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more than just the general topic being discussed, it is the narrowing
of the topic

  You don't have to go back to school and learn mathematics from scratch. But  
  there are certain rules and shortcuts that will save you precious time to tackle
  tough GMAT Quant questions. The rules of 11, 3, 6 and 9 are popular. But have you wondered how to multiply   
  large numbers? If you are one month away from your GMAT D-Day - don't use this tricks and rules.

1) Incomplete Answers will cost you

Completing the 37 questions in Quant and 41 questions in Verbal is the key. If you compare making mistakes to an incomplete test attempt, the later will cost you more.

2) All Questions are equally important

“If you don’t get the first 7 questions correct, chances of you crossing 700 is very low” is a famous myth among GMAT test takers. First three questions will be the easiest of the lot and getting incorrect answers in them shows that there is a lack of preparation. Even if you score the first seven questions correctly and your last seven questions are incorrect, you would be penalized in the same way.
     
3) Score 90th percentile with 80+ percentile in Verbal and Quant

Strange as it may seem, you can score in the mid 80 percentile in both verbal and quant and cross the 90th percentile in your total GMAT Score.

4) Don’t obsess over Permutation and combination

The typical mistakes that GMAT test takers, strong in Quant section, make is to ignore other concepts and practice a lot on permutation and combination problems. Ratios and Proportions, Averages, Speed and Distance and percentages are all extremely important too. Although the concepts of these sections are simple to understand, the complexity can be easily increased by tweaking some of the other parameters. So give equal importance to all GMAT Quant topics.

5) Why the choice was eliminated

Contrary to what test prep companies profess about Process of Elimination (POE), you can’t live entirely on POE