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This is hard to look over as a typo - as are other errors. I mean, come-on, why are the GMAC guys such tight-wads with their questions. I wasnt totally happy w/ this book. There are also no full-length exams in this book. I dont really like they way they run the show. As other readers have posted there are countless errors in the math sections. For example on page 335 of the 11th edition they say (xr)^2 = x^(2r).
Apart from that its good. Math section has many typo's (more than 10 for sure), use google to find the corrections.
Particularly in the maths section, it does assume a level of knowledge and some topics are not well covered at all (e.g. If you cluster the maths and english sections, it will give you a very good feel for how to manage your time on the day.I had only a few months to prepare for the GMAT, and bought this book, the Princeton Review, Kaplan, as well as the old tests and diagnostic tools on the MBA website. There are plenty of questions to practice with in both the quant and verbal sections - although beware that if you are also purchasing the old exams from the [.].
The only other flaw is the lack of time practice available with this book, but it can be mitigated by downloading the free GmatPrep software [.]. These all helped me to get a score of 710 on the first go. or by purchasing the old paper exams from the same website.
This book should be the first one you buy during your GMAT prep as it contains retired GMAT questions from past exams - this gives you a much better feel for the types of questions you are likely to encounter on the day. If, like me, you are someone who has not touched high-school maths in 10 years, then it may be worth purchasing a couple of specific maths review books to aid you in this section. The official GMAT tools are much better to rely on, but the others are a good source of additional practice questions.
that some of these will be replicated.The real weakness with this book is with the level of detail in reviews. combinations, permutations).
If anything, GMAT Prep, which is provided free by the makers of GMAT, is a far better reflection of the real GMAT. If you need proof, download GMAT Prep (just google it) from the providers of the GMAT and you will see the GMAT Prep questions are substantially different and more difficult than the questions from these guides.The 1400 questions contained in these guides, however, are still somewhat useful, particularly if you are shooting for a lower end (450-620) score range. Although GMAT Prep does not provide solutions (only answers) to the problems, it contains hundreds of questions in its data bank which will help you prepare for the tougher GMAT problems. GMAT has changed a lot over the last 3 years and the materials in this book are no longer as useful as they once was. Most of the questions in this book are over 10 years old and they share approximately 90% of the questions with the 10th edition.The result is the difficulty level and types of questions contained in this book are no longer fully reflective of the questions one will receive in the real GMAT.
The product was in excellent condition, fairly fast delivered,no issues at all,would use again without doubt.
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