Product Description

The Word Translations Guide analyzes the GMAT's complex math word problems and provides structured frameworks for attacking each question type. Master the art of translating challenging word problems into organized data.Each chapter builds comprehensive content understanding by providing rules, strategies and in-depth examples of how the GMAT tests a given topic and how you can respond accurately and quickly. The Guide contains a total of 120 'In-Action' problems of increasing difficulty with detailed answer explanations. The content of the book is aligned to the latest Official Guides from GMAC (12th edition).

Special Features:

Purchase of this book includes one year of access to Manhattan GMAT's online Word Translations Question Bank (accessible by inputting a unique code in the back of each book).

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #18576 in Books
• Published on: 2009-05-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 216 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780982423875
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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From the Publisher
Chapter by Chapter

Part I: General

1. ALGEBRAIC TRANSLATIONS
Translation Techniques, Using Charts, Prices and Quantities

2. RATES & WORK
RTD Charts, Matching Units, Multiple RTD Problems, Average Rate, Basic Work, Working Together, Population

3. RATIOS
Labels, Proportions, Unknown Multipliers, Multiple Ratios

4. COMBINATORICS
Fundamental Counting Principle, Factorials, Anagrams, Multiple Arrangements, Arrangements with Constraints

5. PROBABILITY
And vs. Or, 1 - x Shortcut, Domino Effect, Probability Trees

6. STATISTICS
Average Formula, Evenly Spaced Sets, Weighted Averages, Median, Standard Deviation

7. OVERLAPPING SETS
Double-Set Matrix, Sets & Percents, Sets & Algebraic Representation, 2 Sets/3 Choices, Venn Diagrams

8. MINOR PROBLEM TYPES
Optimization, Grouping, Scheduling, Computation, Graphing

Part II: Advanced

Includes separate chapters on numerous Advanced Word Translations topics, as well as additional practice problems.

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 8 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.

Customer Reviews

Good coverage of the basics
This book does a very god job of covering Rate x Time=Distance problems, work problems, probability problems, and overlapping sets problems. It is also a major improvement over the previous edition in all areas.

The "word translation" problems in the real GMAT, however, make up for the largest portion of the Quant section of the GMAT. This book covers approximately maybe 80% of the question types.

The difficulty of the questions are geared toward the middle level test takers. The book does not cover some of the hardest questions GMAT gives you. But it will provide a very good foundation for the GMAT.

I recommend this book for those who are preparing for the GMAT.

Comprehensive book.
I am one of the students who are good at Math and not so good at English. I wanted to hone my Math skills and get a feel of GMAT problems. This book seems to do just that. Most of the material covered in this book is like review for me and the strategies taught in this book are not new to me except a few of them. So, I am happy with this book.

Excellent Review Book
The World Translations book, like all of Manhattan GMAT's review books, is excellent. It covers all of the basics, which is great if you need a refresher, as well as the advanced concepts, which is perfect if you're shooting for a 700+ score.

In particular, World Translation problems are some of the hardest ones on the GMAT, but with the help of the review guide, I was able to tackle even the most challenging problems. I'm sure many people struggle at first with World Translation problems (they can definitely be tricky), but the book does a good job of taking you through concepts step-by-step so that you really understand what each question is asking, and what the best approach to take is.

I highly recommend this guide, as well as all of Manhattan GMAT's guides, if you are serious about doing well on the GMATs. I actually took Manhattan GMAT's review course (the books come free when you take the course), which I would also highly recommend.