GMAT Quantitative Section

Quantitative Section of the GMAT

The Quantitative section of the GMAT evaluates the GMAT test taker's understanding of fundamental elementary quantitative concepts and mathematical skills and the ability to use such understanding and skills to analytically and mathematically reason to interpret presented data and solve quantitative problems.

Mathematical concepts covered in the Quantitative section of the GMAT

The Quantitative section of the GMAT requires use of fundamental quantitative knowledge in specific aspects of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, statistics and combinatorics.

Structure of the Quantitative section of the GMAT

Mathematical concepts are presented in two types of questions in the Quantitative section of the GMAT: Data Sufficiency questions and Problem Solving questions.

The Quantitative Section of the GMAT has 37 total questions, consisting of intermingled Data Sufficiency and Problem Solving questions, to be answered in a maximum of 75 minutes. All questions in the Quantitative section of the GMAT are multiple choice questions and are selected individually throughout the section using the Computer Adaptive Test methodology.

Data Sufficiency questions

Data Sufficiency questions are a quite unique type of quantitative question on the GMAT and are not commonly found on other standardized exams. Data Sufficiency questions consist of a quantitative question followed by two statements, which are labeled (1) and (2) and each provide additional information related to the posted question. The GMAT test taker must evaluate each statement to determine whether the information given is sufficient for answering the posed question. Data Sufficiency questions assess the GMAT test taker's knowledge of fundamental quantitative concepts and ability to analyze a quantitative problem and efficiently and accurately determine the relevancy of provided information and the sufficiency, or lack thereof, of available information to solve the problem.

Problem Solving questions

Problem Solving questions present a problem for the GMAT test taker to solve. The GMAT test taker must understand the posed problem and then use any provided information in the problem, in addition to knowledge of fundamental quantitative concepts, to derive a solution to the posed problem.