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Math & Analytical Reasoning — Complete Study Notes (Easy Language)
Prepared for: Monzur Morshed | EEE, KUET | Exam Date: July 14, 2026
This guide covers the Math and Analytical/Logical Reasoning portion of the Huawei written exam (part of
the 50-mark Analytical/IQ/English/Math section). Every topic has a quick formula box and a solved example,
in plain language, so you can revise fast under time pressure.
PART A — MATHEMATICS
1. Percentage
Percentage means 'out of 100'. It's used everywhere — profit, discount, marks, growth.
Formula: Percentage = (Part / Whole) × 100
✏■ Example: If you score 45 out of 60 in a test, percentage = (45/60) × 100 = 75%.
Percentage change: ((New − Old) / Old) × 100
✏■ Example: Price went from 200 to 250 taka. Increase = ((250−200)/200)×100 = 25%.
2. Ratio & Proportion
A ratio compares two quantities. A proportion says two ratios are equal.
● If a:b = 2:3, it means for every 2 units of 'a', there are 3 units of 'b'.
● To split a total into a ratio: divide the total into (sum of ratio parts) shares, then multiply.
✏■ Example: Split 500 taka in ratio 2:3. Total parts = 2+3 = 5. Each part = 500/5 = 100. So shares are 200
and 300.
3. Profit & Loss
Cost Price (CP) = what you paid. Selling Price (SP) = what you sold it for.
● Profit = SP − CP (when SP > CP)
● Loss = CP − SP (when CP > SP)
● Profit % = (Profit / CP) × 100
● Loss % = (Loss / CP) × 100
✏■ Example: Bought a phone for 10,000 taka, sold for 11,500 taka. Profit = 1,500. Profit % =
(1500/10000)×100 = 15%.
4. Simple Interest (SI) & Compound Interest (CI)
Simple Interest: SI = (Principal × Rate × Time) / 100
Compound Interest: Amount = Principal × (1 + Rate/100)^Time, then CI = Amount − Principal
✏■ Example: 10,000 taka at 10% simple interest for 2 years: SI = (10000×10×2)/100 = 2,000 taka. At 10%
compound interest for 2 years: Amount = 10000×(1.1)² = 12,100, so CI = 2,100 taka (compound interest is
always a bit more because interest earns interest too).
5. Time, Speed & Distance
Formula: Distance = Speed × Time → Speed = Distance/Time → Time = Distance/Speed
● Convert km/h to m/s: multiply by 5/18
● Convert m/s to km/h: multiply by 18/5
● If two people move toward each other: relative speed = sum of both speeds
● If two people move in the same direction: relative speed = difference of both speeds
✏■ Example: A car travels 180 km in 3 hours. Speed = 180/3 = 60 km/h.
6. Time & Work
Trick: If a person finishes a job in 'n' days, they do 1/n of the job per day.
✏■ Example: A can finish a job in 10 days, B can finish it in 15 days. Working together per day they finish
1/10 + 1/15 = 3/30 + 2/30 = 5/30 = 1/6 of the job. So together they finish the whole job in 6 days.
7. Averages
Formula: Average = (Sum of all values) / (Number of values)
✏■ Example: Marks in 4 subjects: 70, 80, 90, 60. Average = (70+80+90+60)/4 = 300/4 = 75.
8. Mixtures & Alligation
Used when two things of different value/concentration are mixed together.
Alligation rule (shortcut): Ratio of quantities = (far value − mean value) : (mean value − near value)
✏■ Example: Mixing tea worth 40 tk/kg with tea worth 60 tk/kg to get a mix worth 50 tk/kg → ratio =
(60−50):(50−40) = 10:10 = 1:1 (equal amounts of both).
9. Permutation & Combination
● Permutation (order matters) — arranging things: nPr = n! / (n−r)!
● Combination (order doesn't matter) — selecting things: nCr = n! / (r! × (n−r)!)
● Remember: n! (n factorial) = n × (n−1) × (n−2) × ... × 1
✏■ Example: Choosing 2 students out of 4 for a team (order doesn't matter — combination): 4C2 =
4!/(2!×2!) = 24/(2×2) = 6 ways.
10. Probability
Formula: Probability = (Favorable outcomes) / (Total possible outcomes). Value is always between 0
(impossible) and 1 (certain).
✏■ Example: Rolling a die, probability of getting a 4 = 1/6 (one favorable face out of six total faces).
11. Number Series
You're given a sequence and asked to find the next number or the missing one. Look for a repeating pattern:
addition, multiplication, squares, or alternating rules.
✏■ Example: 2, 4, 8, 16, ? → each number is doubled → next is 32. 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, ? → these are perfect
squares (1²,2²,3²...) → next is 36 (6²).
12. Basic Algebra
● Linear equation: solve for the unknown, e.g., 2x + 5 = 15 → x = 5
● Quadratic equation: ax² + bx + c = 0, solve using x = (−b ± √(b²−4ac)) / 2a
● (a+b)² = a² + 2ab + b² | (a−b)² = a² − 2ab + b² | a² − b² = (a+b)(a−b)
■ Easy way to remember: For the real exam: don't try to solve algebraically if you can eliminate wrong
options quickly by plugging in numbers — MCQs reward speed.
13. LCM & HCF
HCF (Highest Common Factor) — the largest number that divides all given numbers exactly. LCM (Least
Common Multiple) — the smallest number that all given numbers can divide into exactly.
Key relation: LCM × HCF = Product of the two numbers (works for exactly 2 numbers)
✏■ Example: Find LCM and HCF of 12 and 18. HCF = 6 (largest common factor). LCM = (12×18)/6 = 36.
■ Easy way to remember: LCM problems often appear as 'when will two events happen together again'
(e.g., two bells ringing at different intervals) — that's just an LCM question.
14. Geometry & Mensuration (Basic Shapes)
You won't need proofs — just formulas for area, perimeter, and volume of common shapes.
Shape Perimeter / Circumference Area
Rectangle 2(l + b) l×b
Square 4a a²
Triangle sum of 3 sides ½ × base × height
Circle 2πr πr²
Cube (volume) — V = a³
Cuboid (volume) — V=l×b×h
Pythagoras theorem (right-angled triangle): (hypotenuse)² = (base)² + (height)²
✏■ Example: A right triangle has base 3 and height 4. Hypotenuse = √(3²+4²) = √(9+16) = √25 = 5. (This
3-4-5 pattern is extremely common — memorize it.)
■ Easy way to remember: Also memorize the 5-12-13 and 6-8-10 right-triangle number sets — they save
time when a question is built around them.
15. Clock & Calendar Problems
Clock angle formula: Angle = |(30 × Hour) − (5.5 × Minutes)|
✏■ Example: Angle between hands at 3:00 → |(30×3) − (5.5×0)| = |90 − 0| = 90°.
Calendar (day of the week) logic: A normal year has 365 days = 52 weeks + 1 extra day. So the same
date next year falls one weekday later (two days later if a leap year falls in between).
✏■ Example: If Jan 1, 2024 was a Monday, then Jan 1, 2025 falls on Wednesday (2024 is a leap year, so
it shifts forward by 2 days instead of 1).
16. Data Interpretation (Tables, Bar Graphs, Pie Charts)
You'll be shown a table, bar chart, or pie chart with numbers, and asked questions based only on that data
— no outside knowledge needed.
● Bar graph — height/length of bar represents a value; compare bars directly.
● Pie chart — each slice represents a percentage of the whole (all slices add up to 100% or 360°). To
find an actual value: (percentage / 100) × total.
● Table — read the exact row/column carefully; questions often ask for totals, differences, or percentage
change between rows.
✏■ Example: A pie chart shows 'Transport' takes up 90° of a person's monthly budget pie. Since a full
circle = 360°, that's (90/360) × 100 = 25% of the total budget.
■ Easy way to remember: For data interpretation, read the question FIRST, then scan the chart only for
the specific numbers you need — don't try to absorb the whole chart at once, it wastes time.
PART B — ANALYTICAL & LOGICAL REASONING
This section tests how you think, not what you memorized. Practice recognizing patterns quickly — speed
matters as much as accuracy here.
1. Number & Letter Series
Same idea as math number series, but sometimes with letters (A, B, C... treated as 1, 2, 3...).
✏■ Example: A, C, E, G, ? → skip one letter each time (A→C→E→G) → next is I. 3, 6, 12, 24, ? → each
number doubles → next is 48.
2. Odd One Out (Classification)
Find which item doesn't belong to the group — look for the common property shared by the rest first.
✏■ Example: Apple, Banana, Carrot, Mango → Carrot is the odd one out (it's a vegetable, the rest are
fruits).
3. Analogies
Given a relationship between two words, find a similar relationship between another pair.
✏■ Example: Doctor : Hospital :: Teacher : ? → Answer: School (a doctor works at a hospital, a teacher
works at a school — same relationship type).
4. Blood Relations
Draw a quick family tree (even mentally) as you read the clues — don't try to hold it all in your head at once.
✏■ Example: 'Pointing to a man, a woman said, He is the son of my mother's only daughter.' → The
woman is the mother's only daughter, so the man is the woman's own son.
5. Direction Sense
Imagine standing at a point facing a direction, and track turns. Remember: clockwise 90° turn from North →
East → South → West → North.
✏■ Example: A man walks 5 km North, then turns right and walks 3 km. He is now facing East, and is 5
km North and 3 km East of his starting point.
6. Coding–Decoding
Letters are shifted by a fixed pattern (like a simple cipher). Find the shift rule from the example given, then
apply it.
✏■ Example: If CAT is coded as DBU, each letter is shifted forward by 1 (C→D, A→B, T→U). So DOG
would be coded as EPH.
7. Syllogisms (Logical Statements)
You're given 2 statements assumed to be true, and must decide what conclusion logically follows — don't
use outside/real-world knowledge, only what's stated.
✏■ Example: Statement: All cats are animals. All animals are living things. Conclusion: All cats are living
things. → This conclusion is TRUE, because it logically follows from the two statements.
8. Seating Arrangement & Simple Puzzles
Draw a simple diagram (circle or row) and place people one clue at a time. Cross off used clues as you
place each person to avoid re-reading them.
9. Data Sufficiency
You're given a question plus two statements, and must decide if the statements ALONE (or together) are
enough to answer — you don't actually solve for the final number.
● Check if Statement 1 alone is enough
● Check if Statement 2 alone is enough
● If neither works alone, check if both together are enough
● If still not enough, the answer is 'data insufficient'
10. Pattern & Diagram Reasoning (Non-verbal)
You'll see a sequence of shapes/figures and must find the next one in the pattern. Check for: rotation,
number of sides/dots added, shading changes, or mirroring.
■ Easy way to remember: For non-verbal pattern questions, look at ONE property at a time (shape, then
shading, then rotation) instead of trying to see everything at once — it's faster.
Final Tips for Math & Reasoning Section
● Practice basic formulas until they're automatic — you should not need to derive them during the exam.
● For number series and pattern questions, always test your rule against ALL given numbers before
picking your answer, not just the first two.
● In MCQs, if a question is taking more than ~40 seconds, mark it mentally and move on — come back if
time remains.
● Practice a timed mock test (20-25 mixed questions in 20 minutes) at least once before the exam to
build speed under pressure.
Good luck, Monzur — this section rewards fast, calm thinking. You've got this.