GMAT Prep Math/Test Day Strategy

[ad_anupam_das]

Hi. I have given one of the test exam of GMAT Prep (New One). I have given the complete 3 and a half hour exam including AWA and IR. I scored 710 (Q-45, V-41, IR-5). I was not able to complete the math section. I was only able to reach 29th question. I noticed that out of these 29 questions, I corrected 24 and 5 were incorrect.

I would like to know if GMAT test regarded those 8 un-attempted math questions as incorrect?

Do you think there is a possibility that my score would improve if I attempt all the questions?

If I face a situation where I have few question unanswered and very few minutes left. What would be the best strategy- continue to focus answering correctly or randomly select answer choices and move on?

BTW, I am pretty comfortable with verbal section and completed the section few minutes before schedule close.

I would be grateful if an Instructor comment on this.

Thanks
Anupam

[StaceyKoprince]

Yes, it did - if you leave any questions blank, then you incur a significant penalty (even more than answering the question and getting it wrong). I'm impressed that you still scored a 45 on the practice test!

Here's the deal: if you actually try to get every single question right, then you will almost certainly run out of time (unless you are a math PhD / genius!). Read this, right now:
https://www.manhattangmat.com/blog/inde ... lly-tests/

In other words, your goal is NOT to get every question right. Your goal is to figure out the best way to spend your time and mental energy, making sure that you leave NO questions blank and that you don't miss lower-level questions as a consequence of spending too much time on harder ones. It's better to let some of those harder ones go faster.

You can definitely improve your score if you learn how to make better decisions about how to spend your time (which is what the test is actually testing!).

Here are two resources to help you learn how to deal better with time management:
http://www.manhattangmat.com/blog/index ... -to-do-it/
http://www.manhattangmat.com/blog/index ... nt-part-1/

Take a look at this too:
http://www.manhattangmat.com/blog/index ... -the-gmat/

Is that how you've been studying?