Looking for 700-level word problems

[B_Naber]

Hi,

word problems are still a weakness of mine. I'm scoring around 49-50 in the mock tests now and I've figured out why I still struggle with word problems, unfortunately I have run out of practice material to work on thos points. I was contemplating the Challenge Problem Archive, but from what I've read those are probably not what I'm looking for. Are there any alternatives?

[StaceyKoprince]

Argh, definitely not the Challenge Problem archive - way too hard! :)

First, you may discover some techniques in this article that will help you with translation:
http://www.manhattangmat.com/blog/index ... into-Math/

I don't know of any sets of only-word-problem-only-700+ questions. And, in fact, if I did... I wouldn't want you to sit down and just do a bunch of word problems. It gets easier to do each one because you get on a roll and you know what's coming... but you'll never "get on a roll" like that on the real test because the real test makes us jump around and doesn't tell us what's coming next.

When you say you've run out of problems, I'll assume that you've already done all of OG13 and the Quant supplement. You could also buy the extra problem set in GMATPrep (it's called Prep Pack #1). $25 and about 400 questions at all difficulty levels, but you can specifically set it up to give you only hard problems. (It won't be only word problems, but again - I don't want you to do only those anyway!)

You could also try our Advanced Quant book - it's designed for people at your level who are looking to push to 51. Once again, still not word-problem-only.

Also, point of clarification. When you say 'word problems' - are you talking only about the specific category of problems we put in our Word Problems book? (rates, statistics, set, etc) Or are you talking about story problems in general? (which can cover any topic - fractions, percents, algebra, etc) I'm guessing the latter, but let me know.