Even though they're the 'basics', lots of people still struggle in a GRE quant question on fractions, roots, or factoring quadratics. Even if you 'know' lots of algebra, it can be difficult to understand exactly what a question is asking you to do. Picking numbers randomly in the hope you'll find a way through the problem is rarely a good idea, so what should you.do instead?

In this video, Harry a GMAT Ninja tutor will show you how to think about GRE arithmetic & algebra questions efficiently and effectively. He'll help you understand how a flexible, consistent approach to each question can increase your efficiency and accuracy on quant.

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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
02:02 Question 1 Factoring Quadratics
07:05 Question 2 Summing Fractions
10:44 Question 3 Simultaneous Equations
18:08 Question 4 Largest possible product
23:11 Question 5 Relationship between variables
28:52 Question 6 Not so intimidating quadratic
33:15 Question 7 Word problems
38:58 Question 8 Quadratic inequalities
45:53 Question 9 Must be a square?