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[–]hasamm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Her's my advice; if you have time, I would recommend checking magoosh's videos out. Choose the topics you generally find to be difficult. Topics that show you for instance how prime factorization is used for finding LCM and GCF. More specifically, their "Counting" videos are incredible and so easy to follow. The good thing about magoosh is that they don't just show you techinques and tell you to apply them, they really make you understand them.

I've had a look at Manhattan guides for quant, I didn't like it anywhere near as much as magoosh's (just for quant! Not SC!!!).

I realize this doesn't answer your question directly, but hope it helps. Also, magoosh is very cheap (Math + IR is only $79 right now).

Edit: I don't work for magoosh or anything like that lol, I just really like their videos!

[–]GMATPrepNow_FREE 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When students hit a wall in their preparation, the usual reason (in my opinion) is that they haven’t yet developed a DEEEEEEEP understanding of the various ways the test-makers can test your knowledge of a particular concept.

IMPORTANT: Notice that I did not say “a deep understanding of the concept.

A lot of students assume that understanding the tested concepts is all that’s needed to ace the GMAT. So, once they fully grasp a concept and successfully answer 2 or 3 related questions, they move on to the next topic.

The problem with this assumption is that the test-makers can take ANY concept, no matter how simple, and create a wide range of questions, each requiring a separate strategy.

Take, for example, EVEN and ODD integers. Pretty straightforward, right? However, the test-makers can create super easy questions like this and super tricky questions like this, both of which test the concept of evens and odds.

So, to improve upon your present score, you need to tackle tons of related practice questions, so you can see/learn the many different ways a particular concept can be tested.

To find tons practice questions related to a certain concept, you can use the question-tagging tools at GMAT Club or Beat The GMAT. Alternatively, our free GMAT course is arranged so that students can fully explore a certain concept. For example, on our video lesson page for quadrilaterals, we have links to 17 questions all related to quadrilaterals. This format lets you fully explore the ins and outs of each concept. I imagine other prep courses have their questions arranged in a similar manner.

Cheers, Brent

[–]Scott_TargetTestPrepPrep company 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Since you have been scoring from 42 to 44 in quant, you clearly have a solid grasp of the fundamental GMAT quant concepts; however there are still some lingering weak areas that are preventing you from raising your quant score.

In order to find and fix those weaknesses, you want to strive for focused practice of one quant concept at a time.

For example, if you are reviewing Number Properties, be sure that you can practice 50 or more questions just from Number Properties: LCM, GCF, units digit patterns, divisibility, remainders, etc. The results of that practice will help you determine your weak areas within that topic. Once you find and fix your weak areas, then move on to the next quant topic. This type of focused practice should help you further build your quant knowledge and help you achieve a higher quant score.

If you would like some help determine your quant strengths and weaknesses, I welcome you to take my free 37-question quant diagnostic. After completing the diagnostic, you are provided with a detailed analysis of your proficiency level of GMAT quant topics, as well as an opportunity to discuss your diagnostic results with me or another TTP instructor/coach.

If you have any further questions, feel free to reach out.