Quant by Arun Sharma

@cadmium said:
@amitranjan2311 said:@anilapex16Can you please share your approach,bro?It will be more helpful if you elaborate it.Thanks.
In such questions where the remainder comes out to be the same....
find the HCF of the difference between the given numbers..and that will be the required answer....
say the numbers be A+r, B+r, C+r
so on calculating the difference u will be able to eliminate the remainder part that is common to all the three numbers...
the above question is reduced to find the HCF of 32, 48, 80.
now solve and u will get 16 as the answer..

@anilapex

That was nicely explained.
Thanks a lot.

Find the no.of factors of 1080 excluding the factors, which are perfect squares.
a) 28
b) 29
c) 30
d) 31

Do share the approach.
@anilapex said:
Find the no.of factors of 1080 excluding the factors, which are perfect squares.a) 28b) 29c) 30 d) 31Do share the approach.
First we have to consider the number to standard form. Standard form is when a number is expressed as product of powers of prime numbers.
1080= 2*2*2*5*3*3*3 = 2^3*3^3*5^1
Factors that are perfect squares are 1,2^2,3^2,2^2*3^2
The number of factors of 1080 are = 4*4*2 = 32
Excluding the perfect squares, the number of factors are 32-4=28.
Hope it helps.

quant by arun sharma 3rd edition have same questions as 5th edition as i m having 3rd edition

q) Each of the two cars is sold at the same price. A profit of 10% is made on the first and a loss of 7% is made on the second.What is the combined loss or gain? Thanks in Advance
(Ans is 160/203%)

@ramirez said:
q) Each of the two cars is sold at the same price. A profit of 10% is made on the first and a loss of 7% is made on the second.What is the combined loss or gain? Thanks in Advance(Ans is 160/203%)
let sp of both cars be 100
cp1=x
cp2=y
100-x/x=10/100---->x=1000/11
y-100/y=7/100------>y=10000/93

combined gain%= (100+100)-(1000/11+10000/93)/(1000/11+10000/93)*100=160/203%
@hxparam said:
First we have to consider the number to standard form. Standard form is when a number is expressed as product of powers of prime numbers.1080= 2*2*2*5*3*3*3 = 2^3*3^3*5^1Factors that are perfect squares are 1,2^2,3^2,2^2*3^2The number of factors of 1080 are = 4*4*2 = 32Excluding the perfect squares, the number of factors are 32-4=28.Hope it helps.
Thank you very much.

I had got the answer with a slightly different method.

1080 = 2^3*3^3*5^1
Total no.of factors = 4*4*2 = 32

For getting the square factors, we can only include even powers + zero powers

So, 1080 = 2^3*3^3*5^1

= (2^0+2^1+2^2+2^3)(3^0+3^1+3^2+3^3)(5^0+5^1)

becomes

= (2^0+2^2)(3^0+3^2)(5^0)
No.of square factors = 2*2*1 = 4

No.of non square factors = 32 - 4 = 28

I was just wondering if their is a direct way for solving this, in which we don't need subtraction at the end i.e. if we can directly calculate no.of non square factors as we directly calculated no.of square factors.
@anilapex said:
Thank you very much.I had got the answer with a slightly different method.1080 = 2^3*3^3*5^1Total no.of factors = 4*4*2 = 32For getting the square factors, we can only include even powers + zero powersSo, 1080 = 2^3*3^3*5^1= (2^0+2^1+2^2+2^3)(3^0+3^1+3^2+3^3)(5^0+5^1)becomes= (2^0+2^2)(3^0+3^2)(5^0)No.of square factors = 2*2*1 = 4No.of non square factors = 32 - 4 = 28I was just wondering if their is a direct way for solving this, in which we don't need subtraction at the end i.e. if we can directly calculate no.of non square factors as we directly calculated no.of square factors.
The using of zero powers and even powers is good.

And about the direct way, i dont think there is one.
Q11 . A no. is mistakenly divided by 5 instead of being multiplied by 5. find the percentage change in the result due to this mistake.
96%
95%
2400%
None of these
@hemant89 said:
Q11 . A no. is mistakenly divided by 5 instead of being multiplied by 5. find the percentage change in the result due to this mistake.96%95%2400%None of these
96%

@shattereddream
how ?

@hemant89 said:
@shattereddreamhow ?
Let the no. be x
dividing by 5 number will be x/5
multiplying by 5 number will be 5x
%age Error = (True value - False Value)*100/True Value
= (5x - x/5)100/5x
= 24x X 100/25x
= 96%
@shattereddream said:
Let the no. be x dividing by 5 number will be x/5multiplying by 5 number will be 5x %age Error = (True value - False Value)*100/True Value= (5x - x/5)100/5x= 24x X 100/25x= 96%
TISS quest I suppose ;)
@Bababhokali said:
TISS quest I suppose
i didnt appeared for tiss hence dont know , may be
@shattereddream said:
i didnt appeared for tiss hence dont know , may be
Actually it is from LOD 1 of percentage chapter
@bpolagani said:
What is the number of nines used in numbeing a 453 page book?
Its 85..
@abhijit111 said:
hey! I have got the question.. . It goes like thisSolve the following inequalities 13. x^2-7x+12 a. x4 c. 2the answer is 'c' 2
I solved it like this ,
x^2 - 8x + 16 (x-4)^2 which is not possible as any square cannot be negative.
@bpolagani said:
how many four-digit numbers are divisible by 5 but not by 25
its 1440
@cadmium said:
Ok. But how 24?Elaborated approach expected.Thanks.rkshtsurana
I think there is no other approach than checking out with all options,
but yes, my experience in such questions says that either second highest or second lowest options should be the first ones, to be picked up:)