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GRE Math Bible
By Jeff Kolby, Derrick Vaughn
* Publisher: Nova Press
* Number Of Pages: 528
* Publication Date: 2008-08-01
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1889057495
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781889057491
Product Description:
Comprehensive Prep for GRE Math
Every year, students pay $1,000 and more to test prep companies to prepare for the math section of the GRE. Now you can get the same preparation in a book.
Although the GRE math section is difficult, it is very learnable. GRE Math Bible presents a thorough analysis of GRE math and introduces numerous analytic techniques that will help you immensely, not only on the GRE but in graduate school as well.
Features:
Comprehensive Review: Twenty-three chapters provide the most thorough review of GRE math available.
Practice: Includes 164 examples and more than 600 exercises! Arranged from easy to medium to hard to very hard.
Diagnostic Test: The diagnostic test measures your strengths and weaknesses and directs you to areas you need to study more.
Duals: These are pairs of similar problems in which only one property is different. They illustrate the process of creating GRE questions.
If your target is a 700+ score, this is the book.
Please note that some students preparing for the GMAT have been buying the GRE Math Bible. We are pleased to announce that we publish two books expressly for the GMAT math section: GMAT Math Prep Course and GMAT Data Sufficiency Prep Course, both available here at Amazon.
Summary: Excellent Resource
Rating: 5
I have tried kaplan and other brands to help increase my GRE math score but I found this book by far to be the best. Some of the questions are indeed harder than what you will see on the test which is a good thing as I stuied from this book for 4 weeks and my quantitave score improved drastically. After the 4 weeks I returned to look at some questions in other math prep books such as Kaplan and I could do them all, even the difficult ones quiet easily. You need to be meticulous about studying the questions and if you dont know where an answer comes from, persist with it until you do - the book does not always explain answers in the best way but I feel this is an advantage as you have to root out the solutions yourself which is the best way to learn.
You need a good understanding of math concepts and this book is not for beginners. It will definitely get you into the 700-800 bracket quiet easily. Acknowledged there are mistakes here and there in the book but the way I look at it is if you can find them and know that the mistakes are there then you are doing good!
Summary: A useful purchase
Rating: 4
I hope to have found what i need to prepare for the Gre quantitative and have good scores. Before buying this product i tried the most known ones, Kaplan, Princeton Review and Barron among others, but they have all been of little use. My first GRE scores were poor, especially the math section of the test.
This book seems more detailed than others, with good explanations and, most of all,it avoids giving you the supposedly "magic tricks" to solve maths problems without using the proper math calculations and algebra (like many other books do ) which, in the end, it's not the best way to get the right answers.
The only problem is that some solutions suggested are not the fastest, and time is crucial in the GRE test.
Overall, it's a good practice book and it's worth buying.
Dana Ports Rinaldi
Summary: Comment
Rating: 4
This is a great book to get more tricks and knowledge for the quantitative part of the GRE. It has hundreds of exercises of several types, it is well-written and reviews in detail every subject tested in quantitativeGRE. Finally, it has a good, thorough diagnosis test.
However, there are some nasty mistakes in the resolutions (usually 1/2 per chapter). In addition, the exercises groups are not organized by time. This implies a little bit of creativity and extra work for you to find the really quickest ways to solve the exercises in the CAT-type exam. A nice way to fix the last problem would be a CD with CAT exercises, like those offered by Kaplan.
In summary, if you have a book for general preparation (like the ones sold by Kaplan) and you really need to have a high quantitative score (for those who want to attend courses like computer sciences, physics or economics), this one will be a great complement!
Summary: Don't waste your time
Rating: 2
The practice questions in this book are, in my opinion, nothing like the ones I've found in past tests and official GRE test prep material. They're often rather complicated and convoluted, which isn't a problem in itself. But the math questions in the GRE usually have "shortcut" solutions built in if you can train yourself to spot them, while the questions in this book don't, or else they're too tricky to be of use. I find myself either completely stumped or doing long, ridiculous calculations with all sorts of long division and whatnot, neither of which are very productive practice for GRE prep. I'll stick with the official material, thanks.
Summary: Good with the Bad
Rating: 3
The Good: Book is good with regard to question difficulty and number of questions provided. I have heard that the "very hard" questions are much harder than anything on the actual GRE, which is good for purposes of practice and learning the concepts.
The Bad: The explanations provided for some of the more difficult questions are often vague and confusing. They assume you already know certain concepts not included in the introduction of each section. They are also a few instances where the question did not match the answer/explanation--i.e., they answer referred to a totally different question which wasn't included. Also, there are instances where they change the #s in the answer from that listed in the question. All of this gets confusing and frustrating.
Overall: This is a great book for additional practice problems but should be used as a suplement to books geared toward learning the basics/tactics; like Barrons, Kaplan, etc. Thus, its great for reinforcing what you should know for the GRE quant section.
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