GRE Quant Strategy Summary

GRE Quantitative · Axiom Academy

SUMMARY GRE Quant Strategy Summary Key takeaways from Unit 1 — your foundation for the content units ahead. When answer choices are spread far apart, estimate instead of calculating exactly — it can save 1–2 minutes per problem. For algebraic problems, plug in real numbers for the variables and use arithmetic instead of symbolic manipulation. You have 27 questions in 47 minutes per section — about 1m 44s per question on average. Budget ~2 minutes, but skip and return to hard ones. Know your three question types cold: Quantitative Comparison, Multiple Choice, and Numeric Entry each reward a different approach. Never leave an answer blank. Guessing gives you a real shot; a blank guarantees zero. Question Type Quantitative Comparison (QC) 7–8 questions per section. You're shown two quantities, Quantity A and Quantity B, and asked how they relate. The four answer choices are always the same, so memorizing them cold saves real time. Format: always 4 choices (A, B, C, D) — no fifth "cannot be determined" wildcard beyond the fourth option When to use estimation: QC rewards comparing magnitude over computing exact values Watch out for: plugging in only "easy" numbers — test negatives, fractions, and zero before committing 9–10 questions per section, in two flavors: Select One (5 choices, 1 correct answer) and Select All (multiple choices may be correct). Select All is graded all-or-nothing — there's no partial credit for getting some but not all of the correct options.

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