GRE Quant Comparison - Best Shortcut?

Here is a fantastic shortcut for many of the quantitative comparison questions you will get in the test. It involves setting up and solving an equation. I will describe how this can save time, and when you might be better off picking numbers. There will be 3 examples to go through. Hope it helps!
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  • @sreejasree7427
    @sreejasree7427 Жыл бұрын

    I’m preparing for my gre test And trust me this is the only yt channel I’m referring Thanks for the advanced tips

  • @JD-ef4ii
    @JD-ef4ii2 жыл бұрын

    I had studied too much, but I'm still learning very advanced things with you. Thanks.

  • @anikajabin35
    @anikajabin353 жыл бұрын

    Yes I am that make up equations person. I used to pick numbers but it caused me so much time and stressed me out. Thanks for the video for clearing out more elusively.

  • @rithvakreddy2928
    @rithvakreddy29283 жыл бұрын

    As usual, back with a bang! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

  • @rogerherrera9134
    @rogerherrera9134 Жыл бұрын

    I never thought of the strategy of just using the number 1 and justifying it because it 1.0001. Great advice!

  • @philipschnorbach4099
    @philipschnorbach40993 жыл бұрын

    Hey Philip, I just took the GMAT this past weekend and I got a 710. I can't tell you how helpful your videos were to me while studying. You explain these concepts even better than the professional study materials. I'm so thankful I stumbled on to your channel. I'll definitely be recommending it to friends. Thank you for doing this!

  • @TheTestedTutor

    @TheTestedTutor

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Philip, that means a lot. I try to keep the quality really high.

  • @r4d1calwr4th7

    @r4d1calwr4th7

    2 жыл бұрын

    Are you the Philips from multiverse?

  • @r4d1calwr4th7

    @r4d1calwr4th7

    2 жыл бұрын

    Are you the Philip from multiverse?

  • @saummyakulkarni3373
    @saummyakulkarni33733 жыл бұрын

    I'm going to give my GRE in 2 days and I just want to thank you for helping me so much! Your statistics videos were absolutely enlightening (All of them are actually haha). Thanks Philip :))

  • @TheTestedTutor

    @TheTestedTutor

    3 жыл бұрын

    Good luck Saummya!

  • @Arman-ri6yo

    @Arman-ri6yo

    3 жыл бұрын

    Good luck! Go kill it

  • @applepeel1662

    @applepeel1662

    2 жыл бұрын

    How'd u do

  • @prakashbhandari5824

    @prakashbhandari5824

    Жыл бұрын

    @@applepeel1662 how do you do?

  • @imhavingpizzafordinner

    @imhavingpizzafordinner

    Ай бұрын

    @@prakashbhandari5824 how'd u do?

  • @shivamshukla9486
    @shivamshukla94863 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for this trick. Please make videos on the Advance concepts of Mixtures, Discounts, Interests. It's difficult to solve questions of Applied Maths in 1 & a half minute My GRE is in 15 days, really need some help over these 3 topics 🙌

  • @ihuomaokoro-ebi3837
    @ihuomaokoro-ebi38373 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much... have really struggled with Quantity Comparison🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

  • @TheTestedTutor

    @TheTestedTutor

    3 жыл бұрын

    😃

  • @yatrithoria2309
    @yatrithoria23093 жыл бұрын

    This video helped with my last min prep! Thanks Philip!

  • @TheTestedTutor

    @TheTestedTutor

    3 жыл бұрын

    Good luck in the test...

  • @yatrithoria2309

    @yatrithoria2309

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@TheTestedTutor Thank you Philip!!!

  • @mashawinchell1554
    @mashawinchell15546 ай бұрын

    The part I'm struggling to understand is, for the last question, you get it down to (x-1)^2 =? 1. We know that's not possible, right. So how does that not being possible lead to knowing Quantity A is bigger? I understand why it means the Quantities cannot be the same, but how do you figure out which quantity is bigger once you've figured out that equality is not possible?

  • @shritisingh1301
    @shritisingh13012 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant video

  • @ayenioluwaseun7905
    @ayenioluwaseun7905 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the explanation. What is the answer to the last example you cited?

  • @Sunflower-xf5gt
    @Sunflower-xf5gt Жыл бұрын

    Hello! Thank you for your videos. I took GRE last weekend and found that the questions were way tougher than what is available in prep materials. I think GRE is getting tougher these days or maybe just the one I took was hard. I got 319 and probably need to retake the test. It would be very grateful if you could make an elaborate video on quantitative comparison covering different patterns and tricks. Harder the better because the real GRE was so tough. Thanks in advance!

  • @lawrencecummings870

    @lawrencecummings870

    Жыл бұрын

    Isn't 319 pretty good?

  • @habibsarker2404
    @habibsarker2404 Жыл бұрын

    Hello Phillip, I am watching all of your videos and I must say that you have organized them exceptionally. Please answer my question based on the last question of this video, if I got two solutions like (x-2)(x+3)=? -6; where quantity A is x^2-6 and quantity B is -x-6. For both values of x, I can see that A is greater. Am I correct?

  • @sidtripathi7209
    @sidtripathi72093 жыл бұрын

    Great video

  • @thetransferaccount4586
    @thetransferaccount4586 Жыл бұрын

    i did not get this method at all. could you redo this concept?

  • @reddaxtor5662
    @reddaxtor5662 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks teach!!

  • @divyapant8753
    @divyapant87533 жыл бұрын

    Awesome video as usual!! I will be taking the GRE in 7 days..can you provide me with some last minute tips..specially in the verbal section..and how about a quant video which sums up all of your tricks and techniques to handle questions?

  • @TheTestedTutor

    @TheTestedTutor

    3 жыл бұрын

    I will try, I can just make as many videos as possible

  • @MrMcfire2
    @MrMcfire221 күн бұрын

    Alternatively we can simply add or substract terms and variables: For example, for question two, the amended quantities would be: Qty A: 6x - 13 Qty B: 0

  • @ndeyemar9524
    @ndeyemar95242 жыл бұрын

    Hey Philip, just to clear up my confusion, if both side of quantity A and B equals to each other, then the answer is always D? I only asked because I came across a question that quantity A is a^2b and quantity B is a^3b^2 and the middle was a>b>0. I equal them to each other and got a^-1 = b. I assumed the answer was B when It was D which confused me even more. What did I do wrong by using your trick?

  • @TheDallasDwayne
    @TheDallasDwayne Жыл бұрын

    Great examples but I think factoring the final question is over complicating it. Won’t a number squared + 1 always be greater than that same number x 2 - 1?

  • @tochukwumodebelu1920
    @tochukwumodebelu192011 ай бұрын

    Thanks brother

  • @romanaqureshi7215
    @romanaqureshi72153 жыл бұрын

    Thanks

  • @Komal_Vinee
    @Komal_Vinee2 күн бұрын

    You always save us with tricks, don’t you✨✨

  • @roumanfirdous8707
    @roumanfirdous87072 жыл бұрын

    sir what if we take w = infinity, that will also make quantity B bigger,, and our answer is D

  • @themillennialpa
    @themillennialpa2 жыл бұрын

    I don't understand that first example and how it helped us figure out whether qty a or b is bigger

  • @ishanpathak2526
    @ishanpathak25264 ай бұрын

    Superb

  • @chiranjitdas1696
    @chiranjitdas16962 жыл бұрын

    What is the ans for the 3rd question? I am sorry but I got confused. In the 1st 2 questions, in which conditions A would be bigger and in which conditions B would be bigger?

  • @zaahidhaasaan6048
    @zaahidhaasaan60483 жыл бұрын

    Second example answer is D?

  • @dhamotharann3806
    @dhamotharann38063 жыл бұрын

    I have a question to ask will do a video on exponents a clear view for example 6^45/2^7*3^5 it's just a example just a questions like this

  • @TheTestedTutor

    @TheTestedTutor

    3 жыл бұрын

    Working on that right now for you dhamo

  • @prittamkumar909
    @prittamkumar9092 жыл бұрын

    I didn't get it. Can anyone explain it a little more clearly please? Actually I didn't get the part where u were saying just above the boundary or taking the same value

  • @pakodidas4301
    @pakodidas43013 жыл бұрын

    Philip I have gre exam in 10 days please make a video on entire tricks for quant section

  • @TheTestedTutor

    @TheTestedTutor

    3 жыл бұрын

    How about a 3 minute video like 'Everything You Will Need to Know for Every Math Test?'

  • @siddharthabraham4302

    @siddharthabraham4302

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@TheTestedTutor that sounds great as well!

  • @shrea6712

    @shrea6712

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@TheTestedTutor Lol i almost read it in a sarcastic way :p

  • @shweta829

    @shweta829

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@shrea6712 same😂

  • @themillennialpa
    @themillennialpa2 жыл бұрын

    I don't understand this trick

  • @cardiyansane1414
    @cardiyansane14143 жыл бұрын

    good luck to thoes taking the GRE /GMAT!!! btw its i am Taking the test not giving it

  • @TheTestedTutor

    @TheTestedTutor

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes, good luck!! :)

  • @salonijaiswal9210
    @salonijaiswal92103 жыл бұрын

    Just confirming, the first 2 answers result to C or D?

  • @salonijaiswal9210

    @salonijaiswal9210

    3 жыл бұрын

    Please get back asap nor this video wot make sense :(

  • @TheTestedTutor

    @TheTestedTutor

    3 жыл бұрын

    Answers are both D! Sorry for the confusion.

  • @salonijaiswal9210

    @salonijaiswal9210

    3 жыл бұрын

    But if you use the value you get the same answer for the first 2 questions :/ also thank you so much! I have my paper in a day and all I did today was revise through your videos. :) I mean I had done them already I went through them again they are that powerful!

  • @TheTestedTutor

    @TheTestedTutor

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@salonijaiswal9210 I think I confused you. When you make it an equation, the x just tells you the value you need to make them equal, not an actual solution. So 9/5 makes them equal but 8/5 would make one less and 10/5 would make it more. Hence the answer D. So glad the videos are being helpful Saloni.

  • @mhayhor9727
    @mhayhor9727 Жыл бұрын

    I honestly didn't get this.

  • @atheera349
    @atheera3493 жыл бұрын

    Very vague explanation

  • @TheTestedTutor

    @TheTestedTutor

    3 жыл бұрын

    Some things in maths are subjective, but thanks for the comment anyway

  • @romanaqureshi7215
    @romanaqureshi72153 жыл бұрын

    Thanks