GAT General Test - Essential Math Formulas
Arithmetic & Number Properties
- Percent = (Part / Whole) - 100
- Increase: Final = Original - (1 + r/100)
- Decrease: Final = Original - (1 - r/100)
- Ratio: a : b = a/b
- Proportion: a/b = c/d - ad = bc
- Average = Sum of items / Number of items
- Speed = Distance / Time
- Distance = Speed - Time
- Time = Distance / Speed
- Average Speed = (2xy)/(x + y) (if equal distances)
- Simple Interest = (P - R - T) / 100
- Compound Interest = P(1 + R/100)^T - P
Algebra
- (a + b)^2 = a^2 + 2ab + b^2
- (a - b)^2 = a^2 - 2ab + b^2
- a^2 - b^2 = (a - b)(a + b)
- Quadratic Formula: x = [-b - -(b- - 4ac)] / 2a
- a^m - a^n = a^(m+n)
- a^m / a^n = a^(m-n)
- (a^m)^n = a^(mn)
- a^0 = 1
- a^-n = 1/a^n
Geometry
- Area of triangle = 1/2 - base - height
- Area of equilateral triangle = (-3 / 4) - a^2
- Pythagorean Theorem: a- + b- = c-
- Circumference of circle = 2-r
- Area of circle = -r-
- Area of rectangle = length - width
- Area of square = side-
- Perimeter = sum of all sides
Data Interpretation
- Mean = Sum / Count
- Median = Middle value (after sorting)
- Mode = Most frequent value
- Probability = Favorable outcomes / Total outcomes
Miscellaneous
- n! = n - (n-1) - ... - 1
- nPr = n! / (n-r)!
- nCr = n! / [r!(n-r)!]
- LCM - HCF = Product of two numbers