Quick Maths
Quick Maths
Quick Maths
2. Multiplying by 11
To multiply a number by 11 you add pairs of numbers next to each other, except for the
numbers on the edges.
Let me illustrate:
First write down the 6 then add 6 to its neighbor on the left, 3, to get 9.
The answer comes from these sums and edge numbers: (3)(3+2)(2+5)(5+4)(4) = 35794.
To multiply by 25 you multiply by 100 (just add two 0’s to the end of the number) then
divide by 4, since 100 = 25×4. Note: to divide by 4 your can just divide by 2 twice, since
2×2 = 4.
To multiply by 125, you multipy by 1000 then divide by 8 since 8×125 = 1000. Notice
that 8 = 2×2x2. So, to divide by 1000 add three 0’s to the number and divide by 2 three
times.
When two numbers differ by two their product is always the square of the number in
between them minus 1.
If two numbers differ by 4 then their product is the square of the number in the middle
(the average of the two numbers) minus 4.
If the two numbers differ by 6 then their product is the square of their average minus 9.
If a number ends in 5 then its square always ends in 25. To get the rest of the product take
the left digit and multiply it by one more than itself.
35×35 ends in 25. We get the rest of the product by multiplying 3 by one more than 3.
So, 3×4 = 12 and that’s the rest of the product. Thus, 35×35 = 1225.
To calculate 65×65, notice that 6×7 = 42 and write down 4225 as the answer.
6. Multiplying together 2-digit numbers where the first digits are the same and the
last digits sum to 10
Let’s say you want to multiply 42 by 48. You notice that the first digit is 4 in both cases.
You also notice that the other digits, 2 and 8, sum to 10. You can then use this trick:
multiply the first digit by one more than itself to get the first part of the answer and
multiply the last digits together to get the second (right) part of the answer.
An illustration is in order:
To calculate 42×48: Multiply 4 by 4+1. So, 4×5 = 20. Write down 20.
Multiply together the last digits: 2×8 = 16. Write down 16.
Notice that for this particular example you could also have noticed that 42 and 48 differ
by 6 and have applied technique number 4.
Another example: 64×66. 6×7 = 42. 4×6 = 24. The product is 4224.
A final example: 86×84. 8×9 = 72. 6×4 = 24. The product is 7224
Let’s say you want to square 58. Square each digit and write a partial answer. 5×5 = 25.
8×8 = 64. Write down 2564 to start. Then, multiply the two digits of the number you’re
squaring together, 5×8=40.
32×32. The first part of the answer comes from squaring 3 and 2.
3×3=9. 2×2 = 4. Write down 0904. Notice the extra zeros. It’s important that every
square in the partial product have two digits.
Multiply the digits, 2 and 3, together and double the whole thing. 2×3x2 = 12.
Add a zero to get 120. Add 120 to the partial product, 0904, and we get 1024.
56×56. The partial product comes from 5×5 and 6×6. Write down 2536.
One more example: 67×67. Write down 3649 as the partial product.
6×7x2 = 42×2 = 84. Add a zero to get 840.
67×67=3649+840 = 4489.
There are cases when you’re multiplying two numbers together and one of the numbers is
even. In this case you can divide that number by two and multiply the other number by 2.
You can do this over and over until you get to multiplication this is easy for you to do.
Another example: 12×15 = 6×30 = 6×3 with a 0 at the end so it’s 180.
48×17 = 24×34 = 12×68 = 6×136 = 3×272 = 816. (Being able to calculate that 3×27 = 81
in your head is very helpful for this problem.)
9. Multiplying by a power of 2
To multiply a number by 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, or some other power of 2 just keep doubling the
product as many times as necessary. If you want to multiply by 16 then double the
number 4 times since 16 = 2×2x2×2.
We start with the right-most digit, 4. We double it and would add the neighbor to the
right if there were one, so we just double 4 and get 8. Write down the 8 as the right-most
digit of the answer.
We move over to the next digit, 3. Double the 3 to get 6 then add the neighbor, 4, to get
10. Write down the 0 from 10 and carry the 1.
We’re done with the digits but we have to move to the left one final time. We double the
non-existent digit, which we’ll call 0, add the neighbor, 3, and add the carry, 1. So, we
write down 4 as the final digit.
We’re done. We wrote down, from right to left: 8-0-4. Our answer is 408.
Start with the right-most digit, 6. Double the 6 and add the neighbor (none in this case).
We get 12. Write down 2 from 12, and carry the 1.
Move left to the next digit, 4. Double the 4 to get 8, add the neighbor, 6, to get 14, and
add the carry, to get 15. Write down the 5, and carry the 1.
Move left to the next digit, 3. Double the 3 to get 6. Add the neighbor, 4, and we get 10.
Add the carry, to get 11. Write down the 1, and carry the 1.
Move left to the non-existent digit. Double it to get 0, and add the neighbor, 3, which
gives us 3. Finally, add the carry to get 4. Write down 4.
First digit is 6. Double 6 plus no neighbor = 12. Write down 2 and carry 1.
Next digit is 5. Double 5 plus neighbor 6 plus carry 1 = 17. Write down 7 and carry 1.
Next digit is 4. Double 4 plus neighbor 5 plus carry 1 = 14. Write down 4 and carry 1.
Next digit is 3. Double 3 plus neighbor 4 plus carry 1 = 11. Write down 1 and carry 1.
Next digit is 2. Double 2 plus neighbor 3 plus carry 1 = 8. Write down 8 and no carry.
Next digit is 1. Double 1 plus neighbor 2 plus no carry = 4. Write down 4 and no carry.
Next digit doesn’t exist. We double 0 plus neighbor 1 plus no carry = 1. Write down 1.
I will assume that you know your multiplication table reasonably well up to 10x10.
Try this:
• Take 15 x 13 for an example.
• Always place the larger number of the two on top in your mind.
• Then draw the shape of Africa mentally so it covers the 15 and the 3 from the 13
below. Those covered numbers are all you need.
• First add 15 + 3 = 18
• Add a zero behind it (multiply by 10) to get 180.
• Multiply the covered lower 3 x the single digit above it the "5" (3x5= 15)
• Add 180 + 15 = 195.
The 11 Rule
You likely all know the 10 rule (to multiply by 10, just add a 0 behind the number)
but do you know the 11 rule? It is as easy! You should be able to do this one in you
head for any two digit number. Practice it on paper first!
The only thing tricky to remember is that if the result of the addition is greater than
9, you only put the "ones" digit in the hole and carry the "tens" digit from the
addition. For example 11 x 57 ... 5__7 ... 5+7=12 ... put the 2 in the hole and add the
1 from the 12 to the 5 in to get 6 for a result of 627 ... 11 x 57 = 627
Practice it on paper first!
051236
2=8
3=27
4=64
5=125
6=216
7=343
8=512
9=729
Once you learn this it is easy; in our example the cubed number 185193 ends in 3
which corresponds to the last digit of the cube of 7 being 3; therefore the second
digit is 7. The first three digits 185 are greater than the cube of 5 at 125 but less
than the cube of 6 at 216 therefore the first digit is 5. By learning this simple table
you can do cube roots of two digit numbers in your head. Other than mental
masturbation and to confirm to your friends that you are an idiot savant, or as a
chick repellant I am not sure what good it does.
What ever you do don't try this in a street fight. "Back off man I can do cube roots,"
unless you are wearing a bow tie, it scares the hell out of them.
posted by MapGuy at 7:43 PM on May 29, 2007
Two significant digits is plenty. If you need more, then you probably have a pen
handy.
Dividing by 3
Add up the digits: if the sum is divisible by three, then the number is as
well. Examples:
Dividing by 4
Look at the last two digits. If the number formed by its last two digits is
divisible by 4, the original number is as well.
Examples:
1. 100 is divisible by 4.
2. 1732782989264864826421834612 is divisible by four also,
because 12 is divisible by four.
Dividing by 5
If the last digit is a five or a zero, then the number is divisible by 5.
Dividing by 6
Dividing by 7
To find out if a number is divisible by seven, take the last digit, double it,
and subtract it from the rest of the number.
Example: If you had 203, you would double the last digit to get six, and
subtract 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
Check the last three digits. Since 1000 is divisible by 8, if the last three
digits of a number are divisible by 8, then so is the whole number.
Example: 33333888 is divisible by 8; 33333886 isn't.
How can you tell whether the last three digits are divisible by 8? Phillip
McReynolds answers:
If the first digit is even, the number is divisible by 8 if the last two digits
are. If the first digit is odd, subtract 4 from the last two digits; the number
will be divisible by 8 if the resulting last two digits are. So, to continue the
last example, 33333888 is divisible by 8 because the digit in the hundreds
place is an even number, and the last two digits are 88, which is divisible
by 8. 33333886 is not divisible by 8 because the digit in the hundreds
place is an even number, but the last two digits are 86, which is not
divisible by 8.
Sara Heikali explains this test of divisibility by eight for numbers with
three or more digits:
1. Write down the units digit of the original number.
2. Take the other numbers to the left of the last digit,
and multiply them by two.
3. Add the answer from step two to the number from step one.
4. If the sum from step three is divisible by eight, then
the
original number is divisible by eight, as well. If the sum
is
not divisible by eight, then the original number is not
divisible by eight.
Dividing by 9
Add the digits. If that sum is divisible by nine, then the original number is
as well.
Dividing by 10
Dividing by 11
Let's look at 352, which is divisible by 11; the answer is 32. 3+2 is 5;
another way to say this is that 35 -2 is 33.
First we want to find whether it is divisible by 11, but on the way we are
going to save the numbers that we use: in every step we will subtract the
last digit from the other digits, then save the subtracted amount in order.
Start with
Dividing by 12
Dividing by 13
Delete the last digit from the given number. Then subtract nine times the
deleted digit from the remaining number. If what is left is divisible by 13,
then so is the original number.
Instead of deleting the last digit and subtracting it ninefold from the
remaining number (which works), you could also add the deleted digit
fourfold. Both methods work because 91 and 39 are each multiples of 13.
For any prime p (except 2 and 5), a rule of divisibility could be "created"
using this method:
1. Find m, such that m is the (preferably) smallest multiple of p that ends in either 1
or 9.
2. Delete the last digit and add (if multiple ends in 9) or
subtract (if it ends in 1) the deleted digit times the integer
nearest to m/10. For example, if m = 91, the integer closest
to 91/10 = 9.1 is 9; and for 3.9, it's 4.
3. Verify if the result is a multiple of p. Use this process until
it's obvious.
m = 3×23 = 69, which means we'll be adding the deleted digit sevenfold.
718318 + 7×6 = 718360
71836 + 7×0 = 71836
7183 + 7×6 = 7225
722 + 7×5 = 757
75 + 7×7 = 124
12 + 7×4 = 40
4 + 7×0 = 4 (not divisible by 23), so 7183186 is not divisible by 46.
Note that you could've stopped calculating whenever you find the result to be
obvious (i.e., you don't need to do it until the end). For example, in example 1 if
you recognize 102 as divisible by 17, you don't need to continue (likewise, if you
recognized 40 as not divisible by 23).
The idea behind this method it that you're either subtracting m×(last digit) and
then dividing by 10, or adding m×(last digit) and then dividing by 10.
It may be noted that while applying these rules, it is possible to loop among
numbers as results.
132 - 9×6 = 78
7 - 9×8 = -65 (factor out -1)
6 - 9×5 = -39 (again factor out -1)
3 - 9×9 = -78 (factor out -1)
This only occurs though if the number does happen to be divisible by the prime
divisor. Otherwise, eventually you will have a number that is less than the prime
divisor.
And here's a more complex method that can be extended to other formulas:
1 = 1 (mod 13)
10 = -3 (mod 13) (i.e., 10 - -3 is divisible by 13)
100 = -4 (mod 13) (i.e., 100 - -4 is divisible by 13)
1000 = -1 (mod 13) (i.e., 1000 - -1 is divisible by 13)
10000 = 3 (mod 13)
100000 = 4 (mod 13)
1000000 = 1 (mod 13)
Call the ones digit a, the tens digit b, the hundreds digit c, ..... and you get:
a - 3×b - 4×c - d + 3×e + 4×f + g - .....
If this number is divisible by 13, then so is the original number.
You can keep using this technique to get other formulas for divisibility for prime
numbers. For composite numbers just check for divisibility by divisors.
Dividing by 14
(Keep in mind, the odd and even test is to see if the number
is divisible by two.) If the original even number is
divisible by seven, then it is also divisible by fourteen.
If the original even number is not divisible by seven, it
is not divisible by fourteen.
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G1+G2+None-Both=Total
for 3 groups
G1+G2+G3+None-Any2+All3=Total
two things always remember on goingas 1/2..2/3..3/4..the value increases from this can esily
solve 1
for 2nd remember3/2..4/3...5/4....the value decreases...
then
you can directly put the value and find the answer...
we know....60^2=3600
61^2=60^2+(60+61)=3600+121=3721..
26^2=25^2+(25+26)=625+25+26=676....
TIP
1/any decimal... is greater thn that decimal
THUMB RULE>>>>
when the numerator and denominator of the fractions increases by constant value,the last fraction
is the biggest..
a=1/8
b=4/9
c=7/10
from this rule ans=7/10..as numerator increase by 3 (a constant value)...and denominator increase
by 1 ( a constant value).....
" we have 10 bulbs and 2 are not working , if we choose 3 out of the lot what is the prob of
getting one not working bulb?"
TOTAL 10 BULBS
8 OF THEM R GUD
2 R NOT WORKIN
U NEED TO SELECT 3 BULBS OUT OF 10.... SO 10C3
ONE AMONG THEM SHLD NOT WORK...... SO 2C1
AND THE OTHER TWO MUST BE FROM 8 ......... SO 8C2
SO THE ANSWER IS 8C2*2C1/10C3 == 7/15
=((8*7*6!/2*1*6!)*(2*1/1*1))/(10*9*8*7!/3*2*1*7!)
=(8*7)/(10*9*8/3*2)
=7/15
eg
46x44
6x4=24..write 24 at last..
4+1=5..&4x5=20...ans=2024
69x61
9x1=9
6+1=7....&7x6=42..ans=4209(why 0 xtra..note right side of answer should always have two digit)
i just miss the one thing that..on adding the right hand digit u must get10
56x54..73x77..etc in this...6+4=10...and7+3=10..
John has 8 friends. In how many ways can he invite one or more of them to dinner?
...the best thing abt algebra is that its q can easily be solved by the tricks ....now i am discussing
that tricks
consider q...q
let x be the arithmetic mean and y,z be two geometric mean b/w any two positive numbers the
value of (y^3+z^3)/xyz is...
a.2
b.3
c.1/2
d.3/2
a.q^2
b.P^3
c.0
d.2P^3
let x be the arithmetic mean and y,z be two geometric mean b/w any two positive numbers the
value of (y^3+z^3)/xyz is...
a.2
b.3
c.1/2
d.3/2
y^3=8...z=64..y^3+z^3=64+8=72..x.y.z=4.5x2x4=36..
ans=72/36=2
perfect number.
eg..28=1+2+4+7+14
6=1+2+3
DEVISIBILITY OF 7
133=13-3*2=13-6=7.ITS DEVISIBLE BY 7
2336=233+6*4=260;ITS DIVISIBLE BY 13
In a consumer survey, 85% of those surveyed liked at least one of three products: 1, 2, and 3.
50% of those asked liked product 1, 30% liked product 2, and 20% liked product 3. If 5% of the
people in the survey liked all three of the products, what percentage of the survey participants
liked more than one of the three products?
n a consumer survey, 85% of those surveyed liked at least one of three products: 1, 2, and 3. 50%
of those asked liked product 1, 30% liked product 2, and 20% liked product 3. If 5% of the people
in the survey liked all three of the products, what percentage of the survey participants liked more
than one of the three products?
p(aUbUc)=p(a)+p(b)+p(c)-p(anb)-p(bnc)-p(cna)+p(anbnc)
.85=.5+.3+.2-x+5
x=5.15
wat v need is intrested in more than one that is intrested in 2 products + intrested in 3 products
x is intrested in 2 products
so 5.15+5=10.15
38^2= 1444.
a number when divided by a divisor leaves a reminder of 24,when twice the original number is
divided by the same divisor ,the reminder is 11.what is the value of divisor??
a.13
b.59
c.35
d.37
ans=37
=original number
divisor=d
quotient=x
a=dx+24
given
2a=2dx+48
10-----99.....2.90=180 keys
100----9000.....900.3=2700keys..
1000-----4 keys
anss=9+180+2700+4=2893...
quicker way 2 solve squares
firstly 2 cal. square of a 2 digit no.
let 67....
we just cal. D of tht no. individually..
means....
D of 6/ D of 67/ D of 7
D of a single digit no. wud be square of tht no.
D of a 2 digit no. wud be twice of the multiplication of the no. i.e. 2ab
D of a 3 digit no. wud b twice of multiplication of the extreme digits + square of the middle 1.
here...for 67
D of 6 wud be 6^2 = 36
D of 67 wud b 2*6*7 = 84
D of 7 wud b 7*7 = 49
i.e. 36/84/49
no 2 rearrange these nos.
just carry on the last digit as it is..here it is 9 n carry over is 4..
now 4+84 is 88 now 8 is caaried down...and the other 8 is caary over...
now 36+8 =44
thts it the answer...is 4489...
quite interesting method...
square of 3 digit no
suppose v hav 2 cal d square of 719..
simply as goin by d above method....
v break d no. as...
D of 7/ D of 71/ D of 719/ D of 19/ D of 9
D of 7 = 7^2 = 49
D of 71 = 2*7*1 = 14
D of 719 = 2*7*9+1^2 = 127
D of 19 = 2*1*9 = 18
D of 9 = 9^2 = 81