GMAT Table Analysis
A sortable table with several statements to judge true or false. The sort function is the point of the item, and there is no partial credit — every statement must be judged correctly.
Sort, do not scan
Each statement usually asks about an extreme, a threshold or a count — the highest, how many exceed a value, whether any fall below one. Sorting by the relevant column answers those by eye. Reading the table row by row answers them slowly and unreliably.
- Read the column headings and units first.
- Take one statement at a time and decide which column it is about.
- Sort by that column.
- Read the answer off the top or bottom.
Where it goes wrong
- Units and multipliers in the heading — "in thousands" changes everything below it.
- Ratios the table does not contain. A statement about something per head needs a division the table has not done.
- All parts must be right, so a careless judgement on one statement loses the whole item.
The calculator is available here. Use it for the derived figures — per-unit values, percentage differences — rather than estimating them off a table you can sort exactly.
Table Analysis — FAQs
2 questions
No. Every statement in the item must be judged correctly.
Yes, as often as you like within the item.
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Written from the test board's own published material and checked on 1 October 2026.