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So how should you use your time? While no two problems will take you exactly the same amount of time to work through each step, using this timeline to structure your time working on GMAT practice problems will help you to make wise (but difficult) decisions on test day.
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By now, if you dont understand the problem, make an educated guess and get out quickly.
By now, if you dont have By now, if you havent gotten By now, you should only still a plan A, go to plan B (e.g. closer to the answer, check be working if, given 15 30 plug numbers) and make your work and then guess. more seconds, you will have an educated guess. the correct answer.
Note: While having a plan for a problem may mean an algebraic method to solve, it doesnt have to. Back-up strategies such as plugging in numbers and picking smart numbers are just as valid approachesand sometimes quicker! Once you have used this strategy to work through a practice GMAT question, write down (or better yet, input into the OG Archer) your best guess. Then, draw a line under your scrap paper notes and continue to work on the problem until you have exhausted every potential line of your thinking. Providing your brain with the opportunity to think through new material most often takes more than two minutes. The trick is to do the heavy thinking now, during practice, so that on test day theres very little new: all you will have to do is recognize, remember, adapt, and solve!
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