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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;By Andrew Geller, TPNY&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;An encouraging fact:&amp;nbsp; An above average middle school graduate has  most of the math skills necessary to tackle the GMAT quantitative  section&amp;hellip;with flying colors.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;embeddedObject&quot; style=&quot;float: right;&quot; src=&quot;http://content.screencast.com/users/dlimm/folders/Jing/media/3fb8cb5a-dd6d-4f16-9299-9d6cea6dfd61/2011-01-06_1441.png&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;191&quot; height=&quot;99&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;You may be thinking, &lt;em&gt;Why am I being tested on middle school math in order to be accepted to business &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;school?&lt;/em&gt; Good question. The short answer is that you are not being tested on the  math, at least not primarily. You are being tested mainly on your  reasoning skills and your ability to pick up patterns, which likely  mirror the kind of thinking you&amp;rsquo;d do as a business professional. For the  prospective test taker, this is good and bad. On the bright side there  are few formulas to memorize. They are simple and many of them are  actually given to you on the test (although you should have them  memorized!). A common pitfall of many GMAT test-takers is to start  calculating before thinking. &lt;strong&gt;READ MORE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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