How to Beat GMAT Work and Rates Problems

Overview

"I looove your rates process. I think I finally understand it!" -- Camila M

Do you struggle with GMAT Rates questions?

Let me guess: most GMAT questions seem OK, but you just can’t figure out why you’re not succeeding with Work and Rates questions.

You’re a smart person. The rest of it’s working. Why are Rates posing such a problem?

Believe it or not, you’re not alone.

There’s actually a pretty simple explanation for this problem. Work and Rates questions aren’t really “math questions” in the same way as the rest of the GMAT. They require a bit more practical, real-world type of problem solving.

You may even be looking at this book because nothing else has worked.

There’s a reason for that, too: most GMAT books teach a lot of complicated, over-technical variations of Rates questions and then ask you to learn specific cases in which to apply specific equations.

This is nonsense.

By focusing on the practical aspects of Rates questions, we’ll be able to better understand how one simple framework can essentially answer every single Work or Rates question.

With just a little bit of guidance in how to apply math to real-world situation, you’ll be able to break down any GMAT Work or Rates question and figure out how its moving parts fit together.

Throughout the text, you’ll see as many relevant variations on Work and Rates questions as possible, but remember that it’s hard to be absolutely exhaustive.

At 50+ pages, this guide definitely covers quite a few variants you’re likely to encounter.

It Can’t Really be that Easy

No one said it was going to be easy--it’s just not as bad as you might think!
How to Beat GMAT Work and Rate Problems will teach you how to tackle every conceivable variation of Rates questions in a way that ramps up difficulty until the fattest, most evil Rates questions finally seem achievable.

Even if you think Rates questions aren’t that big a deal, you might just find a few ways to clean up your thinking--and that’s never a Bad Thing on the GMAT.