Are you actually preparing for GMAT Quants the right way?
What are Quants in GMAT?
The Quants section in GMAT stands for Quantitative Reasoning. While most MBA Aspirants get afraid of this section assuming it to be very tough as it has concepts of mathematics, but that is not exactly what it is. With little tips and hard work you can define get this one. This section of GMAT would, in fact, going to judge you on the basis of your graphic interpretation and your quantitative problem-solving skills. You will be given 31 multiple choice questions for which you will have 62 minutes. You’ll be given five choices and out of those five, you have to choose the one you find correct. You can not go back to the previous question to undo nor can you skip any questions. The knowledge of your regular facts is going to be quite helpful in this section of GMAT. This article will teach you How to Prepare for GMAT Quantitative Section.
Types of Questions in the Quantitative Section
There are two types of questions in the Quantitative Section:
- Problem Solving
- Data Sufficiency
It is important to note that you won’t be provided with an online calculator for the quantitative section. It is essential for you to know the basics of geometry, algebra (precisely elementary algebra) and arithmetic mathematics for this section. Also, this section doesn’t really depend upon basic mathematical skills. It purely depends upon your analytical thinking skills.
Problem Solving
If you know your basic high school math then you may just need to brush through high school mathematics and get done with this section as this section is purely dependent on mathematic skills.
Data Sufficiency
In such questions, you should be able to recognize the difference between relevant and irrelevant data and also should be able to analyse whether there is enough data for a particular question. You will be given a problem that consists of a question and two statements.
Scoring and overview of questions
Scores for the quantitative section of GMAT range from 11 to 51 with 16-18 questions appear from the data sufficiency section and 18-20 are based on problem-solving section.
Tips On How to Prepare for GMAT Quantitative Section
- Focus more on your basics than study many tough and advanced quantitative mathematical questions. It is better to first solve the basics ones than jumping on to the tougher questions. If you don’t know your basics, you’ll honestly not land up with a good score.
- Find hacks and methods or substitute methods to solve a particular type of problem as this would help you with time management as well as would help you with securing higher grades. Try finding methods to solve faster even if your answer is correct.
- The more you practice, the more will you find it easier. It is genuinely not that difficult if you practice more.
- Brush through your basic maths concepts as this section would definitely require your practice in that section.
- Find your strengths and weakness. It is never too late to actually start analyzing where you would need more practice and where you won’t need as much of practice comparatively. It is all dependent upon how much you solve. The more you solve the more you know where do you need to focus on.
- Solve as many mock tests as you can. Don’t just rely on any guide or any notes.
- However, only solving won’t be enough. It is important to check the answers and prepare a separate sheet or a book wherein you include all tough questions or questions where you made errors. Review these as many times as possible. This is also a hack to save time during the final crucial days of revision.
- Go on instinct only in extreme cases. Else it is advisable to not go on instincts as you will end up losing your scores.
- Many of you would not know this but the answers are the same as every question. Even though it is not advisable to mug up and learn the answers by heart; but if you feel you are running short of time or any such issue, then you can learn it up and during the exam, you would not really have to solve every question.
