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

Fill in the blank with the correct sign. __________

Explanation

because of the digit in the hundredths place. which makes

Fill in the blank with the correct sign. __________

Explanation

because the numbers are the same.

Fill in the blank with the correct sign. __________

Explanation

because of the digit in the hundredths place. which makes

Fill in the blank with the correct sign. __________

Explanation

because the numbers are the same.

Fill in the blank.

__________

is greater than

is less than

is equal to

Explanation

is greater than because comes after when we are counting, which means it is greater.

Ricki has 12 bags of candy. She gives $\frac{1}{3}$ of the bags of candy to her friend, Joshua. How many bags of candy does Ricki have left?

Explanation

First, we need to find out what is $\frac{1}{3}$ of Ricki's 12 bags of candy that she starts with.

$\frac{1}{3}\times 12=4$

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.

Fill in the blank with the correct sign. __________

Explanation

because of the digit in the hundredths place. which makes

Fill in the blank with the correct sign. __________

Explanation

because of the digit in the hundredths place. which makes

Fill in the blank with the correct sign. __________

Explanation

because of the digit in the hundredths place. which makes

Round to the nearest ten.

Explanation

When we round a number to the nearest ten we look to the ones place to tell us if we round up or down.

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If the number in our ones place is or greater, we round up. If the number in the ones place is or less, we round down. When we round up, the number in the tens place increases by and all the other numbers to the right become . When we round down, the number in the tens place stays the same and all the other numbers to the right become .