Welcome to Day-3 of the Quantitative Aptitude, Logical Reasoning and Data Interpretation Prep Plan.

Focus Topic: A useful Trick/Shortcut for Percentage Questions

Today, we are going to learn one tip that is going to simplify life you and make sure you are able to use a shortcut that is going to drastically cut down the amount of time you spend on percentage problems.

One simple question for you:  “What is the value of 71.4% of 119?”

Now what comes to your mind? Is this complex figure ‘71.4%’ blocking your mind?

But surprisingly, this is not a difficult figure if you know the fraction and percentage conversion table. While solving the questions on percentages, we deal with the complex fractions which can be converted into the simple fractions and then directly into the percentages. You do not require to go into the lengthy calculations.

Refer to the chart given above. If you check the table closely, you can see that 71.4% is nothing else but 5/7.
Therefore, our calculation simply reduces to the following:
71.4% of 119 = (5/7) x 119 = 85

Well, it is easier said than done, right? There is some hard work involved in this trick. You need to go through the above table and make sure you remember it. This will require you to put in some extra work but do remember that effort is going to be totally worth it. After all, this is going to improve your speed of calculations and make sure you are ready to handle complex calculations in the exam.

In today’s preparation plan, we focus on two key things. One, we have a comprehensive article and exercise for Percentages, Fractions and Ratios. Make sure you go through this resource and are fully prepared for this topic. Along with this, we have an article and an exercise that highlights the various types of problems that are based on the concepts of percentages. These question types are vital in terms of helping you understand the variety of questions types that are asked in various exams. Make sure you go through these and understand the different question types you can are going to encounter in competitive exams.