The GRE Exam: When To Pick Numbers

[@obafemijinadu4726]

Hi Philip, I just want to say a big thank you. Your channel really helped me, I wrote my GRE today and had a 167/170 in my quant and a 153/170 in my verbal, you really helped my quant. My issue essay was quite shaky unlike my argument essay though 🥲 Wish I leveraged the channel better for my essays. Thanks a lot, keep doing what you’re doing.

[@TheTestedTutor]

Massive congrats on the great score Obafemi. And thank you for the comment. So glad I could help.

[@shuvashishshuvo8751]

Wow! Sounds inspiring!! I have been following Philip from couple of months. Dear Jinadu, can i get some tips regarding GRE from you? May i get your e-mail? Thanks.

[@ativ55]

So your strategy for math is: 1. Simplify 2. Solve if possible (equations) 3. Plug in extremes and/or quantity B to determine final relationship. I would really like it if you did a video on your strategies for the verbal section, like how you attack the test, what you do first for each type of question (for Reading comp, do you read the passage or the question first?)

[@TheTestedTutor]

Yes, essentially, for the Quant. Obviously you also have to know a few tricks relating to ratios, percentages and other topics, and I hope to cover some of those soon. As plenty are asking about RC I will do a video on that in coming days.

[@esraamansour3405]

just finished the third week playlist, thanks a lot for these insightful videos

[@MindOverMatrix111]

Thank you so much Philip. I scored 337 😊 169 in quant using your tips and tricks. Take love

[@TheTestedTutor]

Amazing job Farah. So proud!

[@MindOverMatrix111]

@@TheTestedTutor You are the best GRE guru of this world 🌎 And I mean it.

[@kiranmatthews4532]

I'm new to the channel but I have to say, I feel like I'm at the right place to ace my upcoming GRE test. 😊

[@TheTestedTutor]

That's an awesome thing to say! I will try to give you the best tips/tactics I possibly can.

[@kiranmatthews4532]

@@TheTestedTutor That's great!! If you don't mind can you make a video on some of the harder sums on Probability!! Regardless keep up the good job!

[@TheTestedTutor]

@@kiranmatthews4532 I will do one on that soon, hopefully within 7-14 days

[@ericcheek2983]

Still watching since the first video :) keep going!

[@TheTestedTutor]

Yes, you asked me to keep posting!

[@deepshah737]

Hey I have been following you from your first video!! Keep helping students like us who cant have an excellent mentor like u for GRE.

[@TheTestedTutor]

Thanks for being a loyal subscriber Deep!

[@soapmactavish7358]

Probably that sense of knowing WHEN to use picking numbers or reasoning comes by practicing a lot of problems, at least 2000 questions, as you said in your 1st video.

[@jerricaasia1802]

I take an hour of my day to watch your videos. You have a gift of explaining things and I appreciate your effort so much! Gre in two weeks and Im learning tons of tricks from you!!

[@TheTestedTutor]

Wow, thank you Jerrica!

[@niveditasivakumar2899]

Hey, I came across ur videos 2 days before my actual GRE and I felt like kicking myself thinking why I dint discover it sooner. anyways it has helped me a lot and I managed to get a 305 in my GRE. thank you tested tutor

[@TheTestedTutor]

Well done!

[@Er.Manoj1994]

It's great to know some very useful ideas. All the best

[@TheTestedTutor]

Thank you MiN!

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Keep uploading new videos, sir. Ur content is the best available on youtube!!! ..I just subscribed after watching one video, ur really amazing sir.

[@TheTestedTutor]

That means a lot Sarveswara! New one today hopefully.

[@jyosnaaragonda]

All the videos are great. Easy to understand. Keep posting. Great job. You are great at teaching.

[@TheTestedTutor]

Thanks so much Aragonda!

[@aceallen2505]

Logical Approximation Algebra > Perfectionism

[@Fatehsmann]

If only I had discovered this sooner

[@brightlord3923]

You'll have millions of views one day, Philip ❤️ Not too far away from that day!

[@naturesbeauty5402]

Please make more video on inequalities and absolute value.

[@1327]

thank you, Phillip

[@jisforjoy3314]

I am so happy to see this video and find someone smart to agree with me. It's so painful for me to read a prepation book that uses picking numbers for so many questions that I can solve easily and quickly. BTW, do you talk like this in real life or do you slow down for people to better understand you?

[@TheTestedTutor]

Haha! I speak faster in real life. But over 9 years of teaching I have learnt to slow down at key moments. I am like a Bughati Veyron on cruise mode. Glad you liked the tip!

[@mansoorkhan3471]

I feel guilty just by subscribing to show you support. Your videos are incredible for a layman to learn and excel.

[@TheTestedTutor]

I appreciate that Mansoor!

[@deepakkothadeepakreddy7702]

Good video helpful

[@TheTestedTutor]

Thank you Deepak!

[@ethanbates3484]

using extremes is key. great video.

[@mansipatel5572]

YOU ARE INCREDIBLE ✨💯

[@nandhaanaa]

You are a great teacher! By watching your videos I believe that I can score high in Quant. Thank you so much 😇

[@omelette429]

Thank you. Thanks for the tips!

[@TheTestedTutor]

Thank you for watching!

[@shineysen8667]

keep going!! very helpful

[@TheTestedTutor]

Thank you Shiney!

[@abir95571]

I feel the last problem is a combination of number picking and logic . The equation is pretty obvious to state that "1" is one of its root , hence (x-1) has to be it's factor .Now if we match the constant i.e 7 we easily conclude the other factor is (x-7) PS : i watch all of your videos , it does help gre prep

[@TheTestedTutor]

Obvious to some not all! Thank you Sankhadip

[@Anie0oker]

I love your videos a lot, I am binge watching everything you have ever made. Thank you

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You have wonderful content in all your videos. I'm sure this channel is going to blow up in months ;)

[@TheTestedTutor]

Why not weeks? :)

[@24_darshita67]

Thank you so much Philip for such a wonderful playlist , loved the way you teach , learned ample of things , overall enthralled ! PS : here I finish my 3rd playlist , yay ! thank you very much (bow)

[@hirmaysandesara8762]

In the first question, one could equate them where, 3^x =? 2*2^x 1.5^x =? 2, since here ? can't be removed for x> 0, hence the answer is d.

[@nibbinsthegreat]

Hey man, just wanted to say Ive been watching your videos for a month now and the vocab practice you do is great! I’m already increasing my vocab exponentially by doing your practice methods. I am now on the math portion and trying to strengthen my skills for that. I took the GRE last month and saw a lot of inequality questions as well as coordinate planes, and number property questions. I’m taking it again next Tuesday and was wondering if you had any extra tips that I can squeeze in for the quant portion of the GRE. Thanks again for uploading these videos they are really helping

[@TheTestedTutor]

No final tips for now other than get good sleep and good luck!

[@iyanuoluwaolamide417]

This is amazing. Thanks a lot for these highly insightful videos.

[@makojikadzai4871]

Great one Philip

[@debashisdutta1600]

pls make videos section-wise , if I want to start from scratch I can refer those videos .

[@TheTestedTutor]

Ok, section-wise as in easy, medium, or topics or all of Quant?

[@debashisdutta1600]

@@TheTestedTutor see I want to tell you abt problems which I am facing , I am not a maths person all concepts are not very clear even I tried my luck with magoosh videos but my maths score got stagnant to 155 . Now I cant prioritize which section I should follow the most ....

[@imalive9006]

@@TheTestedTutor topic wise brother. You are great brother.

[@pratikthorat3480]

Amazing video. You make every thing quite lucid. Be it verbal or Quants.

[@TheTestedTutor]

I appreciate that!

[@udayachanigarapu7510]

Hi, Love all of your videos. There are extremely helpful. Would appreciate if you could do a video on Data sufficiency on GMAT. Thank you! :)

[@anandinamdar4054]

really really greate video👌👌

[@TheTestedTutor]

Thanks so much Anand!

[@pranavgandhiprojects]

very helpfulll thanks

[@megank707]

I loved the video.

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Clean presentation!

[@TheTestedTutor]

More to come!

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Thank you

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Thank you so much!

[@reddaxtor5662]

Thanks teach!!

[@maggieznoodles]

Please upload more videos and with more frequency. May be 2 videos per week. God bless you in advance :)

[@TheTestedTutor]

I will try! Thank you for asking.

[@ishanpathak2526]

Thank you man

[@jayasreemg1234]

The first example could be simplified to 1.5 exponent x=? 0.5. Since x is and integer greater than 0, the above equation will not be fulfilled at any time. Therefore d is the answer

[@sarahsaleh4661]

U're doing a great job👍

[@purvishrivastava54]

Hey! Can you please suggest how I should go for RCs. I just get irritated and confused when I go through a passage, sometimes even thrice and still don't get some answers. Specifically, multiple correct and questions like, The author does all of the following except! Now I will have to look into the passage several times for each option! That is tough. Do you have any tricks or idea about how one should attack any RC? I'll b glad if you suggest something.

[@TheTestedTutor]

Yes a few people have asked for this, will do one for sure, just takes more editing...

[@purvishrivastava54]

@@TheTestedTutor I have my GRE on 29th! Can you do it before that please!!! Or just suggest me something. 🙈

[@TheTestedTutor]

@@purvishrivastava54 I always tell people to read the passage more slowly than they normally do and to stop and summarise every sentence. It saves going back again and again to the text, and saves time in the end.

[@gangadharan8473]

Can you do some tutorial on ratios and proportions.

[@TheTestedTutor]

Did it for you Yokesh!

[@arundhatijoshi6303]

for the second question, I tried to plug x=3 and y as -2 but did not get 0. Do we never take x as the larger no while plugging in? how do we know what kind of number to pick here.

[@TheTestedTutor]

But 3 and -2 don't add to get -2?

[@arundhatijoshi6303]

@@TheTestedTutor right. Thank you so much. This channel is extremely helpful.

[@TheTestedTutor]

@@arundhatijoshi6303 Thank you so much for your kind comments and support.

[@bilalansarkhan3008]

Thanks a lotttt!

[@PerryBattles]

Great video!

[@phonxeno8831]

hello! i would love to know when is the case where you have to pick one positive integer, one negative integer, one positive fraction, and one negative fraction? sorry im dense!

[@SantoshvasaTB]

Also, Is there any way to feel sure after picking numbers? Because whenever I pick numbers I always feel "are there any other numbers which will contradict my numbers leading to a wrong answer"?? great video though thanks!

[@TheTestedTutor]

I know! You have to overcome that fear! If in doubt you can try one more choice of number but usually not necessary. Of course it depends on the question too..

[@SantoshvasaTB]

@@TheTestedTutor Thanks for the reply! :)

[@SantoshvasaTB]

Replying after a year: I've scored a 310! I'm not pissed off because I got into Northeastern's MSAI program. I'm just dissapointed with ETS for their online exam option. I see people cheating easily and getting 320s these days. I worked 4 months and this is not fair.

[@sreemourya9590]

Happens pal but don't worry ,acquiring knowledge is never futile.@@SantoshvasaTB

[@yusuraljobory9714]

AWESOME!

[@islamicKhalifaa]

Hey there, can u suggest me the best time to start my GRE preparation coz I have just joined my engineering college

[@TheTestedTutor]

You can start lightly 9-12 months before your test and ramp it up 6 months before. Try to leave time for 3-4 attempts (30 days apart).

[@agunloyelolade1013]

good job bro

[@enosebenezernapitupulu7711]

thx phill

[@ayushdesai8102]

Hi Philip, had a doubt in the borderline quetion

[@ayushdesai8102]

You said that 3rd option is correct, but what if x=3 & y= -5, x+y = -2 and x>y is also satisfied

[@adityapawar4937]

Hey dude. Your strategies are nice enough to crack the test, but if you would add a presentation to solve the questions, it would be much better to grasp the concepts.

[@TheTestedTutor]

Check out my most recent 50 videos

[@adityapawar4937]

@@TheTestedTutor Okay. Will check it out as well. Thanks!!

[@marichfirsta2249]

thankyou

[@SantoshvasaTB]

I at least make 4 mistakes in a full mock test because of these tricky questions which involve picking.

[@TheTestedTutor]

Good to be aware of this

[@munnamasud7382]

for the equation x +y = -2, if u consider x =6 & y =-8 then all statements become true

[@joeboxter3635]

But it's not could ... It's must.

[@joeboxter3635]

You would ask who!!! You would say, who would pick numbers for a problem like this. Not Philip? No... Then not me either.

[@azsense2024]

thanks^100000000000

[@TheTestedTutor]

:)

[@naveenkhan395]

Great tips as always, Philip! Could you please reply to my email in which I sent you the compound interest question that I couldn't solve through your interest method? I tried a lot but not able to apply your amazing method to that question in the ETS Math Review! Thank you!

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