GMAT Focus Edition
GMAT
Quantitative Reasoning, Verbal Reasoning and Data Insights, with original questions in every GMAT format.
AI-drafted · awaiting expert reviewThe GMAT exam as GMAC offers it in 2026: the version launched in November 2023 as the GMAT Focus Edition, which has been the only version of the GMAT since 1 February 2024 (GMAC's newer pages call it simply “the GMAT exam”). Three 45-minute sections, 64 questions, scored 205–805. Facts verified on GMAC's site (gmac.com) on 9 November 2026.
A complete, original course for the GMAT exam, the edition GMAC introduced as the GMAT Focus Edition. Lessons follow GMAC's own description of the three sections: Quantitative Reasoning (arithmetic and algebra, as Problem Solving questions without a calculator), Verbal Reasoning (Critical Reasoning and Reading Comprehension) and Data Insights (Data Sufficiency, Table Analysis, Graphics Interpretation, Two-Part Analysis and Multi-Source Reasoning). Each lesson teaches the skills with worked examples and common traps, and is followed by practice questions in the test's formats with full explanations; multi-part Data Insights questions are broken into one answer per part so you can see exactly what you missed. A full-length practice exam mirrors the real sections, question counts and timing. Use it alongside GMAC's free official practice exams.
About the exam
- The GMAT has three sections, Quantitative Reasoning, Verbal Reasoning and Data Insights, each 45 minutes long: 64 questions and 2 hours 15 minutes of testing in all. There is no essay.The GMAT Exam: Exam Structure, Content & Features · GMAT – Everything You Need To Know · GMAT Focus Edition: The Next Evolution of the GMAT Will Arrive Later This Year
- Quantitative Reasoning: 21 multiple-choice Problem Solving questions in 45 minutes, testing algebraic and arithmetic knowledge and how you apply it to solve problems. Each question has five answer choices, and no calculator is allowed.GMAT Exam Scores: Quantitative Reasoning · GMAT Quantitative Reasoning: How To Master The GMAT Math Questions
- Verbal Reasoning: 23 multiple-choice Reading Comprehension and Critical Reasoning questions in 45 minutes. Reading passages run up to 350 words; Critical Reasoning questions are built on short arguments.GMAT Exam Scores: Verbal Reasoning · What is the GMAT exam and what should you know? · GMAT – Everything You Need To Know
- Data Insights: 20 questions in 45 minutes in five formats: Data Sufficiency, Multi-Source Reasoning, Table Analysis, Graphics Interpretation and Two-Part Analysis. An on-screen calculator is available in this section only. Questions may call for mathematics, data analysis, verbal reasoning or a combination.GMAT Exam Scores: Data Insights · GMAT Data Insights: How to nail the GMAT data questions · GMAT Focus Edition: The Next Evolution of the GMAT Will Arrive Later This Year · GMAT Quantitative Reasoning: How To Master The GMAT Math Questions
- Some Data Insights questions have several parts, and a question earns credit only if every part is answered correctly.GMAT Exam Scores · GMAT Data Insights: How to nail the GMAT data questions
- You choose the order of the three sections at the start of the test (if you make no choice within two minutes, a default order is used), and you may take one optional 10-minute break, after either the first or the second section.What should I expect during the GMAT exam? · The GMAT Exam: Exam Structure, Content & Features
- Every section is computer adaptive: the test selects each next question based on your previous responses. You may bookmark as many questions as you like and, with time left in the section, review them and change up to three answers per section.What should I expect during the GMAT exam? · The GMAT Exam: Exam Structure, Content & Features · GMAT Focus Edition: The Next Evolution of the GMAT Will Arrive Later This Year
- Scores: a Total Score from 205 to 805 in 10-point intervals (so every total ends in 5), and Quantitative Reasoning, Verbal Reasoning and Data Insights section scores from 60 to 90 in 1-point intervals, weighted equally in the total. A section score depends on how many questions you answer, whether they are right, and the difficulty and other parameters of those questions.GMAT Exam Scores · Evolving the Score Scale with the GMAT Focus Edition
- If time runs out you still receive a score as long as you have attempted every section, but GMAC warns that scores decrease significantly with each unanswered question.What should I expect during the GMAT exam?
- Scores on this edition and on the previous GMAT (scored 200–800) are on different scales and should not be compared directly; GMAC recommends comparing percentile rankings instead. Scores are valid for five years.Evolving the Score Scale with the GMAT Focus Edition · What is the GMAT exam and what should you know?
- You see an unofficial score as soon as you finish, and your Official Score Report usually arrives within three to five days (occasionally up to 20). You can send it free to up to five programs within 48 hours of receiving it.What should I expect during the GMAT exam? · The GMAT Exam: Exam Structure, Content & Features
- You may take the GMAT up to five times in a rolling 12-month period, with no lifetime limit. GMAT Superscore, announced in June 2026, combines your highest section scores across valid attempts of the current edition and is shown to programs as an additional data point.What should I expect during the GMAT exam? · GMAT – Everything You Need To Know · GMAC Introduces GMAT Superscore to Help Candidates Present Their Strongest Performance to Business Schools
Syllabus
20 lessons, 213 practice questions and 1 timed practice exam.
Getting Started
How the GMAT works
The three sections, their question counts and timing, choosing the section order, the optional break, the computer-adaptive design, bookmarking and Question Review & Edit, the calculator rule, and how the 205–805 Total Score and the 60–90 section scores are reported.
- How the GMAT worksFree sample30 min
Quantitative Reasoning
Arithmetic
Number properties (divisibility, primes, factors and multiples, remainders, odd and even), fractions, decimals and percents, ratios, rates and work, statistics and overlapping sets, and counting and probability, all as Problem Solving questions without a calculator.
- Number properties(included with the course)45 min
- Fractions, decimals and percents(included with the course)45 min
- Ratios, rates and work(included with the course)45 min
- Statistics and overlapping sets(included with the course)45 min
- Counting and probability(included with the course)45 min
Algebra
Exponents and roots, linear equations and translating word problems, quadratic equations, functions and sequences, and inequalities and absolute value.
- Exponents and roots(included with the course)40 min
- Equations and word problems(included with the course)45 min
- Quadratics, functions and sequences(included with the course)45 min
- Inequalities and absolute value(included with the course)40 min
Verbal Reasoning
Critical Reasoning
Reading a short argument for its conclusion, premises and assumptions; strengthening, weakening and evaluating arguments; and evaluating plans, resolving apparent paradoxes and drawing sound inferences.
- Argument structure and assumptions(included with the course)45 min
- Strengthen, weaken and evaluate(included with the course)45 min
- Plans, paradoxes and inferences(included with the course)40 min
Reading Comprehension
Reading passages of up to 350 words for their main idea, purpose and structure, then answering detail, inference, application and evaluation questions with evidence from the text.
- Reading passages for structure(included with the course)45 min
- Details, inferences and applications(included with the course)45 min
Data Insights
Data Sufficiency
The five fixed answer choices, value and yes/no questions, a reliable method for judging each statement alone and together, and the traps that catch careful solvers.
- Data SufficiencyFree sample50 min
Table Analysis and Graphics Interpretation
Judging statements about a sortable table, and completing statements about a chart or graph by choosing from drop-down menus, with quick, calculator-light arithmetic.
- Table Analysis(included with the course)40 min
- Graphics Interpretation(included with the course)40 min
Two-Part Analysis and Multi-Source Reasoning
Two connected answers chosen from a shared list, quantitative or verbal, and questions that combine several sources of text, tables and figures presented under tabs.
- Two-Part Analysis(included with the course)40 min
- Multi-Source Reasoning(included with the course)45 min
Practice exams
- GMAT Practice Exam 1 (full length)78 questions · 135 minutesIncluded with the course
Free official resources
Use these alongside the course. They are free, and they are the final word.
- GMAT Official Starter Kit + Practice Exams 1 & 2 (free)GMAC's free official prep: two full-length official practice exams and a set of official practice questions from all three sections. Take one early to find your starting point and keep one for a final rehearsal.
- GMAT exam structureGMAC's own description of the three sections, timing, section order, breaks and Question Review & Edit, on mba.com.
- The GMAT Exam: structure, content and featuresGMAC's summary table of sections, minutes and question counts, and the candidate features (review and edit, section order, score report).
- GMAT exam scoresHow the 205–805 Total Score and the 60–90 section scores are built, what each section measures, and how percentile rankings work.
- Sample questionsGMAC's official sample questions, to see the real look of each question type before test day.
- Prep for the examGMAC's hub for official preparation materials on mba.com.
- What should I expect during the GMAT exam?GMAC's walk-through of test day: section order selection, the optional break, the noteboard, running out of time, and receiving and sending scores.
- GMAT exam policiesThe current GMAT Exam Policies & Procedures (identification, conduct, breaks, cancellations, retakes). Read the edition that applies to your appointment before test day.
Lumenary Prep is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC). GMAT is GMAC's trademark. Every question in this course is original; for official practice, use GMAC's own materials, linked from this page. Every source this course cites.