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Knewton "Mean" Girls: Advanced GMAT Math Tips, No Sugarcoating

Posted on April 7, 2011 by

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We’ll give it to you straight: this strategy for finding the average, or arithmetic mean, of a set of numbers isn’t for everyone. If you master it, though, you can save some serious time on extra-tough GMAT Quant questions.

To show you how it works, Jen and Jess have to get a little “mean” in their exploration of averages.

Don’t worry: Jen isn’t nearly this mean to Jess in real life.

Posted in Featured, GMAT, Quant Guide | 6 comments



  • Pardeep

     The video isn’t working after 0.24 min. Can you check out what’s the problem? Thank you.

    • http://www.knewton.com Knewton Team

      Hi Pardeep,

      It seems to be working fine when we view it over here. I’d try again to make sure it wasn’t a temporary loading issue, or a problem with using an older browser (we checked it with Chrome and Firefox). Good luck!

      • Pardeep

         Thank you ‘Knewton Team’ for the prompt reply. It just worked out for me also in Chrome.. Thank you once again for the reply, I appreciate the help!.. Thank you once again for the reply, I appreciate the help!

  • Pardeep

     The video isn’t working after 0.24 min. Can you check out what’s the problem? Thank you.

    • http://www.knewton.com Knewton Team

      Hi Pardeep,

      It seems to be working fine when we view it over here. I’d try again to make sure it wasn’t a temporary loading issue, or a problem with using an older browser (we checked it with Chrome and Firefox). Good luck!

      • Pardeep

         Thank you ‘Knewton Team’ for the prompt reply. It just worked out for me also in Chrome.. Thank you once again for the reply, I appreciate the help!.. Thank you once again for the reply, I appreciate the help!