GMAT™ Exam — Graduate Management Admission Test
The business-school admissions test — quant problem solving, critical reasoning and reading, and data insights.
About the exam
The GMAT is the Graduate Management Admission Council's admissions test for MBA, business master's and many other graduate management programs worldwide. Schools use it to compare applicants on the reasoning skills that business study demands: working with numbers, analyzing arguments and reading closely, and making decisions from data.
Today's GMAT has three sections, each 45 minutes: Quantitative Reasoning (21 problem-solving questions, no calculator), Verbal Reasoning (23 Reading Comprehension and Critical Reasoning questions) and Data Insights (20 questions — Data Sufficiency, Multi-Source Reasoning, Table Analysis, Graphics Interpretation and Two-Part Analysis, with an on-screen calculator). It is computer adaptive question by question, you choose the section order, and there's one optional 10-minute break. There is no essay, no Sentence Correction and no geometry any more.
Our practice covers every section with original questions in the real formats — Data Sufficiency with the fixed five answer choices, Critical Reasoning arguments, reading passage sets, and table, graph and multi-source data sets — plus flashcards, worked walkthrough case studies and illustrated guides. Timed practice tests run all 64 questions and give you an estimated total score.
How we track your progress
Every blueprint domain moves through five levels as you study:
- Not startedNo questions answered in this domain yet.
- Getting startedFirst questions answered — not enough yet to judge.
- DevelopingAt least 5 answered and 50% or better on your recent questions.
- ProficientAt least 15 answered and 70% or better on your recent questions.
- Exam readyAt least 25 answered, 80% or better recently, and holding up on hard questions.
The exam blueprint
Current GMAT format (introduced as the GMAT Focus Edition in November 2023; the only GMAT since the classic exam was retired in January 2024). No structural changes announced for 2026 — still three sections, 64 questions, 2 hours 15 minutes. — Three equally weighted sections — Quantitative Reasoning, Verbal Reasoning and Data Insights. Tap a domain to see its topics.
1 Quantitative Reasoning about 33% of the exam
150 practice questions in this domain so far
2 Critical Reasoning about 19% of the exam
90 practice questions in this domain so far
3 Reading Comprehension about 17% of the exam
70 practice questions in this domain so far
4 Data Sufficiency about 12% of the exam
60 practice questions in this domain so far
5 Data Insights: tables, graphs and multi-source about 19% of the exam
80 practice questions in this domain so far
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Questions in the real GMAT formats
Every question is tagged to a section and question type — Problem Solving, Critical Reasoning, reading passage sets, Data Sufficiency and table, graph and multi-source data sets.
Hints that teach
Reveal the principle or the shortcut behind the question when you're stuck. Every answer comes with the full rationale.
Adaptive practice
Questions steer toward your weakest areas, weighted like the real exam, and get harder as you get stronger.
Timed practice tests
All 64 questions in 2 hours 15 minutes, with a pacing indicator, full review and an estimated total score on the 205–805 scale.
Flashcards, walkthroughs and guides
Flashcards for formulas and question types, worked walkthrough case studies that take you through a problem step by step, and interactive illustrated guides you explore hotspot by hotspot.
Progress in every question type
Each area moves from Not started to Exam ready, so you know exactly what to study next.
Test at home or at a center
Create an account and book your GMAT at mba.com. The exam is the same at a test center or online — identical content, length and scoring — and you can take it up to five times in any rolling 12 months across both options.
At a test center
- Appointments at test centers worldwide, seven days a week during center hours.
- Bring the government-issued photo ID that matches your registration.
- You get laminated note pages and dry-erase markers for scratch work.
- Phones, bags, watches and notes go in a locker; take the optional break between sections.
Online, remote proctored
- Available around the clock, seven days a week.
- A remote proctor monitors you through your webcam for the whole test.
- A physical whiteboard and marker are allowed, plus an online whiteboard.
- Run the system check on the same computer and network well before test day.
Exam-day game plan
How to walk in ready — and how to pace 64 questions in 2 hours 15 minutes.
Pacing checkpoints
Our timed test runs all three sections — 64 questions in one 135-minute block — with no optional break and no Review & Edit stage. The real GMAT is 45 minutes per section, adapts question by question, and lets you bookmark and change up to three answers per section.
The week before
- Take a full-length timed practice test 4–7 days out, in the section order you plan to use, then rest.
- Drill mental math, percents and ratios — there's no calculator in Quant.
- Memorize the Data Sufficiency answer choices so you never reread them.
- Confirm your appointment and ID — or run the online system check.
During the test
- About 2 minutes a question — 45 minutes per section; don't let one problem eat five.
- Unanswered questions at the end of a section cost you, so finish every section.
- Data Sufficiency: decide whether you could answer, not what the answer is.
- Critical Reasoning: find the conclusion first, then read the question stem.
- Bookmark doubtful answers — you can review and change up to three per section if time remains.
Keep your head
- A few nerves sharpen focus. If you freeze, take three slow breaths and reread the question.
- The test adapts, so hard questions often mean you're doing well — don't panic.
- Use the optional break to eat, stretch and reset.
After you test
- Scores are valid for 5 years; you see unofficial scores at the end and get your Official Score Report within a few days.
- Send up to five free score reports to programs within 48 hours of receiving your official score; more reports cost a fee.
- You can take the GMAT up to five times in any rolling 12-month period, at a test center or online.
Official sources and further reading
- mba.com — GMAT exam structure ↗Official sections, timing, break, section order and Review & Edit.
- mba.com — What does the exam cover? ↗Official content and question types for each section, and calculator rules.
- mba.com — GMAT scores ↗Score scales, validity and sending scores to schools.
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450 questions and scenarios across the blueprint — and growing.
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