- ISBN13: 9780982423837
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- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
The Geometry Guide illustrates every geometric principle, formula, and problem type tested on the GMAT. Understand and master the intricacies of shapes, planes, lines, angles, and objects.Each chapter builds comprehensive content understanding by providing rules, strategies and in-depth examples of how the GMAT tests a given topic and how you can respond accurately and quickly. The Guide contains a total of 83 ‘In-Action’ problems of increasing difficulty wit… More >>
Geometry GMAT Preparation Guide, 4th Edition
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#1 by GMATClub.com on January 31, 2010 - 12:26 am
I love most of the MGMAT books but this one just does not feel right. The book is realistically 95 pages and covers all important concepts: from lines to coordinate geometry. Does not go over the top and gives enough material, seems like the writers covered all the bases. However, I have an issue with it – it is not laid out very well. I am a visual learner and felt it would have been a better book if it was spread out more, included more illustrations, and did not have so much verbiage everywhere. Even larger all-in-one books dedicate close to 100 pages for Geometry.
Another issue is that all of the problems in the book are in a non-gmat format (meaning you only get a question, not the 5 answer choices). That is OK for some sections, but not having a single gmat-like question in the entire book is a “no-no”. GMAT is heavily about basics and good framework, but there are other ways to solve questions such as backsolving, picking numbers, etc and those skills are honed only when questions are in the GMAT format. Important to point out that the book comes with access to the Geometry quiz bank online, which does have GMAT-style questions, so there is hope.
The big redeeming factors are 6 online tests that are included with every MGMAT book ($39 value), additional online practice materials, and coverage of Coordinate Geometry (a harder topic often omitted in larger textbooks).
***Bottom line: this is a solid geometry book that was crammed in 95 pages but is still a worthy buy for the sake of tests and the coordinate geometry section.
Questions about the book? Post them here – i will respond.
BB, Founder of GMAT Club Community.
P.S. The only other books that cover Coordinate Geometry are: Kaplan GMAT Math Foundations and MGMAT Foundations of GMAT Math, both of which are on the easier side of things but recommended if you need help with math. You can find my reviews for both of them.
Rating: 3 / 5