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SSAT Elementary Level Quantitative

SSAT Elementary Level Quantitative Practice Test: Practice Test 1

Practice Test 1 for SSAT Elementary Level Quantitative: real questions and explanations from the Varsity Tutors practice-test pool.

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Use the triangles Screen shot 2015 08 20 at 11.07.59 ambelow to help you answer the subtraction problem.

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Question 1

Use the triangles Screen shot 2015 08 20 at 11.07.59 ambelow to help you answer the subtraction problem.

Screen shot 2015 08 24 at 11.14.02 am

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Explanation: We have triangles and we want to subtract triangles, which means the same thing as take them away. We can cross off the triangles that we are subtracting, and count the number that we have left. In this case we have triangles left. Subtraction is like counting backwards. We can start at and count back . Screen shot 2015 08 24 at 11.13.40 am

Question 2

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Explanation: To subtract we can count backwards. Start at and count back .

Question 3

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Explanation: To add we count up. Start at and count up .

Question 4

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Explanation: To subtract we can count backwards. Start at and count back .

Question 5

Use the chart below to answer the question.

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How many students in first grade have a sibling?

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Explanation: Each square represents students. The first grade bar has squares in it. That means we can take to find our total.

Question 6

Kate's class is going to plant flowers outside of their class window. To help decide what flower to plant, her teacher took a class vote.

Use the graph below to help answer the question.

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What is the title of the graph?

  1. Favorite Flower (correct answer)
  2. Type of Flower
  3. Number of Votes
  4. Kate's Class
  5. Class Votes

Explanation: The title of a bar graph can be found at the top of the graph, and it tells you what type of data the graph is displaying. In this case, our title is "Favorite Flower".

Question 7

Which of the choices below lists ONLY examples of triangles?

  1. isosceles, scalene, equilateral (correct answer)
  2. rhombus, kite, trapezoid
  3. pentagon, isosceles, kite
  4. equilateral, parallelogram, trapezoid

Explanation: isosceles: triangle with two equal sides and two equal angles scalene: triangle with no equal sides and no equal angles equilateral: triangle with three equal sides and three equal angles

Question 8

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Explanation: To add we count up. Start at and count up .

Question 9

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Explanation: When we subtract two digit numbers, we always start with the ones place, on the right, and work our way to the left.

Question 10

Use the computation shown to find the products:

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Explanation: The computation shows that with a remainder of . So it must be that: Simplify. The correct answer is

Question 11

Fill in the missing piece of the table.

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Explanation: To solve this problem we can set up a proportion and cross multiply to solve for our unknown. First we cross multiply. Then we divide each side by to isolate the .

Question 12

What number is in the hundredths place of ?

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Explanation: 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 .

Question 13

Fill in the blank.

 

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Explanation: When we are counting, comes after .

Question 14

If there are 2 blue marbles and 18 red marbles in a jar, what is the probability that Jeff will pick out a red marble?

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Explanation: First, add the total number of marbles, which is . There are 18 red marbles, so you set up a fraction . If you simplify by dividing the numerator and denominator by 2, you get .

Question 15

Find the sum.

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Explanation: The correct answer is 841. We start in the ones column on the far right and add 6 and 5. This is 11 so we have to carry the tens digit (1) to the next column and being the ones digit (also a 1) down. Adding the tens column we get so once again we carry the 1 and bring the 4 down. Next we add the hundreds column which which we bring down. Thus the final answer is 841.

Question 16

What two shapes can you find in this shape?

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  1. A square and a triangle (correct answer)
  2. A triangle and a circle
  3. A triangle and an octagon
  4. An octagon and a square

Explanation: Screen shot 2015 07 24 at 10.53.04 am

Question 17

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Explanation: To subtract we can count backwards. Start at and count back .

Question 18

At a basketball game, a set of bleachers has a middle isle. There are 15 rows of bleachers on each side of the isle. Each row has 20 seats. How many total total seats are there?

  1. 600 seats (correct answer)
  2. 30 seats
  3. 15 seats
  4. 150 seats
  5. 300 seats

Explanation: If there are 15 rows of bleachers on each side of the isle, there are a total of 30 rows of bleachers. Each of these rows has 20 seats, so multiplying 20 by 30 gives the correct total number of seats, 600.

Question 19

Find the sum.

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Explanation: Line up the numbers vertically. Add the ones place first . Keep the 4, carry the 1. Then add the 3 digits in the tens place . Keep the 8. Then add the hundreds place . The sum is 1284

Question 20

Neda and Sarah have toy ponies. If of these toy ponies belong to Sarah, how many toy ponies belong to Neda?

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Explanation: We are given the total number of toy ponies that Neda and Sarah have together, and how many toy ponies Sarah has individually. To find how many toy ponies Neda has individually, we should subtract! Total toy ponies - Sarah's toy ponies = Neda's toy ponies

Question 21

Fill in the blank.

 

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Explanation: The opposite of multiplication is division. In order to find the missing piece of this multiplication problem we can divide.

Question 22

Fill in the blank.

 

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Explanation: The opposite of multiplication is division. In order to find the missing piece of this multiplication problem we can divide.

Question 23

Fill in the blank with the correct sign.

 

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Explanation: because of the digit in the thousandths place. which makes

Question 24

Mikayla had 181\. She spent 12 on a pair of gloves, and $87 on a pair of boots. How much money does Mikayla have left after shopping?

  1. 82 (correct answer)
  2. 99
  3. 94
  4. 101
  5. 263

Explanation: Mikayla started with 181\. The word "_spent_" in the problem means that we need to subtract the cost of the gloves and the boots from Mikayla's original amount of money. First, we should subtract 12 from 181(181 (181(181 - 12),whichequals12), which equals 12),whichequals169. Next, we need to subtract 87from87 from 87from169 (169−169 - 169−87), which equals $82.

Question 25

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Explanation: To subtract we can count backwards. Start at and count back .