GMAT® 2021 For Dummies® with Online Practice

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Table of Contents

1. Cover
2. Title Page
3. Copyright
4. Introduction
   1. About This Book
   2. Foolish Assumptions
   3. Icons Used in This Book
   4. Beyond the Book
   5. Where to Go from Here
5. Part 1: Getting Started with the GMAT
   1. Chapter 1: The Lowdown on the GMAT
      1. Knowing Why the GMAT Is Important
      2. Timing It Perfectly: When to Take the GMAT (and What to Bring)
      3. Forming First Impressions: The Format of the GMAT
      4. Knowing Where You Stand: Scoring Considerations
      5. Repeating the Process: Retaking the GMAT
   2. Chapter 2: Maximizing Your Score on the GMAT
      1. Discovering Strategies for Successful Guessing
      2. Winning the Race against the Clock
      3. Getting Rid of Wrong Answers
      4. Playing It Smart: A Few Things You Shouldn’t Do When Taking the Test
      5. Tackling a Case of Nerves with Relaxation Techniques
   3. Chapter 3: Mastering Business School Admissions
      1. Choosing a Business School
      2. Lining Up Your Ducks — Applying to Business Schools
      3. Crafting Effective Business School Essays
6. Part 2: Creating a GMAT Study Plan
   1. Chapter 4: Planning Your Approach
      1. Using the Preassessment: The How-To
      2. Devising a Plan of Attack
   2. Chapter 5: GMAT Practice Assessment
      1. Section 1: Quantitative
      2. Section 2: Verbal
      3. Section 3: Integrated Reasoning
   3. Chapter 6: Scoring and Interpreting the Practice Assessment
      1. Section 1: Quantitative Reasoning
      2. Section 2: Verbal
      3. Section 3: Integrated Reasoning
      4. Answers at a Glance
7. Part 3: Vanquishing the Verbal Section
   1. Chapter 7: Applying What You Learned (We Hope) in Grammar Class: Sentence Correction
      1. Building a Solid Foundation: Grammar Basics
      2. Pointing Out Mistakes: Common Sentence-Correction Errors
      3. Implementing an Approach to Sentence-Correction Questions
      4. Sentence-Correction Practice Problems with Answer Explanations
   2. Chapter 8: Not as Enticing as a Bestseller: Reading Comprehension
      1. Judging by Appearances: What Reading Comprehension Questions Look Like
      2. Approaching Reading Passages
      3. Sticking to the Subject: Types of Passages
      4. Approaching Reading Comprehension Questions
      5. Reading Comprehension Practice Questions with Answer Explanations
   3. Chapter 9: Thinking This through Logically: Critical Reasoning
      1. Focusing on “Critical” Concepts: An Overview
      2. Making a Case: Essentials of Informal Logic
      3. Thinking Inside the Box: Question Types
      4. Stalking Your Prey: How to Approach Each Question Type
      5. Critical Reasoning Practice Questions and Answer Explanations
   4. Chapter 10: Bringing It Together: A Mini Practice Verbal Section
      1. Working Through Verbal Reasoning Practice Questions
      2. Understanding What’s Right with Answer Explanations
8. Part 4: Acing the Analytical Writing Section
   1. Chapter 11: Analyze This: What to Expect from the Analytical Writing Assessment
      1. Fitting in the AWA with the Rest of the GMAT
      2. Calling 411: Your AWA Writing Tools
      3. Analyzing an Argument
      4. Racking Up the Points: How the GMAT Scores Your Essay
   2. Chapter 12: Present Perfect Paragraphs: How to Write a GMAT Essay
      1. Avoiding Grammar, Punctuation, and Mechanics Errors
      2. Building a Better Essay: Ten Steps to a Higher Score
   3. Chapter 13: Deconstructing Sample GMAT Essays
      1. Defining GMAT AWA Scores
      2. Taking a Look at Sample Essays
   4. Chapter 14: Sampling a Series of Writing Prompts
      1. Sample Prompt #1
      2. Sample Prompt #2
      3. Sample Prompt #3
      4. Sample Prompt #4
9. Part 5: Conquering the Quantitative Section
   1. Chapter 15: Getting Back to Basics: Numbers and Operations
      1. Just Your Type: Kinds of Numbers
      2. It’s Not Brain Surgery: Basic Operations
      3. Using Little Numbers for Big Values: Bases and Exponents
      4. Checking Out the Ancestry: Roots
      5. Order of Operations: Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally
      6. Splitting Up: Fractions, Decimals, and Percentages
      7. Making Comparisons: Ratios and Proportions
      8. Playing the Numbers: Scientific Notation
   2. Chapter 16: Considering All the Variables: Algebra
      1. Defining the Elements: Algebraic Terms
      2. Maintaining an Orderly Fashion: Algebraic Operations
      3. Extracting Information: Factoring Polynomials
      4. Minding Your Ps and Qs: Functions
      5. Putting On Your Thinking Cap: Problem Solving
   3. Chapter 17: Getting the Angle on Geometry: Planes and Solids
      1. Fishing for the Answers: Lines and Angles
      2. Trusting Triangles
      3. Playing Four Square: Quadrilaterals
      4. Showing Their Good Sides: Other Polygons
      5. Eating Up Pieces of Pi: Circles
      6. Getting a Little Depth Perception: Three-Dimensional Geometry
   4. Chapter 18: Keeping in Step: Coordinate Geometry
      1. Taking Flight: The Coordinate Plane
      2. Slip-Sliding Away: Slope and Linear Equations
      3. Fully Functioning: Graphing Functions
   5. Chapter 19: Manipulating Numbers: Statistics and Sets
      1. Joining a Clique: Groups
      2. Setting Up Sets
      3. Making Arrangements: Permutations and Combinations
      4. Meeting in the Middle: Mean, Median, and Mode
      5. Straying from Home: Range and Standard Deviation
      6. Predicting the Future: Probability
   6. Chapter 20: It’s All in the Presentation: GMAT Quantitative Question Types
      1. Enough’s Enough: Data Sufficiency Questions
      2. Taking a Look at Data Sufficiency Practice Problems
      3. Houston, We Have a Problem: Problem Solving Questions
      4. Trying Out Some Problem Solving Practice Problems
   7. Chapter 21: All Together Now: A Mini Practice Quantitative Section
      1. Tackling GMAT Math Practice Questions
      2. Checking Out the Answer Explanations
10. Part 6: Excelling on the Integrated Reasoning Section
    1. Chapter 22: Best of Both Worlds: The Integrated Reasoning Section
       1. Understanding What the IR Section Is All About
       2. Figuring Out How the IR Section Is Scored
       3. Making the Most of Your Time
       4. Approaching Each Question Type
    2. Chapter 23: Deciphering Data in Charts and Graphs
       1. Approaching Integrated Reasoning Data in Five Easy Steps
       2. Translating Information in Tables
       3. Making Comparisons with Bar Graphs
       4. Evaluating Line Graphs
       5. Clarifying Circle Graphs (also Known as Pie Charts)
       6. Extracting Data from Venn Diagrams
11. Part 7: Practice Makes Perfect
    1. Chapter 24: GMAT Practice Test
       1. Answer Sheet
       2. Section 1: Analytical Writing Assessment
       3. Section 2: Integrated Reasoning
       4. Section 3: Quantitative
       5. Section 4: Verbal
    2. Chapter 25: Practice Test Answers and Explanations
       1. Section 1: Analytical Writing Assessment
       2. Section 2: Integrated Reasoning
       3. Section 3: Quantitative Reasoning
       4. Section 4: Verbal
       5. Answers at a Glance
12. Part 8: The Part of Tens
    1. Chapter 26: Ten Question Types You’ve Got a Good Shot At
       1. Main-Theme Reading Questions
       2. Specific Information Reading Questions
       3. Sentence Corrections
       4. Exception Questions for Reading Passages
       5. Strengthening or Weakening Critical Arguments
       6. Data Sufficiency Math Questions
       7. Math Problem Solving with Figures
       8. Math Problems Involving Basic Operations
       9. Substitution Math Problems
       10. Graph and Table Analysis Questions
    2. Chapter 27: Ten Writing Errors to Avoid
       1. Composing Complicated Sentences
       2. Presenting Your Text in Passive Voice
       3. Wasting Time with Unfamiliar Words
       4. Using Unclear (or Zero) Transitions
       5. Going Overboard with Generic Terms
       6. Writing in Informal English
       7. Giving a Laundry List of Examples
       8. Succumbing to Sentence Fragments
       9. Announcing a Position without Explanation
       10. Putting Aside Proofreading
    3. Chapter 28: Ten Ways to Increase Your Chances of Getting into Business School
       1. Accumulate a Little Work Experience
       2. Ace the Interview
       3. Apply Early
       4. Apply While You’re Upwardly Mobile
       5. Capitalize on What Makes You Unique
       6. Demonstrate Interest
       7. Focus on Fit
       8. Get the Right Recommendations
       9. Study for the GMAT
       10. Write a Memorable Admissions Essay
13. Index
14. About the Authors
15. Connect with Dummies
16. End User License Agreement

List of Tables

1. Chapter 4
   1. TABLE 4-1 Following a GMAT Preparation Schedule
2. Chapter 7
   1. TABLE 7-1 Idiomatically Correct Constructions for the GMAT
   2. TABLE 7-2 Correlative Expressions
3. Chapter 15
   1. TABLE 15-1 Rules for Multiplying and Dividing with Exponents
4. Chapter 16
   1. TABLE 16-1 Defining Terms for Functions
   2. TABLE 16-2 Mathematical Symbols for Equality and Inequality
   3. TABLE 16-3 Common Words and Their Math Equivalents
5. Chapter 17
   1. TABLE 17-1 Rules for Lines and Angles
6. Chapter 19
   1. TABLE 19-1 The Weighted Mean of Grade Point Averages
   2. TABLE 19-2 Finding the Probability of the Occurrence of Multiple Events

List of Illustrations

1. Chapter 15
   1. FIGURE 15-1: Fraction of a pie.
2. Chapter 17
   1. FIGURE 17-1: Line, line segment, and ray.
   2. FIGURE 17-2: Acute angle.
   3. FIGURE 17-3: Right angle.
   4. FIGURE 17-4: Obtuse angle.
   5. FIGURE 17-5: Angles of a triangle are in proportion to their opposite sides.
   6. FIGURE 17-6: The base and height of a triangle.
   7. FIGURE 17-7: The 30:60:90-degree triangle.
   8. FIGURE 17-8: The 45:45:90-degree triangle.
   9. FIGURE 17-9: Similar triangles.
   10. FIGURE 17-10: A parallelogram.
   11. FIGURE 17-11: Finding the area of a parallelogram.
   12. FIGURE 17-12: The bases and height of a trapezoid.
   13. FIGURE 17-13: Radius and diameter of a circle.
   14. FIGURE 17-14: An arc and central angle.
   15. FIGURE 17-15: A chord.
   16. FIGURE 17-16: Inscribed and circumscribed figures.
   17. FIGURE 17-17: Tangent line.
   18. FIGURE 17-18: Volume of a rectangular solid.
   19. FIGURE 17-19: Surface area of a rectangular solid.
   20. FIGURE 17-20: A cube.
   21. FIGURE 17-21: A right circular cylinder.
3. Chapter 18
   1. FIGURE 18-1: Points on the coordinate plane.
   2. FIGURE 18-2: Finding slope.
   3. FIGURE 18-3: Types of slope.
   4. FIGURE 18-4: The graph of y = 4x + 1.
   5. FIGURE 18-5: Graphing lines and inequalities.
   6. FIGURE 18-6: Finding the distance between two points.
   7. FIGURE 18-7: A parabola with its vertex on the origin.
   8. FIGURE 18-8: Straight lines that pass the vertical line test.
   9. FIGURE 18-9: Graphs of curved lines (parabolas).
   10. FIGURE 18-10: Domain and range demonstrated by a parabola.
   11. FIGURE 18-11: Domain and range demonstrated by a sloping straight line.
   12. FIGURE 18-12: Domain and range demonstrated by a horizontal line.
4. Chapter 19
   1. FIGURE 19-1: Venn diagrams showing the union and intersection of sets.
   2. FIGURE 19-2: Distribution of the standard deviation from the mean.
5. Chapter 20
   1. FIGURE 20-1: Data sufficiency answer elimination chart.
6. Chapter 22
   1. FIGURE 22-1: The GMAT calculator.
   2. FIGURE 22-2: Sample table analysis format.
   3. FIGURE 22-3: Sample multi-source reasoning format, background tab.
   4. FIGURE 22-4: Sample multi-source reasoning format, contract tab.
   5. FIGURE 22-5: Sample multi-source reasoning format, guest list tab.
7. Chapter 23
   1. FIGURE 23-1: You’re likely to see a table like this one as part of a GMAT integ...
   2. FIGURE 23-2: Simple bar graph.
   3. FIGURE 23-3: Simple bar graph showing ranges of values.
   4. FIGURE 23-4: Bar graph with multiple categories.
   5. FIGURE 23-5: Segmented bar graph with subcategories.
   6. FIGURE 23-6: Line graph.
   7. FIGURE 23-7: Scatter plot or scatter graph.
   8. FIGURE 23-8: Scatter plot with trend line.
   9. FIGURE 23-9: Scatter plot with multiple variables.
   10. FIGURE 23-10: Circle graph or pie chart.
   11. FIGURE 23-11: Venn diagram of 100 cat and dog owners.
   12. FIGURE 23-12: Venn diagram of 100 pet owners.

Guide

1. Cover
2. Title Page
3. Copyright
4. Table of Contents
5. Begin Reading
6. Index
7. About the Authors