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Manhattan Prep’s GRE Social Venture Scholar Program

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Manhattan Prep is offering special full tuition scholarships for up to 4 individuals per year (1 per quarter) who will be selected as part of Manhattan Prep’s GRE Social Venture Scholars program. This program provides the selected scholars with free admission into one of Manhattan Prep’s GRE live online Complete Courses (an $890 value).

These competitive scholarships are offered to individuals who (1) currently work full-time in an organization that promotes positive social change, (2) plan to use their master’s degree to work in a public, not-for-profit, or other venture with a social-change oriented mission, and (3) demonstrate clear financial need. The Social Venture Scholars can enroll in any live online preparation course taught by one of Manhattan Prep’s expert instructors within one year of winning the scholarship.

The deadline our next application period is 9/6.

More details and how you can apply can be found here.

The Math Beast Challenge Problem of the Week – July 22, 2013

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Math BeastEach week, we post a new Challenge Problem for you to attempt. If you submit the correct answer, you will be entered into that week’s drawing for two free Manhattan Prep GRE Strategy Guides.

Which of the following is equivalent to ?

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The Math Beast Challenge Problem of the Week – July 15, 2013

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Math BeastEach week, we post a new Challenge Problem for you to attempt. If you submit the correct answer, you will be entered into that week’s drawing for two free Manhattan Prep GRE Strategy Guides.

If a > b > 0, what is the area of the quadrilateral with vertices at (ab), (-b,0), (0, -a), and (a, –b) on the coordinate plane?

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The Math Beast Challenge Problem of the Week – July 8, 2013

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Math BeastEach week, we post a new Challenge Problem for you to attempt. If you submit the correct answer, you will be entered into that week’s drawing for two free Manhattan Prep GRE Strategy Guides.

If xy â‰  0 and y is the arithmetic inverse of x, what is the ratio of  to ?

 

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The Math Beast Challenge Problem of the Week – June 17, 2013

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Math BeastEach week, we post a new Challenge Problem for you to attempt. If you submit the correct answer, you will be entered into that week’s drawing for two free Manhattan Prep GRE Strategy Guides.

If x is a positive integer and the units digit of x2 is 6 and the units digit of (x “ 1)2 is 9, which of the following is the units digit of (x “ 2)3?

 

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The Math Beast Challenge Problem of the Week – June 10, 2013

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Math BeastEach week, we post a new Challenge Problem for you to attempt. If you submit the correct answer, you will be entered into that week’s drawing for two free Manhattan Prep GRE Strategy Guides.

Quantity A

The average of (x “ 1)2 and (x + 3)2

Quantity B

3

 

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Manhattan Prep’s GRE Social Venture Scholar Program

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Manhattan Prep is offering special full tuition scholarships for up to 4 individuals per year (1 per quarter) who will be selected as part of Manhattan Prep’s GRE Social Venture Scholars program. This program provides the selected scholars with free admission into one of Manhattan Prep’s GRE live online Complete Courses (an $890 value).

These competitive scholarships are offered to individuals who (1) currently work full-time in an organization that promotes positive social change, (2) plan to use their master’s degree to work in a public, not-for-profit, or other venture with a social-change oriented mission, and (3) demonstrate clear financial need. The Social Venture Scholars can enroll in any live online preparation course taught by one of Manhattan Prep’s expert instructors within one year of winning the scholarship.

The deadline our next application period is 6/14.

More details and how you can apply can be found here.

The Math Beast Challenge Problem of the Week – June 3, 2013

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Math BeastEach week, we post a new Challenge Problem for you to attempt. If you submit the correct answer, you will be entered into that week’s drawing for two free Manhattan Prep GRE Strategy Guides.

Note: Figure not drawn to scale.

 

Quantity A

B2 + 2AD

Quantity B

(A + D)2 “ C2

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The Math Beast Challenge Problem of the Week – May 27, 2013

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Math BeastEach week, we post a new Challenge Problem for you to attempt. If you submit the correct answer, you will be entered into that week’s drawing for two free Manhattan Prep GRE Strategy Guides.
For all values, [x] denotes the least integer greater than or equal to x.  If -2.5 < x < 1.5, what is the least possible value of [2x] + [x2]?

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The Math Beast Challenge Problem of the Week – May 13, 2013

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Math BeastEach week, we post a new Challenge Problem for you to attempt. If you submit the correct answer, you will be entered into that week’s drawing for two free Manhattan Prep GRE Strategy Guides.

Two different children are to be selected at random from a group of 12 students. If the probability that both students selected are girls is greater than , there must be at least how many girls among the 12 students?

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