Contents
How to Use This Book
1 About the GRE ® GeneralTest 1
Introduction
Structure and Content of the Test
Preparing for the Test
Test-taking Strategies for the Computer-delivered Test
Test-taking Strategies for the Paper-delivered Test
Understanding GRE Scoring
2 GRE ® AnalyticalWriting 11
Overview of the Analytical Writing Measure
Preparing for the Analytical Writing Measure
General Strategies
Analyze an Issue Task
Analyze an Argument Task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
GRE Scoring Guide: Analyze an Issue
GRE Scoring Guide: Analyze an Argument
Score Level Descriptions
3 GRE ® Verbal Reasoning 43
Overview of the Verbal Reasoning Measure
Verbal Reasoning Question Types
4 GRE ® Verbal Reasoning
PracticeQuestions 53
SET 1. Discrete Questions: Easy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
SET 2. Reading ComprehensionQuestions: Easy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
SET 3. Discrete Questions:Medium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
SET 4. Reading ComprehensionQuestions: Medium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
SET 5. Discrete Questions: Hard
SET 6. Reading ComprehensionQuestions: Hard
Answer Key
Answers and Explanations
5 GRE ® Quantitative Reasoning 107
Overview of the QuantitativeReasoning Measure
General Problem-solving Steps
Quantitative Reasoning QuestionTypes
Using the Calculator
Mathematical Conventions forthe Quantitative Reasoning Measure
of the GRE General Test
6 GRE ® Quantitative Reasoning
PracticeQuestions 153
SET 1. Discrete Questions: Easy
SET 2. Discrete Questions:Medium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
SET 3. Discrete Questions: Hard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
SET 4. Data Interpretation Sets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Answer Key . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 174
Answers and Explanations . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
7 GRE ® Math Review 217
Part 1: Arithmetic
Part 2: Algebra
Part 3: Geometry
Part 4: Data Analysis
8 GRE ® Practice Test 1 327
Section 1: Analytical Writing
Section 2: Analytical Writing
Section 3: Verbal Reasoning
Section 4: Verbal Reasoning . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Section 5: QuantitativeReasoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
Section 6: QuantitativeReasoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Evaluating Your Performance . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Answer Key
Score Conversion Table
Analytical Writing SampleResponses and Reader Commentaries . . . . . . . 377
Section 1: Analyze an Issue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .377
Section 2: Analyze an Argument
Answers and Explanations
Section 3: Verbal Reasoning
Section 4: Verbal Reasoning
Section 5: Quantitative Reasoning
Section 6: Quantitative Reasoning
9 GRE ® Practice Test 2 455
Section 1: Analytical Writing
Section 2: Analytical Writing
Section 3: Verbal Reasoning
Section 4: Verbal Reasoning . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470
Section 5: QuantitativeReasoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480
Section 6: QuantitativeReasoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488
Evaluating Your Performance . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497
Answer Key . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 499
Score Conversion Table
Analytical Writing SampleResponses and Reader Commentaries . . . . . . . 505
Section 1: Analyze an Issue
Section 2: Analyze an Argument
Answers and Explanations
Section 3: Verbal Reasoning
Section 4: Verbal Reasoning
Section 5: Quantitative Reasoning
Section 6: Quantitative Reasoning