👋 Hello, my friends at GRE Prep Club!

You have an average of 1 minute and 40 seconds per question in a GRE Quant section. That’s approximately 1.66 minutes per question. So, to determine whether you’re on track with your pacing, you can multiply the number of remaining questions by 1.66 to see how much time you should have left.

Since calculating with 1.66 can be a little tedious, especially in your head, you can quickly perform this check using the onscreen calculator, which is available in Quant sections of the GRE. You don’t need to do this after every question — checking in every five questions or so is a good rule of thumb.

For example, if you have 10 questions remaining, you should have about 10 × 1.66 = 16.6 minutes (around 16 minutes and 36 seconds) left on the clock. If you’re under that time, you may want to pick up the pace. If you’re over that time, you have a bit of a buffer in case you need it for a longer question later on.

This strategy gives you a reliable and concrete way to track your pacing, without relying on guesswork or checking the clock too often. The key is to stay aware of your time without letting it distract you from solving problems accurately.

Reach out to me with any questions about your GRE prep. Happy studying!

Warmest regards,

Scott Woodbury-Stewart
Founder & CEO, Target Test Prep