GMAT

Manual 9.0 Teacher Notes: Lesson 4 Math

Page 94, Q1
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Answer E
Difficulty Medium

Teach To All Students

Priority High

Point of Problem
Review/Teach the Ratio Box.
Show that techniques such as the Ratio Box can be combined with techniques such as PITA.

Page 95, Q2
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Answer E

Difficulty Hard
Teach To All Students

Priority Medium

Point of Problem

Teach how to work a problem for which the Ratio Box doesn't work.

Page 95, Q3
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Answer C
Difficulty Hard

Teach To All Students

Priority High
Point of Problem

Teach the basic rule for working with ratios in data sufficiency problems—you need the ratio
and one of the actual numbers.








Page 96, Q1
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Answer B
Difficulty Medium

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Priority High
Point of Problem

Review/Teach the Average Pie.

Page 96, Q2
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Answer C

Difficulty Hard

Teach To All Students

Priority High

Point of Problem

Show students how to find the average of a list of consecutive numbers.

Review the concepts of average and median.

Page 97, Q3
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Answer A
Difficulty Hard

Teach To Medium and High Scorers

Priority High

Point of Problem

Teach how averages can be used to find the sum of a set of evenly spaced numbers.
Remind students that when a problem seems to be about some exotic topic, it's more likely
that the problem is testing a standard topic, such as averages, in an unusual way.



Page 97, Q4
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Answer B
Difficulty Hard

Teach To Medium and High Scorers

Priority Medium
Point of Problem

Show an example that needs to be set up algebraically.

Review percent change for high scorers.

Page 98, Q1
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Answer A

Difficulty Medium

Teach To All Students

Priority High

Point of Problem

Teach the Rate Pie.

Teach that when items work together, you can add their rates.

Page 99, Q2
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Answer B
Difficulty Medium

Teach To All Students

Priority High
Point of Problem

Show an example of the classic GMAT work problem.

Page 99, Q3
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Answer D

Difficulty Easy
Teach To Low and Medium Scorers
Priority High

Point of Problem
Teach how to apply the Pieces of the Puzzle approach to a DS question about rates.

Page 100, Q1
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Answer A
Difficulty Easy

Teach To Low and Medium Scorers

Priority High

Point of Problem

Show the application of the percent change formula to a data sufficiency question.

Page 100, Q2
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Answer C
Difficulty Medium

Teach To All Students

Priority High

Point of Problem
Combine the percent change formula with Hidden Plugging In.

Page 101, Q1
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Answer A

Difficulty Medium
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Priority High

Point of Problem

Teach how to calculate the probability of a sequence.

Sampling with replacement.

Page 102, Q2
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Answer E

Difficulty Medium
Teach To All Students

Priority High
Point of Problem

Teach Sampling without Replacement.

Page 103, Q3
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Answer D

Difficulty Medium

Teach To All Students

Priority High
Point of Problem

Teach the 'or' rule for probability questions.

Page 104, Q4
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Answer E

Difficulty Hard
Teach To All Students
Priority High

Point of Problem

Teach that sometimes its easier to find the probability of the situations that you don't care
about.
Explain the significance of the words 'at least' in a probability question.

Page 104, Q5
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Answer C

Difficulty Medium

Teach To All Students

Priority Low
Point of Problem

Show how thinking about the probability of what you don't care about can help with a DS
question.