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Complete GMAT Strategy Guide Set
Adapting to the ever-changing GMAT exam, Manhattan Prep's 6th Edition GMAT Strategy Guides offer the latest approaches for students looking to score in the top percentiles. Written by active instructors with 99th-percentile scores, these books are designed with the student in mind.
The 10 Manhattan Prep GMAT Strategy Guides included in this set are designed to be clear and comprehensive. Consistently reviewed by students as offering the opportunity for dramatic score improvement, each book delves deeply into a single area of the exam, providing detailed and specialized instruction. When used together, these guides produce a substantial learning impact, helping students develop all the knowledge, skills, and strategic thinking necessary for success on the GMAT. Students will benefit considerably from high-level resources such as:-Six full-length, computer-adaptive practice exams -Over 200 additional free practice questions -New content providing strategies for solving problems more effectively -Topical sets of Official Guide practice questions and detailed answer explanations.
The Complete GMAT Strategy Guide Set is aligned to the GMAC Official Guide, 2015 and 13th Editions, and includes:
GMAT Roadmap (ISBN: 9781941234099) Number Properties GMAT Strategy Guide (ISBN: 9781941234051) Fractions, Decimals, & Percents GMAT Strategy Guide (ISBN: 9781941234020) Algebra GMAT Strategy Guide (ISBN: 9781941234006) Word Problems GMAT Strategy Guide (ISBN: 9781941234082) Geometry GMAT Strategy Guide (ISBN: 9781941234037) Critical Reasoning GMAT Strategy Guide (ISBN: 9781941234013) Reading Comprehension GMAT Strategy Guide (ISBN: 9781941234068) Sentence Correction GMAT Strategy Guide (ISBN: 9781941234075) Integrated Reasoning & Essays GMAT Strategy Guide (ISBN: 9781941234044)Purchase of this set includes one year of access to Manhattan Prep's online computer-adaptive GMAT practice exams and Question Banks.
The 10 Manhattan Prep GMAT Strategy Guides included in this set are designed to be clear and comprehensive. Consistently reviewed by students as offering the opportunity for dramatic score improvement, each book delves deeply into a single area of the exam, providing detailed and specialized instruction. When used together, these guides produce a substantial learning impact, helping students develop all the knowledge, skills, and strategic thinking necessary for success on the GMAT. Students will benefit considerably from high-level resources such as:-Six full-length, computer-adaptive practice exams -Over 200 additional free practice questions -New content providing strategies for solving problems more effectively -Topical sets of Official Guide practice questions and detailed answer explanations.
The Complete GMAT Strategy Guide Set is aligned to the GMAC Official Guide, 2015 and 13th Editions, and includes:
GMAT Roadmap (ISBN: 9781941234099) Number Properties GMAT Strategy Guide (ISBN: 9781941234051) Fractions, Decimals, & Percents GMAT Strategy Guide (ISBN: 9781941234020) Algebra GMAT Strategy Guide (ISBN: 9781941234006) Word Problems GMAT Strategy Guide (ISBN: 9781941234082) Geometry GMAT Strategy Guide (ISBN: 9781941234037) Critical Reasoning GMAT Strategy Guide (ISBN: 9781941234013) Reading Comprehension GMAT Strategy Guide (ISBN: 9781941234068) Sentence Correction GMAT Strategy Guide (ISBN: 9781941234075) Integrated Reasoning & Essays GMAT Strategy Guide (ISBN: 9781941234044)Purchase of this set includes one year of access to Manhattan Prep's online computer-adaptive GMAT practice exams and Question Banks.
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First published December 2, 2014
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December 19, 2014
My first reaction when I looked at this collection was that it was overkill for an examination that is only three-and-a-half hours long. There are ten books in the set and not including the appendices, 1,675 total pages of text. They are clearly meant to be the textbooks in a lengthy course designed to prepare students for the GMAT exam. There is nothing wrong with that, but as someone that has tutored several people in preparing for the mathematical portions of graduate exams, I know that few students could go through anything close to this amount of material in any type of self study.
That being said, the issue then becomes the quality of the material, can it in fact be used to prepare for the GMAT? The answer to that is clearly affirmative; the danger is in the potential for over preparing by working through too much material and taking too many practice exams.
The books are numbered starting with zero and the first one is dedicated to an explanation of the format and scoring of the test as well as giving and commenting on example problems illustrating the various segments of the GMAT. It is an overall look at the exam and gives hints on how to deal with the stress of taking an exam where there can be so much at stake.
Guide number 1 is a short review of the basic number operations with fractions, decimals and percents. For most people, the fractions will be the most difficult for there are problems of adding fractions as well as simplifying fractions made up of fractions. I found it to be a solid review of these essential topics.
Guide number 2 is a review of the most basic of algebraic operations, simple formulas, exponents, roots, quadratics, sequences, inequalities, absolute value and simple functions. All topics are presented in the form of a review; this should not be considered a way to learn algebra starting from no previous experience.
Guide number 3 contains a set of standard word problems found in every basic algebra course. Relative rate, simple mixture, d equals rate times time, consecutive integer sums, statistical measures of the center and overlapping sets are most of the problems. Once again, consider it the material for a review rather than to learn it on your own.
Guide number 4 contains problems in the area of geometry, generally covering the standard geometric structures of polygons, circles, lines and triangles. Their properties, such as area, perimeter and how one can be compared to another of the same type are examined. Since this topic is largely based on images, this is a quick review that most people will sail through. It is also a book that could be used by someone with no experience in the topic, although that would be rare.
Guide number 5 covers the basic properties of integers, the fundamentals of probability and combinatorics. These are topics that many people will not have been exposed to before and the quality of the book is such that it could be used for self study.
Guide number 6 is a series of exercises in critical reasoning, where the reader is given a short section of text that establishes a position or makes a point and then is followed by a set of questions regarding the content. The reader must clearly understand the content as well as the implications of the text in order to answer the questions. This guide is one that should be worked through in detail and perhaps even before the mathematical ones so that the reader is better able to reason their way through the problems in the other guides.
Guide number 7 contains material that all people can benefit from, it is designed to enhance your ability to read and comprehend. This is such a fundamental skill that I would recommend that it in fact be the first topic covered, even before the critical reasoning section. For if you are unable to understand what you are reading, then you will struggle to answer even basic questions.
Guide number 8 presents to the reader a set of sentences that contain errors and the reader is to select the most appropriate replacement. While this is of course an important skill and one that should be refreshed on a regular basis, it can be delayed until the very last. One can generally assume that the material in all other sections is presented using appropriate English usage.
Guide number 9 contains a set of problems where the reader is presented with information in multiple forms, including graphs and charts and is expected to logically integrate it into a coherent structure in order to answer the questions. This clearly should be the last topic in the sequence, for it builds on all the others except for the sentence correction guide.
In all of the guides there are major sections explaining logical approaches to solving the problems presented in that section. This is very valuable for it demonstrates how to apply logical reasoning to that specific topic, which is the most effective way to learn it.
Although there is more material here than most people would ever need, overkill is better than underkill as people can simply skip over what they don’t need to work on. Therefore, this is a complete set of study materials for the GMAT and can be used to effectively prepare for the exam.
This review appears on Amazon.
That being said, the issue then becomes the quality of the material, can it in fact be used to prepare for the GMAT? The answer to that is clearly affirmative; the danger is in the potential for over preparing by working through too much material and taking too many practice exams.
The books are numbered starting with zero and the first one is dedicated to an explanation of the format and scoring of the test as well as giving and commenting on example problems illustrating the various segments of the GMAT. It is an overall look at the exam and gives hints on how to deal with the stress of taking an exam where there can be so much at stake.
Guide number 1 is a short review of the basic number operations with fractions, decimals and percents. For most people, the fractions will be the most difficult for there are problems of adding fractions as well as simplifying fractions made up of fractions. I found it to be a solid review of these essential topics.
Guide number 2 is a review of the most basic of algebraic operations, simple formulas, exponents, roots, quadratics, sequences, inequalities, absolute value and simple functions. All topics are presented in the form of a review; this should not be considered a way to learn algebra starting from no previous experience.
Guide number 3 contains a set of standard word problems found in every basic algebra course. Relative rate, simple mixture, d equals rate times time, consecutive integer sums, statistical measures of the center and overlapping sets are most of the problems. Once again, consider it the material for a review rather than to learn it on your own.
Guide number 4 contains problems in the area of geometry, generally covering the standard geometric structures of polygons, circles, lines and triangles. Their properties, such as area, perimeter and how one can be compared to another of the same type are examined. Since this topic is largely based on images, this is a quick review that most people will sail through. It is also a book that could be used by someone with no experience in the topic, although that would be rare.
Guide number 5 covers the basic properties of integers, the fundamentals of probability and combinatorics. These are topics that many people will not have been exposed to before and the quality of the book is such that it could be used for self study.
Guide number 6 is a series of exercises in critical reasoning, where the reader is given a short section of text that establishes a position or makes a point and then is followed by a set of questions regarding the content. The reader must clearly understand the content as well as the implications of the text in order to answer the questions. This guide is one that should be worked through in detail and perhaps even before the mathematical ones so that the reader is better able to reason their way through the problems in the other guides.
Guide number 7 contains material that all people can benefit from, it is designed to enhance your ability to read and comprehend. This is such a fundamental skill that I would recommend that it in fact be the first topic covered, even before the critical reasoning section. For if you are unable to understand what you are reading, then you will struggle to answer even basic questions.
Guide number 8 presents to the reader a set of sentences that contain errors and the reader is to select the most appropriate replacement. While this is of course an important skill and one that should be refreshed on a regular basis, it can be delayed until the very last. One can generally assume that the material in all other sections is presented using appropriate English usage.
Guide number 9 contains a set of problems where the reader is presented with information in multiple forms, including graphs and charts and is expected to logically integrate it into a coherent structure in order to answer the questions. This clearly should be the last topic in the sequence, for it builds on all the others except for the sentence correction guide.
In all of the guides there are major sections explaining logical approaches to solving the problems presented in that section. This is very valuable for it demonstrates how to apply logical reasoning to that specific topic, which is the most effective way to learn it.
Although there is more material here than most people would ever need, overkill is better than underkill as people can simply skip over what they don’t need to work on. Therefore, this is a complete set of study materials for the GMAT and can be used to effectively prepare for the exam.
This review appears on Amazon.
July 14, 2019
Absolutely brilliant. Paired these with the official guides and I feel so ready to blast that gmat test apart. I especially appreciated the gmat roadmap book (guide 0).
September 27, 2020
Glad this part of my life is done.
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