GRE Test Study Guide Copyright © StudyGuideZone.com. All rights reserved. 1 Table of Contents GRE TEST RESOURCES ...................................................................................................................... 5 GRE OVERVIEW..................................................................................................................................... 6 TESTING AND ANALYSIS................................................................................................................. 8 INTRODUCTION TO THE GRE ...................................................................................................... 10 THE GRE SCORING SCALE............................................................................................................. 11 QUANTITATIVE TEST ....................................................................................................................... 13 MATHEMATICAL REASONING.................................................................................................................. 14 Math Ability..................................................................................................................................... 14 Quantitative Comparisons......................................................................................................... 15 QUESTION TYPES.................................................................................................................................... 17 ARITHMETIC ............................................................................................................................................ 17 DIVISIBILITY ........................................................................................................................................... 18 MULTIPLICATION..................................................................................................................................... 20 ADDITION ................................................................................................................................................ 20 SUBTRACTION ......................................................................................................................................... 20 EVENS AND ODDS .................................................................................................................................. 22 PRIME NUMBERS..................................................................................................................................... 24 PERCENTS................................................................................................................................................ 25 SQUARE OF A NUMBER ........................................................................................................................... 29 EXPONENTS ............................................................................................................................................. 31 ROOTS ..................................................................................................................................................... 33 AVERAGES ............................................................................................................................................... 33 VERBAL TEST........................................................................................................................................ 36 READING COMPREHENSION ................................................................................................................... 36 FLYING OVER THE PASSAGE .................................................................................................................. 36 CREATING A TENTATIVE SUMMARY ....................................................................................................... 37 OPENINGS AND ENDINGS ...................................................................................................................... 38 EXTRANEOUS INFORMATION .................................................................................................................. 39 USING KITCHEN LOGIC.......................................................................................................................... 39 Copyright © StudyGuideZone.com. All rights reserved. 2 GETTING INTO THE AUTHOR’S MIND .................................................................................................... 40 EMOTIONAL WORDS ............................................................................................................................... 40 FINDING THE KEY WORDS..................................................................................................................... 42 MAKING PROPER INFERENCES............................................................................................................... 43 APPLYING IDEAS FOR GENERALIZATIONS............................................................................................. 43 USING CONTEXT CLUES......................................................................................................................... 44 BREAKING DOWN PASSAGE ORGANIZATION ....................................................................................... 45 FIRST WORD ANALYSIS ......................................................................................................................... 47 UNDERSTANDING THE INTIMIDATION ................................................................................................... 47 FINDING YOUR OPTIMAL PACE .............................................................................................................. 48 DON’T BE A PERFECTIONIST .................................................................................................................. 50 FACTUALLY CORRECT, BUT ACTUALLY WRONG.................................................................................... 51 DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS........................................................................................................................ 51 ANALOGIES AND ANTONYMS.................................................................................................................. 53 Characteristic................................................................................................................................. 53 Source............................................................................................................................................... 53 Location............................................................................................................................................ 53 Sequential ....................................................................................................................................... 53 Reciprocal........................................................................................................................................ 54 Cause/Effect ................................................................................................................................... 54 Creator/Creation........................................................................................................................... 54 Provider/Provision........................................................................................................................ 54 Object/Function............................................................................................................................. 54 User/Tool ......................................................................................................................................... 54 Whole/Part ...................................................................................................................................... 55 Category .......................................................................................................................................... 55 Synonym or Definition................................................................................................................ 55 Antonym or Contrast................................................................................................................... 55 Intensity........................................................................................................................................... 56 Word Part/ Meaning .................................................................................................................... 56 USING SENTENCES................................................................................................................................. 56 FOCUS ON WHAT YOU KNOW................................................................................................................ 57 SENTENCE COMPLETIONS ...................................................................................................................... 59 TRY EVERY CHOICE ................................................................................................................................59 READ CAREFULLY.................................................................................................................................... 59 Copyright © StudyGuideZone.com. 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