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Overview and Practice of GRE Quantitative Reasoning

1 Overview

GRE general test includes a math-related section: quantitative reasoning. It evaluates the ability to reason quantitatively and to address problems with quantitative methods, or say necessary mathematical skills.

The questions are in two sorts:

Pure mathematical problems: answer by math knowledge only
Word problems: answer by modeling problems mathematically

The mathematical symbols, terminology, and conventions in the Quantitative Reasoning worksheets are understandable at the high school level. Besides, there are some other assumptions listed in the Quantitative Reasoning section directions:

All numbers used are real numbers.
All figures are in a plane unless otherwise indicated.
Geometric figures are not necessarily drawn to scale.
Coordinate systems are drawn to scale

You can use a calculator in the test, but you cannot use your own calculator. In the computer-based GRE test, the calculator is provided on-screen; as for paper-delivered test, the test center will offer a basic calculator. You may get latest and official information of GRE Quantitative Reasoning from Quantitative Reasoning Measure.

2 GRE Quantitative Reasoning

GRE Quantitative Reasoning isn't real math test. It doesn't test all high school math skills; for example, it does not include trigonometry, calculus, or other higher-level mathematics. Instead, it just covers four primary math parts: arithmetic, algebra, geometry, and data analysis.

Arithmetic Topics include properties and types of integers, arithmetic operations, exponents and roots, and concepts of estimation, percent, absolute value, the number line, and decimal representation.

Example:

Directions: Select answer choice or choices.

Which of the following can be used to illustrate that not all prime numbers are odd?

Select one or more of the choices.

	1
	2
	3
	4

Exercises of arithmetic topics

Algebra Topics include operations with exponents; algebraic expressions; equations and inequalities; linear and quadratic equations and inequalities; and coordinate geometry, including graphs of functions, intercepts and slopes of lines.

Example:

Directions: Select answer choice or choices.

Sheila works 8 hours per day on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and 6 hours per day on Tuesday and Thursday. She does not work on Saturday and Sunday. She earns $324 per week. How much does she earn in dollars per hour?

	11
	10
	9
	8
	7

Exercises of algebra topics

Geometry Topics include parallel and perpendicular lines, circles, triangles, quadrilaterals, other polygons, three-dimensional figures, area, perimeter, volume, and angle measurement in degrees. (Not need to construct proofs of geometry.)

Example:

Directions: Select answer choice or choices.

A picture is copied onto a sheet of paper 8.5 inches by 10 inches. A 1.5 inch margin is left all around. What area in square inches does the picture cover?

	76
	65
	59.5
	49
	38.5

Exercises of geometry topics

Data Analysis Topics include basic descriptive statistics; interpretation of data in tables and graphs; elementary probability; conditional probability; random variables and probability distributions, including normal distributions; and counting methods, such as combinations and permutations.

Example:

Directions: Select answer choice or choices.

A solid cube of side 6 is first painted pink and then cut into smaller cubes of side 2. How many of the smaller cubes have paint on exactly 2 sides?

	30
	24
	12
	8
	6

Exercises of data analysis topics

3 GRE Quantitative Reasoning Question Type

GRE Quantitative Reasoning has four common types of questions. A question may be promoted in two ways: either independently as a discrete question or as part of a set of questions, the latter case is usually in Data Interpretation whose all questions are based on the same data source, like tables or graphs.

Quantitative Comparison is the primary type in GRE quantitative reasoning and usually ask you select one answer choice from multiple options.

Exercises of quantitative comparison

Example:

Directions: Compare Quantity A and Quantity B, using additional information centered above the two quantities if such information is given, and select one of the following four answer choices:

Quantity A is greater.
Quantity B is greater.
The two quantities are equal.
The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.

A symbol that appears more than once in a question has the same meaning throughout the question.


The average (arithmetic mean) of four numbers is 36

Quantity A	Quantity B

The sum of the same four numbers	140

	Quantity A is greater.
	Quantity B is greater.
	The two quantities are equal.
	The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.

Numeric Entry needs you calculate the answer; some Words Problem question also needs you give the numeric answer after modeling.

Exercises of numeric entry

Example:

Directions: Enter your answer as an integer or a decimal if there is a single answer box OR as a fraction if there are two separate boxes — one for the numerator and one for the denominator.

Sam travels from A to B at 10km/hr and returns at 15km/hr. Pam travels from A to B and returns at 15 km/hr.Pam takes 4 hours less than Sam does. What is the distance between A and B in kilometers?

Word Problem emphasizes to translate the problem to the mathematical model, you need to calculate the answer, select one or more choices from multiple options.

Exercises of word problem

Example:

Directions: Select answer choice or choices.

Which of the following can be used to illustrate that not all prime numbers are odd?

Select one or more of the choices.

	1
	2
	3
	4

Data Interpretation usually has a set of questions based on the same data source; the problems are diversity, like calculating the answer, selecting one or more choices from multiple options.

Exercises of data interpretation

Example:

Directions: The following question 1-2 are based on the bellow table, which shows per capita Mean Expenditure, Per capita Food expenditure, Number of Households and Per capita cereal consumption, in both quantity and value, for different expenditure classes of rural India. The sampled 41597 households are divided into 12 expenditure classes, starting from less than Rs.65 per month per capita and ending at more than Rs.385 per capita per month.

1. According to the results of this sample survey, what is the proportion of total expenditure on food to total expenditure for all the sampled households taken together?

	58%
	36.7%
	63.3%
	71%
	Cannot be determined

2. What is the difference, approximately, between the gross expenditure of the sampled households in the Rs.95-110 expenditure class and in the Rs.180-215 expenditure class?

	372000
	448000
	496000
	93.8
	52.3