FROM THE AUTHOR OF 10 SECONDS FOR APTITUDE

THE ARCHITECT OF APTITUDE4G.COM

KP & The Genie

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“An exciting, delightful, and inspiring story of a student who in his

quest for higher intelligence moves to personal transformation and
wisdom. This book will transform you, from solving problems with
pen and paper to answering at lightning speed with just your mind,
into a person who knows the core principles of the well being of
body, mind, and soul.”

SUDHARSHAN K P
KP & The Genie
Lightning fast calculations in the mind

A BOOK BY SUDHARSHAN K P
AUTHOR OF 10 SECONDS FOR APTITUDE
ARCHITECT OF APTITUDE4G.COM

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 To my amazingly special students, who
continue to surprise me with their
dedication and gratitude.

To those with the zest for spiritual inquiry.

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I live joyfully, in happiness, with a successful life by the grace of
my teacher. As a student, a learner, a seeker, a human, a warrior,
a survivor, and a shakti, I truly believe that the teachings in this
book are not just curated to increase your knowledge or speed in
math and aptitude. They are very carefully put together to give
the reader an awareness of the self and the world we live in. It
also gives a great opportunity to reconnect with your true self,
the ultimate intelligence. This book is a gift to those who wish to
learn, irrespective of where they stand now. The question I
always had was why mathematical or numerical expertise is so
important. I was asking this question just because I feared math.
My mind used to instantly freeze on seeing numbers, it was
convenient to disregard this subject altogether.
Surprisingly, at college, I met a person playing with numbers
like a magician. He used no calculators, pen, or chalk, didn't
write anything on the board and all the calculations happened
in his mind and that sounded like a fairy tale. This was very
interesting though what made me spellbound was his
knowledge of all else. He blended spirituality, consciousness,
god, climate, biology, chemistry, earth system dynamics and so
on into his aptitude problems. That was the day I rst met my
guruji, the author of this book. It was in 2016, I was in the third
year of my graduation in computer science. This is when I
started inquiring about who I am. Since I sensed there was
something more to this person than just a vast amount of
knowledge, I asked him “How can I know who I am? How do I
start the journey of self-enquiry?”. His reply was simple.
“Watch your breath!” I thought to myself “Should it not be a lot
more complex?” I did try this, and it wasn't easy. I realized how
restless and cluttered my mind was as I kept moving into the
mind unable to stay with the breath.
In the years that followed, I came across the Kriya yoga
teachings of Mahavatar Baba ji. I followed the teachings
carefully for 2 years. During the pandemic lock down, I had time
with myself, which was a blessing. I used this opportunity to
enhance my meditation as and when possible. The urge to know
the ultimate had signicantly strengthened and the only thing
that mattered to me is this. I remember crying with deep pain
“God, come to me, awaken me”. I wanted to see light, tired of
staying in the pain of darkness, and separation from God.
One day, out of the blue, I received a message from my guru ji.
Before this, there was no communication since the day I rst met
him. It said, “Do you really wish to know God?”. It was a
coincidence, I asked him why he spoke now. He just said it is
divine will and there was no reason. I then remember asking a
continuous array of questions. He answered them all with
patience, but I kept hesitating to move to his techniques as I
trusted a disciple of Baba ji as my guru. He explained why what I
did was insufcient for the modern age. When I reasoned, I
realised he was true. One day early in the morning when I was
thoughtless, deep in meditation, I had the vision of Baba ji, and
the message was conveyed in a very powerful way. This is when
I requested to be a student of the author. It took a lot of courage
and willpower to follow his methods. The transformation that
happened cannot be explained by words, it can only be realized.
Letting go of the three impurities and eight bondages described
in this book is like walking on the edge of a sword and only the
brave can do it. He removed inferiority, loneliness, addictions,
trauma, and ignorance that had settled deep within me
unconsciously. I felt showered in love, freedom, trust, and hope.
I was healed with no effort further from me. The way I ate,
thought, and lived transformed along with my body. I could
stay happy, content, blissful, and relaxed. In this state it was
easy to learn anything new, the same world appeared different.
My critical thinking skills improved, and my creativity
blossomed. With a strong baseline of fundamentals established,
I loved and respected myself again, I cherished the body and life
I was given.
You are reading a book written by the one who enriched my
understanding of various domains. The true nature of humans,
evolution, linguistics, earth system, industrialization, survival,
political science, addiction, food, health, toxication, war, self-
defence, yoga, mantra, culture, trauma, tantra, the agamas and
paths to enlightenment. This multi-disciplinary knowledge and
collective awareness holistically transformed me.

Pranitha M R
October 2022.
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During my second year at college, I had the opportunity to
participate in a treasure hunt competition with one of my
friends. The rst round was an aptitude test. I did perform well,
reassuring me that my basic skill set was good. Six months later I
appeared for GATE and my score was in the 93rd percentile. A
few days later when I was still doing menial jobs to support
myself, in a newspaper, I found an ad for recruiting trainers at
an institute. Since I had taught college and school students on
weekends prior to that, I got the job and two days later, I started
teaching. Every day it would be a daunting task to prepare for
the next day's topic with questions that were tricky. Three
months into training at the institute I found many new
techniques to improve speed in problem-solving. Later I was
offered to be a guest trainer at various institutions. With
inspiration from my students, I started writing my rst book, 10
Seconds for Aptitude to describe the new techniques I found.
During graduation, I was given the opportunity to teach friends
at the hostel, graduates, and postgraduates at college. It took me
more than a year to get that book published.
In the next two years, I met thousands of students at various
colleges and training centres though each encounter lasted only
for a short time. This gave me an insight into the way errors are
committed, and strategies to explain better. I realized that it is in
the conversation about how the numbers are processed, true
learning happens. Letting the student decode mathematical
problems without actively monitoring how he solves them is of
little use. I gured out that the actual conversation I had with
students using those numbers was an important factor in my
training being successful. To capture this conversation, I started
writing this book 8 years ago. It was a complex process, and I
wrote intermittently. For a while, I had stopped writing this
book and started working on algorithms that adapt to the user’s
customisation of questions. My intent was to make an
interactive genie that would answer any question the student
asks. This work of mine can now be found on aptitude4g.com. 3
years ago, just before the pandemic lookdown, I had moved as a
priest at a temple. Later at the temple, when students came
looking for me, I realised that I could be of help. It is a student of
mine that motivated me to nish writing this book. In the
process, I also started an IT rm as recommended by my
students to offer additional services.
My students have always been my inspiration. If not for them,
you would only nd me in a cave, unconcerned about the
worldly affairs of men. The seriousness of the challenges the
world faces today is unknown to many. The sources of
information they have, acted more towards enhancing their
current world-view rather than challenging it. I wrote this book
with the aim of providing a solid ground upon which youth can
judge what they come across. My students believe that right
now, there is an ardent need to establish a culture that is rooted
in trust, a culture that will keep you happy, wholesome, and
connected. They also wish to relate to like-minded individuals.
This book is a pivot I create for the same purpose. How can I not
abide by the wishes of my dear students? I least care about the
rest.

Sudharshan K P
September 2022
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A note to the reader 15

1. KP nds the Genie 21

2. Playing with numbers 23

„ Prime factorization
„ Number of factors
„ LCM and HCF of whole numbers and fractions
„ Last digit to guess the answer option
„ Finding divisibility rules and using them for
unknowns
„ Remainders of exponents by cyclic method and
binomial expansion
„ Reminder theorem

3. Coding and decoding messages 41

„ Shift in the alphabet
„ Numerical codes with alphabetical positions
„ Translating unknown languages
„ Numerical and symbolic coding of words
„ Outdated language and its relation to culture
„ Discovery and degradation of language over time

4. Test your clock 47

„ Find angle at given time
„ Find possible values of time for given angle
„ Quick methods, marking answers without calculation
„ How does an ideal clock work?
„ Framing formula for an imaginary clock
„ Incorrect clocks showing correct time
„ A quick clock and a slow one by overlap time

5. I need a palace 55
„ Relating men, time and productivity
„ Changing men during the course of work

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 „ Multiple groups work together
„ Individuals with different rates
„ Eating popcorn to make tables
„ Relative work
„ Paying money for work done
„ Monkey climbs the pole
„ Working in a cycle
„ Ant on the weekdays vs the snake on weekends
„ Tanks with many inlets
„ Filling a bucket through the hole
„ A farmer forgets closing the outlet
„ Rate by circumference of the pipe
„ A machine controlled experiment

6. Make it logical not numerical 75

„ All tables are chairs
„ All man and a few women are crazy
„ Is no man a woman?
„ Visualize, no bat is a ball
„ Too many statements

7. KP teaches the Genie 81

„ First bit of the middle nger
„ 1 plus 4 is 6
„ 2100 is not a leap year
th
„ 12 number in the poem
th
„ 29 February
„ It's his birthday

8. Can we talk business? 89

„ Prots after discounts
„ Cheating with weights
„ Diwali celebrations
„ The container puzzle
„ Tom, Dick, and Harry
„ 9 minutes with 8 minute candles
„ Borrowing money for business
„ For every cent
„ Not paying on time
 „ Approximate compounding
„ Value at maturity

9. KP watches cricket 103

„ Average is not just sum/n
„ Do not calculate, just feel the answer
„ Women are the majority
„ Ooh! Slower. Go slow
„ The batsman's average
„ A marriage in the family
„ As old as you were when I was as old as you

10. The terminal diagnosis 113

„ KP watches international news
„ Silencing the mind
„ Painting the genie
„ The favourable ones
„ Blue to the boy and black to the girl
„ A worm born in the dung
„ A girl must be given the prize
„ Shufing letters, numbers, seats, and circular seating
„ The best remedy for all ills
„ Throwing dice
„ Odds against an event
„ Dangerous res
„ Problems in progression

11. All that he has is a straw 133

„ Cycling and walking
„ A cat on the track
„ I could jump into the ocean
„ A dog, and the thief who stole a police bike
„ The bee is squashed
„ Running in circles
„ The train crosses a pole
„ Climbing the waterfall
„ The circular arrangement of bondages

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12. On retracting vision 153
„ Milk and water
„ Replacing oil successively
„ The whisper
„ The long pause

13. Your place is my heart 157

„ From dusk till dawn
„ The serpent without fangs
„ Trigonometry in the temple
„ Volume analysis
„ Relationship charts
„ From the dogs
„ Who is the king?
„ Hope you're blessed

Major Inspirations and sources 175

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This book is a conversation between a teacher and a student. Just
as a student is not conned to thinking about one subject or
another while being impacted by a myriad of circumstances that
he faces through the vagaries of human life, the seeker asks
intricate questions that will open your mind to higher levels of
understanding and consciousness. When you see a text on
mathematics, it would most likely appear as a list of formulae,
problems, and solutions. But do you think that is the way to
learn math? What about all the missing connections between the
steps that must be comprehended in the mind? How are the
numbers processed in the mind? This short book gives an
elaborate explanation of what the underlying processes are and
how exactly you can speed them up. While talking about the
nature of calculations the mind performs, how can I not talk
about the mind itself? Talking about the mind would take me
into the intentions of the creation of the mind and its nature. This
is an essential part of how you could become more intelligent as
a person. Better intelligence is not your ability to solve
mathematical problems quicker, it is far more complex and
subtle. It is creativity that is the true measure of intelligence.
What is the root of creativity then? When the mind is at peace,
tranquil, and free from disturbances, it gets rejuvenated. That is
the nature of creation. Accept it. Most geniuses note that their
most valuable discoveries have happened not while
concentrating on a problem, but when they are doing something
unrelated, something that does not involve the mind.
I would advise you against reading the book in a single stretch.
This book, though short is not to be confused with a
mathematics textbook. You must relax and take time to reect
on the principles that have been explained, be it concerning
mathematics or lifestyle and culture for personal
transformation. This can work wonders if you take it very

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seriously, with trust in the author but at the same time relax,
reect, question, and practice. I do not intend to advise the
crowds, many of whom are not interested and neither do I wish
to disappoint a true seeker of knowledge. Trust is fundamental
to the benet of the reader while questioning what you read
means you are truly in touch with the text. If you feel
uncomfortable while reading the book, take it with a pinch of
salt, try what is recommended, question it and you are always
welcome to question me. A true teacher never tries to make you
feel comfortable, he always challenges and transforms you.
We live in an age and time when nding the true talent within
you is appreciated. It is not innate to anybody to favour one
subject or talent over another. All this depends on one's
childhood and experiences from the past. Having a poor guide
is the prime cause of disinterest in a subject and inability to
perform well. It is not you, but the situations and culture that are
the dominant force. When someone dislikes calculations, it is a
response to the threats, an inference that is based on past
failures. Realizing this is the game changer. Once a person is
aware of this, his acceptance of information and logic changes.
What one then needs is a good teacher, who will walk you
through the intricate processes upon which a subject is
modelled. While learning something new, you should
remember the TEFCAS formula. A Trial is made, what occurs is
an Event, and what follows is Feedback, never a failure, if you
Check and Adjust accordingly, what you have is a Success. You
fail the moment you think you failed, till then it was just
feedback. In modern times people are using this strategy when
not needed and forgetting it when needed. There is a stark
distinction between relationships and learning. In learning and
programming, TEFCAS works wonders. But it should never be
applied to relationships, you cannot afford to make multiple
trials, if you do, then what are you? If you have a child with a
person, then you gure out this person was not the right one,
can you afford to undo what has already been done? When you
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are programming, if there is an error in the program or an

unexpected result, you can afford another trial. Of course, that is
how programming happens.
Your human brain which has been developing since its foetal
stage has projected itself outwards to peek into the outside
world. Modern science might recognize these as sensory organs
called eyes, but truly it's a part of your brain that was so curious
to see. When you read these sentences, they are directly
projected into your brain. Protect your eyes with utmost care as
they are 70 per cent of the sensory inputs. As homo sapiens, we
fall into a category called sight animals, which process
information on sight. We live in a time when more than three-
fourths of the population needs optical support to see clearly.
Just a few hundred years ago, very few could even think of
something like this. Writing and then reading the written script
is a very poor form of communication, though the modern age
has taken it for granted as the primary mode of knowledge
transfer. A signicant fraction of communication is nonverbal,
which means reading written text gives very little of the
information that I intend to give. Hence, traditions age-old
always had direct communication with a physically present
teacher as the only way in which skill could be transferred.
Knowledge is not arithmetic followed by algebra, geometry and
then trigonometry. True knowledge is the knowledge of the self.
Self-knowledge is not the knowledge of what skills you have, it
is not your occupation, it is not the knowledge of your body,
neither is it the knowledge of the mind nor is it the knowledge of
your tendencies. It is far more subtle and can only be discovered
with a personal enquiry into the self. This knowledge can only
be gained in the presence of a teacher, who can transform your
culture and render you a truly educated person. Ancient
cultures had an exploratory learning process where teachers
and students were co-travellers in a search for truth. The
teaching methods used reasoning and questioning. Nothing
was labelled as the nal answer. Not just self-knowledge, even

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the knowledge of the physical realm itself is holistic. Dividing
education into subjects was a great mistake that can be traced
down to the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle. It is forgotten
by many who follow this division into subjects, his most
important quote “Knowing yourself is the beginning of all
wisdom.”
Every culture says that in the beginning there was perfection. A
mistake is what creates change. Inventions are possible only
with mistakes. I do not wish to be a guide to a person who lives
by the timetable. He strictly follows a pattern with a specied
time to reach a goal. I would rather cherish the presence of a
student who upon realising where he must reach, travels in that
direction incessantly as and when possible, with no concern for
time, day, or date. Technological progress no matter how
advanced will never be able to catch up with the human mind's
innate ability to create new ideas, its ability to invent something
that never existed or compete with our ability to understand. It
cannot even catch up with our ability to make mistakes
creatively. Articial Intelligence is a new version of how the
crowd can be eeced. It leads to more problems than solutions.
Thinking that it has the sequential and spatial reasoning
capabilities of a human mind is a joke at best. I am not
pessimistic, and neither am I optimistic. I see that the most
technological developments of the modern era were done
during the world wars and have a signicantly detrimental
effect on the human body and the world we live in. Even the
bulbs we use today are altering our biological clocks, turning us
blind and this is not how we evolved to live over millions of
years. You cannot neglect the biology of a million years for a
discovery that is a century old. When I say this is a toxic culture,
it is. If not, how do you judge the astronomical rise in adversities
that a person faces? The most dangerous pandemic of the
modern age is restlessness which is fuelled by devices. The
culture adds explosives to the re with advertisements. The
economic system is built on the fundamental idea that every
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human acts in his self-interest. How degraded should I be to

accept it as the norm? Is there none who act in favour of the
many or does the system fail to recognise and value them?
An IQ test was conducted with two groups of people. The rst
group was given an impossible task to do while the second with
an easy one. This was followed by another impossible task for
the rst group and an easy one for the second. The third task
given to both groups was the same, but the second group
signicantly outperformed the rst one. This reects the state of
emotional intelligence. The condence of the second group was
boosted by their success in the rst two tests while the opposite
effect occurred to those in the rst group. The rst group was
already tense and under heightened stress levels which
signicantly hindered their ability to solve. When the stress
levels shoot up it becomes so hard that answering what 2+2 is,
would also seem gigantic. If you come across a person who says
math is not my domain, I don't know anything about it or thinks
that the subject is too meticulous for them, something similar
would have happened in their past. Such a person should
always start with what one already knows well. Do it a couple of
times and slowly extend the limits of their understanding into
various scenarios. When both the numbers and the concept are
complicated, it becomes stressful. To ease the stress, we must
rst introduce simple numbers for conceptual understanding.
Slowly stage by stage move on to the actual numbers and
understand all variations of the problem. This exact process
would require a guide that is supportive and corrects the
student while solving all variations of the problem. Standing as
a personal guide to every student is hard for a teacher teaching a
group of students. Moreover, the student learns when relaxed
and feels at home. To handle this situation effectively, we
introduced algorithms that solve questions and their variations
interactively at aptitude4g.com. These algorithms have been
tested for over 6 years by thousands of students as of 2022.
I would always recommend youth, not take up assertions at face
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value but think critically. To think critically, when a statement is
made, you must start by putting related well-known facts
together. See the bright side of it, then see its darker side. Be
creative and come up with new ideas. Consider the involvement
of emotions and then come to a denitive conclusion. Think in
each of these directions separately, without overlapping them,
only then will you be able to coherently decide. This strategy
though highly useful in solving problems cannot be used in
physical conict and combat. Combat, self-defence by nature
requires the response to be instant or very quick. What helps is
the physical memory of the body and its tuned reexes. To tune
yourself, you must actively practice techniques of self-defence.
That is why every soldier undergoes rigorous training. Activity
directly inuences your ability to solve problems and keeps you
healthy. Humans evolved over millennia as animals that
continuously move. Our ancient forefathers are recorded as
moving 15 to 25 km on any given day. That is where our genes
developed, we have zoomed past our genes since the beginning
of agriculture and more so in the last 50 years. Our genes are
there to support us in moving all the time, preparing for long
stretches of famine, and unpredictable changes in our food
supply. This doesn't happen much anymore, and we are too
well-fed and, making matters worse, too sedentary. We've
become cyber slaves to an easy life, and we don't have to move
much at all. Physical activity lowers blood pressure and reduces
the risk of developing osteoporosis. It strengthens muscles,
reduces obesity, improves mobility, and lessens the risk of
depression. No matter your age, activity for the body is what
keeps the brain growing. See the bigger picture in life, it is the
overall well-being and happiness of a person that I am
concerned about. Having a beautiful life needs a body that is
physically t, a mind that is the weapon of choice to tackle
obstacles, and a spirit that realizes that it is one with the cosmos.
The wise always knew that service to the elderly nourishes one’s
intelligence.
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Our story is about KP, a student who encounters a strange,
enlightening, and transformative experience. On the eve of the
day his semester exams are over, KP, a student at a regional
engineering college, is returning home. He bends his head in
thought and continues walking at a slow pace. As light reects
off of his face, he sees a piece of shining metal. He goes closer to
it, bends down and picks it up. As dust rolls off its sides, he
sees a lamp to his surprise. It reminds him of a childhood story
he heard about Aladdin and the magic lamp, overlooks the
thought that it might make sense, puts it in his bag and goes
home. The next morning, he goes to the seashore and starts
wiping the lamp. To his amazement, a genie appears before
him.
Genie: Your wish is my command!
KP is thrilled and frightened. He starts running. As he slows
down and turns around, the genie stands in the same place,
smiling. Seeing that it was not a threat to hm, he stops and
gazes. He takes a few minutes while regaining his will and
walks towards the genie cautiously, one step at a time. Genie
smiles in pity and transforms his appearance into a pleasing
divine look as KP gets closer and closer. KP bites his lips for a
moment to ensure that he isn't dreaming. It became clear that a
miracle had happened, and time had brought the magical lamp
back to the shore from the depths of the ocean.
KP: (playfully asks) Can I have a palace?
Genie: Yes, of course, you need a construction plan, a place
with permission from the regulating authorities and necessary
funds, along with skilled workers.
KP: (looking astonished) Can you not get it for me?

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Genie: I am the IQ Genie, I can help you with all the knowledge
you need, and guide you in all your pursuits, but I am not
capable of operating any material objects.
KP: I wish you could get things for me. I've heard stories saying
a genie could get anything.
Genie: Yes, those stories are a personication of the truth. Of
course, knowledge and directive actions can help you get
anything.
KP: What career options should I consider?
Genie: Jobs in the private and public sectors, along with
entrepreneurship opportunities, are career options you can
consider. There are several ways to make a move ahead.
KP: How do I decide if I should be working for someone or
choose to build something on my own?
Genie: Your heart should decide it. If you wish to do a part of
the work and not take up the risk and responsibility associated
with entrepreneurship, you should look for a job. But if you
crave building something on your own, go for
entrepreneurship. But either way, you should be good at
solving problems.
KP: How do employers check if I can solve problems?
Genie: It's by conducting an IQ test.
KP: How would the test measure intelligence in contrast to
knowledge?
Genie: The concepts involved would be well known, but the
strategy to nd answers is the test of intelligence. Puzzles and
other brain teasers also do a good job. Applying basic ideas
that are well-known but in a strategic sense, also helps in
measuring the thinking potential of a student.
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KP: That's a complicated explanation. Could you please
illustrate that with an example?
Genie: You know that a number can be divisible by another
number. So, say 24 can be divided completely by 1, 2, 4, 6,
and so on. That is a simple concept students learn at school.
How many factors does the number have? This makes you
iterate from 1 to 24. Check divisibility and you will end up
with a list that has 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, and 24. Counting them
you can say that 24 has 8 factors. Employers expect you to do
the same with 460 instead of 24 and limit the time allotted.
You must solve the same in the time available.
KP: What if it is a 4-digit number like 2400? Can I still solve it
quickly? How?
Genie: Yes, you can. Either you must be very good at iteration
and count the values or adopt a better strategy. Human minds
do not like iteration, but strategy helps. You should know
prime factorization to get a hold of the strategy. Prime
factorization is writing a given number as a product of prime
factors of the number. 460 can be written as 2 ×5×23. From here
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just pick the powers that are, 2 is the power of 2, 1 is the power
of 5, and 23. Add one to each of the powers and multiply all the
resulting values. In the present example, multiply (2+1), (1+1),
and (1+1). 3×2×2 is 12, so the number 460 has 12 factors.
KP: How do I prime factorize quickly?
Genie: It is possible by using a strategy, small prime numbers
are well known, start by expressing the given number as a
multiple of 2 or 3, if you are considering 2400, start by splitting
it as 2×1200, then split 1200 as 2×600 and so on. You would be
quicker and save more time if you can do a part of the job in

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your mind. 2400 is split, so you write it as 2× (1200 should
remain in your mind, now forget the rest and think about 1200
it's 2×600, so write another 2 and hold 600 in your mind). 600
happens to be 2×300, write 2 and start thinking of 300. 300 is
2×150, put 2 and continue with 150 in mind, 2× (that's 75 in
your mind, 75 is ) 3×(25 in your mind, and that is) 5×5. You
would have written only 2×2×2×2×2×3×5×5, i.e., 2 ×3×5 . 5 2

(5+1)×(1+1)×(2+1) is 6×2×3 which gives 36 as the number of

factors. Speed in solving depends on how your mind proceeds
with the question, limiting obvious paperwork and tuning
your mind to limit the use of paper makes you very quick at
problem-solving.
KP: So, you are asking me to divide work into both paper and
mind.
Genie: Yes. It so happened that two of your friends wanted to
say hi to each other at the same time. Both start together, after
what time with they say hi together if the rst person continues
to say hi for every 4 seconds and the second person says hi
every 3 seconds.
KP: (says to himself 3, 6, 9, 12, 15 and 4, 8, 12!) after 12 seconds.
Genie: Good! How did you do that?
KP: The rst person says hi at 3 seconds, he should repeat after
3 more seconds, that is 6 seconds, and then at 9 seconds and at
12. Similarly, the second person would say hi 4 seconds, 8
seconds, and 12 seconds after the start. When it is 12 both shall
say hi.
Genie: Exactly, you just found the least common multiple of 3
and 4, the value at which multiples of different numbers meet
for the rst time is called their least common multiple, in
abbreviation, LCM.
KP: What if I must nd LCM of larger numbers?
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Genie: There are methods to do that. For example, consider

that we must nd the LCM of 40 and 48; can you tell me the
biggest number that divides both 40 and 48?
KP: 8.
Genie: Yes. It's 8. Multiply the given numbers and divide the
product by 8. The result we get is the LCM. Or a better way to
do it is to divide 48 by 8, we get 6 as the quotient. Multiplying 6
with 40, the other number gives 240 as the LCM. This method is
based on a theorem. It says, “The product of two numbers is
the product of their LCM and HCF”.
KP: Ok. That's like LCM×HCF = N1×N2. Did you just make me
nd the HCF by hearing the numbers?
Genie: Yes. I did ask you about the biggest number that divides
both 40 and 48. A number that divides is called the factor. I said
both, which means the common factor and I asked you for the
biggest which becomes highest when you say highest common
factor, HCF in abbreviation.
KP: What if one can't say their HCF just by looking at them? For
two numbers, you can adopt my method. Take difference
between the numbers. Considering the same example,
numbers 40 and 48, the difference between them is 8. To get
back the rst number of the two, say 40, the difference must be
multiplied by a multiplier. In this case, to get back 40 as the
product, the difference 8 should be multiplied with the
multiplier 5. The multiplier 5 and the second number 48
multiplied, gives you the LCM as 240.
Genie: What if the difference is not a factor of the rst number?
I will get a decimal value as the multiplier!
KP: You should not take a decimal value. Let us consider
numbers 14 and 18 to understand this. The difference of given
numbers is 4. To get back 14 as the product, difference 4 must

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Yoga Vasistha - Maharamayanam Maharshi Valmiki

Lilavathi Bhaskaracharya

Vigyan Bhairavi Tantra Ancient scripture

The Vedas Ancient scripture

Agamas Ancient scripture

The Myth of Normal Dr Gabor Mate +

Manufacturing Consent Noam Chomsky

America, the farewell tour Chris Hedges

Sex at Dawn Christopher Ryan

Every Body Speaks Joe Navarro +

The Myth of Aryan Invasion of India David Frawley

Designing the future Jacque Fresco

A Farewell to Ice Peter Wadhams

Go Wild John J. Ratey +

Sri Dashamahavidya Ancient scripture

Guns, Germs, and Steel Jared Diamond

Against the grain Richard Manning

Jaws Paul Ehrlich +

Planning for freedom Ludvig Von Mises

Ashtanga hridayam Vamabhatta

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Silent Spring Rachel Carson

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The 8 habit Stephen R Covey

The Story of The Human Body Daniel Lieberman

Nineteen Eighty-Four George Orwell

Brave New World Aldous Huxley

Who Really Feeds the World Vandana Shiva

The Uninhabitable Earth David Wallace-Wells

Kingdom of the Unjust Medea Benjamin

Kali Vilasa Tantra Ancient scripture

Arthashastra Kautilya

Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen

Mahanirvana Tantra Ancient scripture

Yonitantram Ancient scripture

Kularnava Tantra Ancient scripture

Julius Ceaser William Shakespeare

The Great Acceleration John Robert McNeill

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A notable few works are mentioned above among many
others that have had signicant impact on the intent, tone and
mood of the author while writing this book.
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Lightning fast calculations in your mind!
The story starts with a quick introduction and dives into the
procedural thinking alternatives that strengthen our aptitude and
understanding of numbers. The seeker understands numbers better
and begins questioning their routine usage. Visualizing and adding
the necessary emphasis to what he hears, he realizes that his initial
wishes were trivial. He starts thinking of much larger and
more intricate problems that need solutions.
The nature of the discussions that follow and their deeprooted
philosophies are designed to open different levels of awareness.
Deeply connecting and relating every conversation to aptitude and
using it to solve various problems in real life makes the book very
valuable. Reviewers state that those who complete the book will
have their intellectual and spiritual growth significantly accelerated.
‘KP and the Genie’ is the essential catalyst that widens your views and
understanding of the world we live in.

Sudharshan K P is the founder of IQ Genie, author of multiple books.

He is the architect and chief programmer of aptitude4g.com, which
helps to create aptitude questions, generates answer options, and
then solves them in detail. With over a decade of experience in
teaching a variety of students, from school kids to postgraduates,
he best understands how to make things simple for any grade. He
loves to spend time in silence, grazing his horses and cattle.

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