CA Foundation Maths Chapter Wise Weightage

Paper 3 - Business Mathematics, Logical Reasoning and Statistics

Marks - 100

Part A- Business Mathematics (40 Marks)

I

Ratio and Proportion, Indices and Logarithms

20-30%

Equations and Matrices

Linear Inequalities

II

Time Value of Money

30-40%

III

Permutations and Combinations

30-50%

Sequence and Series

Sets, Relations and Functions

Basic applications of Differential and Integral calculus

Part B- Logical Reasoning (20 Marks)

IV

Number series coding and Decoding and the odd man out

60-70%

Direction Tests

Seating Arrangements

V

Blood Relations

30-40%

Syllogism

Part C- Statistics (40 Marks)

VI

Statistical Representation of Data, Diagrammatic representation of data, Frequency distribution, Graphical representation of Frequency Distribution in the form of Histogram, Frequency, Polygon, Ogive, Pie-chart

45-50%

Measures of Central Tendency and Dispersion: Mean, Median and Mode, Mean Deviation, Quartiles and Quartile Deviation, Standard Deviation, Coefficient of Variation, Coefficient of Quartile Deviation

VII

Probability: Independent and dependent events; mutually exclusive events.Total and Compound Probability; Bayes’ theorem; and Mathematical Expectation

25-30%

Theoretical Distribution: Binomial Distribution, Poisson distribution–basic application and Normal Distribution – basic applications.

VIII

Correlation and Regression: Scatter diagram, Karl Pearson’s Coefficient of Correlation Rank, Correlation, Regression lines, Regression equations and Regression coefficients

10-15%

IX

Index Numbers and Time series

10-15%