Each section is timed to take either 15 or 30 minutes. The whole test will take you three hours to complete. The following table gives you an idea of what to expect, though the actual order of sections can vary.

	Section	# of Questions	Time
1.	Verbal Reasoning	30 or 31	30 min.
	Sentence Completions	9
	Analogies	6
	Critical Reading	15
2.	Mathematical Reasoning	25	30 min.
	Standard Multiple-Choice
	Mathematics
3.	Verbal Reasoning	35 or 36	30 min.
	Sentence Completions	10
	Analogies	13
	Critical Reading	12
4.	Mathematical Reasoning	25	30 min.
	Quantitative Comparisons	15
	Grid-Ins	10
5.	Wild Card Section	varies	30 min.
6.	Verbal Reasoning	12 or 13	15 min.
	Critical Reading
7.	Mathematical Reasoning	10	15 min.
	Standard Multiple-Choice
	Mathematics

Except for the Critical Reading problems, the questions are designed to get rougher as you work through a set. The charts below are typical examples of the patterns of math questions.

As you work, you should always be aware of where you are in the set. When working on the easy problems, you can generally trust your first impulse - the obvious answer tends to be right. As you get to the end of the set, you need to become more suspicious about your answer because they probably won't come easy. If they do, look at the problem again, because the obvious answer tends to be wrong.

To move through the test efficiently, you are allowed to skip around within each section. Do not spend too much time on any one question, even a hard one, until you've tried every question at least once.

There are some rules about how you can and can't allocate your test time:

• You are not allowed to jump back and forth between sections.
• You are not allowed to return to earlier sections to change answers.
• You are not allowed to spend more than the allotted time on any section.
• You can move around within a section.
• You can flip through your section at the beginning to see what type of questions you have.