Wednesday, February 6, 2013

QUANT CONCEPTS + QUIZ #4


MATHEMATICS
Multiplying numbers just over/below 100
E.g. : 108 x 109
108 x 109= 11772. The answer is in two parts: 117 and 72
117 = (108+09) or (109+08)
72 = 8 x 9
Eg.: 103 x 98
(103-2) or (98+3)= 101
(3) x (-2)= (-6)
Combined solution= 10100+ (-6) = 10094

Eg.: 95 x 97
(95-3) or (97-5) = 92
(-5) x (-3)= 15
Combined solution= 9200 + 15= 9215
Now try to solve these 10 questions as fast as possible (3-5min)
1.    91 x 106=?
(a) 9706                             (b) 9464                                  
(c) 9646                             (d) 9644
2.    107 x 109=?
(a) 11683                           (b) 10563                                
(c) 11663                           (d) 11563        
3.    101 x 95=?
(a) 9605                             (b) 9585                                  
(c) 9595                             (d) 9505
4.    92 x 103=?
(a) 9406                             (b) 9506                                  
(c) 9476                             (d) 9774
5.    106 x 109=?
(a) 11445                           (b) 11454                                
(c) 11554                           (d) 11544
6.    111x 107=?
(a) 11807                           (b) 11787                                
(c) 10877                           (d) 11877
7.    91 x 104=?
(a) 9504                             (b) 9464                                  
(c) 9404                             (d) 9564
8.    99 x 98=?
(a) 9772                             (b) 9702                                  
(c) 9698                             (d) 9628
9.    98 x 104=?
(a) 10192                           (b) 10232                                
(c) 10208                           (d) 10108
10.  94 x 93=?
        (a) 8742                             (b) 8658                                 
        (c) 8758                             (d) 8642

Answers:
1 c       2 c       3 c       4 c       5 d
6 d       7 b       8 b       9 a       10 a

Time taken
Within 3 min: EXCELLENT
3-5 min: YOU CAN DO BETTER
More than 5 min: YOU NEED TO WORK HARD

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