How to find the part from the whole - SSAT Elementary Level Quantitative

If you think about a pie, which fraction is less or smaller than of the pie? of a pie is less than of a pie. All of the other fractions are more than or greater than of a pie.

Think: what two parts equal the whole (17)?

9 plus what equals 17?

60% of 700 can be calculated by multiplying 0.60 by 700:

To find a whole, add the two parts. Since one of the parts is missing, think: 6 (part) plus what (part) equals 17 (whole)?

The missing part is 11.

This is the same as finding: 17 (whole) minus 6 (part) equals what (part)?

To find the missing part, think: 17 (part) plus what (missing part) equals 28 (whole)?

We can find the missing part by using the idea that whole minus part equals the missing part.

So, the missing part is 11. We can check by adding the parts and getting the whole (28).

The total number of games won by the man .

The total number of games lost by the man .

Therefore, the ratio of wins to losses .

Given 23481.3084, the thousands place (do not confuse this with thousanTHS place) is occupied by 3.

In order to solve this problem, you need to know what you need to add to 2 in order to get to 10. One way to do this is to take 2 away from 10. Thus the correct answer is 8.

Do not confuse hundredths place and hundreds place. The hundreds place is between the tens place and the thousands place, in front of the decimal.

gummy bears will need to be divided into equal parts. If you take away from and give to each sibling, Halley has gummy bears leftover. Even though the siblings have an equal amount ( gummy bear each), the total number () hasn't been completely divided.

If you were to repeat this process, taking from the total and distributing to each sibling until the total as , each sibling would have a total of gummy bears.

To find a whole, add the three parts. First, add the two parts together:

Since one of the parts is still missing, think:

15 (part) plus what (missing part) equals 20 (whole)?

The missing part is 5.

To find Luke's weight, we should subtract Brooke's weight (81) from the total weight of both kids (177). 177 - 81 = 96

Note the question asks for hundredTHS not hundreDS. The hundredths place of a number is two places to the right of the decimal. Thus the correct answer is .

The tens place of a number is two places to the left of the decimal point. Thus the tens place of 624.13 is 2.

First, we need to find out what is of Ricki's 12 bags of candy that she starts with.

Then, we need to subtract 4 from 12 to find out how much Ricki has left after she gives some of her candy to Joshua.

Re-state the question in everyday language: 3 plus some number equals 11.

Plug in the answer choices for the "some number" box.

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We are given the total of books that Forrest and Mykel have together, as well as the number of books Mykel owns individually. To find how many books Forrest owns individually, we should subtract!

Total books - Mykel's books = Forrest's books