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PMA Graduate Course Mathematics Flashcards
50 question-and-answer cards covering Mathematics as it is examined in PMA Graduate Course. 24 of them are printed below, taken from across the deck — no signup, no paywall on the preview.
24 sample cards from the Mathematics deck
Sampled from the end of the deck, so these are different cards from the ones shown on the syllabus page.
If a number is increased by 25%, by what fraction does it become?
It becomes 125/100 = 5/4 of the original number (i.e., multiplied by 1.25).
Define the average (arithmetic mean) of a set of numbers.
Average = (Sum of all observations) / (Number of observations).
If the average of n numbers is A, what is their total sum?
Sum = Average x Number of observations = A x n.
What is the average of the first n natural numbers?
Average of first n natural numbers = (n + 1) / 2.
How does adding a new value affect an average if the new value equals the old average?
If the new value equals the existing average, the average stays unchanged.
Define Cost Price (CP) and Selling Price (SP).
Cost Price (CP) is the price at which an article is bought. Selling Price (SP) is the price at which it is sold.
When is there a profit and when is there a loss?
Profit occurs when SP > CP (Profit = SP - CP). Loss occurs when CP > SP (Loss = CP - SP).
What is the formula for Profit Percentage?
Profit% = (Profit / Cost Price) x 100. Profit and loss percentages are always calculated on the Cost Price.
What is the formula for Loss Percentage?
Loss% = (Loss / Cost Price) x 100.
How do you find SP when CP and Profit% are known?
SP = CP x (100 + Profit%) / 100.
What is discount and on what is it calculated?
Discount is a reduction on the Marked Price (List Price). Discount = Marked Price - Selling Price, and Discount% is calculated on the Marked Price.
State the formula for Simple Interest.
Simple Interest (SI) = (P x R x T) / 100, where P = Principal, R = rate% per annum, T = time in years.
What is the Amount in simple interest?
Amount = Principal + Simple Interest = P + (P x R x T)/100 = P(1 + RT/100).
In simple interest, how is the principal found if SI, R, and T are known?
P = (SI x 100) / (R x T).
State the formula for Compound Interest (Amount).
Amount = P(1 + R/100)^T, where P = Principal, R = rate% per annum, T = time in years. Then CI = Amount - P.
How does compound interest differ from simple interest?
In simple interest, interest is calculated only on the original principal each year. In compound interest, interest is calculated on the principal plus accumulated interest, so the base grows each period.
What is the compound interest formula when interest is compounded half-yearly?
Amount = P(1 + (R/2)/100)^(2T), i.e., halve the rate and double the number of periods.
What is the difference between CI and SI for 2 years at the same rate?
Difference (CI - SI) for 2 years = P x (R/100)^2.
Define a linear equation in one variable.
A linear equation in one variable is an equation of the form ax + b = 0 (a not 0), where the highest power of the variable is 1; it has exactly one solution: x = -b/a.
What is the solution of the linear equation 3x + 6 = 0?
3x = -6, so x = -2.
What does the term 'coefficient' mean in an algebraic expression?
A coefficient is the numerical factor multiplying a variable in a term (e.g., in 5x, the coefficient is 5).
What is the difference between a monomial, binomial, and trinomial?
A monomial has one term (e.g., 3x), a binomial has two terms (e.g., x + 2), and a trinomial has three terms (e.g., x^2 + 3x + 2).
What is the factorization of a^2 - b^2?
a^2 - b^2 = (a + b)(a - b), the difference of two squares.
Factorize x^2 + 5x + 6.
Find two numbers that multiply to 6 and add to 5 (2 and 3): x^2 + 5x + 6 = (x + 2)(x + 3).
What this deck covers
The Mathematics deck follows the PMA Graduate Course Mathematics syllabus — 6 chapters and 17 topics — so questions land on material that is genuinely examinable rather than trivia around it. That works out to roughly 8.3 cards per chapter.
Answers are written to be recallable, not just readable — averaging about 85 characters, which is long enough to carry the reasoning and short enough to say out loud.
A deck like this earns its keep on the second and third pass. Read the syllabus first so you know the shape of the subject, then use the cards to find the specific facts that have not stuck.
Mathematics flashcards FAQ
How many Mathematics flashcards are in this PMA Graduate Course deck?
50 cards. This page previews 24 of them, sampled evenly across the deck so you can judge the difficulty before installing anything.
Are these PMA Graduate Course flashcards free?
Yes. The preview here is free to read with no signup, and the full 50-card deck is free inside the Examius app.
What do the Mathematics cards cover?
They follow the PMA Graduate Course Mathematics syllabus — 6 chapters and 17 topics — so the questions track what is actually examinable.
How should I use these flashcards?
Read the syllabus first so you know the shape of the subject, then drill the deck. Examius schedules each card with spaced repetition, so cards you keep missing come back sooner and ones you know drift further apart.