The Official Guide to the GRE General Test, Third Edition

✍ Scribed by N/A Educational Testing Service

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 604
• Edition: 3°
• Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

Welcome to The Official Guide to the GRE® General Test
About ETS
IMPORTANT
Contents
How to Use This Book
STEP 1 Learn About the GRE General Test Format
STEP 2 Study the Different GRE Question Types
STEP 3 Practice Answering GRE Verbal and Quantitative Reasoning Questions
STEP 4 Review GRE Math Topics
STEP 5 Take the Practice Tests
Additional Practice with the POWERPREP® Practice Tests
1 About the GRE® General Test
Introduction
Structure and Content of the Test
Content
The Computer-delivered GRE General Test.
The Paper-delivered GRE General Test
Preparing for the Test.
Test-taking Strategies for the Computer-delivered Test
Analytical Writing Section
Verbal Reasoning and Quantitative Reasoning Sections
Scratch Paper
Breaks
Test-taking Strategies for the Paper-delivered Test
Analytical Writing Sections
Verbal Reasoning and Quantitative Reasoning Sections
Breaks
Understanding GRE Scoring
Analytical Writing Measure of the Computer-delivered Test
Analytical Writing Measure of the Paper-delivered Test
Verbal Reasoning and Quantitative Reasoning Measures of the Computer-delivered Test
Verbal Reasoning and Quantitative Reasoning Measures of the Paper-delivered Test
Score Reporting
The ScoreSelect ® Option
Score Reporting Time Frames
2 GRE® Analytical Writing
Overview of the Analytical Writing Measure
Preparing for the Analytical Writing Measure.
General Strategies
Analyze an Issue Task
Understanding the Issue Task
Understanding the Context for Writing: Purpose and Audience
Preparing for the Issue Task
The Form of Your Response
Sample Issue Task
Analyze an Argument Task
Understanding the Argument Task
Understanding the Context for Writing: Purpose and Audience
Preparing for the Argument Task
How to Interpret Numbers, Percentages, and Statistics in Argument Topics
The Form of Your Response
Sample Argument Task
GRE Scoring Guide: Analyze an Issue.
GRE Scoring Guide: Analyze an Argument.
Score Level Descriptions.
3 GRE® Verbal Reasoning
Overview of the Verbal Reasoning Measure
Verbal Reasoning Question Types
Reading Comprehension Questions
Reading Comprehension Multiple-choice Questions: Select One Answer Choice
Reading Comprehension Multiple-choice Questions: Select One or More Answer Choices
Reading Comprehension Questions: Select-in-Passage
Sample Question Set.
Text Completion Questions
Sentence Equivalence Questions
4 GRE® Verbal Reasoning Practice Questions
SET 1. Discrete Questions: Easy
SET 2. Reading Comprehension Questions: Easy
SET 3. Discrete Questions: Medium
SET 4. Reading Comprehension Questions: Medium.
SET 5. Discrete Questions: Hard
SET 6. Reading Comprehension Questions: Hard
ANSWER KEY
SET 1. Discrete Questions: Easy
SET 2. Reading Comprehension Questions: Easy
SET 3. Discrete Questions: Medium
SET 4. Reading Comprehension Questions: Medium
SET 5. Discrete Questions: Hard
SET 6. Reading Comprehension Questions: Hard
Answers and Explanations
SET 1. Discrete Questions: Easy
SET 2. Reading Comprehension Questions: Easy
SET 3. Discrete Questions: Medium
SET 4. Reading Comprehension Questions: Medium.
SET 5. Discrete Questions: Hard
SET 6. Reading Comprehension Questions: Hard
5 GRE® Quantitative Reasoning
Overview of the Quantitative Reasoning Measure
General Problem-solving Steps
Step 1: Understand the Problem
Step 2: Carry Out a Strategy for Solving the Problem
Step 3: Check Your Answer
Strategies
Quantitative Reasoning Question Types
Quantitative Comparison Questions
Multiple-choice Questions—Select One Answer Choice
Multiple-choice Questions—Select One or More Answer Choices
Numeric Entry Questions
Data Interpretation Sets
Using the Calculator
Mathematical Conventions for the Quantitative. Reasoning Measure of the GRE® General Test.
Numbers and Quantities
Mathematical Expressions, Symbols, and Variables
Geometry
Geometric Figures
Coordinate Systems
Sets, Lists, and Sequences
Data and Statistics
Data Distributions and Probability Distributions
Graphical Representations of Data
Miscellaneous Guidelines for Interpreting and Using Information in Test Questions
6 GRE® Quantitative Reasoning Practice Questions
Section Directions
Directions for Quantitative Comparison questions
Directions for Numeric Entry questions.
SET 1. Discrete Questions: Easy.
Quantitative Comparison.
Multiple-choice Questions—Select One Answer Choice
Numeric Entry
Multiple-choice Questions—Select One or More Answer Choices
SET 2. Discrete Questions: Medium
Quantitative Comparison
Multiple-choice Questions—Select One Answer Choice.
Numeric Entry.
Multiple-choice Questions—Select One or More Answer Choices.
SET 3. Discrete Questions: Hard
Quantitative Comparison
Multiple-choice Questions—Select One Answer Choice.
Numeric Entry.
Multiple-choice Questions—Select One or More Answer Choices
SET 4. Data Interpretation Sets.
Medium Question
Medium Question
Hard Question
Easy Question
Medium Question
Medium Question
Hard Question
ANSWER KEY
SET 1. Discrete Questions: Easy
SET 2. Discrete Questions: Medium
SET 3. Discrete Questions: Hard
SET 4. Data Interpretation Sets
Answers and Explanations.
Section Directions
Directions for Quantitative Comparison questions
Directions for Numeric Entry questions
SET 1. Discrete Questions: Easy.
Quantitative Comparison.
Multiple-choice Questions—Select One Answer Choice
Numeric Entry.
Multiple-choice Questions—Select One or More Answer Choices.
SET 2. Discrete Questions: Medium
Quantitative Comparison
Multiple-choice Questions—Select One Answer Choice
Numeric Entry
Multiple-choice Questions—Select One or More Answer Choices
SET 3. Discrete Questions: Hard
Quantitative Comparison
Multiple-choice Questions—Select One Answer Choice
Numeric Entry
Multiple-choice Questions—Select One or More Answer Choices
SET 4. Data Interpretation Sets.
Medium Question
Medium Question
Hard Question
Easy Question
Medium Question
Medium Question
Hard Question
7 GRE® Math Review
PART 1. ARITHMETIC.
1.1 Integers
1.2 Fractions
1.3 Exponents and Roots
1.4 Decimals
1.5 Real Numbers
1.6 Ratio
1.7 Percent
ARITHMETIC EXERCISES.
ANSWERS TO ARITHMETIC EXERCISES
PART 2. ALGEBRA.
2.1 Algebraic Expressions
2.2 Rules of Exponents
2.3 Solving Linear Equations
2.4 Solving Quadratic Equations
2.5 Solving Linear Inequalities
2.6 Functions
2.7 Applications
2.8 Coordinate Geometry
2.9 Graphs of Functions
ALGEBRA EXERCISES.
ANSWERS TO ALGEBRA EXERCISES.
PART 3. GEOMETRY.
3.1 Lines and Angles
3.2 Polygons
3.3 Triangles.
3.4 Quadrilaterals
3.5 Circles
3.6 Three‑Dimensional Figures
GEOMETRY EXERCISES.
ANSWERS TO GEOMETRY EXERCISES
PART 4. DATA ANALYSIS.
4.1 Methods for Presenting Data
4.2 Numerical Methods for Describing Data
4.3 Counting Methods
4.4 Probability
4.5 Distributions of Data, Random Variables, and Probability Distributions
4.6 Data Interpretation Examples
DATA ANALYSIS EXERCISES.
ANSWERS TO DATA ANALYSIS EXERCISES.
8 GRE® Practice Test 1
Taking Practice Test 1
SECTION 1. Analytical Writing
Issue Topic
SECTION 2. Analytical Writing
Argument Topic
SECTION 3 Verbal Reasoning
SECTION 4 Verbal Reasoning
SECTION 5. Quantitative Reasoning.
SECTION 6. Quantitative Reasoning.
Evaluating Your Performance.
Analytical Writing Measure
Verbal Reasoning and Quantitative Reasoning Measures
Answer Key
Section 3. Verbal Reasoning
Section 4. Verbal Reasoning
Section 5. Quantitative Reasoning.
Section 6. Quantitative Reasoning
Score Conversion Table.
Analytical Writing Sample Responses and Reader Commentaries
SECTION 1. Analytical Writing
SECTION 2. Analytical Writing
Answers and Explanations
SECTION 3. Verbal Reasoning. 25 Questions with Explanations.
SECTION 4. Verbal Reasoning. 25 Questions with Explanations.
SECTION 5. Quantitative Reasoning. 25 Questions with Explanations.
SECTION 6. Quantitative Reasoning. 25 Questions with Explanations.
9 GRE® Practice Test 2
Taking Practice Test 2
SECTION 1. Analytical Writing
ANALYZE AN ISSUE
Issue Topic.
SECTION 2. Analytical Writing
ANALYZE AN ARGUMENT
Argument Topic
SECTION 3 Verbal Reasoning
SECTION 4 Verbal Reasoning
SECTION 5. Quantitative Reasoning.
SECTION 6. Quantitative Reasoning.
Evaluating Your Performance.
Analytical Writing Measure
Verbal Reasoning and Quantitative Reasoning Measures
Answer Key
Section 3. Verbal Reasoning
Section 4. Verbal Reasoning
Section 5. Quantitative Reasoning
Section 6. Quantitative Reasoning
Score Conversion Table.
Analytical Writing Sample Responses and Reader Commentaries
SECTION 1 Analytical Writing
SECTION 2. Analytical Writing
Answers and Explanations
SECTION 3. Verbal Reasoning.
SECTION 4. Verbal Reasoning.
SECTION 5. Quantitative Reasoning.
SECTION 6. Quantitative Reasoning.