Quants
Quants
Quants
1. 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + … + n = n(n + 1)/2
2. (1² + 2² + 3² + ….. + n²) = n ( n + 1 ) (2n + 1) / 6
3. (1³ + 2³ + 3³ + ….. + n³) = (n(n + 1)/ 2)²
4. (a + b)n = an + (nC1)an-1b + (nC2)an-2b² + … + (nCn-1)abn-1 + bn
5. Sum of first n odd numbers = n²
6. Sum of first n even numbers = n (n + 1)
7. a³ + b³ + c³ – 3abc = (a + b + c) (a² + b² + c² – ab – bc – ca)
8. The product of n consecutive integers is always divisible by n!
9. The sum of any number of even numbers is always even
10. The sum of even number of odd numbers is always even
11. The sum of odd number of odd numbers is always odd
12. If N is a composite number such that N = ap . bq . cr .... where a, b, c are prime factors of N and p,
q, r .... are positive integers, then
a. the number of factors of N is given by the expression (p + 1) (q + 1) (r + 1) ...
b. it can be expressed as the product of two factors in 1/2 {(p + 1) (q + 1) (r + 1).....} ways
c. if N is a perfect square, it can be expressed
(i) as a product of two DIFFERENT factors in 1/2 {(p + 1) (q + 1) (r + 1) ... - 1 } ways
(ii) as a product of two factors in 1/2 {(p + 1) (q + 1) (r + 1) ... +1} ways
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5. If then k=
Simple Interest and Compound Interest
I = Interest, P is Principle, A = Amount, n = number of years, r is rate of interest
1. Interest under
a) Simple interest, I = Pnr/100
b) Compound interest, I =
2. Amount under
a) Simple interest, A =
b) Compound interest, A = P
3. Effective rate of interest when compounding is done k times a year
C=
Profit, Loss and Discount
1. Profit/Gain = (S.P.) – (C.P.)
2. Profit % = Profit/(C P)×100
3. S P = (100+gain % )/100 ×C P
4. C P = 100/(100+gain %)×S P
5. Loss = (C.P.) – (S.P.)
6. Loss % = Loss/(C.P.)×100
7. S P = (100-loss %)/100×C P
8. C P = 100/(100-loss %)×S P
Time, Speed and Distance
Distance = Speed x Time
Time = Distance/Speed
Relative Speed =
Percentage
To find what percentage of x is y: y/x × 100
Increase N by S % = N( 1+ S/100 )
Decrease N by S % = N (1 – S/100)
Race
Linear Race:
Circular Race:
ALGEBRA
Quadratic Equations
1. If a, b and c are all rational and x + is an irrational root of ax2 + bx + c = 0, then x - is the
other root
then
3. In a triangle ABC, if AD is the median, then AB2 + AC2 = 2(AD2 + BD2)
4. In parallelogram, rectangle, rhombus and square, the diagonals bisect each other
5. Sum of all the angles in a polygon is (2n – 4)90
2. Solids
C0-ordinate Geometry, Functions and Graphs, Trigonometry
1. If a point P(x, y) divides the line segment joining A(x1, y1) and B(x2, y2) in the ratio m : n, then x
= and y = , positive sign for internal division and negative sign for external division
2. The area of a triangle with the vertices at (0, 0), (x1, y1) and (x2, y2) is Δ =
3. The coordinates of the centroid C(x, y) of a triangle ABC formed by joining the points
4. The slope of line with points (x1, y1) and (x2, y2) lying on it is m =
5. If m1 and m2 are the slopes of two lines L1 and L2 respectively, then the angle ‘θ’ between them is
given by tanθ =
6. The equation of the x-axis is y = 0 and that of y-axis is x = 0
7. The equation of a line parallel to x-axis is of the form y = b and that of a line parallel to y-axis is of
the form x = a (a and b are some constants)
8. Point slope form of a line: y – y1 = m (x – x1)
9. Two point form of a line:
10. Slope intercept form of a line: y = mx + b
by
14. If ax + by + c = 0 is the equation of a line, then the perpendicular distance of a point (x1, y1) from
2. Sn = =
3. Tn = Sn – S(n-1)
4. Sn = A.M * n
Geometric Progression (G.P)
a is the first term, r is the common ratio and n is the number of terms
5.
6.
Harmonic Progression (H.P)
7. H.M of a and b =
8. A.M > G.M > H.M
9. (G.M)² = (A.M) (H.M)
is
4. The number of ways of dividing 2p items into two equal groups of p each is , when the two
groups have distinct identity and , when the two groups do not have distinct identity
5.
6. The total number of ways in which a selection can be made by taking some or all out of (p + q + r
+ .....) items where p are alike of one kind, q alike of a second kind, r alike of a third kind and so on is
{(p + 1) (q + 1) (r + 1) ....} - 1