McGraw-Hill Education GRE 2021 9781260463330, 1260463338, 9781260463323, 126046332X

Table of contents :
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
PART 1 Getting Started
CHAPTER 1 Introducing the GRE
What Is the GRE?
GRE Scoring
What Is a Section-Adaptive Exam?
Using the Calculator
Skipping Questions and Guessing
The GRE Test Format
Information for International Test-Takers
CHAPTER 2 GRE Diagnostic Test
How to Use the Diagnostic Test
Answers and Explanations
Sample Scaled Scores
Evaluation Charts
PART 2 GRE Analytical Writing and Verbal Reasoning
CHAPTER 3 The Analytical Writing Measure
Scoring Analytical Writing
How to Approach the “Analyze an Issue” Task
How to Approach the “Analyze an Argument” Task
CHAPTER 4 Text Completion
Single-Blank Text Completion Questions
Double- and Triple-Blank Text Completion Questions
Exercise: Text Completion Set 1
Exercise: Text Completion Set 2
Exercise: Text Completion Set 3
Exercise Answers
CHAPTER 5 Sentence Equivalence
How to Approach Sentence Equivalence Questions
Look for Synonyms
Exercise: Sentence Equivalence Set 1
Exercise: Sentence Equivalence Set 2
Exercise: Sentence Equivalence Set 3
Exercise Answers
CHAPTER 6 Reading Comprehension
Question Formats
Information-Based Passages
Question Types
Argument-Based Passages
Exercise: Reading Comprehension
Exercise Answers
PART 3 GRE Quantitative Reasoning
CHAPTER 7 Two Essential Quantitative Reasoning Strategies
Strategy 1: Plug In Numbers
Strategy 2: Back-Solve
Exercise: Two Essential Quantitative Reasoning Strategies
Exercise Answers
CHAPTER 8 Quantitative Comparison Strategies
Quantitative Comparison Format
Strategy: Play Devil’s Advocate
Strategy: Plug In Numbers with Interesting Properties
Strategy: Make Comparisons, Not Calculations
Strategy: Make the Columns Comparable
Strategy: Use the Implied Relationship Between the Quantities
Strategy: Work Backward
Exercise: Quantitative Comparison Questions
Exercise Answers
PART 4 Math Review
CHAPTER 9 Number Properties
Factors and Multiples
Exercise: Factors and Multiples
Exercise Answers
Odds and Evens
Exercise: Odds and Evens
Exercise Answers
Positives and Negatives
Exercise: Positives and Negatives
Exercise Answers
Evenly Spaced Sets
Exercise: Evenly Spaced Sets
Exercise Answers
CHAPTER 10 Part-to-Whole Relationships
Fractions
Decimals
Exercise: Fractions and Decimals
Exercise Answers
Percentages
Exercise: Percentages
Exercise Answers
Ratios
Exercise: Ratios
Exercise Answers
CHAPTER 11 Algebra
Linear Equations
Exercise: Linear Equations
Exercise Answers
Exponents and Roots
Exercise: Exponents and Roots
Exercise Answers
Quadratic Equations
Exercise: Quadratic Equations
Exercise Answers
Formulas, Functions, and Sequences
Exercise: Formulas, Functions, and Sequences
Exercise Answers
Inequalities and Absolute Value
Exercise: Inequalities and Absolute Value
Exercise Answers
CHAPTER 12 From Words to Algebra
Word Problems
Exercise: Word Problems
Exercise Answers
Statistics
Exercise: Statistics
Exercise Answers
Rates
Exercise: Rates
Exercise Answers
Probability
Exercise: Probability
Exercise Answers
CHAPTER 13 Geometry
Lines and Angles
Exercise: Lines and Angles
Exercise Answers
Triangles
Exercise: Triangles
Exercise Answers
Polygons
Exercise: Polygons
Exercise Answers
Circles
Exercise: Circles
Exercise Answers
Solids and Cylinders
Exercise: Solids and Cylinders
Exercise Answers
The Coordinate Plane
Exercise: The Coordinate Plane
Exercise Answers
CHAPTER 14 Data Interpretation
How to Answer Data Interpretation Questions
Exercise: Data Interpretation
Exercise Answers
PART 5 GRE Practice Tests
CHAPTER 15 Practice Test 1
Section 1: Analytical Writing
Section 2: Analytical Writing
Section 3: Verbal Reasoning
Section 4: Verbal Reasoning
Section 5: Quantitative Reasoning
Section 6: Quantitative Reasoning
Answers and Explanations
Sample Scaled Scores
CHAPTER 16 Practice Test 2
Section 1: Analytical Writing
Section 2: Analytical Writing
Section 3: Verbal Reasoning
Section 4: Verbal Reasoning
Section 5: Quantitative Reasoning
Section 6: Quantitative Reasoning
Answers and Explanations
Sample Scaled Scores