ICAP QAT study plan
ICAP QAT · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 6 hours per week
Quantitative Aptitude
Diagnose baseline arithmetic speed by completing 60 mixed operations (fractions, decimals, percentages) under a 30-minute timer and log every error by type
Convert fluently between fractions, decimals, and percentages across 40 drill items without a calculator
Compute percentages of quantities and percentage increase/decrease in 30 word problems, showing each setup step
Establish a personal error log with categories (setup, calculation, misread, time) and tally week-one results
Your checkpoint
A scored 60-item baseline diagnostic sheet plus an error-log tally showing counts per error category
Quantitative Aptitude
Simplify and combine ratios and proportions in 35 problems, including part-to-whole and three-term ratios
Solve direct and inverse proportion word problems by setting up equations before calculating
Apply divisibility rules, prime factorization, LCM, and HCF to 30 number-property items
Reduce average solve time on the week-one error categories by reworking every missed item untimed, then retimed
Your checkpoint
A reworked error sheet where every week-one miss is corrected with a written one-line reason for the original mistake
Quantitative Aptitude
Compute simple and compound interest, including half-yearly and quarterly compounding, across 25 problems
Solve profit-and-loss and discount problems with successive discounts and marked-price chains in 25 items
Handle currency, unit, and scale conversions inside word problems without losing track of units
Build a one-page formula sheet covering interest, profit/loss, and percentage change from memory, then verify against notes
Your checkpoint
A self-written one-page formula sheet reproduced from memory and checked for accuracy, plus 50 solved commercial-math items
Quantitative Aptitude
Solve time-speed-distance problems including relative speed, trains, and boats-and-streams in 30 items
Solve time-and-work problems including pipes-and-cisterns and combined-worker scenarios in 30 items
Use the inverse relationship between rate and time to shortcut at least 10 problems instead of full algebra
Complete a 40-question timed mixed set covering weeks 1-4 topics in 50 minutes
Your checkpoint
A timed 40-question mixed set scored and reviewed, with accuracy and average time per question recorded
Quantitative Aptitude
Compute averages, weighted averages, and mixture-and-alligation problems in 30 items
Solve partnership and ratio-based sharing problems in 20 items
Apply the shortcut method for successive percentage changes and net-effect problems in 20 items
Reclassify the error log into recurring versus one-off mistakes and target the top two recurring types
Your checkpoint
An updated error log with the top two recurring error types identified and 20 targeted practice items completed for each
Quantitative Aptitude
Solve permutations, combinations, and probability questions in 30 items, distinguishing arrangement from selection every time
Solve mensuration problems for area, perimeter, volume, and surface area of standard 2D and 3D shapes in 30 items
Interpret data-sufficiency and quantitative-comparison style items by testing statements before calculating
Memorize squares to 30, cubes to 15, and common fraction-to-percentage equivalents, then self-test cold
Your checkpoint
A cold self-test on squares, cubes, and fraction equivalents scored at 90 percent or better, plus 60 solved items from this week's topics
Quantitative Aptitude
Complete two full-length timed quantitative sections under exam conditions with no pauses
Practice question triage by flagging and skipping any item exceeding 90 seconds, then returning to it
Review every wrong answer from both mocks and rewrite the correct method in your own words
Reduce average time per question while holding accuracy within five percentage points of the week-four baseline
Your checkpoint
Two completed full-length mocks with a written review sheet for every incorrect or skipped question
Quantitative Aptitude
Complete two final full-length timed mocks and compare scores against weeks four and seven
Drill only the top three recurring error types from the error log until each is solved correctly five times in a row
Rehearse the exam-day timing plan by allocating a fixed minute budget per question block and testing it live
Recite the one-page formula sheet from memory and confirm zero gaps
Your checkpoint
A final score-tracking summary across all mocks showing trend, plus a confirmed error-free formula sheet recitation
Milestones
Week 2: Baseline diagnostic rescored after rework shows at least 15 percent fewer errors than week one, and the error log has every category populated
Week 4: Timed 40-question mixed set completed within 50 minutes with accuracy recorded as the reference point for all later mocks
Week 6: Cold self-test on squares, cubes, and fraction equivalents scores at least 90 percent, and all six core topic areas have at least 25 solved items each
Week 8: Final mock scores are stable or improving across the last two attempts, and the top three recurring error types are each solved correctly five times consecutively