Whenever you encounter a quantitative question with answer choices, be sure to SCAN the answer choices before performing any calculations. In many cases, the answer choices provide important clues regarding how to best solve the question.
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Comment on Evaluate a Fraction
Hello can I cross things out,
That's a perfectly valid
That's a perfectly valid approach.
Wouldn't be faster to use a
A calculator will definitely
A calculator will definitely work here. Just keep in mind that the GRE's onscreen calculator is pretty clunky, and its functionality may be different from the calculator that you typically use.
If you're going to rely on the onscreen calculator, be sure to familiarize yourself with it before test day.
Here's our video explaining how it works: https://www.greenlighttestprep.com/module/general-gre-info-and-strategie...
If you cross simplify 1/6 x 3
When cross-simplifying, we
When cross-simplifying, we simplify the numerator of one fraction with the denominator of the other fraction (more here: https://www.greenlighttestprep.com/module/gre-arithmetic/video/1069)
So, in 1/6 x 3/4, we can take 6 and 3, and divide both values by 3 to get: 1/2 x 1/4
Multiply to get 1/8
Cheers,
Brent
What if I don't remember the
You can also calculate the
You can also calculate the decimal equivalent by dividing the numerator by the denominator.
For example, 8/25 = 8 ÷ 25 = 0.32
To perform the calculation, you can either use long division or use the GRE's onscreen calculator.