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CAT Quantitative Aptitude syllabus is essentially Class 9 and 10 Maths topics of advanced level. CAT 2025 aspirants can check here full list of Maths topics included in CAT Quants syllabus.
CAT quantitative aptitude syllabus
CAT syllabus for Quants includes all important topics from Arithmetic, Algebra and Geometry. The syllabus of Quantitative Aptitude for CAT is vast and requires dedicated preparation. Some of the key areas of CAT Maths syllabus are percentages, profit & loss, interest, ratio-proportion, equations, inequalities, series, triangles, circles, mensuration permutations, combinations, probability, number systems, including divisibility rules, remainders, and LCM/HCF.
Check the table below for the key topics of CAT Quantitative Aptitude syllabus. Aspirants must study these topics in a focused manner to score high in CAT 2025.
CAT Syllabus: Quants
The syllabus of quantitative aptitude for CAT is broadly divided into four sections. Check here CAT Quants syllabus, section wise:
- Arithmetic: Percentages, Profit and Loss, Time and Work, Time Speed and Distance, Ratios and Proportions, Simple and Compound Interest, Averages.
- Geometry and Mensuration: Shapes, Circles, Triangles, Quadrilaterals, Solids, Coordinate Geometry, Mensuration of 2D and 3D figures.
- Number System: LCM and HCF, Factorization, Remainders, Divisibility, Base Systems.
- Algebra: Logarithms, Progressions, Polynomials, Inequalities, Linear and Quadratic Equations.
- Modern Maths: Permutations and Combinations, Set Theory, Venn Diagram, Probability.
- Miscellaneous: Trigonometry, Inequalities, Mean, Mode, Median, Logarithms, Linear Surds and Indices, Partnership, Binomial Theorem
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CAT Quantitative Aptitude Syllabus: Topic wise weightage
Given below is the CAT 2024 question paper break up for Quantitative Aptitude. This will give you an idea of how many questions to expect from which topic in CAT 2025. Focus on the CAT Maths syllabus according to the weightage given below for during exam preparation.
| CAT Quants Topics |
Units |
Number of questions |
|---|---|---|
| Number System |
Remainder, Indices |
2 |
| Algebra |
Log, Equations, Functions, Maxima-Minima, Sequence & Series, Algebraic Expression |
8 |
| Arithmetic |
TSD, T&W, SI-CI, Percentage, PLD, Mixture, Averages, Ratios |
8 |
| Modern Math |
P&C |
1 |
| Modern Math |
Circle, Cuboid/Square, Coordinate Geometry |
3 |
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Tips to Cover CAT Quantitative Aptitude Syllabus
CAT Maths syllabus is considered to be the most time taking of all three subjects. To master this section of CAT, one not only needs to know the basics but also need to know various aspects related to a particular topic, such as what formula to apply in which type of question, what mathematical calculation to be used for quick solution. How many possible answers can be there for a particular question and which one is the correct answer. Another aspect to coverage of CAT quantitative aptitude syllabus is speed. One need to know which type of question can be solved in how much time as, CAT is a speed based test and has sectional time limit of 40 minutes. Here are some tips you might find helpful in covering CAT syllabus for Quant.
- Start CAT 2025 preparation for Quantitative Aptitude with listing down tough topics according to easy, moderate and tough
- Now start with easy topics and plan daily routine for address CAT quant syllabus. All 2-4 hours for it daily.
- Understand the concepts of topics of first and practice a few sample questions to learn application. It is extremely important to learn application of the concepts in Quantitative Aptitude as there can be slight variation in questions from the same topic.
- Learn Mathematical calculation tricks for quickly solving the questions
- Learn Mental Math as it comes in handy while solving Arithmetic and Mensuration questions.
- Learn table up to 20, square, square roots, cube, cube roots, Pi, etc. These are critical for practice.
- CAT will have 22 questions on Quantitative Aptitude to be solved in 40 minutes. Most of the questions will be calculation intensive, so while preparing for it, learn to us onscreen calculator. This is important as part of CAT exam day preparation.
- Join online study groups and doubt clearing forums to be able to get the right guidance at the right time.
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