GRE Math
subject quantitative topics are mainly taken from school level math. It is not
high level math that you face in 12th class of your school. There is
no need to be afraid of the topics. What you need is the revision and little
practice on the topics. Let me tell you after schooling we study a lot about
our subjects that we study in graduation. Due to a break in these years the
concepts of math that we learnt in school get little blurred. All we need a
positive and focused approach to rebuilt our stamina to solve the questions
GRE Math topics:
The main GRE
math subject topics are based on arithmetic, algebra, and geometry and data
analysis part. So, is that all we need to study for a successful score in GRE
math. May be it depends on how you are looking at things. You can look at
things in a hard way or you can create a smart approach for you to win the
race.
GRE math
topic which includes arithmetic part is based on the topics of speed time and
distance problems, Time and work problems, profit and loss, ratio and
proportion. These topics are easiest to cover. You need to have simple math
knowledge to solve such questions. Maximum students score high in this part. If
you are a beginner and trying to start GRE math, I recommend to you that you
must start from this part. Once you start doing these topics you will begin to
gain confidence. The problems are tricky but not hard. The concept of the
questions is to test the student on the basic concepts. GRE math questions are
often based on language problems. A simple question in the math part of GRE
test is made hard by using several long sentences. These sentences are to
confuse you.
Other topics
in GRE math subject is Geometry. The GRE questions on this topics test you on
basic theorems in straight lines, circles, quadrilaterals etc. Mensuration
questions in GRE are based on calculation of volumes and surface areas of
cylinders, cones, prisms and circles etc. These questions are not asked in data analysis
or interpretation part. Graphs are not going to come on volumes and surface
areas.
Higher math
part of GRE math includes questions from the topics of permutation &
combinations and Probability. Set theory and statistics questions are also
asked. For these topics you need to work little harder. The questions from this
section are little harder than you need to be more focused on these topics.
The GRE math
topics on numbers and fundamentals is another topic. It tests you on the
fundamentals of number theory. Questions are asked on the number of factors,
remainder theorem, involution, roots and indices questions.
GRE Math Data analysis:
All you need
is practice to excel in this part of GRE math. Another advantage of doing this
is that the topics cover fundamentals needed for the data analysis part of GRE
math section. Data analysis part in GRE is based on graphs questions. The GRE
data analysis tests the students on the data interpretation ability of the
student. The basic GRE math trick used here are covered from the arithmetic
section of the math topics that we discussed above. The questions in this part
are based on the ratios and percentages calculations. If you have command to
solve percentage questions with high speed than this part can provide you extra
marks in the test. This is the scoring part of GRE math.
After
completing these topics you will feel that you can face GRE math section now.
But wait the story not ends here. The story starts here. Just reading the names
and elaboration of math topics that we discussed above are not enough to guarantee
your success.
Your
approach must be to start with fundamentals. Study all question types that can
be formed on the topic. GRE math practice needs to be done in proper way. The
meaning of proper way is that you must keep your watch with you. Try to solve
questions as fast as you can. We will also discuss here the fast speed
techniques for GRE math section.