GRE – QUANTITATIVE SECTION

KNOW THE QUANT SECTION OF GRE

This section of the GRE General test measures your basic mathematical skills, your view of elementary mathematical concepts, and your ability to reason and solve the quantitative problems. Questions that appear in the GRE in this section test your proficiency in arithmetic, algebra, geometry, and data analysis. The test setters, usually, take care to ensure that what is tested is what most students are expected to learn at their high school level of education.

Here is a list of topics in Math, that a candidate should include in his or her syllabus list while preparing for the GRE Quantitative section. The list is only a representative indicator of what is normally expected in GRE and does not necessarily include all areas tested in the GRE Quantitative Section.

Topics in Arithmetic

Number Systems, Percentages, Profit & Loss, Simple & Compound Interest, Speed, Time and Distance, Pipes, Cisterns and Work Time, Simple & Weighted Averages, Ratio, Proportion & Variation, Mixtures and Alligation and Clocks and Calendars.

Topics in Algebra / Modern Math

Permutation & Combination, Probability, Arithmetic & Geometric Progression, Quadratic Equations, Set Theory, Inequalities and Basic statistics.

Topics in Geometry

Basic concepts in Geometry, Co-ordinate Geometry, Mensuration and Trigonometry.

GRE Data Analysis

A bar chart, pie chart, table, line graph or a combination of one or more of these forms of representing data will be presented. These are followed by questions based on the information provided in the tables or charts.

You can download the SAMPLE GRE QUANT PAPER from the below link : GRE QUANT SAMPLE PAPER

A vast Database of quant section papers are available on the internet and one of the good ones is this website:  GRE QUANT PAPERS-MAJOR TESTS

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Here You can find a number of quant papers, which you can attempt online and by this also  getting acquainted to the Computer Adaptability Testing  System.

You can track your progress by solving a few papers on each section .

Here is a link for Math Problem solving : MAJOR TESTS.

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