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A number system is a set of numbers, (in the broadest sense of the word), togeth
er with one or more operations, such as addition or multiplication.
Examples of number systems include: natural numbers, integers, rational numbers,
irrational numbers, real numbers, complex numbers.
All numbers are either real or complex numbers. The real numbers can be either r
ational or irrational numbers.
Natural Numbers
The natural numbers start off as follows: 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 ... The "..." means
that the list goes on forever. We give this set the name N.
If a number is in N, then its successor is also in N. Thus, there is no greatest
number, because we can always add one to get a larger one. N is an infinite set
. Since it is infinite, N can never be exhausted by removing its members one at
a time.
Whole Numbers
If we include 0 among the natural numbers then the numbers 0,1,2,3,4,5 .........
.. are called whole numbers.
The set of whole numbers can be represented by W = {0,1,2,3,4,5, ........... .}
Clearly, every natural number is a whole number but 0 is a whole number which i
s not a natural number
Integers
All counting numbers and their negatives including zero are known as integers. T
he set of integers can be represented by z or I = {.........-4,-3,-2,-1,0,1,2,3,
4..}. Every natural number is an integer but not every integer is natural number
.
Positive Integers
The set I + = {1,2,3,4........} is the set of all positive integers. Positive in
tegers and natural numbers are synonyms.
Negative Integers
The set I - = {-1,-2,-3,.......} is the set of all negative integers 0 is neithe
r positive nor negative.
Non Negative Integers
The set {0,1,2,3........} is the set of all non negative integers.
Even and Odd
The terms even and odd only apply to integers. A number is said to be an even nu
mber if it is divisible by 2 or else it is an odd number.
Even numbers are: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10. . . . .40, 42, 44,. . . 312, 314, .... 1008,10
10, . . . .686860....
Odd numbers are: . . 5, 7, 9. . . . .41, 43, 45,. . . 311, 313, .... 1007,1009,
. . . .686861....
2.5 is neither even nor odd.
Zero, on the other hand, is even since it is 2 times some integer: it's 2 times
0. To check whether a number is odd, see whether it's one more than some even nu
mber: 7 is odd since it's one more than 6, which is even. Another way to say thi
s is that zero is even since it can be written in the form 2*n, where n is an in
teger.Odd numbers can be written in the form 2*n + 1.
Negative numbers are even and odd: -9 is odd since it's one more than -10, which
is even.
Every positive integer can be factored into the product of prime numbers, and th
ere's only one way to do it for every number . For instance, 280 = 2x2x2x5x7, an
d there's only one way to factor 280 into prime numbers
Rational Number
A rational number is a number that can be expressed as a fraction p/q where p an
d q are integers and q ≠ 0 i.e Rational numbers are simply defined as ratios of in
tegers. 1/2 is a rational number. 2/3 is also a rational number.
Note that all Of the integers are rational numbers, because you can think of the
m as the ratio of themselves to 1, as in 2 = 2/1 which is certainly the ratio of
two integers, and so 2 is a rational number. The decimal form of a rational num
ber is either a terminating or repeating decimal.
Irrational Numbers
An irrational number is any real number that is not a rational number i.e., one
that cannot be written as a ratio of two integers, i.e., it is not of the form a
/b where a and b are integers and b is not zero.
It can readily be shown that the irrational numbers are precisely those numbers
whose expansion in any given base (decimal, binary, etc) never ends and never en
ters a periodic pattern.
The square root of 2 is a classic example of an irrational number: you cannot wr
ite it as the ratio of ANY two integers.
Prime Numbers
A natural number greater than 1 that has no divisor between 1 and itself is said
to be prime, hence called a prime number or simply a prime. Every natural numbe
r greater than 1 has at least the two distinct divisors 1 and itself; a prime ha
s no others.
Prime Factors
Suppose n is a natural number. Then there exists a unique sequence of prime numb
ers p1, p2, p3, . . . , pm, such that both of the following statements are true
:
p1 ≤ p2 ≤ p3 ≤ . . . ≤ pm
p1 x p2 x p3 . . . x pm
The numbers p1, p2, p3, . . . , pm are called the prime factors of the natural n
umber.
Every natural number n has one, but only one, set of prime factors. This is an i
mportant principle known as the Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic.
Number of Prime Factors
A number N of the form am x bn x cp where a, b, c are all prime factors of numb
er N has (m + 1)(n + 1)(p + 1)no. of prime factors
Composite Numbers
Natural numbers greater than 1 which are not prime, are known as composite numbe
rs The number 1 is neither prime number nor composite number Two numbers which h
ave only '1' the common factor are called co-primes (or) relatively prime to eac
h other e.g. 3 and 5 are co primes
Assignment
Discuss and post solution
1. If a number 774958A96B is to be divisible by 8 and 9, the values of A and B,
respectively, will be?
2. The number of positive integers not greater than 100, which are not divisible
by 2, 3 or 5 is ?
3. The solution set (x, y) for the system of equations log2 xy = 5 and log1/2 (x
/y) = 1, is
4. Find the remainder when 51138 is divided by 7.
5. The highest power of 2 in 10! + 11! + 12! + 13! + ...+ 1000! is ?
6. If ‘x’ is an odd number, what will be the remainder if x3– x + 1 is divided by 24?
7. How many consecutive zeros would be there at the end of 626! - 625!?
8. A certain number when divided by 899 leaves the remainder 63. Find the remain
der when the same number is divided by 29.
9. Five digit numbers are formed using only 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 exactly once. What is
the difference between the maximum and minimum number that can be formed?
10. If p is any three digit number and q is any number obtained with any type of
permutations of the digits of p, then p – q is always divisible by?
Arithmetic Mean
Arithmetic mean is commonly called as average.Mean or Average is defined as the
sum of all the given elements divided by the total number of elements.
Formula:
Mean = sum of elements / number of elements
= a1+a2+a3+.....+an/n
Example: To find the mean of 3,5,7.
Step 1: Find the sum of the numbers.
3+5+7 = 15
Step 2: Calculate the total number.
there are 3 numbers.
Step 3: Finding mean.
15/3 = 5
Arithmetic Median
Median is the middle value of the given numbers or distribution in their ascendi
ng order.Median is the average value of the two middle elements when the size of
the distribution is even.
Example 1: To find the median of 4,5,7,2,1 [ODD].
Step 1: Count the total numbers given.
There are 5 elements or numbers in the distribution.
Step 2: Arrange the numbers in ascending order.
1,2,4,5,7
Step 3: The total elements in the distribution (5) is odd.
The middle position can be calculated using the formula. (n+1)/2
So the middle position is (5+1)/2 = 6/2 = 3
The number at 3rd position is = Median = 4
Example 2: To find the median of 4,5,7,2,1,8 [Even]
Step 1: Count the total numbers given.
There are 6 elements or numbers in the distribution.
Step 2: Arrange the numbers in ascending order.
1,2,4,5,7,8
Step 3: The total elements in the distribution (6) is even.
As the total is even, we have to take average of number at n/2 and (n/
2)+1
So the position are n/2= 6/2 = 3 and 4
The number at 3rd and 4th position are 4,5
Step 4: Find the median.
The average is (4+5)/2 = Median = 4.5
Arithmetic Mode
Mode is the most frequently occurring value in a frequency distribution.
Example: To find the mode of 11,3,5,11,7,3,11
Step 1:Arrange the numbers in ascending order.
3,3,5,7,11,11,11
Step 2:
In the above distribution
Number 11 occurs 3 times,
Number 3 occurs 2 times,
Number 5 occurs 1 times,
Number 7 occurs 1 times.
So the number with most occurrances is 11 and is the Mode of this dist
ribution.
Mode = 11
Range
Range is the difference between the highest and the lowest values in a freq
uency distribution.
Tutorial
Percentage is a way of expressing a number as a fraction of 100 (per cent meanin
g "per hundred"). It is often denoted using the percent sign, "%". For example,
45% (read as "forty-five percent") is equal to 45 / 100, or 0.45.
Percentages are correctly used to express fractions of the total. For example, 2
5% means 25 / 100, or one quarter, of some total.
The fundamental concept to remember when performing calculations with percentage
s is that the percent symbol can be treated as being equivalent to the pure numb
er constant 1 / 100 = 0.01. , for an example 35% of 300 can be written as (35 /
100) × 300 = 105.
To find the percentage of a single unit in a whole of N units, divide 100% by N.
For instance, if you have 1250 apples, and you want to find out what percentage
of these 1250 apples a single apple represents, 100% / 1250 = (100 / 1250)% pro
vides the answer of 0.08%.
To calculate a percentage of a percentage, convert both percentages to fractions
of 100, or to decimals, and multiply them. For example, 50% of 40% is:
(50 / 100) × (40 / 100) = 0.50 × 0.40 = 0.20 = 20 / 100 = 20%.
It is not correct to divide by 100 and use the percent sign at the same time. (E
.g. 25% = 25 / 100 = 0.25, not 25% / 100, which actually is (25 / 100) / 100 = 0
.0025.)
Percent of change (percent of increase or percent of decrease) can be calculated
using the following formula:
Percentage of change = (Change in quantity/original quantity) * 100
Examples
1. What is 200% of 30?
Answer: 200% × 30 = (200 / 100) × 30 = 60.
2. 60% of all university students are male. There are 2400 male students. How ma
ny students are in the university?
Answer: 2400 = 60% × X, therefore X = (2400 / (60 / 100)) = 4000.
3. Denis s car insurance premium for last year was $1440. If she paid $1512 this
year, what is the percent of increase on her car insurance premium?
Answer:($1512-$1440)/$1440 — 100% = 72/1440 — 100% = 5% Hence, the percent of increa
se on the car insurance premium is 5%.
Assignment
Discuss and post solution
1. The price of a Maruti car rises by 30% while the sales of the car came down b
y 20%. What is the percent change in the total revenue?
2. I bought 5 pens, 7 pencils and 4 erasers. Rajan bought 6 pens, 8 erasers and
14 pencils for an amount which was half more than what I had paid. What percent
of the total amount paid by me was paid for the pens?
Tutorial
Definitions
Cost Price (CP) : It is the amount spent in making the product and includes the
cost of raw material.
Sales Price (SP) : It is the price at which product is sold.
Profit : If the sales price is more than cost price than the difference is reali
zed as profit.
Loss : If the cost price is more than the sales price than the person makes a lo
ss.
Discount: Discount is the rebate offered on the selling price or marked price of
the product.
Formulae
1. Profit = Sales price - Cost price
2. Loss = Cost price - Sales price
3. Profit percentage = (profit/cost price)* 100
4. Profit on selling price = (profit/sale price) * 100
5. Selling price = Marked price - Discount
Examples
1. A shopkeeper buys scientific calculators in bulk for $15 each. He sells them
for $40 each. Calculate the profit on each calculator in dollars, and as a perce
ntage of the cost price.
Given: cost price = $15, selling price = $40
profit = selling price - cost price
= $40 - $15
= $25
Expressing the profit as a percentage of the cost price:
$profit
profit% = ------------------------ × 100%
$cost price
$25
= -------- × 100% = 166.7%
$15
2. A school bookshop sells an outdated biology text book for $49.35, making a 6%
loss. What was the cost price of the book, and what is the cash value of the lo
ss?
Given: selling price = $49.35,
loss = 6% of cost price
but, (cost price) = (selling price) + loss
Expressing as percentages of the cost price:
(cost price) = (selling price) + loss
100% x% + 6%
This means that the selling price is (100-6) = 94% of the cost price.
94
selling price = -------- × (cost price)
100
So:
100
cost price = -------- × (selling price)
94
100
= -------- × 49.35
94
= $52.50
So: loss = (cost price) - (selling price)
= $52.50 - $49.35
= $3.15
3. The usual price for an adult movie ticket at Big Screen Cinemas is $18. On T
uesdays they offer a 15% discount.
Calculate the cash value of the discount, and the cost of the tickets on Tuesday
s.
Given: marked price = $18,
discount = 15% of marked price
15
= -------- × (marked price)
100
15
= -------- × $18
100
= $2.70
So: (selling price) = (marked price) - discount
= $18 - $2.70
= $15.30
On Tuesdays, the tickets cost $15.30
Assignment
Discuss and post solution
1. Once I had been to the post-office to buy stamps of five rupees, two rupees a
nd one rupee. I paid the clerk Rs 20, and since he did not have change, he gave
me three more stamps of one rupee. If the number of stamps of each type that I h
ad ordered initially was more than one, what was the total number of stamps that
I bought?
2. I sold two watches for Rs. 300 each, one at a loss of 10% and the other at a
profit of 10%. What is the percent loss (- ) or the percent profit (+) that resu
lted from the transaction?
3. Instead of a metre scale, a cloth merchant uses a 120 cm scale while buying,
but uses an 80 cm scale while selling the same cloth. If he offers a discount of
20 percent on cash payment, what is his overall percent profit?
DIRECTIONS for Questions 4 and 5: Use the following information:
A watch dealer incurs an expense of Rs 150 for producing every watch. He also in
curs an additional expenditure of Rs. 30,000, which is independent of the number
of watches produced. If he is able to sell a watch during the season, he sells
it for Rs. 250. If he fails to do so, he has to sell each watch for Rs. 100.
4. If he is able to sell only 1200 out of the 1500 watches he has made in the se
ason, then he has made a profit of?
5. If he produces 1500 watches, what is the number of watches that he must sell
during the season in order to break even, given that he is able to sell all the
watches produced?
Mixtures
Mixture problems are word problems where items or quantities of different values
are mixed together.
Example: How many ounces of a solution i.e. 30% salt must be added to a 50-ounce
solution i.e. 10% salt so that the resulting sol is 20% salt.
Let x be the ounces of the 30 percent solution. Then 30%x is the amount of salt
in that solution. The final solution will be 50 + x ounces, and its concentratio
n of salt will be 20%(50 + x). The original amount of salt in the solution is 10
%(50). Now, the concentration of salt in the original solution plus the concentr
ation of salt in the added solution must equal the concentration of salt in the
resulting solution: 10%(50) + 30%x = 20%(50 + x). Multiply this equation by 100
to clear the percent symbol and then solving for x yields x = 50.
Alligations
Alligation is an old and practical method of solving arithmetic problems related
to mixtures of ingredients. There are two types of alligation: alligation media
l, used to find the quantity of a mixture given the quantities of its ingredient
s, and alligation alternate, used to find the amount of each ingredient needed t
o make a mixture of a given quantity. Alligation medial is merely a matter of fi
nding a weighted mean. Alligation alternate is more complicated and involves org
anizing the ingredients into high and low pairs which are then traded off.
Example:
Alligation Medial
Suppose you make a cocktail drink combination out of 1/2 Coke, 1/4 Sprite, and 1
/4 orange soda. The Coke has 120 grams of sugar per liter, the Sprite has 100 gr
ams of sugar per liter, and the orange soda has 150 grams of sugar per liter. Ho
w much sugar does the drink have? This is an example of alligation medial becaus
e you want to find the amount of sugar in the mixture given the amounts of sugar
in its ingredients. The solution is just to find the weighted average by compos
ition:
1/2 x 120 + 1/4 x 100 + 1/4 x 150 = 122.5 grams per litre.
Alligation Alternate
Suppose you like 1% milk, but you have only 3% whole milk and ½% low fat milk. How
much of each should you mix together to make an 8 ounce cup of 1% milk? This is
an example of alligation alternate because you want to find the amount of two i
ngredients to mix together to form a mixture with a given amount of fat. Since t
here are only two ingredients, there is only one possible way to form a pair.
The difference of 3% from the desired 1%, 2%, is assigned to the low fat milk, a
nd the difference of ½% from the desired 1%, ½%, is assigned alternately to the whol
e milk. The total amount, 8 ounces, is then divided by the sum 2 + 1/2 = 5/2 to
yield 16/5, and the amounts of the two ingredients are
16/5 x 1/2 = 8/5 ounces whole milk and 16/5 x 2 = 32/5 ounces low fat milk.
Work Problems
1. If a person can do a piece of work in ‘m’ days, he can do 1/m of the work in 1 da
y.
2. If the number of persons engaged to do a piece of work be increased (or decr
eased) in a certain ratio the time required to do the same work will be decrease
d (or increased) in the same ratio.
3. If A is twice as good a workman as B, then A will take half the time taken b
y B to do a certain piece of work.
4. Time and work are always in direct proportion.
5. If two taps or pipes P and Q take ‘m’ and ‘n’ hours respectively to fill a cistern o
r tank, then the two pipes together fill (1/m + 1/n) part of the tank in 1 hour
and the entire tank is filled in 1/(1/m + 1/n) = mn/(m+n) hours.
Example 1. If 12 man can do a piece of work in 36 days. In how many days 18 men
can do the same work?
Solution: 12 men can do a work in 36 days. 18 men can do the work in 12/18 x 36
= 24 days.
Note:
If the number of men is increased, the number of days to finish the work will de
crease.
Example 2. A and B can finish a work in 12 days. B and C can finish the same wor
k in 18 days. C and A can finish in 24 days. How many days will take for A, B an
d C combined together to finish the same amount of work?
Solution: A and B can finish the work in 12 days.
(A+B) Can finish in 1 day 1/12 of the work.
Similarly (B+C) can finish in 1/18 of the work.
(C+A) can finish in 1/24 of the work.
2(A+B+C) can finish in 1 day (1/12 + 1/18 + 1/1/24) of the work.
= (6 + 4 + 3)/72 = 13/72 of t
he work.
(A + B + C) can finish in 1 day = 13/144 of the work
Therefore (A + B + C) can together finish the work in 144/13 = 11 1
/3 days.
Example 3: A and B can do a piece of work in 12 days. B and C can do it in 20 da
ys. If A is twice as good a workman as C, then in what time will B alone do it?
Solution: (A+B) can do a work in 12 days.
(A+B) in one day can do 1/12 of the work --- (1)
Similarly (B+C) in one day can do 1/20 of the work --- (2)
Since A=2C, in (1) put A=2C
Therfore (2C+B) in one day can do 1/12 of the work.
i.e., [(B+C)+C] in one day can do 1/12 of the work.
C alone can do in one day 1/12 - 1/20 = (5-3)/60 = 2/60 = 1/30 of w
ork --- (3)
From (2), using (3), B alone can do in one day 1/20 - 1/30 = (3-2)/
60 = 1/60 of the work.
Therefore B alone can do the entire work in 60 days.
Pipes and Cisterns
Inlet: A pipe connected with a tank or a cistern or a reservoir, that fills it,
is known as an inlet.
Outlet: A pipe connected with a tank or a cistern or a reservoir, emptying it, i
s known as an outlet.
Formulae:
(i) If a pipe can fill a tank in x hours, then:
(a) Part filled in 1 hour = 1/x
(b) If a pipe can empty a full tank in y hours, then: Part emptied in hour = 1/
y
(ii) If a pipe can fill a tank in x hours and another pipe can empty the full ta
nk in y hours (where y > x), then on opening both the pipes, the net part filled
in 1 hour = [ 1/x – 1/y].
Example 1: Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 36 hours and 45 hours respective
ly. If both the pipes are opened simultaneously, how much time will be taken to
fill the tank?
Solution: Part filled by A In 1 hour = 1/36
Part filled by B in 1 hour = 1/45
Part filled by (A + B) In 1 hour = [1/36 + 1/45] = 9/180 = 1/20
Hence, both the pipes together will fill the tank in 20 hours.
Example 2: A pipe can fill a tank in 16 hours. Due to a leak in the bottom,it is
filled in 24 hours. If the tank is full, how much time will the leak take to em
pty it ?
Solution: Work done by the leak in 1 hour = [ 1/16 – 1/24 ]=1/48
:. Leak will empty the full cistern in 48 hours.
Example 3: A cistern is filled by pipe A in 10 hours and the full cistern can be
leaked out by an exhaust pipe B in 12 hours. If both the pipes are opened, in w
hat time the cistern is full?
Solution: Work done by the inlet in 1 hour: = 1/10
Work done by the outlet in 1 hour = 1/12
Net part filled in 1 hour = [ 1/10 – 1/12 ] = 1/60
The cistern will be full in 60 hours.
Example 4: Two pipes can fill a cistern in 14 hours and 16 hours respectively. T
he pipes are opened simultaneously and it is found that due to leakage in the bo
ttom, 32 minutes extra are taken for the cistern to be filled up. When the ciste
rn is full in what time will the leak empty it ?
Solution: Work done by .the two pipes in 1 hour = [ 1/14 + 1/16 ] = 15/112
Time taken by these pipes to fill the tank = 112/15 hours
= (7 hrs. 28 m
in.)
Due to leakage, time taken = (7 hrs 28 min.) + 32 min. = 8 hrs
Work done by ( two pipes + leak) in 1 hour = 1/8
Work done by the leak m 1 hour = [ 15/112 – 1/8 ] = 1/112
Leak will empty the full cistern in 112 hours.
Example 5: Pipes A and B can fill a tank in 20 hours and 30 hours respectively a
nd pipe C can empty the full tank in 40 hours. If all the pipes are opened toget
her, how much time will be needed to make the tank full ?
Solution: Net part filled m 1 hour = [1/20 + 1/30 – 1 /40] = 7/120
The tank will be full in 120/7 = 17 ½
Tutorial
Time and Speed
1. Distance = Speed * Time
2. Speed = Distance / Time
3. Time = Distance / Speed
4. 1 km/h = 5/18 m/sec
5. 1 m/sec = 18/5 km/h
Example:
1. Rita covers a certain distance by a car traveling at a speed of 70 km/h and r
eturns at the starting point riding on a scooter at the speed of 55 km/h. Find h
er average speed for the whole journey.
Average Speed = (55 + 70)/2 = 62.5 km/h
2. Ram starts from his house for the college at a certain fixed time. If he walk
s at the rate of 5 km/h he is late by 7 minutes. However, if he walks at the rat
e of 6 km/h he reaches the college 5 minutes earlier than the scheduled time. Fi
nd the distance of the college from his house.
Suppose the distance is x km.
If he goes by 5km/h then x/5 - 7/60 = x/6 + 5/60.
therefore x/30 = 1/5
so x = 6km
Relative Speed
Two bodies are moving in opposite directions at speed V1 & V2 respectively. The
relative speed is defined as Vr = V1 + V2.
Two bodies are moving in same directions at speed V1 & V2 respectively.The relat
ive speed is defined as Vr = V1 - V2.
Clock Problems
For clock problems consider the clock as a circular track of 60km.
Min. hand moves at the speed of 60km/hr (think min. hand as a point on the track
) and hour hand moves at 5km/hr and second hand at the speed of 3600 km/hr.
Relative speed between hr hand and mins hand = 55
Examples
1. A man travels a distance of 61 km in 9 hours partly on foot at the rate of 4
km/h and partly on bicycle at 9 km/h. How much distance does he cover on foot?
Solution
Let the distance covered on foot be x.
Then the distance covered by bicycle is 61 -x.
The total distance is covered in 9 hours.
Time for which the man travels by foot = Distance/ velocity = x/4 hrs
Time for which the man travels by bicycle = (61 -x) / 9 hrs
x/4 + (61 - x)/9 = 9
9x + 244 -4x = 9
36
5x = 324 -244
x = 16 km
2. A 75 m long train moving at 60 km/h can pass another train 100 m long, moving
at 65 km/h in the opposite direction in:
Solution
Such problems can be solved using the formula velocity = distance/time. It s nec
essary to make sure that similar units are used in the formula.
To completely pass each other, the trains have to cover a distance equal to the
sum of the Iengths of the two trains, 75 + 100 = 175 mtrs.
When travelling in opposite directions, the velocity with which this distance ge
ts covered is the sum of the two velocities. 60 + 65 = 125 Kmph or 125 * 1000
mtrs per 60 * 60 Secs or 625/18 mtrs/sec.
Therefore time to cross each other = 175 = 5.04 secs.
3. Find the speed of the current if a boy rows 13 km upstream and 28 km downstre
am taking 5 hours each time.
Solution
Let the speed of the current be x km/hr and that of the boy when he rows in stil
l water be y km/hr.
Then the relative speed when the boy rows upstream = y -x km/hr
The relative speed when the boy rows downstream = y + x km/hr
The time taken for the 13 km long upstream journey is 5 hours. Therefore we can
write this as
Speed = Distance/Time
y -x = 13/5 ------ I
The time taken for the 28 km long downstream journey is also 5 hours, therefore
y + x = 28/5 ----- II
Subtracting equations II from equation I, we obtain,
2x = 28/5 -13/5
2x = (28 -13) / 5
2x = 15/5
x = 3/2 = 1.5 km/hr, the speed of the current
Assignment
Discuss and post solution
1. Distance between A and B is 72 km. Two men started walking from A and B at th
e same time towards each other. The person who started from A travelled uniforml
y with average speed 4 kmph. While the other man travelled with varying speeds a
s follows: In first hour his speed was 2 kmph, in the second hour it was 2.5 kmp
h, in the third hour it was 3 kmph, and so on. When will they meet each other?
2. A man travels three-fifths of distance AB at a speed of 3a, and the remaining
at a speed of 2b. If he goes from B to A and back at a speed of 5c in the same
time, then:
[1] 1/a + 1/b = 1/c [2] a + b = c [3] 1/a + 1/b = 2/c [4] None of t
hese
3. A man travels form A to B at a speed of x kmph. He then rests at B or x hours
. He then travels from B to C at a speed of 2x kmph and rests at C for 2x hours.
He moves further to D at a speed twice as that between B and C. He thus reaches
D in 16 hours. If distances A-B, B-C, C-D are all equal to 12 km, the time for
which he rested at B could be:
4. In a watch, the minute hand crosses the hour hand for the third time exactly
after every 3 hrs 18 min 15 seconds of watch time. What is the time gained or lo
st by this watch in one day?
5. In a mile race Akshay can be given a start of 128 metres by Bhairav. If Bhair
av can given Chinmay a start of 4 metres in a 100 metres dash, then who out of A
kshay and Chinmay will win a race of one and half mile, and what will be the fin
al lead given by the winner to the loser? (One mile is 1600 metres).
DIRECTIONS for Questions 6 and 7: In a locality, there are five small towns, A,
B, C, D and E. The distances of these towns from each other are as follows:
AB = 2km AC = 2 km AD > 2 km AE > 3 km BC = 2km
BD = 4 km BE = 3 km CD = 2 km CE = 3km DE > 3 km
6. If a ration shop is to be set up within 2 km of each city, how many ration sh
ops will be required?
7. If a ration shop is to be set up within 3 km of each city, how many ratio sho
ps will be required?
FACTOR
A factor of a given number is every number that divides exactly into that number
.
Example:
Write down all factors of 10.
10 = 2 x 5, so numbers 2 and 5 are factors of 10.
Also 10 = 10 x 1, so 10 and 1 are factors of 10.
The factors of 10 are 1, 2, 5, 10.
NOTE: Number 1 and the number itself are always factors of any number.
COMMON FACTORS
When two (or more) numbers have the same factor, that factor is called a common
factor.
Example:
Find all the common factors of 12 and 18.
Factors of 12 are 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12.
Factors of 18 are 1, 2, 3, 6, 18.
The common factors of 12 and 18 are 1, 2, 3 and 6.
240 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 5
Divisibility Rules
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Rules to know when we can divide one number into another exactly.
Dividing by 2
A number can be divided by 2 if the last digit is even.
Dividing by 3
A number is divisible by 3 if the sum of the digits is 3, 6 or 9.
Examples: 111111: the digits add to 6 so the whole number is divisible by three.
87687687. The digits add up to 57, and 5 plus seven is 12, so the original numb
er is divisible by three.
Dividing by 4
A number is divisible by 4 if the number made by the last two digits can be divi
ded by 4.
Examples: 100 is divisible by 4. 1732782989264864826421834612 is divisible by fo
ur also, because 12 is divisible by four.
Dividing by 5
A number is divisible by 5 if the last digit is a 5 or a 0.
Dividing by 6
A number can be divided by 6 if the last digit is even and the sum of all the di
gits is 3, 6 or 9.
Dividing by 7
To find out if a number is divisible by seven, take the last digit, double it, a
nd subtract it from the rest of the number.
Example: If you had 203, you would double the last digit to get six, and subtrac
t that from 20 to get 14. If you get an answer divisible by 7 (including zero),
then the original number is divisible by seven. If you don t know the new number
s divisibility, you can apply the rule again.
Dividing by 8
A number is divisible by 8 if the number made by the last three digits will be d
ivisible by 8.
Example: 33333888 is divisible by 8; 33333886 isn t.
Dividing by 9
A number is divisible by 9 if the sum of all the digits will add to 9.
Example: 12348 is divisible by 9; as the sum is 18
Dividing by 10
A number can be divided by 10 if the last digit is a 0.
Dividing by 11
A number is divisible by 11 if the difference of the Sum of the digits at odd pl
aces and sum of the digits at the even places is either zero or divisible by 11.
Example: In the number 9823, the sum of the digits at odd places is 9 + 2 = 11 a
nd the sum of the digits at even places is 8 + 3= 11.
The difference between it is 11 - 11 = 0 therefore given number is divisible by
11.
Dividing by 12
A number is divisible by 12 if it is divisible by 3 and 4.
Example: The number 1644 is divisible by 12 as it is divisible by 3 and 4.
Dividing by 18
An even number satisfying the divisibility test by 9 is divisible by 18.
Example: The number 80388 is divisible by 18 as it satisfies the divisibility te
st of 9.
Dividing by 25
A number is divisible by 25 if the number formed by the last two digits is divis
ible by 25 or the last two digits are zero.
Example: The number 7975 is divisible by 25 as the last two digits are divisible
by 25.
Quadratic Equations
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Tutorial
A quadratic equation in one unknown is an equation of the form ax2 + bx + c =0,
where a is not equal to 0. When we solve a linear equation, we may transpose t
he terms and leave the unknown on one side of the equation. However, this is oft
en not the case for a quadratic equation. There are other methods to solve a qua
dratic equation, e.g. by factorization, by completing the square and by the quad
ratic formula. Furthermore, for a linear equation in the form of mx + n =0, whe
re m is not 0, there is always a solution x = -n/m , which is a real number. O
n the contrary, a quadratic equation may have two real roots, one double root or
no real roots.
Solving quadratic equations
There are several methods to solve a quadratic equation. Some quadratic expressi
ons can be factorized and then the equation is easy to solve.
1. If pq = 0, then p=0 or q=0.
If quadratic equation ax2 + bx + c =0 can be factorized into (px+q)(rx+s) =0,
then we have px + q = 0 or rx + s = 0, which gives x =-q/p or x = -s/r respectiv
ely.
2. Method of completing square.
The method of completing the square is to change the equation from the form ax2
+ bx + c =0 to (x+p)2 = q. This can be done by dividing the whole equation by a
and then we have
x2 + b/a x = -c/a
x2 + 2.1/2.b/a x + (b/2a)2= -c/a + (b/2a)2
(x + b/2a)2 = -c/a + (b/2a)2
and thus p = b/2a and q = -c/a + (b/2a)2 . If q > 0 then x + p = +(-)q or x = -
p +(-)q.
If q = 0, then x = -p. If q < 0, equation has no real roots. The result x = -p +
(-)q still holds but the roots will be complex.
3. If ax2 + bx + c =0 and a is not equal to 0, the roots of the equation is give
n by
Examples
Example 1:
Let A and B be the roots of a quadratic equation ax2 + bx + c =0 with a not equa
l to 0 then
A + B = - b/a and
AB = c/a
For a quadratic equation ax2 + bx + c =0 with a not equal to 0, the discriminant
D = b2 - ac.
1. If D > 0, the equation has two distinct real roots.
2. if D = 0, the equation has one double real root.
3. if D < 0, the equation has no real root, it has two distinct unreal roots.
Assignment
Discuss and post solutions
1. Given the quadratic equation x2 - (A - 3) x - (A - 2) = 0, for what value of
A will the sum of the squares of the roots be zero?
2. A quadratic with integral coefficients has two distinct positive integers as
roots, the sum of its coefficients is prime and it takes the value -55 for some
integer. The sum of the roots is
3. How many real r are there such that the roots of x2 + rx + 6r = 0 are both in
tegers?