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Simplification Techniques and Tricks - PDF

The topic Simplification is asked in every exam. In all competitive exams, Simplification
covers almost 30-40% of the Quantitative Aptitude section. Simplification also covers the
percentage chapter. Simplification topic is asked to check the ability of students to find their
ability to deal with the numbers. So, it’s important to have knowledge about simplification. Let’s
try to understand Simplification-

Simplification means to play with the questions by doing complex calculations. By using
following of the tricks and tactics you can score well by saving your valuable time:-

 Learn BODMAS.
 Use the concept of digital sum.
 Memorize tables up to 30.
 Memorize cubes and squares of numbers up to 35.
 Learn tricks to find squares and cubes of numbers greater than 35.
 Learn tricks to find cube roots and square roots of large number.
 Learn the concept of percentages (conversion of fractions to percentage & percentage to
fractions)
 Memorize the reciprocals.

Rules of Simplification

V → Vinculum
B → Remove Brackets - in the order ( ), { }, [ ]
O → Of
D → Division
M → Multiplication
A → Addition
S → Subtraction
Let’s discuss an example based on BODMAS -

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Example: 152 × 2 + (228 ÷ 19)2 =?
3

Sol:
⇒ 15✕(12)2 [brackets are solved first and table of 19 and 15 must be on tips]
⇒ 120+144 [must know the squares]
⇒ 264

Important Parts of Simplification

 Digital Sum
 Number System
 Reciprocals
 HCF & LCM
 Percentages
 Square & Cube
 Approximation
 Fractions & Decimals
 Surds & Indices

Digital Sum
Digital sum is the sum obtained after adding all the digits of any given number successively.

 Example: 568 = 5+6+8 = 19, 1 + 9 = 10.

Note: if any number multiplied by 9, then the digital sum is always 9.

 Example: 6 ✕ 9 = 54, 5+4 = 9

Trick: In order to save time if we find digit 9 or multiples of 9, then 9 or its multiple can be
neglected.

 Example: 293 = 2 + 9 + 3 = 2 + 3 = 5 [ ‘9’ is omitted ]

‘9’ is omitted to reduce the calculation.

If we don’t omit ‘9’, then also the digital sum remains same.

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Example: 293 = 2 + 9 + 3 = 14, 1 + 4 = 5 [answer remains same]
Let’s discuss one more example-

Example: 326 ✕ 890 =?

a. 291140
b. 290100
c. 290140
d. 293990
Sol: We can find out the answer by option method without doing multiplication. This is only
possible with the help of Digital sum.

Now, Digital sum, 326 ✕ 890 = (3 + 2 +6) ✕ ( 8 +9 + 0 )

⇒ 11 ✕ 17
⇒ (1+1) ✕ (1+7)
⇒ 2 ✕ 8 = 16
⇒ digital sum (16) = 7
Now find out the digital sum of the given options-

1. DS (291140) = 8
2. DS (290100) = 3
3. DS (290140) = 7
4. DS (293990) = 5

Option C has the same digital sum as ‘7’ as we have already found out. Thus the correct option is
C.

Number System

 Classification
 Divisibility Test
 Division& Remainder Rules
 Sum Rules

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Classification
Types Description

Natural Numbers: All counting numbers ( 1,2,3,4,5....∞)

Whole Numbers: Natural number + zero( 0,1,2,3,4,5...∞)

All whole numbers including Negative number + Positive number(∞......-

Integers:
4,-3,-2,-1,0,1,2,3,4,5....∞)

All whole number divisible by 2 is Even (0,2,4,6,8,10,12.....∞) and which

Even & Odd Numbers :
does not divide by 2 are Odd (1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17,19....∞)

It can be positive or negative except 1, if the number is not divisible by

Prime Numbers: any number except the number
itself.(2,3,5,7,11,13,17,19,23,29,31,37,41,43,47,53,59,61....∞)

Composite Numbers: Natural numbers which are not prime

Co-Prime: Two natural number a and b are said to be co-prime if their HCF is 1.

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Divisibility
Numbers IF A Number Examples

End with 0,2,4,6,8 are

Divisible by 2 254, 326, 3546, 4718 all are divisible by 2
divisible by 2
375, 4251, 78123 all are divisible by 3.
Sum of its digits is
Divisible by 3 [549=5+4+9][5+4+9=18]18 is divisible by 3 hence
divisible by 3
549 is divisible by 3.
Last two digit divisible 5648 here last 2 digits are 48 which is divisible by 4
Divisible by 4
by 4 hence 5648 is also divisible by 4.
225 or 330 here last digit is 0 or 5 that mean both the
Divisible by 5 Ends with 0 or 5
numbers are divisible by 5.
4536 here last digit is 6 so it divisible by 2 & sum of
Divisible by 6 Divides by Both 2 & 3 its digit (like 4+5+3+6=18) is 18 which is divisible
by 3.Hence 4536 is divisible by 6.
746848 here last 3 digit 848 is divisible by 8 hence
Divisible by 8 Last 3 digit divide by 8
746848 is also divisible by 8.
220, 450, 1450, 8450 all numbers has a last digit zero
Divisible by 10 End with 0
it means all are divisible by 10.
Consider the number 39798847
(Sum of its digits at odd places)-(Sum of its digits at
[Sum of its digit in odd even places)
places-Sum of its digits (7+8+9+9) - (4+8+7+3)
Divisible by 11 in even places]= 0 or
(23-12)
multiple of 11 23-12=11
which is divisible by 11.
So 39798847 is divisible by 11.

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Division & Remainder Rules
Suppose we divide 45 by 6

hence, represent it as:

Dividend = (Divisor ✕ Quotient ) + Remainder

or

Division = [(Dividend)-(Remainder] / Quotient

Could be write it as

x = kq + r where (x = Dividend, k = Divisor, q = Quotient, r = Remainder)

Example:

On dividing a certain number by 342, we get 47 as remainder. If the same number is divided by
18, what will be the remainder ?

Number = 342k + 47

( 18 ✘19k ) + ( 18 ✘2 ) + 11

18 ✘( 19k + 2 ) +11.

Remainder = 11

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Sum Rules
(1+2+3+.........+n) = 1/2 n(n+1)

(12+22+32+.........+n2) = 1/6 n (n+1) (2n+1)

(13+23+33+.........+n3) = 1/4 n2 (n+1)2

Arithmetic Progression (A.P.)

a, a + d, a + 2d, a + 3d, ....are said to be in A.P. in which first term = a and common difference =
d.

Let the nth term be tn and last term = l, then

a) nth term = a + ( n - 1 ) d
b) Sum of n terms = n/2 [2a + (n-1)d]
c) Sum of n terms = n/2 (a+l) where l is the last term

Reciprocals
Up to 5, the reciprocals are easy to remember. But after 5 are explained as below-

 1/7 = 0.142857  1/11 = 0.090909…

 2/7 = 0.285714  2/11 = 0.181818…
 3/7 = 0.42857  3/11 = 0.272727…
 5/7 = 0.714285  10/11 = 0.909090…
 6/7 = 0.857142  1/12 = ½ × 1/6 = ½ × 0.166666 =
 1/8 = 0.125 0.083333…
 2/8 = ¼ = 0.25  1/13 = 0.076923
 3/8 = 3 × 1/8 = 0.375  1/14 = 0.071428
 4/8 = ½ = 0.5  1/15 = 1/3 × 1/5 = 0.33333 × 0.2
 5/8 = 4/8 + 1/8 = 0.5 + 0.125 = 0.625  1/15 = 0.0666…
 6/8 = ¾ = 0.75  1/16 = ½ × 1/8 = ½ × 0.125 = 0.0625
 7/8 = 6/8 + 1/8 = 0.75 + 1.25 = 0.875  1/17 = 0.058823
 1/9 = 0.1111…  1/18 = ½ × 1/9 = ½ × 0.111111 =
 2/9 = 0.2222… 0.0555…
 3/9 = 0.3333…  1/19 = 0.052631
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 1/20 = 0.05

H.C.F. & L.C.M.

 Factorization & Division Method

 HCF & LCM of Fractions & Decimal Fractions

Methods
On
H.C.F. or G.C.M L.C.M.
Basis

Write each number as the product of the

Write each numbers into a product
prime factors. The product of least
of prime factors. Then, L.C.M is
powers of common prime factors gives
the product of highest powers of
H.C.F.
Factoriz Example: all the factors.
ation Find the H.C.F. of 108, 288 and 360. Examples:
Method Find the L.C.M. of 72, 108 and 2100.
108 = 22✘33, 288 = 25✘32 and 360 = 72=23✘32,108=33✘22,
23✘5✘32 2100=22✘52✘3✘7.
L.C.M.=23✘33✘52✘7=37800
H.C.F. = 22✘32=36

Let we have set of numbers.

Let we have two numbers .Pick the
First of all find the number
smaller one and divide it by the larger
which divide at least two of
one. After that divide the divisor with the
Division remainder. This process of dividing the the number in a given set of
Method preceding number by the remainder will number. remainder and
not divisible numbers
repeated until we got the zero as
will carry forward as it is.
remainder. The last divisor is the
Repeat the process till
required H.C.F.
at least two number is
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Example: not divisible by any number
except 1.The product of
the divisor and the
undivided numbers is the required
L.C.M.

Example:
Find the L.C.M. of 12,36,48,72

H.C.F. of given numbers = 69

H.C.F.
&
L.C.M. H.C.F. of Numerator
H.C.F. = / L.C.M. of Denominators L.C.M. = L.C.M. of Numerator / H.C.F. of Denominators
of
Fraction
s

Product
of H.C.F * L.C.M. = product of two numbers
H.C.F.

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&
L.C.M.

H.C.F. of Decimal numbers L.C.M. of Decimal numbers

Step 1. Find the HCF of the given Step 1. Find the LCM of the given numbers
numbers without decimal. without decimal.
Decimal
Step 2.Put the decimal point ( in the Step 2.Put the decimal point ( in the LCM of
numbers
HCF of Step 1) from right to left Step 1) from right to left according to the
according to the MAXIMUM deciaml MINIMUM deciaml places among the given
places among the given numbers. numbers.

Percentages
Percent implies “for every hundred”. % is read as percentage and y % is read as y per cent.

 Calculation of q % of z
o (q/100) ✕ z = (q ✕ z)/100
o q % of z = z % of q

Percentage – Ratio Equivalence:

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Example:12.5% of 800
Sol: 1/8 ✕ 800 [12.5% = 1/8, Learn the ratio- equivalence table]
⇒100

Square & Cube

 Square & Cube

 Square Root & Cube Root
 Factorization Method

Perfect Square Non-Perfect Square

last digit is 1, 4, 9, 6, 5 last digit is 2, 3, 7, 8

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Approximation
As the name suggests, if the given values are in points, then approximate the values to the nearest
comfortable value so that there is not much effect on the final results.
Example: 150.4 ✕ 5.876
Sol: 1500 ✕ 6 =9000

Fractions & Decimals

On Basis Explanation

A number with a denominator of power of 10 is a decimal fractions.

Decimal Fractions 1
/10= 1 tenth; 1/100= 0.1;38/100=0.38

Conversion of 0.64(decimal number) into a Vulgar Fraction. First of all

Vulgar Fractions write the numeric digit 1 in the denominator of a number (like here 0.64)
and add as many numeric zeros as the digit in the number after decimal
point. After that removes the decimal point from the given number. At last

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step just reduce the fraction to its lowest terms. So, 0.64 =
64
/100=16/25;25.025 = 25025/1000 = 1001/4

Addition & Subtraction

To perform the addition and subtraction of a decimal fraction could be done
through placing them right under each other that the decimal points lie in
one column.
3.424+3.28+.4036+6.2+.8+4
3. 424
3. 28
0. 4036
6. 2
0. 8
+4______
18. 1076

Operations Multiplication of a Decimal Fraction

To find the multiplication of decimal fraction , first of all you need to
remove the decimal point from the given numbers and then perform the
multiplication after that assign the decimal point as many places after the
number as the sum of the number of the decimal places in the given number.
Step 1. 0.06*0.3*0.40
Step 2. 6*3*40=720
Step 3. 0.00720
Multiplication of a decimal fraction by power of 10
A multiplication of a decimal fraction by a power of 10 can be perform
through shifting the decimal point towards right as many places as is the
power of 10.
like 45.6288*100=45628.8, 0.00452*100=0.452
Division

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To compare the set of fractions numbers, first of all you need to convert
each fraction number or value into a equal decimal value and then it will be
became easy for you to assign them ( the numbers or value) in a particular
Comparison of way( ascending or descending order).
3
Fractions /5,4/7,8/9 and 9/11 Arranging in Ascending Order
3
/5= 0.6, 4/7 = 0.571, 8/9 = 0.88, 9/11 = 0.818.
Now, 0.88 > 0.818 > 0.6 > 0.571
8/9 > 9/11 > 3/5 > 4/7

Recurring Decimal
A decimal number in which after a decimal point a number or set of number
are repeated again and again are called recurring decimal numbers.It can
be written in shorten form by placing a bar or line above the numbers which
has repeated.

Recurring Decimal

Pure Recurring Decimal

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A decimal number in which all digits are repeated after a decimal point.

Mixed Recurring Decimal

A decimal number in which certain digits are repeated only.

Surds & Indices

 Some Rules of Indices

 Some Rules of Surds

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Now let’s discuss some questions based on the above tricks:

1. (9.979)3 – (23.99)2 + (1.99)5 =?

Sol: Using the concept of approximation,
⇒ 103 – 242 + 25 = 1000 – 576 – 32
⇒ 456

2. 25% of 2500 + 16.66%% of 144 =?

Sol: 25/100 ✕ 2500 + 1/6 ✕ 144 [16.66% =1/6]
⇒ 252 + 24 = 625 + 24
⇒ 649

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3. ∛7.938 x ∛999.9998 – 4.9256 =?
Sol: Using the concept of approximation,

⇒ 2✕10-5 [must know the cubes, then you can also find out cube roots & square--roots easily]
⇒ 15

4. (125)1.3 × (25)1.8 ÷ (5)0.5 = (5)?

Sol: (5)3×1.3 ✕ (5)2×1.8(5)0.5 = (5)?
⇒ (5)3.9 ✕ (5)3.6 ÷ (5)0.5 = (5)?
⇒ (5)3.9+3.6-0.5 = (5)?
⇒ ? = 7.5 – 0.5 = 7

5. 13 × 2 (65 – 15) + 168 ÷ 2 ÷ 2- (11)2 =?

Sol: Using the concept of BODMAS,
⇒ 13 ✕ 2 ✕ 50 + 168/2 2 – 121 =?
⇒ 1300 + 84/2 – 121 =?
⇒ 1300 + 42 – 121
⇒ 1221

Use the above tricks with accuracy in order to increase your speed. So, practice as much as you
can. Set a timer and make sure yourself that you have to attempt 10-12 questions within 4-5
minutes while practicing and if you get failed in doing this, then practice again and again.

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1). (10.8×16×12) + (3.6×56×9.2) =?

a. 3941.35
b. 3966.89
c. 3928.32
d. 3649.19
e. 3645.19

Ans: c
Solution:

Even + Even should be always Even. So the unit digit should be in even.
Note: All numbers should be Even.

2). 12.3% of 203 + 23% of 1110 =?

a. 270.269
b. 240.269
c. 280.269
d. 290.269
e. None of these

Ans :c
Solution:

Tricks : A% of B = B % of A

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a. 3/4
b. 5/7
c. 3/7
d. 4/7
e. None of these

Ans: b
Solution:

4). 3545 ×14.75 – 2325 ×15.25 =?

a. 15369.5
b. 16832.5
c. 11546.5
d. 12475.5
e. None of these

Ans: b
Solution:
1220×15 – 5870 ×0.25 = 16832.5
(15+0.25=15.25; 15-0.25=14.75) (a-b , a+b)
Here,
3545+2325=5870 (x+y)
3545– 2325 =1220 (x-y)

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5). 27% of 250 +22% of 920 +21% of 660=?

a. 419.5
b. 423.5
c. 408.5
d. 415.5
e. None of these

Ans: c
Solution:
Common percentage method:
(250+920+660) =1830
Here 20% is common;
20% of 1830 =366
Further,
1st part (20+7) = 7% of 250 =17.5
2nd part (20+2) = 2% of 920 =18.4
3rd part (20+1) = 1% 660 = 6.6
366+17.5+18.4+6.6 = 408.5

6). 212 +172 -132 = ?

a. 412
b. 512
c. 561
d. 461
e. None of these

Ans: c
Solution:
Method:
212 +(172 -132) = 212 +((17+13)(17-13)) = 441 +(30×4) =561
Note: (A2 – B2) = (a+b) (a-b)

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7). (22×28) + (38×42) = ?

a. 2122
b. 2212
c. 2132
d. 2213
e. None of these

Ans: B

Note: If any two numbers in multiplication with common base number, we can use this method

8). 12.75% of 464 =?

a. 59.96
b. 57.16
c. 51.86
d. 59.16
e. None of these

Ans: D
Solution:
(12.75×4) of (464/4) = 51% of 116 =59.16
Note: If any fractional number end with 5 , we can convert that into whole number by this method.

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Kuntloor (V), Abddullapurmet (M), Hyderabad - 501 505.

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9). 8.2% of 780 +x= 12.9% of 1310

a. 107.26
b. 106.53
c. 105.03
d. 103.56
e. None of these

Ans: c
Solution:
82×78/100 + X =129×131 /100
(130-1)(130+1) /100 – (80+2)(80-2) /100 =X
X=105.03

10). 0.875 of 848 + 0.625 of 624= ?

a. 1132
b. 1325
c. 1236
d. 1250
e. None of these

Ans: A
Solution:
87.5% of 848 + 62.5% of 624
(7/8 ×848) + 5/8 ×624 = 742 +390 =1132
Note: 87.5% = (100-12.5)%
= (1-1/8) =7/8

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