GMAT Exam: Quantitative Section

<p><em>TopMBA.com</em> looks at the <strong><a href="https://www.mba.com/the-gmat/test-structure-and-overview/quant-section.aspx" target="_blank">quantitative</a> or maths section </strong>of the <strong>GMAT exam</strong> and offers tips on how to score well.</p><p>The second section on the GMAT is the Quantitative, or Maths, section, which is in multiple-choice format. You have 75 minutes in which to complete 37 questions.</p><p>For many GMAT test-takers, the Quantitative section is the most daunting, especially if you haven’t so much as though about maths for a long time.&nbsp; However, the maths content covered on the GMAT is not especially difficult or advanced, so you will have seen it all before during high school!&nbsp; The content comprises arithmetic, algebra, and geometry.&nbsp; There is no calculus.&nbsp; There is no trigonometry.&nbsp; But there are also no calculators allowed, so you must be prepared to brush up on your mental arithmetic as well as review the key concepts.</p>

<ul><li>Arithmetic – about half of all questions</li><li>Algebra – about a quarter of all questions</li><li>Geometry – about a sixth of all questions</li></ul>

<p>A lot of people are confused as to which maths concepts they need to know to get through the GMAT Quantitative section.  As a basic checklist, you should confidently be able to do the following without a calculator:</p><ul><li>Add, subtract, multiply and divide both positive and negative numbers</li><li>Add, subtract, multiply and divide fractions</li><li>Convert fractions to decimals and vice versa</li><li>Solve an algebraic expression</li><li>Find a percentage</li><li>Find an average</li><li>Find the areas of rectangles, triangles and circles</li><li>Know basic terminology and definitions, e.g. what an integer is, etc.</li></ul>