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GMAT Quantitative Math Notes

1. The document provides notes on various quantitative topics covered on the GMAT, including fractions, decimals, percentages, exponents, radicals, absolute value, quadratics, rates, mixtures, and geometry. 2. It includes examples of operations with fractions, decimals, radicals, exponents, absolute value equations, the quadratic formula, rate problems, mixture problems, properties of polygons, and formulas for area of trapezoids and diagonals of squares and cubes. 3. Key concepts covered are reducing fractions, rewriting decimals as fractions, simplifying radicals, applying exponents to decimals, solving absolute value equations, factoring quadratics, using the relative rates formula, setting up ratio problems for mixtures, formulas

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GMAT Quantitative Math Notes

1. The document provides notes on various quantitative topics covered on the GMAT, including fractions, decimals, percentages, exponents, radicals, absolute value, quadratics, rates, mixtures, and geometry. 2. It includes examples of operations with fractions, decimals, radicals, exponents, absolute value equations, the quadratic formula, rate problems, mixture problems, properties of polygons, and formulas for area of trapezoids and diagonals of squares and cubes. 3. Key concepts covered are reducing fractions, rewriting decimals as fractions, simplifying radicals, applying exponents to decimals, solving absolute value equations, factoring quadratics, using the relative rates formula, setting up ratio problems for mixtures, formulas

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GMAT Quant Notes

Fraction

Decimal
0.167
0.833
0.111

1
6
5
6
1
9

Root

Percent
16.7%
83.3%
11.1%

2
3
5

Approximation
1.4
1.7
2.25

Fractions, etc.

To compare fractions, cross-multiply:


Compare 97 and 45
7 5 = 35 < 36 = 9 4

7
9

<

4
5

Using conjugates to rationalize denominators


Simpliy 42
4
2

2
2

4 2
4

=2 2

Exponents

Exponents and Roots


To raise a decimal to a high power, rewrite decimal as product of integer and power of 10 and then apply exponent.
Example: (0.5)4 = (5 101 )4 = 54 104 = 625 104 = 0.0625
A Compound Base

103 = (5 2)3 = 53 23 = 125 8 = 1000

Combining Terms with Common Bases


z2 z5 = z7

Factoring Out a Common Term

113 + 114 = 113 (1 + 11) = 12(11)4

Absolute Value

Absolute Value Equations


Solve for w, given 12 + |w 4| = 30
|w 4| = 18
Then, w 4 = 18 and w 4 = 18 w = {22, 14}

Complex Absolute Value Equations


If |x 2| = |2x 3|, what are the possible values for x?
1.
2.
3.
4.

x 2 = 2x 3
x 2 = (2x 3)
(x 2) = 2x 3
(x 2) = (2x 3)

Note that 1 and 4 are equivalent, as are 2 and 3.


Graph of |x 4| < 3
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Quadratics

Memorize:

x2 y 2 = (x + y)(x y)
x2 + 2xy + y 2 = (x + y)(x + y) = (x + y)2
x2 2xy + y 2 = (x y)(x y) = (x y)2

Quadratic Formula

b 4ac
x = b 2a
where the discriminant is b2 4ac
If d > 0, 2 solutions; if d = 0, then 1 solution; if d < 0, then 0 solutions.
2

Rate Problems

Rate T ime = Distance


Rate T ime = W ork

Invert 'time for unit' for rate


Suppose it takes an elevator 4 seconds to climb 1 oor, then Rate = 14 f loor/sec
Relative Rates
1. If bodies move toward each other, distance between bodies is decreasing by sum of velocities of A and B.
2. If bodies move away from each other, distance between bodies is increasing by sum of velocities of A and B.
3. If bodies move in the same direction, distance is clsoing by dierence of A and B.
Mixtures

k = 0.1 and b = 0.02; want mixture that is 0.04. What is ratio?


0.1k + 0.02b = 0.04(k + b) = 0.04k + 0.04b 0.06k = 0.02b 3 : 1 ratio

Geometry

Sum of Interior Angles for Polygons


(n 2) 180

Area of Trapezoid
a=

(b1 +b2 )h
2

Common Right Triangles


345
5 12 13
8 15 17

45-45-90 and
30-60-90 Ratios
1 : 1
:1 2
1:1 3:2

Inscribed v. Central Angles


An inscribed angle is equal to half of the arc it intercepts.
A central angle is equal to the arc it intercepts.
Diagonals of Other Polgyons
Diagonal of a Square: d =
s 2
Diagonal of a Cube: d = s 3

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