Aug 22, 2023 | Combinatorics, GMAT, Quant
What are combinations? Conceptually, the combinations task is easy to understand: it’s about the number of ways to select a subgroup from a whole group. As in the permutations task, the whole group is notated as n, and the subgroup is notated as r. The standard...
Aug 8, 2023 | Combinatorics, GMAT, Quant
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...
Aug 1, 2023 | Combinatorics, GMAT, Quant
Every combinatorics question on the GMAT involves one or more of three fundamental combinatorics tasks: ordering, permutations, and combinations. This article will introduce the three tasks, and each of the three following articles will explain a task intuitively to...
Jun 24, 2021 | Combinatorics, GMAT, Quant
By: Apex GMAT Contributor: Svetozara Saykova Date: 24th June 2021 Combinatorics can seem like one of the most difficult types of questions to come across on the GMAT. Luckily there are not many of them within the exam. Still these questions make up the top level of...
Mar 2, 2021 | Combinatorics, GMAT, Quant
By: Rich Zwelling, Apex GMAT Instructor Date: 2nd March, 2021 So far, we’ve covered the basics of GMAT combinatorics, the difference between permutations and combinations, some basic permutation and combination math, and permutations with repeat elements. Now, we’ll...
