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Mike McGarry
Lesson by Mike McGarry
Magoosh Expert
Summary
The essence of the content revolves around developing number sense for the GRE quantitative section, emphasizing the importance of recognizing patterns and relationships between numbers to enhance problem-solving skills.
  • Number sense involves intuition about numbers and instincts for patterns, crucial for the quantitative section of the GRE.
  • Developing number sense can be achieved by exploring mathematical patterns, engaging with math beyond necessities, and cultivating curiosity about numbers.
  • Specific strategies include practicing with dividing by five, doubling and halving, and squaring shortcuts, as distilled insights from number sense.
  • Curiosity and exploration of mathematical patterns, such as through recreational math or playing number games, are recommended to develop number sense.
  • A practical game involving creating numbers 1 to 20 with four single-digit numbers is suggested to practice and enhance number sense.
Chapters
00:01
Understanding Number Sense
02:14
Developing Number Sense through Curiosity
04:08
Practical Game to Enhance Number Sense
08:04
Applying Number Sense to Problem Solving