[drunk jerk]

Originally Posted by kack

hey DJ ,

have come across the site ' - http://www.angelfire.com/scifi2/gmatplus/gmat.html

or has anyone come across this site ?

need to know if the site is authentic enough to try solving the problems ... ts got some good material and lots of problems ..


cheers
kack

it claims to have gmat plus book no. 3 ka problems..i have heard a bit about gmat plus n they are kinda good practise problems..rest i really cant say much about the authencity of the site.

ps: angelfire like geocities offers some web space to create your homepage.
And
People are selling GMAT Plus on eBay.com with following introduction:
You are bidding on the ultimate GMAT preperation test. I've taken the GMAT twice. The first time, I got an embarrasing score of 450. After the help of this CD, I took it again and got a 750!! This CD is incredible! It includes OVER 4,000 ACTUAL GMAT questions from the past few years. These are the most RECENT questions and are not outdated! The only way to do well on the GMAT is to practice practice practice! What better way then to practice from REAL GMAT questions, not questions they'll never ask on the test!!!

[drunk jerk]

Originally Posted by eternal_insane

hey...

can even post a file listing all universities with exhaustive information like their rankings, application deadlines, average gmat scores, work-ex etc....
im tryin to consolidate one but its taking a lot of time.

thnx.

insane it will be fabulous, if you are able to post such a collated file.

looking towards it eagerly.

[drunk jerk]

Originally Posted by rama_1978

hey drunkjerk,

in my case, the AWA which I got was one of the topics mentioned in the PDF. for both the issue as well as the argument. so i presume that the list contains an exhaustive list of all possible topics from which GMAT chooses randomly one issue and one argument.

this could change from 2006 onwards because the link i've given earlier is only valid for tests taken in 2005.

but then again....the whole PDF is all of 245 pages and each page has atleast 8-10 arguments and 15-20 issues...so its humanly impossible to look at each and every issue/argument and practice them. I'm attaching the PDF along with this post.

-rama.

hey rama,

umm lucky you that you did get one of the topics from the listed pdf files ..btw how much did ya score on the gmat..?!

i hope there will be such list for 2006 test takers.

yeah i know i did go through the list and its pretty long, but it still is an advantage to get awa on one of the listed topic.(ma view, others may differ)

btw from where did you prepare for the awa section..can you list the books plz..?!

[funkyfuturist]

same here... eternal_insane why don't you make one ... I am also eagerly awaiting the same.

thanks in anticipation

Cheers!!!

[drunk jerk]

This is a problem that seems very popular, the truth is that I never heard it before, is the missing dollar puzzle

3 guys in a hotel ask for room service and they ask for 2 large pizzas… the delivery boy, gives them a bill for exact 30 dollars and each guy gives him a $10 dollar bill, and then the delivery guy goes away.When the delivery guy gives the 30 dollars to the cashier he says that there’s been a mistake, and the bill was supposed to be for only $25 bucks, and the cashier gives the delivery boy 5 one dollar bills for the difference so he could give it back to the guys. The delivery boy goes back but on the way to the hotel he realizes that they didn’t give him any tip, so he thinks that since there is no way to split the5 dollar bills between the 3 guys, he is going to keep two dollar bills and he is going to return to the guys the other 3 bills.When he gets back to the room one of the boys opens the door and the delivery guy tells him that there’s been a mistake and he gives to the boy the 3 one dollarbills and he keeps the other two bills for himself. So far everything is fine, but here comes the fun…Remember: $30 - $25 = $5 Right? and $5 -$3 = $2 Right?Then what is the problem? If everything seems to be all right… Well, the thing is:Each boy originally gave $10 each and then each one of the guys get 1dollar bill on return.This would mean that each guy paid $9 each, which multiplied by 3 equals $ 27. And the delivery guy keeps two dollars bills as a tip.So, $27 + $2 = $29

Then, where is the missing dollar?
I couldn’t solve it at first but latter did manage with some help from a friend of mine with very good explanation in which he introduced me the concept of faulty arithmetic. Here is the explanation:

This is a case of faulty arithmetic. The 3 guys are effectively out by $27. The hotel has been paid $25 and the delivery guy has pocketed $2. 27 = 25 + 2 ---> CorrectAdding the $27 effectively paid by the 3 guys and the $2 that the delivery guy pockets is incorrect because the $2 actually comes out of the $27 paid.You could also just trace the $30 dollars in the pot. The two sides of the balancing equation are:
1) The 3 guys ---> X2) Hotel and Staff
--->.......X......Y...Total
Initially...0.....30....30..
Finally....3.....27....30..

The missing-dollar "puzzle" tries to confuse the reader with faulty arithmetic

I know I won’t find this kind of situation on the real thing but is a very good thing to see how things can be solved some other way the importance of being cool to find the easy side.


ps: came across it on one of the blogs..so thought would post it here..!

[drunk jerk]

umm,

did ya read any recent success stories about their take on the gmat..and come across the term "flash cards"..what you dont know what it means..k,(dont worry n read on) btw here is ma defination for FC "pieces of paper or cardboard with words or pictures on them generally used by a teacher during a lesson to teach or reinforce certain ideas."

though its the best, if you make your own set(recommended)..me posting a set for all those bums out there and for dummies..who still are looking for an eg.(check the attachment)

ps: courtesy of Erin from www.beatthegmat.com ..plz free to distribute the file.
[for mods regarding copywright issue: Anonymous said at 8:44 PM
hey eric,
thanks a ton for the FC..asking for ur consent to post the flashcards..on pagalguy.com..?!
regards,
dj(@pg.com)

Eric said at 10:33 PM
Please feel free to distribute these flashcards widely!]

[drunk jerk]

hey all,

me posting yet another usefull tool.. "test answer grid in excel"

ps: you need to have macros enabled in excel for proper functioning of this tool.

[drunk jerk]

hey all,

next gmat meet will be on 30th of this month @barista, mt. marry, bandra..particpants are requested to mail in their confirmations to drunkjerk at the rate gmail dot com..or to praveenak at the rate indiatimes dot com.

hope to cu all soon.

[funkyfuturist]

Originally Posted by drunk jerk

did i ever ask you that..beta..?!

n who wants a 540 score..?

ps: plz dont re to this post, newbie.

mate its not just the 540 that he is talking about but the word to be noted is "DECENT" (in caps) hehehe...

decent for some... appalling for others

[denish]

Let the poor chap be. Atleast the intentions are decent. I suppose studying CAT math will surely help. Thats gonna be my approach, once I am thru with my CAT. I had a taste of it, when I took my diagnostic test at IMS and was thru with my math section in 30 minutes flat. (dont ask for my scores ). The CAT grind does help. Rest is up to each individual.
Any comments.... they are welcome... with a pinch of salt, of course.