GRE & GMAT "Negation Test for Assumptions" Webinar: November 18, 2020

One of MyGuru's top online GRE & GMAT instructors demonstrates how to use the 'negation test' for assumptions on the GRE & GMAT.

 

Where will you find assumption questions? 

  • GMAT - Critical Reasoning category
  • GRE - Reading Comprehension short passages

How to break down a passage

  • Identify the premise(s) and conclusion 
  • Assumptions will NOT be stated 
  • Premise(s) - author states as fact

What is an assumption? 

  • A statement not in the passage that is assumed to be true and is a requirement for the argument to be valid
  • Premise -> Assumption -> Conclusion 
    • If assumption is true, then the conclusion holds up
    • If assumption is not true, the conclusion falls apart 

Negation test: Look at answer choices and negate each one.

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