What is an Ordering Task? Ordering tasks are a common type of question on the GMAT. In an ordering task, you are asked to determine the number of ways to order a set of objects. The number of ways to order n different objects is n!, or n factorial. The best way to...
Vocabulary-based questions on the GRE verbal reasoning sections are of two kinds: text completion and sentence equivalence. Both types are about filling in blanks in sentences with the right words based on context, but the answer choice formats are different. In this...
Reading comprehension accounts for half of the questions on the GRE verbal reasoning sections. To do well on these questions, you need a framework for understanding the purpose and structure of the passages. Some passages are very short – really more accurately termed...
There are only three types of questions on a GRE verbal reasoning section: text completion, sentence equivalence, and reading comprehension. (Text completion and sentence equivalence are quite similar, as discussed in our last article.) Feel at home on the verbal...
It’s not secret that business schools look for high GMAT scores. What you might not know is that the Verbal section on the GMAT has an outsized influence on the aggregate score. This means that the path to a truly great score, once you’ve hit the minimum marks on the...
