 11 Algebra.
- Linear Equations
- Exercise: Linear Equations
- Exercise Answers
- Exponents and Roots
- Exercise: Exponents and Roots
- Exercise Answers
- Quadratic Equations
- Exercise: Quadratic Equations
- Exercise Answers
- Formulas, Functions, and Sequences
- Exercise: Formulas, Functions, and Sequences
- Exercise Answers
- Inequalities and Absolute Value
- Exercise: Inequalities and Absolute Value
- Exercise Answers
- CHAPTER 12 From Words to Algebra
- Word Problems
- Exercise: Word Problems
- Exercise Answers
- Statistics
- Exercise: Statistics
- Exercise Answers
- Rates
- Exercise: Rates
- Exercise Answers
- Probability
- Exercise: Probability
- Exercise Answers
- CHAPTER 13 Geometry
- Lines and Angles
- Exercise: Lines and Angles
- Exercise Answers
- Triangles
- Exercise: Triangles
- Exercise Answers
- Polygons
- Exercise: Polygons
- Exercise Answers
- Circles
- Exercise: Circles
- Exercise Answers
- Solids and Cylinders
- Exercise: Solids and Cylinders
- Exercise Answers
- The Coordinate Plane
- Exercise: The Coordinate Plane
- Exercise Answers
- CHAPTER 14 Data Interpretation
- How to Answer Data Interpretation Questions
- Exercise: Data Interpretation
- Exercise Answers
- CHAPTER 15 Practice Test 1. PART 5 GRE Practice Tests
- Sec tion 1: Analytical Writing
- Section 2: Analytical Writing
- Section 3: Verbal Reasoning
- Section 4: Verbal Reasoning
- Section 5: Quantitative Reasoning
- Section 6: Quantitative Reasoning
- Answers and Explanations
- Sample Scaled Scores
- CHAPTER 16 Practice Test 2.
- Sec tion 1: Analytical Writing
- Section 2: Analytical Writing
- Section 3: Verbal Reasoning
- Section 4: Verbal Reasoning
- Section 5: Quantitative Reasoning
- Section 6: Quantitative Reasoning
- Answers and Explanations
- Sample Scaled Scores