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CLAT Maths Topics: Class 10 Syllabus

The official Class 10 maths areas, plus a practical checklist for calculation and data interpretation.

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Part of the CLAT 2027 guide

Quantitative Techniques is roughly 10–14 questions, and the mathematics does not go beyond Class 10. The official syllabus names ratios and proportions, basic algebra, mensuration and statistical estimation. The checklist below expands these into practice skills; it is not an exhaustive official chapter list.

Arithmetic

  • Percentages — increase, decrease, successive change.
  • Ratio and proportion, including dividing a quantity in a given ratio
  • Averages, including weighted averages
  • Profit, loss and discount
  • Simple and compound interest
  • Time, speed and distance
  • Time and work
  • Mixtures and alligation

Basic algebra

  • Linear equations in one and two variables
  • Simple word problems reduced to equations

Nothing beyond what a Class 10 syllabus covers.

Data interpretation

This is the section’s real subject, and everything above is a tool for it.

  • Tables
  • Bar charts, including grouped and stacked
  • Pie charts, including converting between percentage and degrees
  • Line graphs
  • Caselets — data given as prose rather than a chart

Basic numeracy

  • Fractions and decimals
  • Squares, square roots and simple powers
  • Mensuration — revise area, perimeter, surface area and volume of familiar shapes
  • Statistical estimation — interpreting summaries, averages and estimates

What is not tested

The syllabus specifies a Class 10 level. Focus on the named areas and applying them to numerical information. Do not treat an unofficial list as proof that a particular school topic can never appear.

The topic nobody lists

Read the data correctly. Identify the required quantity, units, base value and relevant figures before calculating. Both extraction and calculation errors cost marks; use your own mistakes to decide which needs more practice.

A realistic target

Aim for accurate solutions, then work on time. Compare the return from practice across all sections rather than automatically abandoning the smallest one. See the discussion of maths preparation and Legal Reasoning for the wider balance.

Where to go next

Sources and scope

Official references checked on 18 September 2026. Study routines and teaching examples are editorial suggestions, not official requirements.

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