The Ultimate Math Refresher for the GRE, GMAT, and SAT

The first time I took the GMAT, I used Kaplan's math prep book. Although it gave me practice answering GMAT type questions, the reality was I really needed to first was brush up on my math fundamentals.

This book covers arithmatic, algebra, and geometry in 37 lessons. A great buy for anyone taking an ETS test!


Excellent review!   October 17, 2005
mibi52 (Arlington, VA United States)
43 out of 45 found this review helpful

I was faced with the frightening prospect of taking GREs again, some thirty years after the first time I took them, since I'm now applying to grad school for a second Master's degree. I expected that I'd have no problems with the written portion of it, but frankly the math portion terrified me.

This book provided succinct and clear explanations of the basic principles I needed to do well on the math section. I am sure I would have scored in the 10th percentile without it; with it, I got a very respectable (for a humanities major) 650.

I have since passed it along to my daughter, who was preparing for her SATs. Her comments mirrored mine. I look forward to seeing how her scores improved over her first administration of the test.

I would recommend it highly.


if you don't remember any math from highschool   January 23, 2007
M. Varellas (Asheville, NC United States)
32 out of 32 found this review helpful

I use the customer reviews to make purchase decisions often but have never felt compelled to write one until now. I also have the Kaplan GRE Exam math workbook fifth edition and like most of the math prep books I found, they assume a very brief review of a concept will trigger your memory and you will be able to work practice problems. The Ultimate Math Refresher is for those who truly need to relearn the concepts. It doesn't have practice problems like you will find on the GRE but it has practice sections to demostrate the concepts and make sure you understand them. The sections are also short enough for people who find relearning math tedious. I suggest this book for the mathematically challenged and then move on to one of the typical prep books with GRE style problems.


What a refreshing way to refresh your math skills.   June 28, 2001
Betsy Tobey (Galveston, TX USA)
21 out of 21 found this review helpful

I'm a 55-year old female that has been in the banking business for 30 years. I graduated from college with a degree in math and science a long time ago. I have always wanted to get a graduate degree, but have been afraid that I would have forgotten so much. The Ultimate Math Refresher took that fear away as it was a great, fun and easy refresher for me. The language is clear and concise, and the practice sets are well designed to refresh your math skills and concepts. I couldn't have found a better step-by-step method to get up to speed for the GMAT--even though I had a Math Degree and use to teach math many years ago!


I bought this and blew the GREs right out of the water!   January 14, 2007
Jim (Virginia, USA)
19 out of 19 found this review helpful

It has been 20 years since i got my undergrad degree. I needed the GREs to get into grad school and was told I needed a 550 on each portion. I was most worried about the math section so I bought this book. Wow. I forgot how much I had forgotten. After cruising through this book, I destroyed the math section on the GREs! There were some problems that were identical to the ones I had practiced on. My only regret...that I did not buy the similar book on the Comprehensive/English/Reading portion. While I ended up doing ok on that section, the results of this book really made a huge difference on the math portion. A great investment!