20 Ultra-Fast Mixture Tricks (Must Know for Exams)


⧍ā§ĻāϟāĻž Ultra-Fast Mixture Tricks (āĻĒā§°ā§€āĻ•ā§āώāĻžā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ…āϤāĻŋ āĻœā§°ā§ā§°ā§€)


SSC, Railway, Banking, NDA, Olympiad āφāĻĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāϝ⧋āĻ—āĻŋāϤāĻžāĻŽā§‚āϞāĻ• āĻĒā§°ā§€āĻ•ā§āώāĻžāϤ āĻŦāĻšā§āϤ āϏāĻšāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤


ā§§. Allegation Rule (āϏāĻŦāĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧁⧰⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ)


āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻž āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻĻāĻžāĻŽ āĻŦāĻž āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋā§° āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁ āĻŽāĻŋāĻšāϞāĻžāχ āĻ—āĻĄāĻŧ āĻŽāĻžāύ āĻĒāĻžāĻŦāϞ⧈ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


āϏ⧂āĻ¤ā§ā§°:


Ratio = (Dearer − Mean) : (Mean − Cheaper)
āϏāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ Cross subtraction āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻŦāĨ¤


⧍. Replace Method Shortcut


āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁āĻŽāĻžāύ liquid āωāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāχ āĻĒāĻžāύ⧀ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ:


āϏ⧂āĻ¤ā§ā§°:  Final = Original × (1− removed / total)n (n = āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύāĻŦāĻžā§° replace āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇)


ā§Š. āĻ•ā§‡ā§ąāϞ āĻĒāĻžāύ⧀ āϝ⧋āĻ— āϕ⧰āĻŋāϞ⧇


Milk āĻāϕ⧇āχ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤


Extra Water = (Milk × New Ratio) − Old Water


ā§Ē. āĻ•ā§‡ā§ąāϞ Milk āϝ⧋āĻ— āϕ⧰āĻŋāϞ⧇


Water āĻāϕ⧇āχ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤


Extra Milk = (Water ÷ New Ratio) − Old Milk


ā§Ģ. āĻāϕ⧇ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻŦāĻžā§°ā§‡ āĻŦāĻžā§°ā§‡ āωāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧇


Remaining = V(1- r )


Exam-āϤ āĻŦāĻšā§āϤ āϏ⧋āϧ⧇āĨ¤


ā§Ŧ. Final Ratio āϏ⧋āύāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇ āωāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻŦāϞ⧈


Liter āĻ—āĻŖāύāĻž āύāϕ⧰āĻŋāĻŦāĨ¤


Ratio → Fraction āϞ⧈ āϤ⧁āϞāύāĻž āϕ⧰āĻ•āĨ¤


ā§­. Ratio Matching Trick 


āϝāĻŋāĻŸā§‹ quantity āϏāϞāύāĻŋ āύāĻšāϝāĻŧ, āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽā§‡ āϤāĻžāĻ• match āϕ⧰āĻ•āĨ¤


Time 50% āĻ•āĻŽā§‡āĨ¤


ā§Ž. Weighted Average Trick


Mean = Total Quantity/Total Items ​-āϤ āĻŦāĻšā§āϤ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


⧝. Assumption Trick


āĻŽā§āĻ  mixture LCM āĻŦāĻž 100 āϧ⧰āĻŋ āϞāĻ“āĻ•āĨ¤


Fraction āĻā§°āĻžāχ āϝāĻžāĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻŦāĨ¤


ā§§ā§Ļ. Percentage Conversion Trick


 




























Ratio Percentage
1:1 50%
1:2 33.33%
2:3 40%
3:2 60%


 


 Mental calculation āϏāĻšāϜ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


ā§§ā§§. Ratio āϏ⧰⧁ āĻšāϞ⧇


āĻĒāĻžāύ⧀ āĻŦāĻžāĻĸāĻŧāĻŋāϛ⧇ āĻŦāĻž milk āĻ•āĻŽāĻŋāϛ⧇āĨ¤


⧧⧍. Ratio āĻĄāĻžāϙ⧰ āĻšāϞ⧇


Milk āĻŦāĻžāĻĸāĻŧāĻŋāϛ⧇ āĻŦāĻž āĻĒāĻžāύ⧀ āĻ•āĻŽāĻŋāϛ⧇āĨ¤


 Logical check!


ā§§ā§Š. Successive Replacement Shortcut


āφāϧāĻž āĻĻ⧁āĻŦāĻžā§° replace āϕ⧰āĻŋāϞ⧇:


Remaining=(1/2)2=1/4Remaining = (1/2)^2 = 1/4


Long calculation āύāĻžāχāĨ¤


ā§§ā§Ē. 100 āϧ⧰āĻž Method


37% āϝ⧇āύ⧇āĻ•ā§ā§ąāĻž āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ percentage āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻŋāϞ⧇ → Total = 100 L āϧ⧰āĻŋ āϞāĻ“āĻ•āĨ¤


ā§§ā§Ģ. Difference Trick


Strength 40% → 25%


Decrease = 15%


āĻŽāĻžāύ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāύ⧀ = 15% of total


ā§§ā§Ŧ. Cross Multiplication Trick


For ratio change: Old Milk / Old Total = New Milk / New Total


Solve in ONE step.


ā§§ā§­. Exam Favourite Pattern


x liter āωāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāχ āĻĒāĻžāύ⧀ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇ purity āĻŦāĻŋāϚāĻžā§°āĻŋāϞ⧇:


Remove x liters, add water → find purity.


Immediately use:


Pure left = Original(1- x / Total)


ā§§ā§Ž. Extreme Shortcut


āϏāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ pure quantity track āϕ⧰āĻ•āĨ¤


Examiner āχāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ• āϞ⧁āĻ•ā§ā§ąāĻžāχ ā§°āĻžāϖ⧇!


⧧⧝. LCM Mega Trick


7:13 āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āϗ⧇āϞ⧇ → Total = 20 āĻŦāĻž 200 āϧ⧰āĻŋ āϞāĻ“āĻ•āĨ¤


Decimal āĻā§°āĻžāχ āϝāĻžāĻŦāĨ¤


⧍ā§Ļ. Golden Rule of Mixture


āĻĻ⧁āϝāĻŧā§‹āϟāĻž liquid track āύāϕ⧰āĻŋāĻŦāĨ¤
āĻ•ā§‡ā§ąāϞ āϝāĻŋāĻŸā§‹ unchanged āϤāĻžāĻ• track āϕ⧰āĻ•āĨ¤


Mixture chapter āĻāϕ⧇āĻŦāĻžā§°ā§‡ āϏāĻšāϜ āĻšā§ˆ āϝāĻžāĻŦāĨ¤


1. Allegation Rule


Used when two ingredients are mixed at different prices or strengths.


Formula: Ratio = (Dearer − Mean) : (Mean − Cheaper) Always subtract diagonally.


Ex : Mix ₹20 and ₹30 to get ₹25.


1st:
Cheaper = 20
Dearer = 30
Mean = 25


2nd: Cross Difference


30 - 25 = 5
25 - 20 = 5


3rd: Ratio


5 : 5 = 1 : 1


Equal quantities should be mixed.


Ultra-Fast Exam Trick


If the mean is exactly in the middle, the ratio is always 1 : 1.


Example:
10 & 20 → Mean 15
40 & 60 → Mean 50


No calculation needed!


2. Replace Method Shortcut


If liquid is removed and replaced with water:


Formula: Remaining liquid after n operations:


                 Final = Original × (1− removed / total)n


3. When Only Water is Added


Milk stays constant.


Extra Water = (Milk × New Water Ratio) − Old Water


4. When Only Milk is Added


Water stays constant.


Extra Milk = (Water ÷ New Ratio) − Old Milk


5. Equal Quantity Removed Repeatedly


Remember the power formula:


Remaining = V(1- r )


6. Find Final Ratio Quickly


Instead of calculating liters:


Convert ratios into fractions.


Exa:
3:2 → Milk = 3/5
1:2 → Milk = 1/3


Compare directly.


7. Ratio Matching Trick 


Always make the unchanged quantity equal.


Ex: Milk unchanged → match milk first, then adjust water.


Saves 50% time.


8. Weighted Average Trick


Used in concentration problems.


               Mean = Total Quantity/Total Items ​


9. Cheapest Exam Trick 


Assume total mixture = LCM of ratios


Ex: 3:2 → Assume 5 or 10 or 100.


Avoid fractions.


10. Percentage Conversion Trick


Convert ratio to % instantly:




























Ratio



Percentage



1:1



50%



1:2



33.33%



2:3



40%



3:2



60%



Huge time saver.


11. If Ratio Becomes Smaller


Water increased OR milk removed.


12. If Ratio Becomes Larger


Milk increased OR water removed.


(Quick logical check!)


13. Successive Replacement Shortcut


If half is replaced twice:


Remaining = (1/2)2 = ¼


No long steps needed.


14. Use Assumption Method


If percentage looks ugly (like 37%), assume total = 100 liters.


Makes math mental.


15. Difference Trick


If strength changes from 40% → 25%


Decrease = 15%


Means water added equals 15% of total.


16. Cross Multiplication Trick


For ratio change: Old Milk / Old Total = New Milk / New Total


Solve in ONE step.


17. Exam Favorite Pattern


Remove x liters, add water → find purity.


Immediately use:


Pure left = Original(1- x / Total)


18. Extreme Shortcut (No Formula)


Just track the pure quantity.


Examiners hide this — but it never changes unless removed.


19. LCM Mega Trick


When ratios like 7:13 appear → assume total = 20 or 200


Avoid decimals completely.


20. Golden Rule of Mixture Problems


Never track both liquids. Track ONLY the unchanged one.