When you see a long word question on the GMAT or the Executive Assessment, do you find yourself staring at it for ages? Do you struggle to convert the wall of text into clear, solvable algebra?

In this video, Harry a GMAT Ninja tutor will show you how to be spectacularly literal with GMAT word problems, so that you can translate them quickly and efficiently into nice, clean equations.

This video is moderate in difficulty, and could be a challenge for GMAT students who are scoring in the 30s or low 40s on the GMAT quant section. The questions will get tougher toward the end of the video, but if you're already scoring in the high 40s or low 50s, you might not find this video challenging.

This is video #5 in our series of fulllength GMAT quant lessons. For updates on upcoming videos, please subscribe!

This video will cover:
➡ How to convert word problems into “mathspeak”
➡ What to look for in the text of a question
➡ How to follow instructions LITERALLY


This video is for you if:
➡ You struggle to get word problems started
➡ You’re not sure why you’re missing “general” word problems with disturbing frequency
➡ You “know” everything but still struggle


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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
03:38 Question 1 Age Problems
09:52 Question 2 New Symbols
16:44 Question 3 Direct Links
24:09 Question 4 Set up the situation
32:24 Question 5 Use your human brain
40:25 Question 6 Fractions in Word Problems
48:42 Question 7 New Symbols Part II
58:43 Question 8 Linearly Related