Product Description

Word Translations (1 of the 8 books in Manhattan GMAT's Preparation Guide series) provides a highly organized and structured approach to the variety of questions in this quantitative content area. This guide analyzes all categories of the GMAT's complex math word problems and provides frameworks for attacking each question type. Students then practice translating challenging word problems into clear equations. The book offers a unique balance between two competing emphases: test-taking strategies and in-depth content understanding. Practice problem sets build specific foundational skills in each topic and include the most advanced content that many other prep books ignore. As the average GMAT score required to gain admission to top b-schools continues to rise, this guide provides test takers with the depth and volume of advanced material essential for succeeding on the GMAT's computer adaptive format. Book also includes online access to 6 full-length Simulated Practice GMAT Exams at Manhattan GMAT's website.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #87969 in Books
• Published on: 2007-05
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 123 pages

From the Publisher
Special Features:

*Each of the 8 Guides covers 1 major topic in extensive depth, providing students with many more pages-per-topic than found in all in-one books. Single-topic focus of each guide allows the student to purchase only those guides that pertain to his/her weaknesses.
*Purchase includes 6 Full-Length Computer Adaptive Online Practice GMAT Exams and Bonus Word Translations Online Question Bank developed exclusively by Manhattan GMAT. Your book includes a unique access code that enables you to access these online resources.
*Cleanly-presented strategies, problems sets, and explanations with sidebars that highlight key concepts; no need to wade through cramped pages in small typeface.
*Each chapter builds comprehensive content understanding in the given topic area by providing rules, strategies and in-depth examples of how the GMAT tests a given topic and how you can respond accurately and quickly. Each chapter is followed by 15 challenging practice problems, progressively increasing in difficulty and designed to increase your ability from novice to expert in the given topic. Answers with comprehensive explanations follow each problem set.
*A special chapter provides specific strategies for attacking GMAT Data Sufficiency Problems that involve the use of Word Translations. Data Sufficiency problems are uniquely challenging problems that account for more than one-third of the quantitative problems you will see on the GMAT.
*After mastering all the Word Translations topics and completing Manhattan GMAT's comprehensive problem sets, you can test your knowledge on Word Translations problems that have appeared on past GMAT exams. These problems are contained in The Official Guides For GMAT Review (sold separately), published by GMAC, the organization that administers the GMAT. Manhattan GMAT has categorized all the problems in The Official Guides by topic and the comprehensive list of categorized Word Translations problems appears in the back of the Word Translations Strategy Guide.

From the Back Cover
What Students Are Saying: "Separating each of the 7 topics into into its own book helps segment each area of learning. The Manhattan GMAT materials are much more in-depth than other study aids." "A very holistic approach touching on all aspects of each topic. Very well thought-out curriculum. Homework and drills are concise and appropriate--very effective." "I found the explanations easy to understand and appreciate how they explain the true subject matter and do not merely provide gimmicks for solving problems."

About the Author
Manhattan GMAT’s 7 preparation guides were developed by Manhattan GMAT’s talented staff of real teachers, all of whom have scored in the 99th percentile on the official GMAT. As the company focuses solely on the GMAT (no other tests), it continually updates the guides to reflect the GMAT's most current trends. Questions are refined and strategies enhanced, blending the academic and test-taking skills that have been essential to the success of Manhattan GMAT students around the world. The nation’s largest GMAT-exclusive preparation provider, Manhattan GMAT was founded by Zeke Vanderhoek. A Yale graduate, Zeke taught as a member of Teach for America at a New York City public junior-high school, earned a Masters in Philosophy & Education from Columbia University’s Teachers College, and supplemented his day-job by tutoring individuals in various subjects at all educational levels. Word-of-mouth referrals soon brought in a remarkably high number of GMAT test-takers, and thus Manhattan GMAT and its prep guides were born.

Customer Reviews

Easy to follow GMAT ever!
This is a clearly written product for success. I'm grateful I bought it. Very concise and to the point....I'm taking the GMAT at the end of April for Admission into MBA program at College of WIlliam and Mary. Wish me luck

A good refresher
Quantitative section on the GMAT can be a little tricky, even if you were pretty good at Math in your high school or in college. Why? Because the skills tested on the GMAT are different than the one you acquired in high school or college.

I am an engineering major and I took multiple advanced Math courses in my college and yet, I benefited from the Manhattan Review quantitative books.

Of course, like with everything else on the GMAT, you need to practice a lot so you will benefit from this book only if you have sufficient time to practice. If your GMAT is in a week's time, this book is probably not for you.

Very good for the target audience
"Very good for the target audience" - I think this sums it all. If you are someone who has not done active maths for some time now, and therefore does not remember the concepts involved very well, this is the book for you. This I will say holds true for most of the books of the Manhattan Quant series.
The Manhattan Quant series books cover the concepts only to the degree that gets asked in the GMAT, and do not overwhelm you.
Plus, as each of the Manhattan books then turns to the Official Guide for practice, each of the books has a section where the appropriate questions for that topic are numbered from the OG. They also detail the toughest of the lot from OG. Here I think the book is useful for anyone, irrespective of the personal comfort level with maths.
Therefore if you are true to yourself and practice the questions marked from OG as you go along, this would prove to an excellent resource for cracking the quant part of the GMAT.