| Home » The Official Guide for GMAT Quantitative Review, 2nd Edition | | | | | | | Description: | | The only official quantitative review for the GMAT from the creators of the test. Anyone preparing for the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) knows it's important to study with the experts. With The Official Guide for the GMAT Quantitative Review, Second Edition, you'll get questions, answers, and explanations straight from the source. The only official quantitative review for the GMAT Exam, this book targets your study and helps you improve your quantitative skills by focusing on your ability to solve equations, interpret data, coordinate geometry, and determine probability with assurance and ease. Inside, you'll find - 300 actual questions from past GMAT tests, including 75 questions new to this edition
- Sections on Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry, Problem Solving, and Data Sufficiency
- Questions organized in order of difficulty to save study time
The Graduate Management Admission Council certifies all content so you can trust that you're getting expert guidance as you prepare for the GMAT Exam. The Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) is the association of leading graduate business schools around the world. GMAC's mission is to meet the needs of business schools and students through a wide array of products, services, and programs. It is the owner and administrator of the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT), the first and only standardized test specifically designed for graduate business and management programs. Available in nearly 100 countries, it is the global standard for entry to the MBA degree course. | | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) | | Paperback:
| 216 pages | | Publisher:
| Wiley | | Publication Date:
| September 08, 2009 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 0470449764 | | Product Length:
| 10.85 inches | | Product Width:
| 8.49 inches | | Product Height:
| 0.34 inches | | Product Weight:
| 0.89 pounds | | Package Length:
| 10.8 inches | | Package Width:
| 8.5 inches | | Package Height:
| 0.5 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.9 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 36 reviews |
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29 of 31 found the following review helpful:
 Review for GMAT OG QuantSep 19, 2009
By hopeful
The GMAT OG Quantitative book should be an essential book for anyone preparing for the GMAT.
The Good:
You'll get hands on experience with real GMAT quant questions that have been previously administered on actual tests, but have now been retired. Since the questions in this book were once part of the actual test, you'll know exactly what type of questions to expect when you take your test.
How to Turn the Good to Work:
To make the best use of this book, use it after you undergo a thorough review of all the math concepts. The best source for doing so would be the Kaplan book if you need a quick refresher, or the EZ Solutions GMAT series if you need a thorough review of each and every math concept imaginable.
The Bad:
Although this book has real test questions, the level of difficulty doesn't go too high. If you are specifically aiming for 700+ score, you ought to do a lot more practice question than what you can find in this book. The answer explanations are not that great because of two main reasons. First, the explanations are not clear. Second, sometimes you can find an easier/shorter way to reach the answer. Moreover, don't expect to get any review of any math content in this book.
How to Overcome the Bad:
Like mentioned above, use the EZ Solutions GMAT series for in-depth math review and practicing problems of all level, from basic to advanced. Another great resource would be the Kaplan math workbook to get some additional practice problems.
The Bottom Line:
In spite of the "bad's," the "good's" makes this book a must-have for all GMAT takers. For under $15, you'll get to see real math questions published by the test makers. Before you turn to any other book for practice, this should be your first choice. Of course, like I mentioned earlier, you'll need to seek additional sources for reviewing math concepts and practicing math question.
Final Note:
Whatever your case may be, do not skip this book. I can't stress enough, but if you are preparing for the GMAT, get this book, along with the main Official Guide.
In my opinion, the above is exactly what you will get from this book, not an inch more, not an inch less. I hope my review would help at least a few of you, if not everyone. Thanks for reading. Good luck.
16 of 17 found the following review helpful:
 It didn't do me justice.Nov 09, 2010
By matthew wanat
I just took the Gmat. As in 30 minutes ago. I already wrote a review on the verbal gmat review and now came over to review the quantitative. The exam was much harder than this book. There were questions on the GMAT that are far more complex and difficult than are contained in this review or the official GMAT review. This book is ok for giving you the basic layout and ideas, but it just didn't come close to what I just went through. I know it sounds like I'm griping because I did poorly on the quantitative section. But take it as a warning. I know I studied well and had other books to go along with this review guide. I studied the principles and problems contained within this book, but when it came to the actual test, there were questions I simply didn't recognize. The practice tests on MBA.com didn't do me much good either apparently. Where I excelled at the verbal, I fell far short on my expectations on the quantitative. On average of the practice scores compared to my actual score, I dropped 24 percentile points!!! THAT'S 24 PERCENTILE POINTS!!! This book and the practice tests aren't difficult enough. They aren't in depth enough. My +17 points on the verbal, netted me at a percentile ranking 10 percentile points below what the practice test told me. Basically, 30 points lower than I averaged on the practice tests and 60 points lower than I wanted to score on the actual test. Needless to say, I am more than disappointed by this book.
It will help to get you started. But don't trust that this is the level to be expected. You have to find harder problems!!
14 of 18 found the following review helpful:
 Not much different from 1st Edition - 28 new hard questionsSep 04, 2009
By GMAT Club (Expert)
"BB"
There are 44 new Problem Solving and 31 new Data Sufficiency Questions (a total of 75 new questions out of 300).
--- List of Changes:---
Problem Solving (PS)
- 4 new easy questions
- 21 new medium questions
- 19 new hard questions
Data Sufficiency
- 13 new easy questions
- 8 new medium questions
- 9 new hard questions
The main issue with the first edition was low question difficulty. This edition addresses the issue slightly, but as you can see, not by much. One issue that was fixed is the total number of questions. The first edition claimed (just like this one) to have 300 questions, but only had 294 - how can you make that mistake in the Official Guide for Quantitative Review? The question split is 176 for PS and 124 for DS.
As to content, changes, it is interesting to see many of the tables and data-interpretation questions go and addition of sequence questions. Also, DS lost many of its arithmetic questions, which were replaced by Word Problems.
Overall - pretty much the same book - would have loved to see more new questions, but $12 for 28 new hard and 29 medium REAL questions is not bad. By the way, the first edition is on sale right now The Official Guide for GMAT Quantitative Review for $6.78!
Here is the full list of new questions for reference:
PS: 1, 2, 7, 41, 56, 60, 61, 62, 64, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 78, 79, 80, 81, 83, 102, 103, 108, 112, 117, 131, 135, 142, 145, 146, 147, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 160, 162, 173
DS: 1, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13, 14, 16, 21, 22, 24, 31, 33, 43, 48, 51, 66, 70, 73, 79, 82, 85, 96, 102, 104, 106, 107, 111, 116, 117, 122
Good Luck on your GMAT!
BB - GMAT 750 - Founder of GMAT Club
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Good practice - bad for learningJan 18, 2011
By Hansel Rodriguez
This book has questions similar to that of the actual GMAT. It is definitely good if you are looking to practice, however the book will not teach you anything. If you are rusty this might just be enough for you. But if you are unable to solve these problems on your own at first, I suggest you to look into other books, resources, etc, and then revert back to this item so that you can practice. Good luck...
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Good book to start for non-math, non-Engg majorsOct 14, 2012
By PaulArt
"Paul Art"
Good book for people who are not Engineering or Math majors. Some wrong answers but overall good. Explanations could be simpler but a good starting book for those wishing to get decent scores.
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