Official guide to the GRE revised general test

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About the GRE ? revised General Test 1
1 Introduction 1
Structure and Content of the Test 2
Preparing for the Test 4
Test-taking Strategies for the Computer-based Test 4
Test-taking Strategies for the Paper-based Test 6
Understanding GRE Scoring 7
2 GRE ? Analytical Writing 11
Overview of the Analytical Writing Measure 11
Preparing for the Analytical Writing Measure 12
General Strategies 12
Analyze an Issue Task 13
Analyze an Argument Task 25
GRE Scoring Guide: Analyze an Issue 37
GRE Scoring Guide: Analyze an Argument 39
Score Level Descriptions 41

3 GRE ? Verbal Reasoning 43
Overview of the Verbal Reasoning Measure 43
Verbal Reasoning Question Types 43

4 GRE ? Verbal Reasoning
Practice Questions 43

SET 1. Discrete Questions: Easy 54
SET 2. Reading Comprehension Questions: Easy 56
SET 3. Discrete Questions: Medium 60
SET 4. Reading Comprehension Questions: Medium 63
SET 5. Discrete Questions: Hard 68
SET 6. Reading Comprehension Questions: Hard 71
Answer Key 75
Answers and Explanations 77

5 GRE ? Quantitative Reasoning 107
Overview of the Quantitative Reasoning Measure 107
Quantitative Reasoning Question Types 108
Using the Calculator 129
Mathematical Conventions for the Quantitative Reasoning Measure
of the GRE revised General Test 133

6 GRE ? Quantitative Reasoning
SET 1. Discrete Questions: Easy 145
SET 2. Discrete Questions: Medium 150
SET 3. Discrete Questions: Hard 155
SET 4. Data Interpretation Sets 161
Answer Key 164
Answers and Explanations 166

7 GRE ? Math Review 207
1. Arithmetic 208
2. Algebra 222
3. Geometry 248
4. Data Analysis 263

8 GRE ? Practice Test 1 303
Section 1: Analytical Writing 304
Section 2: Analytical Writing 306
Section 3: Verbal Reasoning 309
Section 4: Verbal Reasoning 318
Section 5: Quantitative Reasoning 329
Section 6: Quantitative Reasoning 337
Evaluating Your Performance 345
Answer Key 347
Score Conversion Table 351
Analytical Writing Sample Responses and Reader Commentaries 353
Section 1: Analyze an Issue 353
Section 2: Analyze an Argument 360
Answers and Explanations 367
Section 3: Verbal Reasoning 367
Section 4: Verbal Reasoning 381
Section 5: Quantitative Reasoning 396
Section 6: Quantitative Reasoning 413

9 GRE ? Practice Test 2 431
Section 1: Analytical Writing 432
Section 2: Analytical Writing 434
Section 3: Verbal Reasoning 437
Section 4: Verbal Reasoning 446
Section 5: Quantitative Reasoning 456
Section 6: Quantitative Reasoning 464
Evaluating Your Performance 473
Answer Key 475
Score Conversion Table 479
Analytical Writing Sample Responses and Reader Commentaries 481
Section 1: Analyze an Issue 481
Section 2: Analyze an Argument 489
Answers and Explanations 496
Section 3: Verbal Reasoning 496
Section 4: Verbal Reasoning 512
Section 5: Quantitative Reasoning 527
Section 6: Quantitative Reasoning 546