If I am not good in maths, can I still pursue CA?

Hi, In CA the only use of maths in at CPT level so yes, one must be able to understand basic maths. Apart from that there isn't any use of maths except +,-, / and * in the entire course of CA.

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Mathematics in Chartered Accountancy course is required during your CPT or the foundation course as per the revised scheme. As a student of CA, you need to clear it. If you are very well determined and want to add the initials-CA before your name then, definitely yes, you will have to study Mathematics. However, the best part is that you can get the blueprint of the examination in order to understand the marks bifurcation. You just need to plan accordingly. See and analyse as to which chapters make the most of the marks into your syllabus and which you find easy. Go for the easy ones first and grab a good hold over them. Once they are done and you are confident, then go for the tough chapters. However, be in regular practice with the easy ones as well. If you plan up your studies in this manner, I am sure you will be able to clear the subject in one go. Once it is cleared, your self-confidence about mathematics will boost and the feeling that you are not good in mathematics will disappear. This confidence will help you a lot and prove to be a milestone in clearing further the various exams of the Chartered Accountancy course. I hope this would suffice.

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Yes, you can pursue Chartered Accountancy even you suck at mathematics! Many people who were not good at mathematics have been known to not only pursue, but successfully complete the course. To be a Chartered Accountant, you don't need to be good with advanced mathematics concepts. Although at the First Level of Chartered Accountancy course, you might find it a bit difficult as there would be some mathematics, but those too are not purely mathematical. Instead, they are the business application of mathematical concepts. And once you have cleared the first level, mathematics would hardly play a role during subsequent level, I.e., Second Level and Third Level because at these levels, you have to study subjects like accounts, costing, auditing, taxation etc. which has no direct correlation with core mathematics. But in order to be a Chartered Accountant, one is expected to be a good player when it comes to playing with numbers, ratios and percentages.

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Definitely, yes. You don't need to be good at integration and differentiation to be a great Chartered Accountant. Even I hated those, but still managed to get All India Ranks in CA exams. That is the reason why- 1. Having Maths in Class XII is not an eligibility criteria for doing CA. 2. There is no Maths after the first level (I.e. foundation), in which there are only business applications of the maths concepts that you might have already studied in Class XI and XII, if you had Maths. 3. The second and third level of CA consists of subjects like Accounts, Finance, Costing, Auditing, Taxation, Law, Information Technology etc., I.e. absolutely no traces of core maths like trigo, integration differentiation etc. But, you need to be good with understanding numbers, money matters, percentages, ratios etc. and legal systems should be of interest to you. If that is so, then you should definitely pursue CA.

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