Kaplan GRE & GMAT Exams Math Workbook: Fourth Edition (Kaplan Gmat Math Workbook) [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback)

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Product Description

Are you ready for the math on the GRE or GMAT exam? You will be.

Kaplan's GRE& GMAT Exams Math Workbook, Fourth Edition immerses you in all the math concepts you need to know. With comprehensive review and powerful strategies for every type of question, this intensive workbook provides you with the targeted math training you need to score well on the GRE and GMAT exams. You will be prepared. You will score your best. We guarantee it. (See details inside.)

Intensive Practice
Build the skills you need to master every math concept and every math question type.

Targeted Review
Prepare with comprehensive, step-by-step training in the four major content areas: arithmetic, algebra, word problems, and geometry.

Powerful Tactics for GRE Test Takers
Learn how to tackle the toughest Data Interpretation and Quantitative Comparison questions.

Powerful Tactics for GMAT Test Takers
Master Kaplan's high-scoring approach to Data Sufficiency questions.

Must-Know Strategies
Learn how to apply Kaplan's exclusive graduate math strategies to maximize your time, effort -- and score!

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Kaplan Publishing; 4th edition (July 27, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0743241290
• ISBN-13: 978-0743241298
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #327,869 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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57 of 57 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Maybe too optimistic, but nothing helps as much as basics, December 26, 2004

By	www.gmatclub.com "GMAT Club" (Malibu, CA) - See all my reviews

I got 99th percentile on my GMAT 750(49, 42) and i used 3 books: this one, Kaplan's book with CD and Verbal Workbook. I had access to PR book and PP, but I did only tests from those. I found Kaplan's materials of quality and difficulty. Some whine that Kaplan is too hard, but that's good - if you can handle Kaplan, you can handle old good GMAT.

My favorite things about this book:
- Very short and condensed math reviews - straight to the point
- No smart-aleck advice about some stupid tricks - only math review - exactly what I needed
- Fabulous problems that illustrate a lot of traps and multiple ways of solving them
- Starts with the basics - arithmetic, integers, primes, etc - the stuff that anybody can uses a review of. A lot of applicants underestimate how much they forgot the basics and skim/skip them. I would not do that, and that book does not either.
- Finally, the number of questions and quizzes in this book is impressive. I am giving a short summary of some of the sections of the book and number of quizzes and test questions. Quiz questions are math only; Test questions are GMAT-type questions.

Arithmetic
-Number operations (15 quiz questoins and 15 test questions)
-Number properties (15, 19)
-Averages (10, 19)
-Ratios (10, 24)
-Percents (25, 25)
-Powers and Roots (12, 17)

Algebra
-Level One (20, 26)
-Level Two (15, 15)

Word Problems
-Level One (10, 26)
-Level Two (37)
-Test (40)

Geometry
-Lines (6, 14)
-Triangles (16, 21)

-Quadrilaterals (15, 19)
-Circles (19, 13)
-Multiple Figures (4, 15)
-Solids (6, 8)

Data Sufficiency
-Test 1 (25)
-Test 2 (25)

CONS:
- I went through this book at least 3 times (helping others) and I found that solutions don't include some of the most genius ways to handle the problems. I think the authors of the questions went beyond themselves.
- No probability or combinations review, which would be very helpful. Get something. I bombed my probability question on the GMAT.

31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent but incomplete, January 26, 2005

By	Mtn. Biker (Chapel Hill, NC) - See all my reviews

Kaplan's Math Workbook clearly explains most of the math skills tested by the GRE and includes a large number of practice exercises in all areas and at all difficulty levels. What's more, it guides you incrementally from the easy to the hard, so even the math-phobic will find it approachable. It's main flaw --inexplicable, inexcusable and potentially dire--is it's lack of probability and coordinate geometry review. Both of these concepts will be on your GRE exam and if you don't review them from another source source, you will be underprepared. Overall, though, it's an excellent book.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Book is good if math is not your expertise, April 15, 2005

By	Mac (Twin CIties, MN USA) - See all my reviews

Before buying the book I got in the 10 percentile on my first crack at the actual exam, after buying this book and using the Kaplan CD tests I got in the 65 percentile on my second attempt. Consequentially I would say this book is good for people that are not strong in math. It will give you the basics you need for an average score. If you're looking to get into the top 80 - 90th percentiles in the quantitative sections this book will be of little use to you.