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NUMBER PROPERTIES
Prime Numbers: 2,3,5,7,11,13,17,19,23,29,31,37,41,43,47,53…
Perfect Squares: 1,4,9,16,25,36,49,64,81,100,121,144,169,196,225,256,289,324,361,400..
LCM: take the highest exponent for each prime factor from prime factorizations
GCD: take the lowest exponent for each prime factor from prime factorizations
EXPONENTS
ab × ac = ab + c, ab × cb = (ac)b, (ab)c = ab × c Powers of 2: 2,4,8,16,32,64,128,256,512,1024…
If a ≠ 0, a0 = 1, a-1 = 1 ÷ a Powers of 3: 3,9,27,81,243,729..
If m > n, am + an = an (am – n + 1) Powers of 5: 5,25,125,625…
INEQUALITIES / ABSOLUTE VALUE
Flip the inequality sign when multiplying by a negative number!
½x-a½ = x-a if x-a ≥ 0
-(x-a) if x-a < 0
ALGEBRA
x2 - y2 = (x + y)(x - y) For equation ax2 + bx + c = 0
x2 + 2xy + y2 = (x + y)2 with the roots n and m,
x2 - 2xy + y2 = (x - y)2 n + m = -b ÷ a and n × m = c ÷ a
In f(x) = a(x – h) + k, vertex = (h,k) f(x) ÷ (x – c), f(c) is the remainder
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In f(x) = ax2 + bx + c, vertex = [− #$ , 𝑓(− #$)] f(x) = a(b)x, a = y-intercept
RATES
Work Rate (R) = Work Done (W) ÷ Time (T)
Combined Rate = R1 + R2 + R3 + … If P = Principal amount, R = Interest rate per
Speed (S) = Distance (D) ÷ Time (T) annum, T = Time in years,
Average speed = Total Distance ÷ Total time Simple Interest = (P × R × T) ÷ 100
Relative Speed = S1 - S2 (same direction) Compound Interest =
P × [1 + (R ÷ 100)]T - P
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DIGIT BEHAVIOR & DIVISIBILITY
Units digit pattern
0 0 5 5 Divisibility by 2: units digit = 0, 2, 4, 6, or 8
1 1 6 6 Divisibility by 3: sum of digits = multiple of 3
2 2, 4, 8, 6 7 7, 9, 3, 1 Divisibility by 4: last two digits = multiple of 4
3 3, 9, 7, 1 8 8, 4, 2, 6 Divisibility by 5: units digit = 0 or 5
4 4, 6 9 9, 1 Divisibility by 6: divisible by 2 and 3
Divisibility by 8: last three digits = multiple of 8
Value of 4 digit number abcd = Divisibility by 9: sum of digits = multiple of 9
1,000 × a + 100 × b + 10 × c + 1 × d
PERMUTATIONS & COMBINATIONS & PROBABILITY
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Number of ways of choosing r items out of n items = Cr = (n!) ÷ [(r!) × (n-r)!]
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Number of ways of arranging r items out of n items = Pr = (n!) ÷ [(n-r)!]
If you can complete Task 1 in ‘m’ ways and Task 2 in ‘n’ ways, then
Task 1 OR Task 2 can be completed in = ‘m + n’ ways
Task 1 AND Task 2 can be completed in = ‘m × n’ ways
Number of ways of arranging k1 a’s, k2 b’s, …, kn n’s = (k1 + k2 + … + kn)! ÷ [(k1!)(k2!)…(kn!)]
GEOMETRY
Each side is less than the sum of the other two
and greater than the difference
|b – c| < a < b + c
|a – c| < b < a + c
|a – b| < c < a + b
n-sided polygon angle sum = (n – 2) × 180º
Equilateral triangle area = √𝟑 × (side)2 ÷ 4
Trapezoid area = 0.5 × height × sum of parallel
Length of arc AB = (xº/360º) × 2pr
sides
Area of sector = (xº/360º) × pr2
Rhombus area = 0.5 × diagonal1 × diagonal2
xº = 2 × αº
Pythagoras Theorem:
Angle made by a diameter on circle = 90º
Hypotenuse2 = Base2 + Perpendicular2
Tangents to a circle from the same point are
Pythagoras Triplets: (3,4,5) (5,12,13) (8,15,17)
equal and perpendicular to the radii
30:60:90 ratio 1:√3:2, 45:45:90 ratio 1:1:√2
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If DABC ~ DDEF, /0 = 03 = 3/ 4
Volume of sphere = 5pr3
Volume of cuboid = lbh 6
Volume of cone = 5pr2h
Volume of cylinder = pr2h
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COORDINATE GEOMETRY
y = mx + c is the equation of a line where m is the slope and c is the y-intercept
Slope of line joining two points (x1,y1) and (x2,y2) is (y2 - y1) ÷ (x2 - x1)
Parallel lines: slopes are equal; Perpendicular lines: product of slopes = -1
𝒙 = 𝒙 𝒚 = 𝒚
Distance between two points: 7(𝒙𝟐 − 𝒙𝟏 )𝟐 + (𝒚𝟐 − 𝒚𝟏 )𝟐 , Midpoint: ( 𝟏 𝟐 𝟐 , 𝟏 𝟐 𝟐 )
Equation of a circle: (x – h)2 + (y – k)2 = r2, center = (h,k), radius = r
TRIGONOMETRY
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sin Ø = | cosec Ø = | sin (90 – Ø) = cos Ø | cosec (90 – Ø) = sec Ø
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a cos Ø = ? | sec Ø = DEFØ | cos (90 – Ø) = sin Ø | sec (90 – Ø) = cosec Ø
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tan Ø = " | cot Ø = G$BØ | tan (90 – Ø) = cot Ø | cot (90 – Ø) = tan Ø
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STATISTICS
Average (Mean) of n numbers = Sum ÷ n
Arithmetic Sequence: a1 = first term, d = common difference, n = number of terms
nth term = a1 + (n - 1) × d ; Sum of first ‘n’ terms = n × (a1 + an) ÷ 2
Median is the middle term (or the average of two middle terms) of a sequence
Mode is the most frequently occurring term in the sequence
COMPLEX NUMBERS
i = √−1 , i2 = -1, i3 = -i = -√−1, i4 = 1
𝑐𝑖 𝑐𝑖 𝑎 − 𝑏𝑖 𝑎𝑐𝑖 + 𝑏𝑐
= × = #
𝑎 + 𝑏𝑖 𝑎 + 𝑏𝑖 𝑎 − 𝑏𝑖 𝑎 + 𝑏#