GMAT Syllabus
Focus Edition Overview
The GMAT Focus Edition includes three sections, each lasting 45 minutes, making the total exam time 2 hours and 15 minutes. The exam contains 64 multiple-choice questions in total.
1. Quantitative Reasoning
Duration: 45 minutes
Number of Questions: 21
This section evaluates your ability to reason quantitatively, solve math problems, and interpret numeric data.
Question Type:
- Problem Solving
Topics Covered:
- Arithmetic (Integers, Fractions, Decimals, Ratios, Percentages)
- Algebra (Equations, Inequalities, Functions, Exponents, Roots)
- Word Problems (Work, Rate, Mixtures, Sets)
- Number Properties (Divisibility, Primes, LCM, GCD)
- Statistics (Averages, Medians, Modes, Standard Deviation)
- Probability and Combinatorics
Note: Geometry and Data Sufficiency have been removed from this section.
2. Verbal Reasoning
Duration: 45 minutes
Number of Questions: 23
This section measures your ability to read and comprehend written material, reason logically, and evaluate arguments.
Question Types:
- Reading Comprehension (Understanding and applying ideas from passages)
- Critical Reasoning (Evaluating arguments, identifying assumptions, analyzing logic)
Note: Sentence Correction has been removed from this section.
3. Data Insights
Duration: 45 minutes
Number of Questions: 20
This section assesses your skill in interpreting and analyzing data to solve real-world business problems. An on-screen calculator is available.
Question Types:
- Data Sufficiency
- Table Analysis
- Graphics Interpretation
- Multi-Source Reasoning
- Two-Part Analysis
Key Updates in the GMAT Focus Edition
- The Analytical Writing Assessment (AWA) has been removed.
- The Integrated Reasoning section has been replaced by the new Data Insights section.
- Sentence Correction and Geometry topics have been removed.
- The test is now shorter, lasting only 2 hours and 15 minutes.
- The new scoring range is 205 to 805.
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