GRE Analytical Writing: A Step-by-Step Guide

GRE Analytical Writing: A Step-by-Step Guide

Before you begin your battery of Quantitative Reasoning and Verbal Reasoning sections on the GRE, you will have to complete the Analytical Writing measure. Read on to learn about this important section of the test and for useful preparation tips. What is the...
How to Solve Permutations Questions on the GMAT

How to Solve Permutations Questions on the GMAT

Permutations are a type of combinatorics task that is often tested on the GMAT. In a permutations question, you are asked to find the number of ways to order a group of elements. The order of the elements matters in permutations questions, so the number of possible...
How to Build a Strong GRE Vocabulary That Will Last

How to Build a Strong GRE Vocabulary That Will Last

By now you know that GRE preparation, for almost everyone, involves studying vocabulary words. Half of the questions on the GRE verbal reasoning sections are vocabulary-based. You will have to select from an answer choice set of vocabulary words to appropriately fill...
Ordering in Combinatorics: A Guide to Solving GMAT Questions

Ordering in Combinatorics: A Guide to Solving GMAT Questions

What is an Ordering Task? Ordering tasks are a common type of question on the GMAT. In an ordering task, you are asked to determine the number of ways to order a set of objects. The number of ways to order n different objects is n!, or n factorial. The best way to...
Text Completion and Sentence Equivalence on the GRE

Text Completion and Sentence Equivalence on the GRE

Vocabulary-based questions on the GRE verbal reasoning sections are of two kinds: text completion and sentence equivalence. Both types are about filling in blanks in sentences with the right words based on context, but the answer choice formats are different. In this...