You may often hear that the GMAT Math section covers the main concepts of your school program. However, the GMAT math may seem to go beyond that. Although it is true that math questions are designed not to include tons of calculations, you will need certain shortcuts to quickly arrive to correct answers. 

 

1. Numbers: here you will deal with integers, LCM and GCD, factors, and prime numbers.

 

2. Decimals and Fractions: this topic includes fractions, decimals, and percentage.

 

3. Powers and Roots.

 

4. Progressions: here we differentiate inequalities, symbolism, and arithmetic/ geometric progressions. 

 

5. Statistics: being a relatively tough math topic, statistics includes problems on arithmetic mean, mode, weighted mean, range, and standard deviation.

 

6. Equations and Symbolism: you will need to be good at quadratic and exponential equations, the discriminant and the Viet's theorem, symbolic problems, and equations with radicals. 

 

7. Word problems: as the most popular topic, word problems include motion problems, work problems, and mixture problems. 

 

8. Probability and Combinatorics: to do well on probability and combinatorics, you will have to learn how to deal with factorial, combinations, permutations, and probability itself.

 

9. Percentage and profit: here, it is essential that you clearly differentiate between a simple and a compound interest rate.

 

10. Geometry: as one of the largest topic in the Math section of the GMAT exam, geometry includes, but is not restricted to, triangles, quadrilaterals, circles, coordinate geometry, and volume geometry. 

 

As soon as you have mastered all of the above mentioned topics, the Math section of the GMAT exam will no longer seem difficult to you. It is also important to devise your personal study plan, in which these topics will be arranged in the best possible way to meet your abilities. 

by Lessy Conan