Important Formulas for CAT 2024 to Score 99+

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Updated on Apr 18, 2024 14:06 IST
Cracking CAT Quantitative Aptitude is all about how and where to apply the
thoerems and formulae. Shiksha has compiled some of the most important
Quantitative Aptitude formulas for CAT exam preparation. Check below
every important Quant formula for CAT 2024 to score 99 percentile.

Cracking CAT is all about analytical and reasoning skills. It is all about
how well you remember important CAT Quantitative Aptitude f ormulas
and their application. Throughout CAT 2024 preparation, a special
emphasis should be on learning and memorising every important CAT
exam f ormula. Complete clarity of important CAT f ormulas and
theorems is crucial to score well in Quantitative Aptitude as well as in

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Data Interpretation. You can obtain CAT exam f ormula book f rom the
market or online f or preparation. To make your job easy, given below are
some important f ormulae f or Quantitative Aptitude that you need to
master on your way to cracking the Common Admission Test (CAT)
successf ully. Focus on these key CAT exam f ormulas and theorems.

Also Read: Quantitative Aptitude (QA) solved questions f or practice

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Quantitative Aptitude Important Formulas for CAT

2024
CAT exam preparation f or Quantitative Aptitude is all about learning the
tricks of using the right Quant f ormula in the given Quant question. Check
the most important CAT quant f ormulas f or exam preparation:

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CAT preparation 2024

This year, the CAT exam pattern will be the same as last year, i.e. 66
questions to be solved in 120 minutes. The sectional time-limit f or each
section will be 40 minutes. The Quantitative Aptitude section will have 22

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calculation intensive questions f rom Arithmetic, Algebra and Geometry. In
the past two-three years, Arithmetic has had maximum weightage in CAT
exam. So your CAT preparation f or Quantitative Aptitude should f ocus on
these topics. Check previous years’ CAT question papers to know the
weightage of topics. Memorise all the key theorems and f ormulae of
those topics and practice sample questions to be thorough with the
application. Take a look at the CAT 2024 syllabus f or Quantitative
Aptitude.

CAT Syllabus for Quantitative Aptitude

There is no change in the syllabus of CAT exam this year. Given below
are the topics included in the CAT syllabus f or Quantitative Aptitude:

CAT Syllabus f or Quantitative Apitude

Geometry Surds and Indices

Trigonometry Time-Speed-Distance

Algebra Number System

Mensuration Geometric Progression

Partnership (Accounts) Probability

Prof it & Loss Work and Time

Ratios & Proportion Percentages

In-equations Quadratic and Linear

Logarithms
equations

The Quantitative Aptitude section of CAT 2024 will have both MCQ as
well as non-MCQ type questions. Given the nature of CAT question
paper over the years, the QA section of ten turns out to be calculation

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intensive. Thus, it is utmost important that you remember all the important
f ormulae and theorems by heart. Remember, scoring high in CAT 2024 s
directly related to your speed and accuracy of solving the questions.
Given below is the break up of Quantitative Aptitude section of CAT
2024 question paper f or ref erence:

CAT QA
Slot 1 Slot 2 Slot 3
Topics
Number System 1 3 4
Algebra 8 7 7
Arithmetic 9 9 8
Geometry &
3 3 3
Mensuration
Modern Math 1 0 0
Total 22 22 22

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