How to Crack Quantitative Ability for CAT 202 Exam

Crack Quantitative Ability for CAT Examination

The third and final section of the CAT Examination is Quantitative Ability. As compared to the previous two sections, Quants is one section, where there is always a surety of being able to attempt questions with better accuracy. The difficulty level of this section is also certainly not very easy, but the approach towards each and every question is pretty straightforward. Each and every question in the Quants section is based on the concepts of topics covered in the Section.

STRATEGY TO PREPARE FOR QUANTITATIVE ABILITY

Some common topics covered in Quantitative Ability are:

Arithmetic- Fractions, Percentages, Profit and Loss, Time and Work, Time Speed and Distance, Ratio and Proportions, Averages
Number Systems- Integers, Factors and Multiples, Divisibility, HCF and LCM, Remainders
Algebra- Equations, Inequalities, Surds and Indices, Logs, Progressions, Functions
Geometry- Lines, angles, triangles, circles, quadrilaterals, polygons, areas, volumes, and coordinate geometry.
Mensuration- Measuring geometric figures, such as areas and volumes of 2D and 3D shapes, are covered in this category.
Modern Mathematics- Probability, permutation, and combination, set theory, and basic concepts of statistics.
Trigonometry- Concepts of trigonometric ratios, trigonometric identities, and solving trigonometric equations may be part of this section.
Number Theory- Properties of integers, divisibility, factorials, remainders, etc.

The questions asked in this section are generally straightforward, you just have to understand and interpret the question properly to be able to understand the problem and solve it accordingly.

We will divide the preparation again into 3 Phases – Beginner, Intermediate, and advanced

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BEGINNER

We start off from the basics. This will include revising the above-mentioned topics from NCERT Math Books from Class 6^th to 10^th. The Common Admission Test (CAT) exam does not include questions from higher Math like Calculus. Go through the topics in your textbooks and solve the Examples to get a grip on the formulas and concepts.

Also, some basic calculations like-

Learn Tables from 1-20
Learn Squares from 1-30
Learn Cubes from 1-15
Learn Reciprocals from 1-30 (i.e. 1/1, ½, 1/3……1/30)

To complete the Beginner phase, it should not take you more than 15 Days at max.

INTERMEDIATE

During the Intermediate Phase, we shifted our focus to the Study Material for Quantitative Ability and started solving the material topic by topic. During the Intermediate phase, we will also start taking Topic-Wise and Section-Wise tests as we progress through the syllabus. The Intermediate phase for QA should not take more than 2 Months at max.

ADVANCED

In the advanced stage, we are now going to focus only on testing and analysis, attempting only Tests in this stage. It is again very crucial to understand that Analysis is just as important. Analyzing tests will act as Automatic Revision for you and you will not have to allocate time separately to revise whatever you have studied.