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Build mental math skills

Build mental math skills

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Build mental math skills

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- In addition to learning and remembering all the different math concepts that can appear on the GRE, you'll also have to be adept at basic calculation. Being able to quickly add, subtract, multiply, and divide simple numbers quickly and accurately in your head will limit how often you need to rely on the clunky on-screen calculator. In this video, I'll talk about building your mental math skills. Practice fast and accurate mental math to help on the GRE. One way you can do that is to find a mental math app. There's a lot of different math apps out there. You want to find one that's designed to test your ability to just do simple things, like addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Avoid using a calculator when you can, in real life, for easy math. You want to, when possible, just make the calculation in your head, however you can. If you really have to, check it with a calculator. But you need to build those muscles to do things in your head. One way to do that is just…

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