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SSAT Elementary Level Quantitative

SSAT Elementary Level Quantitative Practice Test: Practice Test 3

Practice Test 3 for SSAT Elementary Level Quantitative: real questions and explanations from the Varsity Tutors practice-test pool.

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Question 1

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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 2

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 3

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 4

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 5

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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 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

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Explanation: When we are counting, comes after .

Question 8

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Explanation: To solve this problem, we multiply by the ones position and the tens position.

Question 9

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 10

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 11

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

Question 12

What fraction of the number line is pink?

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Explanation: The number line is split up into equal parts. of the parts is pink, which means of the number line is pink.

Question 13

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 14

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 15

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

Question 16

Find the area of a triangle with a base of 6in and a height that is three times the base.

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Explanation: To find the area of a triangle, we will use the following formula: where b is the base and h is the height of the triangle. Now, we know the base of the triangle is 6in. We also know the height of the triangle is three times the base. Therefore, the height is 18in. Now, we can substitute. We get

Question 17

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

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Question 18

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 19

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

Question 20

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Explanation: When subtracting any number by the only number that will change in your answer is the tens place.

Question 21

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

Question 22

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

Question 23

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

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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 24

What is the area of the rectangle?

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Explanation: We can find the area by counting the squares within the rectangle. There are squares. We can also multiply the length and the width to find the area. *Area is the number of square units inside a shape, which is why area is always written with square units.

Question 25

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Explanation: Add the "whole" parts of the numbers: Add the "decimal" parts of the numbers: Add both parts together: