IPMAT Indore 2020 Quantitative Ability (Short Answer) PYQs

IPMAT Indore 2020 Quant Short Answer PYQ: Typed-Answer Questions

Division with remainders, logarithms, determinants, circles and counting are the topics in this set. It contains the Quantitative Ability short answer questions from IPMAT Indore 2020, where the answer is typed in rather than chosen from options. Aptitude360 gives a worked solution for every question.

Topics in the IPMAT 2020 quant short answer set

• Finding a dividend from the quotient, remainder and divisor
• Shortest distance from an external point to a circle
• Logarithms combined with an infinite geometric series
• Determinant conditions with powers of variables
• Minimum value of a sum of absolute value expressions
• Digit puzzles and ratio-based purchase problems
• Set overlaps, races on a circular track and selections with identical objects

Key formulas for these IPMAT quant questions

• Division: \( \text{Dividend}=\text{Divisor}\times\text{Quotient}+\text{Remainder} \)
• Point to centre: \( d=\sqrt{(x_{1}-h)^{2}+(y_{1}-k)^{2}} \), shortest distance to circle \( =d-r \)
• Infinite GP: \( S_{\infty}=\dfrac{a}{1-r},\ |r|<1 \)
• Change of base: \( \log_{a}b=\dfrac{\log b}{\log a} \)
• Combinations: \( ^{n}C_{r}=\dfrac{n!}{r!\,(n-r)!} \)

Revision tips for typed-answer quant

• Recheck the arithmetic on every answer, because there are no options to confirm it against.
• For a sum of equally weighted absolute values, each the distance of x from a fixed point, test the median of those fixed points.
• When some objects are identical, split the count by how many identical objects are chosen.

Who should try this IPMAT 2020 quant set

It suits IPMAT Indore aspirants who have covered arithmetic, algebra and coordinate geometry and want practice without options.