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Lesson 1 of 3 · Knockout rounds

Bracket count

Games and Tournaments · for IPMAT Indore, IPMAT Rohtak and JIPMAT

The exam method

  1. Halving list. 128, 64, 32, 16, 8, 4, 2, 1 gives every count question in seconds.

Worked examples

Example 1Sitter

How many matches in a 64-player knockout? Solution: 63.

Watch out

  • Rounds vs matches (7 rounds, 127 matches for 128 players).

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