Official GRE Quantitative Reasoning Practice Questions, Second Edition

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Questions Volume 1, Second Edition
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of the GRE® General Test. This book is specially created to give you in-depth practice and
accurate test preparation for the Quantitative Reasoning measure.
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Authentic GRE Quantitative Reasoning test questions arranged by content and
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question type—to help you build your test-taking skills. Plus, mixed practice sets.
Answers and explanations for every question!
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Contents
How to Use This Book
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1
Overview of the GRE® Quantitative Reasoning
Measure 1
Introduction to the GRE® General Test ......................................... 1
The Quantitative Reasoning Measure of the Computer-delivered
GRE General Test ......................................................... 2
The Quantitative Reasoning Measure of the Paper-delivered
GRE General Test ......................................................... 4
Score Reporting ............................................................. 5
2
Test Content 7
Overview of the Quantitative Reasoning Measure ................................ 7
General Problem-solving Steps ................................................ 9
Quantitative Reasoning Question Types ....................................... 14
Using the Calculator ........................................................ 39
3
Arithmetic 43
Quantitative Comparison Questions .......................................... 45
Multiple-choice Questions—Select One Answer Choice ......................... 47
Multiple-choice Questions—Select One or More Answer Choices ................ 49
Numeric Entry Questions ................................................... 50
Answer Key ............................................................... 51
Answers and Explanations .................................................. 52
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Algebra 65
Quantitative Comparison Questions .......................................... 67
Multiple-choice Questions—Select One Answer Choice ......................... 69
Multiple-choice Questions—Select One or More Answer Choices ................ 71
Numeric Entry Questions ................................................... 72
Answer Key ............................................................... 73
Answers and Explanations .................................................. 74
5
Geometry 85
Quantitative Comparison Questions .......................................... 87
Multiple-choice Questions—Select One Answer Choice ......................... 89
Multiple-choice Questions—Select One or More Answer Choices ................ 91
Numeric Entry Questions ................................................... 92
Answer Key ............................................................... 93
Answers and Explanations .................................................. 94
6
Data Analysis 105
Quantitative Comparison Questions ......................................... 107
Multiple-choice Questions—Select One Answer Choice ........................ 110
Multiple-choice Questions—Select One or More Answer Choices ............... 112
Numeric Entry Questions .................................................. 113
Data Interpretation Sets .................................................... 114
Answer Key .............................................................. 118
Answers and Explanations ................................................. 119
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