Number Properties

We firmly believe that teaching someone is a most productive learning for oneself and every now and then, something happens that strengthens this belief of ours. It’s the questions people ask – knowingly or unknowingly – that connect strings in […]

The famous rounding song by Joe Crone is pretty much all you need to solve the trickiest of rounding questions on GMAT: You just slip to the side, and you look for a five. Well if the number that you […]

Let’s take a look at how to find GCF and LCM (Least Common Multiple) of fractions. LCM of two or more fractions is given by:  GCF of two or more fractions is given by:  Why do we calculate LCM and […]

Most people feel that the topic of number properties is hard or at least a little tricky. The reason is that no matter how much effort you put into it, you will still come across new concepts every time you […]

Our Divisibility and Remainders modules discusses all the concepts of this topic in detail. We have seen how to handle remainders with mathematical operations on terms. Let’s take a look at an application of that today. Say “” gives you […]

If you are hoping for a 700+ in GMAT, you need to develop the ability to recognize patterns. GMAT does not test advanced concepts but you can certainly get advanced questions on simple concepts. For such questions, the ability to […]

We know how to deal with divisibility, odd-even concepts and perfect squares. Individually, each topic has very simple concepts but when they all come together in one question, it can be difficult to wrap one’s head around. GMAT excels at […]

Sometimes students come up with concepts they read in books for which they are looking for explanations. Actually, in Quant, you can establish innumerable inferences from the theory of any topic. The point is that you should be comfortable with […]

Confess it – while watching Harvey Specter and Mike Ross on ‘Suits’, many of you have wondered how ‘cool’ it would be to be a lawyer. It’s surprising how they question every assumption, every reason and come up with an […]

This standalone topic accounts for some of the trickiest questions on standardised tests. We will discuss the concept with the help of an example since it will be easier to see that will make it easier to see what we […]