Although you may not have the time or ability to solve every quant problem on the GRE, a solid GRE timing strategy is to answer every quant question as you encounter it.

Here’s why. If you leave several questions blank because you’re unsure of their answers, and then you run out of time before you revisit them, there’s no chance that you’ll get any of those questions correct.

Instead, if you guess an answer for each question you’re unsure of and then mark the question for review, even if you run out of time, there is still a chance you guessed correctly. Remember, on the GRE there is no penalty for an incorrect answer. Then, if you do have time remaining after you’ve gone through all the questions in a section, you can bring up the status screen and revisit the questions that you marked during the first run-through.

Another benefit to this strategy is that you will be familiar with all the questions you guessed on, and thus you’ll better be able to decide which ones are worth spending your remaining time trying to solve.

Warmest regards,

Scott Woodbury-Stewart
Founder & CEO, Target Test Prep