So, what’s the takeaway?
Understand that while the official guide questions are valuable, they may not precisely mirror those in your test.
Also, they don’t have an expiry date. Instead of fixating on when questions were created, focus on mastering the underlying concepts.
With a solid understanding of mathematical foundations and strategic approaches to reasoning and understanding, you will be equipped to tackle questions from any edition of the official guide and lay the foundation for a strong CAT GMAT test.

2024 OG GMAT Focus Official guide is 100% copy of the 2022 GMAT Official guide

Revealing the truth about the versions of the official GMAT guides

Hello, I’m Claudio Hurtado (+56 945 517 215), an expert educator specialising in preparing professionals to excel in the quantitative section of the GMAT FOCUS EDITION.

In the official guide for 2024, there are no new questions compared to the 2022 edition. Here’s a stark reality: when GMAC updates their question bank, only about 15% of the questions are refreshed, leaving 85% unchanged from previous editions.

The 2024 OG GMAT Focus Official Guide is essentially a replica of the GMAT Official Guide 2022 version, except for the omission of sentence correction and geometry sections, resulting in fewer questions overall.

To put this into perspective, the 2022 guide introduced 15% new questions compared to the 2021 edition, which itself was identical to the 2020 edition. Going further back, the 2020 edition also featured 15% new questions.

Looking at the trend, the 2024 edition comprises roughly 30% new questions since 2019, with the remaining 70% dating back to pre-2019.

Furthermore, the new questions added to the official guide are often retired from previous exams. Many of these questions were crafted 10-20 years ago. Even the ‘latest’ questions in the guide, the 15% that are new, originate from exams pre-2010.

So, what’s the takeaway?

Understand that while the official guide questions are valuable, they may not precisely mirror those in your test.
Also, they don’t have an expiry date. Instead of fixating on when questions were created, focus on mastering the underlying concepts.
With a solid understanding of mathematical foundations and strategic approaches to reasoning and understanding, you will be equipped to tackle questions from any edition of the official guide and lay the foundation for a strong CAT GMAT test.