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TipsandTrickstoSolveQuantitativeAptitudeTestquestionson
Numbers
131Votes Everyplacementtestonquantitativeaptitudewillcontainatleast

30%questionsonnumbersystemsandnumberseries.Aptitudequestionsonnumbersystem
formthebackboneforplacementpreparation.Youcanscoreeasilyonquantitativeaptitude
sectionifyouunderstandthebasicsofnumbersystem.Sincethequestionsonnumbersystems
aresimple,importanceliesinacquiringtherightskillstotackletheseproblemswithspeed.

Practicingproblemsonnumberssystemsnotonlyhelpsinimprovingyourspeedbutalso
providesastrongbaseforsolvingotherquantitativeaptitudesectionslikeHCFandLCM,
averages,percentages,timeandspeed,pipesandcisternsetcaswell.Inthistutoriallet's
lookathowtosolvenumbersystemproblemseasilyandquickly.

Numbersarefuntolearn.Ifyoulearntheconceptsthoroughlyyouwillfindthatsolvingaptitude
questionsonnumbersystemisacakewalkforyou.Therearelotofconceptsinvolvedandhence
evenasimplequestionmightlookabittoocomplexortrickiertosolve.

Weata4academicswillprovideyouwithrighttoolstotacklequantitativetestsonnumber
system.Belowisthelistofimportantformulasonnumbersystemandtipstohelpyouunderstand
andprepareforthequantitativeaptitudequestionsonnumbersystems.

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Beforelearningthetipsandtricks,pleasegothroughthetutorialgivenbelowtounderstandthe
numbersystemmathconceptsindetail.Thistutorialwillenhanceyourproblemsolvingskills.

NumberSystemTutorial

PartI:Integers,Fractions,PrimeandComposite

PartII:Divisibility,Remainder,HCFandLCM

PartIII:Factors,Multiples,UnitDigitandLastTwoDigitsofExponents

ImportantFormulasofNumberSystem
FormulasofNumberSeries

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.Sumoffirstnoddnumbers=n2
5.Sumoffirstnevennumbers=n(n+1)

MathematicalFormulas

1.(a+b)(ab)=(a2b2)

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2.(a+b)2=(a2+b2+2ab)
3.(ab)2=(a2+b22ab)
4.(a+b+c)2=a2+b2+c2+2(ab+bc+ca)
5.(a3+b3)=(a+b)(a2ab+b2)
6.(a3b3)=(ab)(a2+ab+b2)
7.(a3+b3+c33abc)=(a+b+c)(a2+b2+c2abbcac)
8.Whena+b+c=0,thena3+b3+c3=3abc
9.(a+b)n=an+(nC1)an1b+(nC2)an2b2++(nCn1)abn1+bn

Shortcutsfornumberdivisibilitycheck

1.Anumberisdivisibleby2,ifitsunit'sdigitisanyof0,2,4,6,8.
2.Anumberisdivisibleby3,ifthesumofitsdigitsisdivisibleby3.
3.Anumberisdivisibleby4,ifthenumberformedbythelasttwodigitsisdivisibleby4.
4.Anumberisdivisibleby5,ifitsunit'sdigitiseither0or5.
5.Anumberisdivisibleby6,ifitisdivisiblebyboth2and3.
6.Anumberisdivisibleby8,ifthenumberformedbythelastthreedigitsofthegiven
numberisdivisibleby8.
7.Anumberisdivisibleby9,ifthesumofitsdigitsisdivisibleby9.
8.Anumberisdivisibleby10,ifitendswith0.
9.Anumberisdivisibleby11,ifthedifferenceofthesumofitsdigitsatoddplacesand
thesumofitsdigitsatevenplaces,iseither0oranumberdivisibleby11.
10.Anumberisdivisibleby12,ifitisdivisiblebyboth4and3.
11.Anumberisdivisibleby14,ifitisdivisibleby2aswellas7.
12.TwonumbersaresaidtobecoprimesiftheirH.C.F.is1.Tofindifanumber,sayyis
divisiblebyx,findmandnsuchthatm*n=xandmandnarecoprimenumbers.Ify
isdivisiblebybothmandnthenitisdivisiblebyx.

Shortcutsfor'recurringdecimaltofraction'conversion

1.Forrecurringdecimalsofformat'0.abababab...'(abrepeats),equivalentfractionwillbe
"repeatinggroup(hereab)"/"asmany9'sasthenumberofdigitsinrepeatinggroup"
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2.Forrecurringdecimalsofformat'0.abbbbb...'(brepeats),equivalentfractionwillbe
(entiredecimalgroupnonrepeatingdecimalgroup)/(asmany9'sasthenumberof
repeatingdigitsinthedecimalpartwithasmany0'sasthenumberofnonrepeating
digitsinthedecimalpart)

FrequentlyAskedQuestionsonNumberSystem

Givenanumberx,youwillbeaskedtofindthelargestndigitnumberdivisiblebyx.

Youwillbegivenwithasetofnumbers(n1,n2,n3...)andaskedtofindhowmanyofthose
numbersaredivisiblebyaspecifiednumberx.

Givenanumberseries,findthesumofnterms,findnthtermetc.

Findproductoftwonumberswhentheirsum/differenceandsumoftheirsquaresisgiven.

Findthenumberwhendivisibilityofitsdigitswithcertainnumbersisgiven.

Findthesmallestndigitnumberdivisiblebyx.

Whichofthegivennumbersareprimenumbers.

Numberxwhendividedbyygivesremainderr,whatwillbetheremainderwhenx2isdivided
byy.

Givenrelationshipbetweenthedigitsofnumber,findthenumber.

Findresultofoperations(additions,subtractions,multiplications,divisionsetc)ongiven
integers.Theseintegerscanbelargeandthequestionmaylookdifficultandtimeconsuming.
Butmostlythequestionwillmapontooneoftheknownalgebraicequationsgiveninthisfirst
tab.

SampleQuestionsandAnswersonNumberSystem
Lastbutnottheleast,practiceasmanyquestionasyoucantogainbetterunderstandingofthese
formulasofnumbersystemandtoimproveyourspeedinsolvingthem.Hereisasamplesetof
solvedquantitativeaptitudequestionsbasedonnumbersystem.Takethetestandstrengthen
yourunderstanding.

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