[Official] Quant Thread for 2015!

A name consist of 5 letters, such that if you start from left to right till middle number, they appear in alphabetic order. The probability of finding such a name is ??

Ways to make a name with different letters having at least 3 vowels ??

Solve it ! Bit of confusion !

N is a four - digit number having distinct digit. Each digit of N is at the most 4. For how many values of N is the leading digit less than the digit following the leading digit ?

1!-2!+3!-4!+5!.......+101! Ans plzzz

A cylinder of radius 4 mt.s and height 4 mts is half filled with water.  The minimum radius of a sphere can be = 1 mt . If the sphere can be completely just fall in to  the cylinder, what is the probability that water level goes up by at least 1 mt. ??

1! x 2! x 3! x 4! ... x 10! 

What will be the first non zero digit from right?

  • 8
  • 6
  • 4
  • 2

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We have gone through "FIRE AND BLOOD" and "WINTER IS COMING"

now "OURS IS THE FURY" and on D-Day "HEAR ME ROAR"

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Quick question! How do we approach the TITA question? I know there is no negative marking so do i answer them even if i haven't solved/don't know the correct answer or just leave them without any guesswork? Because if they go wrong my accuracy would decrease(though without any -ve marks) Will this impact my final percentile then?

Pattern change should mean nothing for those taking CAT 2015

There are  change in CAT 2015 which are quite well known by now.  Some include, three Sections instead of two, onscreen calculator, 180 minutes instead of 170 and some questions to not be of MCQ nature.

The pattern changes have bothered most CAT takers ever since they were announced  and given the fact that there are only 4 days to go for CAT, the fears seem a little larger than life.

The fact is that the changes mean nothing, not at least for the exam takers. Many coaching centres  have tweaked their teaching methods to suit the changes, the hard truth is that they make no difference to CAT prep, rather they should not.

T Rammohan, head of CAT Prep at PT Education, says that for those who are serious about studying for CAT, these changes mean nothing. "How has anything changed. The portion to be studied is exactly the same. Why make such a big deal about pattern changes"

A professor from an IIM added, that patterns change to tweak the selection process and to get in the kind of diversity that b-schools cry for . "The attempt is to level down the importance of Quant and give people from various academic backgrounds a fair chance." With some non-MCQ, the idea is to give those with a non-Quant upbringing a chance to score.

The general contention from faculty at some of the CAT-taking schools was that if the basics are right, the pattern change should not affect any aspirant. "Candidates should stop worrying about Sections and just concentrate on getting a hang on overall performance," advised a faculty member.

Some of the changes have also been brought about to decrease the dependence on short cuts, which is a forte of coaching centres.  Th idea is that those who do not have the means to join a coaching class can also hope to do well.

Prof Rammohan says that for the next fourdays it would be idea to just concentrate on what and how one has prepared so far. "Don't learn anything new. Just do the mocks. No point worrying about anything else."

A die is thrown and a coin is then tossed as many times as the number shown by the die. What is the probability of getting more number of heads than tails?

Solution along with explanation please..

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All the best guys for the D-Day. Do good!

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The total surface area of a cube of the greatest possible volume that can be inserted completely inside a right circular cone of height 10 cm and base radius 5 cm is?

Do i need to send out the forms of MDI and XAT(for XLRI)?

The letters of the word 'PERSEVERANCE' are rearranged to form all the possible 12-letter words.

Direction:

Question:

How many of the words formed are such that the two Rs are together and no two Es are together? 

Options:

1. 8!(8 C4)

2. 7!(8 C4)

3. 8!(7 C3)

4. 7!(7 C4)

OA: 2......approach please


The letters of the word 'PERSEVERANCE' are rearranged to form all the possible 12-letter words.

Direction:

Question:

The number of words in which no two Es are together and no two Rs are together is 

Options:

1.7!(15)

2.299(7!)

3.7!(120)

4.434(7!)

OA: 4.......approach

question 23

how many number are less than or equal to 1108 are coprime to 252