GMAT Official Guide 2024-2025: Includes Book + Online Question Bank + Digital Flashcards + Mobile App
Power up your prep with the GMAT Official Guide, the only study guide that features real exam questions. You’ll get exclusive tips and tricks directly from the exam creators and gain access to 900+ practice questions to set you up for success on test day.
Highlights:
- Updated Data Insights, Quantitative Review and Verbal Review chapters to master each section of the GMAT exam
- Access to an Online Question Bank to create custom practice sets by questions type and difficulty level so that you can plan your individual practice
- Exclusive access to online diagnostic evaluations to discover your strengths and focus areas
- Detailed answer explanations to master the reasoning behind the answers
- New! Get exclusive exam preparation tips from test prep organizations
Use this guide to:
- Master the exam structure and excel in each section
- Understand key concepts with review chapters
- Gain confidence in all question types (featuring 100+ new questions!)
- Review detailed explanations to understand correct and incorrect answers
- New! Practice with two-part analysis questions in the book
PLUS! Focus your studying with the Online Question Bank - Bonus: included with purchase!
- Tailor your practice by building practice sets targeting question type and difficulty
- Discover your strengths and weaknesses with diagnostic quizzes
- Track your focus areas and progress with key metrics
- Reinforce concepts with flashcards and engaging games
- Challenge yourself with timed practice
- Use digital flashcards to master key concepts, also accessible on the mobile app
The Online Question Bank is accessible through your mba.com account.
Table of Contents
Letter from the President and CEO, GMAC™ vii
1.0 What Is the GMAT™ Exam? 2
1.1 What Is the GMAT™ Exam? 3
1.2 Why Take the GMAT™ Exam? 3
1.3 GMAT™ Exam Format 4
1.4 What Is the Testing Experience Like? 6
1.5 What Is the Exam Content Like? 6
1.6 Quantitative Reasoning Section 6
1.7 Data Insights Section 7
1.8 Verbal Reasoning Section 8
1.9 How Are Scores Calculated? 8
2.0 How to Prepare 10
2.1 How Should I Prepare for the GMAT™ Exam? 11
2.2 Getting Ready for Exam Day 12
2.3 How to Use the GMAT ™ Official Guide 2024-2025 12
2.4 How to Use Other GMAT™ Official Prep Products 14
2.5 Tips for Taking the Exam 14
2.6 Section Strategies 16
3.0 Math Review 20
3.0 Math Review 21
3.1 Value, Order, and Factors 22
3.2 Algebra, Equalities, and Inequalities 28
3.3 Rates, Ratios, and Percents 41
3.4 Statistics, Sets, Counting, Probability, Estimation, and Series 51
3.5 Reference Sheets 63
4.0 Quantitative Reasoning 74
4.0 Quantitative Reasoning 75
4.1 Tips for Answering Quantitative Reasoning Questions 76
4.2 Practice Questions 78
4.3 Answer Key 119
4.4 Answer Explanations 121
5.0 Data Insights Review 220
5.0 Data Insights Review 221
5.1 Data Sets and Types 221
5.2 Data Displays 226
5.3 Data Patterns 236
6.0 Data Insights 242
6.0 Data Insights 243
6.1 What Is Measured 244
6.2 Question Types and Test-Taking Strategies 245
6.3 Online Question Bank Instructions 252
6.4 Practice Questions: Data Sufficiency 254
6.5 Answer Key: Data Sufficiency 271
6.6 Answer Explanations: Data Sufficiency 272
6.7 Practice Questions: Two-Part Analysis 332
6.8 Answer Key: Two-Part Analysis 349
6.9 Answer Explanations: Two-Part Analysis 351
7.0 Verbal Review 384
7.0 Verbal Review 385
7.1 Analyzing Passages 385
7.2 Inductive Reasoning 392
7.3 Deductive Reasoning 398
8.0 Verbal Reasoning 408
8.0 Verbal Reasoning 409
8.1 What Is Measured 409
8.2 Question Types 410
8.3 Tips for Answering Verbal Reasoning Questions 416
8.4 Practice Questions: Reading Comprehension 418
8.5 Answer Key: Reading Comprehension 488
8.6 Answer Explanations: Reading Comprehension 489
8.7 Practice Questions: Critical Reasoning 586
8.8 Answer Key: Critical Reasoning 640
8.9 Answer Explanations: Critical Reasoning 641
9.0 GMAT™ Official Guide Question Index 828
9.0 GMAT™ Official Guide Question Index 829
Appendix A Answer Sheets 858
Quantitative Reasoning Answer Sheet 859
Data Insights Data Sufficiency Answer Sheet 861
Data Insights Two-Part Analysis Answer Sheet 862
Verbal Reasoning Reading Comprehension Answer Sheet 863
Verbal Reasoning Critical Reasoning Answer Sheet 864
