GRE Math Bible [Paperback]

Jeff Kolby (Author), Derrick Vaughn (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 2008

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.

Editorial Reviews

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I bought Nova's GRE Math Bible, I think the book is all you need for getting 800 on quant. BUT you have to make sure you understand everything in the book, it is very detailed and has more than enough practice at all levels to grill you on. --A Student

I have used the Nova book as suggested by several members of this forum. It is very comprehensive and has a section dedicated to permutations and combinations. I would rate Nova's GRE Math Bible as the best followed by Barrons. --youeven I went through the whole Nova Math Bible book and found it pretty good, much more comprehensive than Barrons. I would say and it covers permutations and combinations thoroughly. --A student I highly recommend though the Nova Math Bible, way better book, with really good examples and explanations. --A student

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 quantitative GRE. Finally, it has a good, thorough diagnosis test. 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! --Guilherme Oliveira

Product Details

• Paperback: 528 pages
• Publisher: Nova Press (August 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1889057495
• ISBN-13: 978-1889057491
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #441,443 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good with the Bad, February 2, 2009

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Kevin Beckering "BeckLaw" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: GRE Math Bible (Paperback)

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.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Comment, July 22, 2009

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Kris Carnes "Youven Krishnan" (CA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: GRE Math Bible (Paperback)

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!

[Dec 1, 2010]: The newer version of the book Nova's GRE Math Bible is Nova's GRE Math prep course, available here at Amazon.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A useful purchase, October 8, 2009

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Rinaldi Severino ""desperate GRE takers"" (Florence, ITALY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: GRE Math Bible (Paperback)

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