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GMAT Focus Edition prep — adaptive practice, free mock, AI tutor

Entered in full, the line reads Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) — the GMAT exam, short, adaptive and unforgiving with time: Quantitative Reasoning, Verbal Reasoning and Data Insights, 45 minutes each, all three weighted equally into a total of 205 to 805. Myndaq trains it the way you would run a set of accounts — line by line, with the figures visible and Data Insights treated as the differentiator it is.

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8 chapters · 15 modules — across all three sections, Data Insights included, every line item posted and open today
Line items

The exam, entered line by line

Three sections, 45 minutes each, 64 questions in total — about two hours and fifteen minutes in the chair including one optional 10-minute break you can take after the first or the second section. Every section score is weighted equally into the total, and the exam adapts as you answer.

Prior-year note: GMAC introduced this three-section format under the name “GMAT Focus Edition” and returned it to simply the GMAT exam on 1 July 2024 — the figures above are that current statement.

Line itemQuestionsMinutesNote
Quantitative Reasoning 21 45 Problem solving under a tight clock — quantitative questions where the fastest correct route wins, not the most thorough one.
Verbal Reasoning 23 45 Reading comprehension and critical reasoning — argument structure, assumptions and what the passage will not let you conclude.
Data Insights 20 45 The section that decides the paper for most candidates — table analysis, graphics interpretation and multi-source reasoning.
TOTAL 64 135 About 2h 15m in total with one optional 10-minute break; sections may be taken in any order.

The bottom line: 205 to 805

three section scores, equally weighted
205505805

Every section carries the same weight, so the total is only ever as good as your weakest line item. That is the whole strategic argument for weakness-first preparation — and the reason Myndaq's analytics start from where you are losing points rather than where you enjoy practising.

Double entry

What the exam demands · how Myndaq answers

Debit — the demandCredit — the answer
Efficiency per minute

45 minutes for 21, 23 or 20 questions leaves barely two minutes each. Knowing how is not enough; you need the shorter route.

Timed sets with route feedback

Short practice sets scored instantly, with explanations that show the fastest correct path — not just a correct one.

Data Insights fluency

Tables, graphics and multi-source sets punish anyone who reads data slowly — and this section counts exactly as much as the other two.

Real data renderers

Sortable tables, charts and multi-tab sources rendered on the page, so you practise reading them rather than imagining them.

Equal weighting

One weak section drags the whole total, however strong the other two are.

Weakness-first analytics

Your ranked weak areas become the next practice set automatically, across all three line items.

Decisions under adaptivity

The exam adapts to how you answer, and lets you review as many questions as you like but change only three answers. Choosing which three is a skill.

A tutor on every question

Ask why a flagged question is worth revisiting, or why the trap answer was built to look right. It guides — it never just hands over the letter.

The differentiator

Data Insights, practised on real data

Data Insights is where the modern GMAT earns its edge — and where preparation most often stops at reading about it. Myndaq renders the actual objects: sortable tables, charts you have to read off, and multi-source sets where the answer lives in the tab you have not opened yet.

Table analysis Graphics interpretation Multi-source reasoning
Myndaq AI Tutor

The analyst sitting next to you

The tutor sees the exact question on your screen — the table, the argument, the quant stem. Ask why the assumption fails, which column actually answers the prompt, or what the two-minute route looks like. It guides you to it and never just hands you the answer, which is the only way the method survives to test day.

Management accounts

Your figures, closed weekly

Where you stand
your practice accuracy read section by section against the 205–805 scale
Days to your exam
the plan built backwards from your test date
Weakest areas, ranked
the line items costing you most, in order
Your next move
one concrete recommendation, recalculated as you practise

Why Myndaq for the GMAT

🧠01
A tutor on every question

Ask about the exact stem, table or argument in front of you — including why your route was slow.

📊02
Data Insights done properly

Real tables, charts and multi-source sets rendered on the page — the section most courses skim.

📈03
Weakness-first analytics

Equal weighting means the weakest section decides your total — so that is what gets your next set.

📱04
Study anywhere

Browser-based on any device — a commute is long enough for a timed set.

Three entries, every week

E 1.0
Open the books

Sign in with Google and the course opens — 8 chapters and 15 modules across all three sections, nothing to configure.

E 2.0
Post entries daily

Short timed sets in the real question shapes, with the tutor on hand whenever a route feels longer than it should.

E 3.0
Close the weakest line

Let the analytics pick the section that is dragging the total, and work it until the three lines balance.

Notes to the accounts

Six notes, cross-referenced to the statement above.

How long is the GMAT exam?

Two hours and fifteen minutes of testing — three 45-minute sections — plus one optional 10-minute break you may take after the first or the second section.

note 1.1

How many questions are in each section?

Quantitative Reasoning has 21, Verbal Reasoning 23 and Data Insights 20 — 64 questions in total, each section running 45 minutes.

note 1.2

What is a good GMAT score?

Total scores run from 205 to 805, with the three section scores weighted equally. There is no universal target — the score that matters is the one your programmes ask for, which is why the useful question is always which section is holding your total down.

note 2.1

How does Data Insights work?

It is one of the three sections — 20 questions in 45 minutes — and it asks you to read data rather than recall formulas: table analysis, graphics interpretation and multi-source reasoning. It counts exactly as much as Quant and Verbal.

note 2.2

Can I choose the section order and change answers?

You can answer the three sections in any order. Within a section you may review as many questions as you like and edit up to three answers — so flagging well matters as much as answering well.

note 3.1

What does the Myndaq GMAT course cover?

8 chapters and 15 modules spanning Quantitative Reasoning, Verbal Reasoning and Data Insights, each module a focused practice surface with the AI tutor attached and your weakest line item feeding the next session. Every line is posted and open to practise today — nothing carried forward as pending.

note 4.1

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Balance the three lines. The total follows.

Quant, Verbal and Data Insights — with a tutor on every question.

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Myndaq is an AI-powered preparation platform for the GMAT exam, the GMAC admissions test for business-school and specialised masters programmes. The exam runs three 45-minute sections — Quantitative Reasoning (21 questions), Verbal Reasoning (23) and Data Insights (20), 64 questions in about two hours and fifteen minutes with one optional 10-minute break — taken in any order, computer adaptive, with review and up to three answer edits per section, and reported on a total score scale of 205 to 805 built from three equally weighted section scores. Myndaq trains all three lines: timed practice in the real question shapes, Data Insights on genuinely rendered tables, charts and multi-source sets, weakness-first analytics that target the section dragging your total, and a Myndaq AI Tutor that explains the fastest correct route on every question — on any device, right in your browser. Myndaq is an independent study platform and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by GMAC.

Sample questions

Try 5 real GMAT questions

Taken from the 668-item GMAT bank on Myndaq. Work them here; sign in (Google or email link, no card) to check each answer and have the AI tutor explain why the other options are wrong.

  1. Question 1 · easy · Remainders Modular Reasoning

    When a positive integer n is divided by 6, the remainder is 4. What is the remainder when 2n is divided by 6?

    • 2
    • 0
    • 5
    • 1
    • 4
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  2. Question 2 · easy · Ratios Proportions

    The ratio of boys to girls in a class is 3:5. If there are 24 boys, how many girls are there?

    • 30
    • 64
    • 15
    • 45
    • 40
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  3. Question 3 · medium · Prime Factorization · Number Of Factors

    If p and q are distinct prime numbers and the product pq has exactly 4 positive factors, how many positive factors does p^3·q have?

    • 8
    • 7
    • 6
    • 12
    • 4
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  4. Question 4 · medium · Word Problem Rate Sufficiency · Statements Combine Neither Alone

    A car travels from town P to town Q and back along the same route. What was its average speed for the entire round trip? (1) The car traveled at 60 km/h from P to Q. (2) The car traveled at 40 km/h from Q to P.

    • EACH statement ALONE is sufficient.
    • BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER alone is sufficient.
    • Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient.
    • Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient.
    • Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient.
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  5. Question 5 · hard · Functions · Quadratics

    The function f is defined for all real numbers by f(x) = ax^2 + bx + c. Given that f(1) = 0, f(-2) = 0, and f(0) = -8, what is the value of f(3)?

    • 10
    • 40
    • 20
    • 0
    • -40
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Exam essentials

GMAT at a glance

The GMAT Exam (Focus Edition) — now simply 'the GMAT' — is GMAC's admissions test for MBA and business master's programmes. Since 1 February 2024 it is a 2 h 15 min, three-section, section-adaptive test scored 205–805, taken on demand at test centres or online.

Facts below were read on Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC)'s own pages on . Dates and fees change between cycles — the official page linked on each row is authoritative.

Conducting body
Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), mba.com
Source: mba.com — GMAT FAQs
Current edition
GMAT Exam (Focus Edition) — replaced the 10th edition on 1 February 2024
Source: mba.com — GMAT FAQs
Format
Three 45-minute sections — Quantitative Reasoning, Verbal Reasoning, Data Insights — 64 questions; any section order; review and change up to 3 answers per section
Source: mba.com — Everything you need to know about the GMAT
Duration
2 h 15 min plus one optional 10-minute break
Source: mba.com — GMAT FAQs
Scoring
Total 205–805; each section 60–90, weighted equally; percentile reported
Not directly comparable with the old 200–800 scale
Source: mba.com — Understanding your score
Score validity
Five years from the test date
Source: mba.com — GMAT FAQs
Attempts
Five in any rolling 12 months (centre and online combined), no lifetime limit, at least 16 days apart
Source: mba.com — GMAT FAQs
Availability
On demand, year-round, at test centres or online
Source: mba.com — GMAT FAQs
Fee
Location-specific — mba.com shows it after you select a country
Source: mba.com — Exam payment
FAQ

GMAT — common questions

What is the current GMAT format?

Since 1 February 2024 the only GMAT is the Focus Edition: three 45-minute sections — Quantitative Reasoning, Verbal Reasoning and Data Insights — 64 questions in total, 2 hours 15 minutes plus one optional 10-minute break. There is no essay and no Sentence Correction, and you choose the section order.

What changed from the old GMAT?

The 10th-edition GMAT (200–800, about 3 hours) had Analytical Writing, Integrated Reasoning, Quant and Verbal with Sentence Correction. The Focus Edition drops the essay and Sentence Correction, merges IR-style questions and Data Sufficiency into Data Insights, cuts the time to 2 h 15 min and scores 205–805. Old and new scores are not directly comparable; use percentiles.

Can I go back and change answers on the GMAT?

Yes, within limits. At the end of each section you can review as many questions as you like and change up to three answers, provided time remains in that section. You cannot return to a section once it is submitted, so bookmark doubtful items as you go.

How is the GMAT scored and what is a good score?

Each section is scored 60–90 and the three are weighted equally into a total from 205 to 805. GMAC reports a percentile alongside; a 75th percentile means you beat 75% of test-takers. 'Good' depends on the programme's class profile — check the median for your target school rather than a universal number.

How many times can I take the GMAT, and how long are scores valid?

Five attempts in any rolling 12-month period, counting online and test-centre sittings together, with no lifetime cap and a minimum 16-day gap between attempts. Scores stay valid for five years from the test date.

Is the GMAT still called 'GMAT Focus Edition'?

GMAC's FAQ calls the current test the 'GMAT Exam (Focus Edition)' and most schools and prep sites now simply say 'the GMAT'. If a resource still describes AWA, Integrated Reasoning or Sentence Correction, it is describing the retired 10th edition.

What does the Myndaq GMAT course include?

Practice across Quantitative Reasoning, Verbal Reasoning, Data Insights with an AI tutor that explains every answer, plus progress analytics.

Is there a free GMAT mock test?

Myndaq runs a free mock test programme. Availability varies by exam and publication status — check the free mock tests page. One attempt per account, for one eligible exam; sign in with Google or an email link, no payment card required. See free mock tests