Concept vs Skill

Concept vs Skill
• What is GRE Concept?
In simplest words, Concept is basically methodology and
knowledge of topics that will be covered in the upcoming GRE
classes.

• What is GRE Skill?

Skill is your specific technique and your way of thinking that
is developed either naturally or through a good trainer and
practice.

• Which one is more important, Concept or Skill?

You are here to learn good concepts and get the required sets
of skills. But trust me, GRE Skill is more important than
 Concept vs
• Concept is the method you
learn in lessons to solve
certain type of question.
• When you learn just concept,
you can only limit your
thinking up to that context.
• When you learn the concept,
you may solve almost 50%
questions from the specific
topic.
• When you learn the concept,
you need skill.
Skill
• Skill is your technique and
way of thinking that you
acquire by getting expertise.
• When you get the skill, you
can think out of the box.
• When you get the skill, you
can solve any question of any
difficulty level.
• When you get the skill, you
need practice.
• Skill helps you to get 99th
Age Problems
 Concept vs Brainstorming
10 years ago, Mr A was 20 years 7 years ago, John was 6 times as
older than Mr B. Now, Mr A is twice old as his daughter Sara. If Sara is
as old as Mr B. How old is Mr B 35 years younger than his father,
today? how old will she become in 5
years?
Solution:
Era Relationship
Mr A Mr B
– 10) x + 20 x
0) x + 30 x + 10
A = 2B
x + 30 = 2(x +
10)
 Brainstorming with Scenario-01
7 years ago, John was 6 times as old as his daughter
Sara. If Sara is 35 years younger than his father, how
old will she become in 5 years?
Solution:
J S
– 7) 6x x
0) 6x + 7 x+7
(6x + 7) – 35 = x + 7
x = 5
Age of Sara in 5 years = (x + 7) + 5
= x + 12
= 17 Answer!
 Brainstorming with Scenario-02
Age of Adam is twice the sum of the ages of his two daughters
Jennifer and Diana. 12 years ago, his youngest daughter Jennifer was
having her 1st birthday, when she was 5 years younger than her
sister. How old is Adam at present?
Solution:
A J D
0) 2(x + y) x y
– 12) 2(x + y) – 12 x – 12 y – 12
x – 12 = (y – 12) – 5
x – 12 = 1
x = 13 & y = 18
Present age of Adam = 62 years Answer!
 Brainstorming with Scenario-03
Maida is three years younger than Ejaz. When they got
married 30 years ago, the difference between thrice Ejaz
age and twice Maida's age was 25. How old will Ejaz be
when he celebrate his 50th year of golden anniversary?
M E
0) x–3 x
– 30) x – 33 x – 30
Given that, 30 years ago, difference between thrice E age and
twice M age is 25, so:
3(x – 30) – 2(x – 33) = 25
x = 49
So, present age of E is 49. He got married 30 years ago, so 20
years from today, he will have his 50th anniversary. Therefore,
th
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Ratios & Proportions
 Simple Ratios
Boys to Girls ratio in a school is 4 : 3. If 120 boys removed from the school
𝐵𝑜𝑦𝑠 4
Boys : Girls or = and 150 girls added then number of
𝐺𝑖𝑟𝑙𝑠 3
4 : 3 boys and girls become equal. How
many boys are present in the school?
Note: From ratios, we cannot determine
numbers. Boys Girls
Ratios doesn’t give numbers. It just give 4x – 120 3x + 150
the proportion of a variable (e.g. boys)
with respect to the other variable (e.g. 4x – 120 = 3x + 150
girls) x = 270
Boys Girls
4 3 4(270) – 120 = 960 Answer!
8 6
12 9
4x 3x
Total students = 4x + 3x = 7x
So, total students in the school must be
 Compound Ratios
Compound ratio involves more than two variables. For instance, let's suppose Boys to Girls ratio in a
school is 4 : 3, and Staff to Girls ratio in that school is 2 : 9. Let's learn how to find compound ratio of
these three variable.
Boys : Girls : Staff
B:G G:S
4:3 9:2
Now, place the simple ratios in combined as follow:
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