Shortcuts & Mental Math

Speed-calculation tricks for CMAT Quantitative Ability — solve problems faster under the 90-minute time constraint.

• Quick Fraction Comparisons — Fractions
• Multiplying Numbers Close to 100 — Multiplication
• Finding Percentages Quickly — Percentages
• Equivalent Single Discount for Successive Discounts — Profit & Loss
• Doubling and Halving Method — Multiplication
• Multiplying by 9 — Multiplication
• Squares of Numbers 11–30 — Squares & Cubes
• Net Percentage Change for Equal Increase/Decrease — Percentages
• LCM Shortcut for Two Numbers — Divisibility
• Squaring Numbers Ending in 5 — Squares & Cubes
• Speed, Distance, Time Triangle — Formulas
• Multiplying by 11 — Multiplication
• Averages Calculation Shortcuts — Averages