Number Properties GRE Preparation Guide (Manhattan Gre Prep)

The Number Properties Guide provides a comprehensive analysis of the properties and rules of integers tested on the GRE. Learn, practice, and master everything from prime products to perfect squares.

Each chapter builds comprehensive content understanding by providing rules, strategies and in-depth examples of how the GRE tests a given topic and how you can respond accurately and quickly. The Guide contains 150+ questions: “Check Your Skills” questions in the chapters that test your understanding as you go and “In-Action” problems of increasing difficulty, all with detailed answer explanations.

Includes access to 6 Computer Adaptive Practice Exams ($30 Value).

Table of Contents

DIVISIBILITY & PRIMES:
Divisibility Rules | Factors | Prime Numbers | Prime Factorization | The Factor Foundation Rule | The Factor/Prime Factorization Connection | Unknown Numbers and Divisibility | Integers | Arithmetic Rules | Rules of Divisibility by Certain Integers | Fewer Factors, More Multiples | Divisibility and Addition/Subtraction | Remainders

ODDS & EVENS:
Arithmetic Rules of Odds & Evens | The Sum of Two Primes | Testing Odd & Even Cases

POSITIVES & NEGATIVES:
Absolute Value: Absolutely Positive | A Double Negative = A Positive | Multiplying & Dividing Signed Numbers | Testing Positive & Negative Cases

EXPONENTS:
Wow, That Increased Exponentially! | All About the Base | All About the Exponent | Combining Exponential Terms | Rewriting Bases | Simplifying Exponential Expressions | Rules of Exponents | Common Exponent Errors

ROOTS:
Basic Properties of Roots | Multiplication and Division of Roots | Simplifying Roots | Solving Algebraic Equations Involving Exponential Terms

CONSECUTIVE INTEGERS:
Evenly Spaced Sets | Properties of Evenly Spaced Sets | Counting Integers: Add One Before You Are Done | Subtraction of Expressions

NUMBER LINES:
Relative Position & Relative Distance | Line Segments

DRILL SETS:
Number Properties Drill Sets

APPENDIX: 2011 CHANGES
2011 Changes to the GRE Quant | Multiple Choice: Select One or More Answer Choices | Numeric Entry | Using the Calculator | 2011 Format Math Questions