Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Math tricks
Remainder + multiple of diviser = dividend
Ratio question: to find how many needed in a ratio find the proportion of the total for 1 then multiply it by what is needed
Example: 2:6:1 equals one dough
How much of sugar for 21 dough
2/9 of 21 is the answer
If for a rate question the distance is equal, the average rate equals
(2 x rate1 x rate2)/(rate1+rate2)
Worker-days helps solve group questions
1/t + 1/t = inverse of total this is for done together questions
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