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TodayIamgoingtosummariseallthemathstricksthatwillspeedupyour
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Squaring

Inthissimpletrick,weneedtomodifytheequationandmaketheunitsdigitzero.
Afterall,itiseasytomultiplywhenunitsdigitiszero.

ForexampleFindsquareof43
=(43+3)(433)+(33)
=(4640)+9
=(4604)+9
=1840+9=1849

ReadmyfullpostonSquaringtrick,

Multiplication
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Vedicmathsgaveustheeasiestmethodtodocomplexmultiplicationsquickly.
Thismethodcanbequicklyexplainedwithanexample.

Multiply62with32
Step1

Step2

Step3

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DetailedpostonMultiplicationtechnique(Multiplicationof3digitnumbers)

ReadquickMultiplicationtechniquewithoutusingcomplicatedVedicmaths

Multiplicationwith5
Simplymultiplythenumberby10andthendivideitby2.
Forexample995=990/2=495

Multiplicationwith99

Multiplythenumberwith100andthenminusthesamenumberfromtheresult.
Let'stakeanexample
Multiply3299=320032=3168

Mixture
Questionsrelatedtomixturescanbeeasilysolvedbyalligationmethod.Byusing
alligationwecanwidearrangeofmathsquestions.Letmeexplainthiswitha
simpleexample

Example

Thepriceofwineof$60perlitre.IfSamuelisaddingwaterwithandsellingthe
mixturefor$40perlitre.Profitmarginremainssame.Whatistheratioofwater
andwineinthemixture.

DetailedpostonAlligationmethod(Applicationonvarioustypesofquestions)
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ToFindSquareRootofaNumber:

Squarerootof4096:

Heretheonesdigitishaving6,sowewillfindsquareofwhichnumbersfrom1to9are
having6intheonesdigitplacewhichwillbe4and6.Soeither4or6willformtheonesdigit
ofthesquarerootof4096.

Nowwewillfindsquareofwhichnumberfrom1to9istheclosesttothelasttwodigitsof
4096i.e.40whichwillbe62=36.Soeither64or66canbethesquarerootof4096.

Nowmultiplythis6withitsnextnumber7whichwillcomeas42.As40issmallerthan
42,hencethesmallernumber64willbethedesiredsquareroot.

ToFindCubeRootofaNumber:

CubeRootof19683:

Heretheonesdigitishaving3,sowewillfindcubeofwhichnumbersfrom1to9are
having3intheonesdigitplacewhichwillbe7.So7willformtheonesdigitofthecuberoot
of19683.

Now19fallsbetweenthecubeof2and3,sothesmallernumberbetween2and3i.e.2
willformthetensdigitofthecuberoot.

Hence,thecuberootof19683willbe27.

SolvingQuadraticEquationsforsolvingInequality
problems:

a)x213x+40=0:

Here,Product=Coefficientofx2constant=140=40

Add=(1)Coefficientofx=(1)(13)=13.

Iftheproductispositive,thesignoftherootswillbesameanditwilldependupon
thesignoftheAdd.Sointhiscase,thesignoftherootswillbepositive.

Hence,x=8,5

b)x2x6=0:

Here,Product=Coefficientofx2constant=1(6)=6
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Add=(1)Coefficientofx=(1)(1)=1

Iftheproductisnegative,thesignoftherootswillbedifferentandthesignofthe
biggerrootwillbesimilartothesignoftheAddandthesignofthesmallerrootwillbe
thecomplementary.Sointhiscase,thesignofthebiggerroot,3willbepositiveand
thesmallerroot,2willbenegative.

Hence,x=3,2

5.ComputingCompoundInterest:

a)C.I.for2years,CI2=R2%Principalwhere,R2=2r|r2

Example:Principal=10,000Rate=12%Time=2years
Here,R2=212|1212=24|144=25.44
CI2=25.44%10000=2544

b)C.I.for3years,CI3=R3%Principalwhere,R3=3r|3r2|r3

Example:Principal=25,000Rate=12%Time=3years
Here,R3=312|31212|123=36|432|1728=40.4928
CI3=40.4928%25000=10123.20

SimplificationTechniquesPDF

TimeandWork
Everyquestionintimeandworkchaptercanbesolvedeasilybyfindingthe
efficiencyofworkersorsubject(suchaspipes).

ForexampleAtakes10daystocompleteajob.Btakes20daystocomplete
thesamejob.Inhowmanydaystheywillcompletethejobiftheyworktogether?

A'sefficiency=100/10=10%perday
B'sefficiency=100/20=5%perdays

AandBcando15%oftheworkinadayiftheyworktogether.Sotheycando
thewholejobin100/15=6.66daysor6daysand18hours.

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DetailedpostonTimeandWorkchapter(Practicequestions)

ProfitandLoss
Profit/loss=SalespriceCostprice

Incaseofprofit
25%ofCostPrice(1/4ofCP)=20%ofSellingPrice(1/5ofSP)
Similarly,1/3ofCP=1/2ofSP

Incaseofloss
25%ofSellingPrice(1/4ofSP)=20%ofCostPrice(1/5ofCP)
Similarly,1/3ofSP=1/2ofCP

Profitandlosspracticequestions

NumberSeries

InNumberseriesquestions,youneedtofindthepatternofseries.

Let'stakeanexample:16,26,6,46,34,?

Thereisapatterninthedifferencebetweenthenumbersintheseries.

Everyconsecutivedifferenceismultipliedby2.

Similarquestionsareaskedintheexams.

Estimation
That'sthemostimportanttechnique.Thisisnotasecretthateverysuccessful
candidateisusingthistechniqueduringexams.

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Example11292
Simply1129=1008
Addazero10080andthenadd224to10080.
Answeris10304

Youneedtodoallthecalculationsinyourbrain.Don'tusepaper.Youneedto
dividecomplexcalculationsintopartsandsolveitinyourbrainwithoutpaper.
That'showtoppersdocomplexcalculationsduringexams.

Rightnowitwillbedifficultforyoutousethismethodbutwithpractice,youwillbe
abletodoanycomplicatedcalculationwithinseconds.

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