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GRE Quantitative Section Break up

The Break-Up

It is easier to know the question types which would then increase study concentration in those areas enabling development of strategies.phew!Just study the types below ,there’s enough of this to do.

The Big Four
Arithmetic

Questions involve

  • Arithmetic operations
  • The Powers that be. Ok, indices and powers of numbers.
  • Operations on radical expressions
  • Estimation
  • Percentages
  • Absolute value
  • Properties of numbers (e.g. divisibility, prime numbers, odd and even integers)
  • Factoring
Algebra

Questions involve

  • Rules of exponents
  • Factoring and simplifying algebraic expressions
  • Understanding concepts of relations and functions
  • Solving first and second degree equations and inequalities
  • Solving simultaneous equations
  • Setting up equations to solve word problems
  • Applying basic algebra skills to solve problems
Geometry

Questions involve properties of

  • Parallel lines
  • Circles and their inscribed central angles
  • Triangles
  • Rectangles
  • Other polygons
  • Area
  • Perimeter
  • Volume
  • Pythagoras theorem
  • Angle measure in degrees
  • Simple coordinate geometry (including slopes, intercepts, and inequalities)
Data Analysis

Questions involve

  • Elementary probability
  • Basic descriptive statistics
  • Mean
  • Median
  • Mode
  • Range
  • Standard deviation
  • Percentiles
  • Interpretation of data in graphs and tables
  • Line graphs
  • Bar graphs
  • Circle graphs
  • Frequency distributions
    • Pieces of the Pie:
    • GRE Math - Quantitative Comparisons
    • GRE Math - Problem Solving
    • GRE Math - Data Interpretation