Wednesday, September 24, 2008

QUANTS SECTION

Hello Everyone, I think we had enough of verbal section, and its high time we need to know something about Quantitative section. In the previous section, we discussed about the strategies to solve, or make the verbal section easier by following some key ideas. Finally, we even saw some Sample Questions which can be solved through those key points to get the desired answer.Like verbal section, it is also graded on a scale of 200-800, in 10 point increments. In a quantitative section, you may have 28 questions, every test taker is ensured that he has 45 minutes to complete the section.

Now, moving ahead to this section, which involves basically good mathematical skills of higher secondary levels. It starts from the great 'Srinivasa Ramanujam' and the inherits from him are passed on to us, so basically we Indians are proud to say that maths is in our blood. This makes us very special when it comes to GRE quants section since it is relatively easier.

We will move further into the Quantitative section and it needs to cover these topics:


  • Arithmetic
  • Algebra
  • Geometry
  • Data Analysis
Arithmetic

The arithmetic is a vast topic which includes the following :
  • Arithmetic Operations
  • Powers
  • Radical Expressions
  • Estimation
  • Percent
  • Absolute Value
  • Number Property
  • Factoring
Algebra

The algebra has the following sub-topics:
  • Exponential Rules
  • Factoring and Simplifying
  • Relations and Functions
  • First and Second degree equations
  • Simultaneous equations
  • Word Problems
Geometry

The geometry is classified into:
  • Parallel lines
  • Circles
  • Triangles
  • Rectangles
  • Other Polygons
  • Area
  • Perimeter
  • Volume
  • Pythagoras Theorem
  • Angles
  • Co-ordinate Geometry
Data Analysis

The data analysis involves with:

  • Basic Probability
  • Basic Statistics
  • Mean
  • Median
  • Mode
  • Range
  • Standard Deviation
  • Percentiles
  • Data Interpretation
  • Line Graphs
  • Bar Graphs
  • Circle Graphs
  • Frequency Distributions
Lets see what are the type of questions asked in this section in the coming posts and how to tackle them. See you later.


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