GMAT Data Insights: five item types, and the only calculator
Data Insights is 45 minutes across five item types, and it is where Data Sufficiency now lives. It is the newest part of the GMAT and the least prepared for — partly because it absorbed the old Integrated Reasoning items, which did not count towards the Total Score. Data Insights does.
The five item types
| Item type | What it gives you |
|---|---|
| Data Sufficiency | A question and two statements — decide what is enough |
| Table Analysis | A sortable table and true/false style judgements |
| Graphics Interpretation | A chart with drop-down sentences to complete |
| Multi-Source Reasoning | Two or three tabs of related material |
| Two-Part Analysis | One scenario, two linked answers in a grid |
A calculator is available in this section and nowhere else on the GMAT. It is the reason the section can ask for genuine computation where Quant cannot.
Why it is under-prepared
- It replaced a section whose score most candidates were told to ignore.
- Data Sufficiency material is filed under "Quant" in most older books, so candidates meet it in the wrong place.
- Several item types have no partial credit — all parts of an item must be right.
The practical consequence is that Data Insights is often where a prepared candidate's weakest score sits, and it carries the same weight as the other two sections.
Every Data Insights question type
GMAT Data Insights — FAQs
3 questions
Yes. Unlike the Integrated Reasoning section it replaced, it is part of the Total Score.
Yes, in this section only.
Into Data Insights, from Quantitative Reasoning.
Sources
Written from the test board's own published material and checked on 1 October 2026.