GRE Math Bible is a Comprehensive Prep for GRE Math. Its GRE Math Prep Course presents a thorough analysis of GRE math and introduces numerous analytic techniques.
A 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 Prep Course 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 a complete review of GRE math.
- 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!
GRE Math Bible
If you don’t have a pencil in your hand, get one now! Don’t just read this book—write on it, study it, scrutinize it! In short, for the next four weeks, this book should be a part of your life. When you have finished the book, it should be marked-up, dog-eared, tattered, and torn.
Although the GRE is a difficult test, it is a very learnable test. This is not to say that the GRE is “beatable.” There is no bag of tricks that will show you how to master it overnight. You probably have already realized this. Some books, nevertheless, offer “inside stuff” or “tricks” which they claim will enable you to beat the test. These include declaring that answer choices B, C, or D are more likely to be correct than choices A or E. This tactic, like most of its type, does not work. It is offered to give the student the feeling that he or she is getting the scoop on the test.
The GRE cannot be “beaten.” But it can be mastered—through hard work, analytical thought, and by training yourself to think like a test writer. Many of the exercises in this book are designed to prompt you to think like a test writer. For example, you will find “Duals.” These are pairs of similar problems in which only one property is different. They illustrate the process of creating GRE questions.
The GRE math sections are not easy—nor is this book. To improve your GRE math score, you must be willing to work; if you study hard and master the techniques in this book, your score will improve—significantly.
This book will introduce you to numerous analytic techniques that will help you immensely, not only on the GRE but in graduate school as well. For this reason, studying for the GRE can be a rewarding and satisfying experience.
To insure that you perform at your expected level on the actual GRE, you need to develop a level of mathematical skill that is greater than what is tested on the GRE. Hence, about 10% of the math problems in this book (labeled “Very Hard”) are harder than actual GRE math problems.
Although the quick-fix method is not offered in this book, about 15% of the material is dedicated to studying how the questions are constructed. Knowing how the problems are written and how the test writers think will give you useful insight into the problems and make them less mysterious. Moreover, familiarity with the GRE’s structure will help reduce your anxiety. The more you know about this test, the less anxious you will be the day you take it.
