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TipsandTrickstoSolveQuantitativeAptitudeTestquestionson
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Everyplacementtestonquantitativeaptitudewillcontainatleast30%questionsonnumber
systemsandnumberseries.Aptitudequestionsonnumbersystemformthebackbonefor
placementpreparation.Youcanscoreeasilyonquantitativeaptitudesectionifyou
understandthebasicsofnumbersystem.Sincethequestionsonnumbersystemsare
simple,importanceliesinacquiringtherightskillstotackletheseproblemswithspeed.
Practicingproblemsonnumberssystemsnotonlyhelpsinimprovingyourspeedbutalso
providesastrongbaseforsolvingotherquantitativeaptitudesectionslikeHCFandLCM,
averages,percentages,timeandspeed,pipesandcisternsetcaswell.Inthistutoriallet's
lookathowtosolvenumbersystemproblemseasilyandquickly.

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Numbersarefuntolearn.Ifyoulearntheconceptsthoroughlyyouwillfindthatsolving
aptitudequestionsonnumbersystemisacakewalkforyou.Therearelotofconcepts
involvedandhenceevenasimplequestionmightlookabittoocomplexortrickiertosolve.

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Weata4academicswillprovideyouwithrighttoolstotacklequantitativetestsonnumber
system.Belowisthelistofimportantformulasonnumbersystemandtipstohelpyou
understandandprepareforthequantitativeaptitudequestionsonnumbersystems.
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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,ifthenumberformedbythelasttwodigitsisdivisible
by4.
4. Anumberisdivisibleby5,ifitsunit'sdigitiseither0or5.
5. Anumberisdivisibleby6,ifitisdivisiblebyboth2and3.
6. Anumberisdivisibleby8,ifthenumberformedbythelastthreedigitsofthe
givennumberisdivisibleby8.
7. Anumberisdivisibleby9,ifthesumofitsdigitsisdivisibleby9.
8. Anumberisdivisibleby10,ifitendswith0.
9. Anumberisdivisibleby11,ifthedifferenceofthesumofitsdigitsatoddplaces
andthesumofitsdigitsatevenplaces,iseither0oranumberdivisibleby11.
10. Anumberisdivisibleby12,ifitisdivisiblebyboth4and3.
11. Anumberisdivisibleby14,ifitisdivisibleby2aswellas7.
12. TwonumbersaresaidtobecoprimesiftheirH.C.F.is1.Tofindifanumber,say
yisdivisiblebyx,findmandnsuchthatm*n=xandmandnarecoprime
numbers.Ifyisdivisiblebybothmandnthenitisdivisiblebyx.

FrequentlyAskedQuestionsonNumberSystem
Givenanumberx,youwillbeaskedtofindthelargestndigitnumberdivisiblebyx.
Youwillbegivenwithasetofnumbers(n1,n2,n3...)andaskedtofindhowmanyofthose
numbersaredivisiblebyaspecifiednumberx.
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Givenanumberseries,findthesumofnterms,findnthtermetc.
Findproductoftwonumberswhentheirsum/differenceandsumoftheirsquaresisgiven.
Findthenumberwhendivisibilityofitsdigitswithcertainnumbersisgiven.
Findthesmallestndigitnumberdivisiblebyx.
Whichofthegivennumbersareprimenumbers.
Numberxwhendividedbyygivesremainderr,whatwillbetheremainderwhenx2is
dividedbyy.
Givenrelationshipbetweenthedigitsofnumber,findthenumber.
Findresultofoperations(additions,subtractions,multiplications,divisionsetc)ongiven
integers.Theseintegerscanbelargeandthequestionmaylookdifficultandtime
consuming.Butmostlythequestionwillmapontooneoftheknownalgebraicequations
giveninthisfirsttab.

SampleQuestionsandAnswersonNumberSystem
Lastbutnottheleast,practiceasmanyquestionasyoucantogainbetterunderstandingof
theseformulasofnumbersystemandtoimproveyourspeedinsolvingthem.Hereisa
samplesetofsolvedquantitativeaptitudequestionsbasedonnumbersystem.Takethetest
andstrengthenyourunderstanding.

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