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06 Jan 2014, 11:18
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Hi All,
If one has to complete the quants section on the GMAT on time, it is imperative that one has to calculate faster. A lot of questions on the GMAT involve division. To divide faster reciprocal percentage equivalent come quite handy.
In this post I will share a basic and an easy method that may help one in memorizing the reciprocal equivalents.
> Reciprocal of 2 (i.e 1/2) is 50%, that of 4 will be half of 50% i.e 25%. Similarly, reciprocal of 8 will be half of 25% = 12.5% and that of 16 will be 6.25%
> Reciprocal of 3 is 33.33%. Thus reciprocal of 6 will be half of 33.33% i.e 16.66% and that of 12 will be 8.33%
> Reciprocal of 9 is 11.11% and reciprocal of 11 is 9.0909%. Reciprocal of 9 is composed of 11's and reciprocal of 11 is composed of 09's.
If any calculation has 9 in the denominator, the decimal part will be only 1111 or 2222 or 3333 or 4444...
ex. 95/9 will be 10.5555
> Reciprocal of 20 is 5% [ you can remember this as 1/5 = 20% so, 1/20 = 5%]
> Reciprocal of 21 is 4.76% and of 19 is 5.26%. Thus we can easily remember reciprocals of 19, 20, 21 as 5.25%, 5 ,4.75% i.e 0.25% more and less than 5%
> Similarly, reciprocal of 25 is 4 % [ Remember this as 1/4 = 25%, so 1/25 = 4%]
> Reciprocal of 24 is 4.16% and of 26 is 3.84%. Thus, we can easily remember reciprocals of 24, 25, 26 as 4.15%, 4, 3.85% i.e 0.15% more and less than 4%.
> Reciprocal of 29 is 3.45% (i.e 345 in order) and reciprocal of 23 is 4.35% ( same digits but order is different. If 1/29 = 3.45% than definitely 1/23 will be more than 3.45%. Reverse the digits and the answer comes to 4.35%)
> Reciprocal of 18 is half of 11.1111% i.e 5.5555% i.e it consists of only 5's.
> Reciprocal of 22 is half of 09.0909%. i.e 4.5454% i.e consists of 45's.
> One can remember 1/8 = 12.5% and tables of 8, and one can easily remember fractions such as 2/8, 3/8, 5/8, 7/8 which are used very regularly.
1/8 is 12.5%, 2/8 is 25% (12.5*2), 3/8 is 37.5% (12.5*3), 5/8 is 62.5% ( 12.5*5), 7/8 = 87.5%
I hope you find this post useful.
Thanks,
Harish
If one has to complete the quants section on the GMAT on time, it is imperative that one has to calculate faster. A lot of questions on the GMAT involve division. To divide faster reciprocal percentage equivalent come quite handy.
In this post I will share a basic and an easy method that may help one in memorizing the reciprocal equivalents.
> Reciprocal of 2 (i.e 1/2) is 50%, that of 4 will be half of 50% i.e 25%. Similarly, reciprocal of 8 will be half of 25% = 12.5% and that of 16 will be 6.25%
> Reciprocal of 3 is 33.33%. Thus reciprocal of 6 will be half of 33.33% i.e 16.66% and that of 12 will be 8.33%
> Reciprocal of 9 is 11.11% and reciprocal of 11 is 9.0909%. Reciprocal of 9 is composed of 11's and reciprocal of 11 is composed of 09's.
If any calculation has 9 in the denominator, the decimal part will be only 1111 or 2222 or 3333 or 4444...
ex. 95/9 will be 10.5555
> Reciprocal of 20 is 5% [ you can remember this as 1/5 = 20% so, 1/20 = 5%]
> Reciprocal of 21 is 4.76% and of 19 is 5.26%. Thus we can easily remember reciprocals of 19, 20, 21 as 5.25%, 5 ,4.75% i.e 0.25% more and less than 5%
> Similarly, reciprocal of 25 is 4 % [ Remember this as 1/4 = 25%, so 1/25 = 4%]
> Reciprocal of 24 is 4.16% and of 26 is 3.84%. Thus, we can easily remember reciprocals of 24, 25, 26 as 4.15%, 4, 3.85% i.e 0.15% more and less than 4%.
> Reciprocal of 29 is 3.45% (i.e 345 in order) and reciprocal of 23 is 4.35% ( same digits but order is different. If 1/29 = 3.45% than definitely 1/23 will be more than 3.45%. Reverse the digits and the answer comes to 4.35%)
> Reciprocal of 18 is half of 11.1111% i.e 5.5555% i.e it consists of only 5's.
> Reciprocal of 22 is half of 09.0909%. i.e 4.5454% i.e consists of 45's.
> One can remember 1/8 = 12.5% and tables of 8, and one can easily remember fractions such as 2/8, 3/8, 5/8, 7/8 which are used very regularly.
1/8 is 12.5%, 2/8 is 25% (12.5*2), 3/8 is 37.5% (12.5*3), 5/8 is 62.5% ( 12.5*5), 7/8 = 87.5%
I hope you find this post useful.
Thanks,
Harish
27 Apr 2017, 10:52
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