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    This document provides important formulae that are useful for cracking quantitative sections on exams like the CAT. It includes 15 formulae for algebraic expressions, factorizations, and expansions as well as additional formulae related to number theory, geometry, and other quantitative topics. Key formulae include those for expanding and factorizing expressions like (a + b)2, (a + b + c)2, (a ± b)3; divisibility rules; and geometric properties of shapes.

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    CAT preparation : Important formulae to crack quantitative

    1. (a + b)(a – b) = a2 – b2

    2. (a + b + c)2 = a2 + b2 + c2 + 2(ab + bc + ca)

    3. (a ± b)2 = a2 + b2± 2ab

    4. (a + b + c + d)2 = a2 + b2 + c2 + d2 + 2(ab + ac + ad + bc + bd + cd)

    5. (a ± b)3 = a3 ± b3 ± 3ab(a ± b)

    6. (a ± b)(a2 + b2 m ab) = a3 ± b3

    7. (a + b + c)(a2 + b2 + c2 -ab – bc – ca) = a3 + b3 + c3 – 3abc =

    8. 1/2 (a + b + c)[(a - b)2 + (b - c)2 + (c - a)2]

    9. when a + b + c = 0, a3 + b3 + c3 = 3abc

    10. (x + a)(x + b) (x + c) = x3 + (a + b + c) x2 + (ab + bc + ac)x + abc

    11. (x – a)(x – b) (x – c) = x3 – (a + b + c) x2 + (ab + bc + ac)x – abc

    12. a4 + a2b2 + b4 = (a2 + ab + b2)( a2 – ab + b2)

    13. a4 + b4 = (a2 – √2ab + b2)( a2 + √2ab + b2)

    14. an + bn = (a + b) (a n-1 – a n-2 b + a n-3 b2 – a n-4 b3 +…….. + b n-1)(valid only if n


    is odd)

    15. an – bn = (a – b) (a n-1 + a n-2 b + a n-3 b2 + a n-4 b3 +……… + b n-1){were n ϵ N)

    16. (a ± b)2n is always positive while -(a ± b)2n is always negative, for any real values
    of a and b

    17. (a – b)2n = (b – a)2” and (a – b)2n+1 = – (b – a)2n+1


    18. if α and β are the roots of equation ax2 + bx + c = 0, roots of cx” + bx + a = 0 are
    1/α and 1/β.

    if α and β are the roots of equation ax2 + bx + c = 0, roots of ax2 – bx + c = 0 are -α and
    -β.
    • n(n + l)(2n + 1) is always divisible by 6.
    • 32n leaves remainder = 1 when divided by 8
    • n3 + (n + 1 )3 + (n + 2 )3 is always divisible by 9
    • 102n + 1 + 1 is always divisible by 11
    • n(n2- 1) is always divisible by 6
    • n2+ n is always even
    • 23n-1 is always divisible by 7
    • 152n-1 +l is always divisible by 16
    • n3 + 2n is always divisible by 3
    • 34n – 4 3n is always divisible by 17
    • n! + 1 is not divisible by any number between 2 and n(where n! = n (n – l)(n – 2)(n – 3)
    …….3.2.1)
    • for eg 5! = 5.4.3.2.1 = 120 and similarly 10! = 10.9.8…….2.1= 3628800
    1. Product of n consecutive numbers is always divisible by n!.

    2. If n is a positive integer and p is a prime, then np – n is divisible by p.

    3. |x| = x if x ≥ 0 and |x| = – x if x ≤ 0.

    4. Minimum value of a2.sec2Ɵ + b2.cosec2Ɵ is (a + b)2; (0° < Ɵ < 90°)for eg. minimum
    value of 49 sec2Ɵ + 64.cosec2Ɵ is (7 +2 = 225.

    5. among all shapes with the same perimeter a circle has the largest area.

    6. if one diagonal of a quadrilateral bisects the other, then it also bisects the
    quadrilateral.

    7. sum of all the angles of a convex quadrilateral = (n – 2)180°

    8. number of diagonals in a convex quadrilateral = 0.5n(n – 3)

    9. let P, Q are the midpoints of the nonparallel sides BC and AD of a trapezium


    ABCD.Then,
    ΔAPD = ΔCQB.

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