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® ® GRE For Dummies , Premier 7th Edition Table of Contents Introduction About This Book Conventions Used in This Book What You’re Not to Read Foolish Assumptions How This Book Is Organized Part I: Mastering the GRE Test-Taking Experience Part II: Tackling the Verbal Section One Word at a Time Part III: High School Math and Beyond: Math You Thought You’d Never Need Again Part IV: Penning Powerful Analytical Essays Part V: Taking Full-Length Practice GREs: It’s All You Part VI: The Part of Tens CD-ROM Icons Used in This Book Where to Go from Here Part I: Mastering the GRE Test-Taking Experience Chapter 1: Knowing What to Expect with the GRE Signing Up for the GRE Breaking Down the GRE into Small Doses Scoring Max: 340 and 6 Knowing how the scoring breaks down Calculating your score Knowing how your scores measure up Playing the guessing game Seeing or cancelling your scores Gimme a Break! GRE Intermissions Chapter 2: Owning the GRE: Strategies for Success Making the Best Use of Your Time Budgeting your time for studying Budgeting your time for practicing Beating the clock: Time management tips Repeating the Test Reporting Test Administration Abnormalities Using Ancient Scores Chapter 3: Gearing Up for Test Day Gathering Your Stuff before Test Day Knowing What Not to Bring Training Physically and Mentally for Test Day Staying active Eating well Relaxing Test-Driving the Computerized Version Bringing the GRE into Your Comfort Zone Getting familiar with subject matter and questions Reminding yourself of how fully prepared you are Understanding that the GRE is only one of many admissions requirements Part II: Tackling the Verbal Section One Word at a Time Chapter 4: Text Completion and Sentence Equivalence: The Easiest Verbal Questions Grasping Text Completion and Sentence Equivalence Questions Developing Your Skills for Finding the Correct Answers Interpreting the sentence Using vocabulary properly Recognizing irony, figures of speech, and formal diction Attacking the Question Head-On Read and interpret the sentence while covering the answer choices Fill the blanks with your own words Eliminate answer choices that don’t match your words Overcoming Tricky Sentences Identify transition words and use them to get the gist of the phrases Break the sentence into smaller pieces Check one word blank at a time to eliminate answer choices Getting Your Hands Dirty with Practice Questions Text Completion questions Sentence Equivalence questions Chapter 5: Making Sense of What You Read: Reading Comprehension Recognizing the Three Reading Comprehension Question Formats Multiple-choice questions: Choose one answer Multiple-choice questions: Choose one or more answers Sentence-selection questions: Choose a sentence from the passage Developing Strategies for Success Using the context as your road map Grasping the gist of the passage Using keywords strategically Avoiding traps Acing the Three Commonly Tested Reading Comprehension Passages The biological and physical science passage The social sciences passage The humanities passage Chapter 6: Analyzing the Argument Questions Covering the Answer Choices Knowing What to Look for in the Question Reading the Passage with a Critical Eye Identifying the premise and conclusion Finding the hidden assumption Spotting weaknesses in supporting details Exploring common logical fallacies Answering the Question in Your Own Words Eliminating Wrong Answers to Find the Right One Leveraging the process of elimination Testing your skills Trying some other examples Chapter 7: Expanding Your Vocabulary to Boost Your Score Brushing Up on Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots Prefixes Suffixes Roots Memorizing the GRE’s Most Common Vocabulary Words Part III: High School Math and Beyond: Math You Thought You’d Never Need Again Chapter 8: Brushing Up on Basic Arithmetic Eyeing Integers, Factors, and Multiples Factoring in Prime Time: Prime and Composite Numbers Reading between the Lines: Absolute Value Remembering the Order of Things: Putting PEMDAS to Use Measuring Up: Units of Measurement Discovering the Point with Decimals Adding and subtracting decimals Multiplying decimals Dividing decimals Facing Off with Fractions Adding or subtracting fractions Multiplying fractions Dividing fractions Mixed numbers Manipulating Percentages Converting between percentages and decimals or fractions Finding the percent of change Making Ratios More Rational Considering the total number of items Finding the amount of a specific term Combining two or more ratios Working the Numbers: Arithmetic Practice Problems Chapter 9: Algebra: Finding What X Really Means Tapping the Powers of Bases and Exponents Working with Symbolism Problems Substitute for the variable in the symbol question Substitute for the variable in the function question Mastering the Fundamentals of Algebra Solving for x Multiplying with the FOIL method Unfoiling: Also known as factoring Dealing with Roots and Radicals Simplifying radicals and roots Estimating the radical Adding and subtracting radicals Multiplying and dividing radicals Working radicals from the inside out Traversing the X and Y Axes with Coordinate Geometry Using formulas to solve problems Performing linear algebraic equations Solving simultaneous equations Recognizing Patterns in Numerical Sequences Arithmetic Geometric Fibonacci Sequential terms Chapter 10: Shaping Up Your Geometry Skills Exploring Lines and Angles Lines Angles Recognizing the Many Sides of Polygons Determining total interior angle measure Finding one interior angle Understanding Triangles from Top to Bottom Recognizing triangle types Noting key characteristics Working with similar triangles Calculating a triangle’s perimeter and area Understanding the Pythagorean theorem Identifying common Pythagorean ratios in right triangles Knowing Quadrilaterals Inside and Out Recognizing a quadrilateral when you see one Working with Circles Recognizing a circle’s characteristics Mastering essential formulas Tackling shaded-area problems Going 3D with Volume and Surface Area Calculating volume Calculating total surface area Chapter 11: Translating English into Math: Word Problem Strategies Working a Word Problem Step by Step Are We There Yet? Calculating Distance, Rate, and Time Figuring Averages

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