Study Update : 10.03.11

Today was Day-13 of the 60 Day BTG Study Plan.

Day 13

 

Word problems are a synthesis of multiple math topics, and they are a perennial source of misery for math students from every corner of the world.  Over the next two days, you'll learn important strategies for effectively handling these question types.

 

To Do:

• In the Official Guide for GMAT Review, 12th Edition:
• Review the section on Rate Problems (p. 140)
• In the Official Guide for GMAT Review, 12th Edition, tackle the following questions:
• Problem Solving: 6, 26, 59, 77, 81, 83, 85, 90, 120, 127, 140, 149, 153, 155, 163, 165, 166, 167, 170, 178, 182, 183, 195, 204, 206, 211, 221, 223
• Data Sufficiency: 4, 10, 14, 23, 25, 39, 40, 50, 59, 61, 62, 70, 77, 85, 87, 92, 101, 102, 103, 104, 113, 118, 120, 123, 124, 126, 127, 138, 145, 152, 155, 158, 174

Additional Reinforcement:

• Watch the Knewton video, Motion

In P.S. it was same as always...15 out of 28 correct. This is getting frustrating...not able to break the pattern and perform better! 

In D.S. it was my worst performance ever...11 out of 33 correct. Interestingly I started brilliantly...first 10 problems I got 8 correct! And then remaining 23 I just managed 3! On review I realized, few questions I didn't read properly and hence messed up...but overall I am still not good at forming a conclusion as to which option will be sufficient or not sufficient! Need it do it more slowly without bothering about the time it takes.

For Verbal, will be starting Critical Reasoning(CR) from OG-10.

Stay tuned!