Measurement

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SSAT Elementary Level Verbal › Measurement

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1

Complete this analogy.

Celsius is to Fahrenheit as __________ is to kilograms.

pounds

kelvin

meters

yards

inches

Explanation

"Celsius" and "Fahrenheit" are both units for measuring temperature. A "kilogram" is a unit for measuring weight. So, which of these answer choices is also a unit for measuring weight? The correct answer is "pounds." Additionally, "meters," "yards," and "inches" are all units for measuring length; "kelvin" is another unit for measuring temperature.

2

Complete this analogy.

Drop is to rain as flake is to __________.

snow

dew

hail

ice

cloud

Explanation

Snow is something that falls in flakes, just as rain is something that falls in drops.

3

Complete this analogy.

Bean is to coffee as __________.

leaf is to tea

frosting is to cake

broom is to handle

sick is to nauseous

dream is to sleep

Explanation

Coffee is made from beans, of which a bean is the single unit, so we need to pick out an answer choice in which the first word is a single unit of the substance from which the second word is made. "Frosting is to cake" might look like a good answer choice, but cake is not made from frosting. Though frosting can be a part of a cake, you can also have a cake without frosting, so cake can't be made from frosting. So, "frosting is to cake" cannot be the correct answer. Because tea is made from leaves and "leaf" is the singular unit of "leaves," "leaf is to tea" is the correct answer.

4

Complete this analogy.

Compass is to direction as watch is to __________.

time

month

race

foot

clocktower

Explanation

Since a compass is a device that displays directions, we need to pick out an answer that represents what a watch displays or measures. While "month" may look like the correct answer because it is a unit of time, it is too specific to be the right answer, as watches measure units smaller than months. Since watches display the time like compasses display direction, the correct answer is "time."

5

Complete this analogy.

Foot is to inch as __________.

gallon is to cup

goose is to geese

foot is to feet

centimeter is to meter

red is to blue

Explanation

The analogy compares first a relatively large measurement to a relatively small measurement. There are two answer options that meet this criteria. "Centimeter is to meter" is an enticing choice that compares a relatively small measurement to a relatively large measurement; therefore, the relationship is reversed, and it's not quite right. "Gallon is to cup," although not a measurement of length like "foot is to inch" and "centimeter is to meter," correctly compares a relatively large measurement to a relatively small measurement, so it is the correct answer.

6

Analogies: Complete this analogy.

Kilogram is to weight as centimeter is to __________.

length

speed

distance

time

mass

Explanation

A "kilogram" is a unit of measurement used to measure how much something weighs, so to solve this analogy you have to determine what a "centimeter" is used to measure. The correct answer is that a "centimeter" is a unit of measurement that measures length, it is of a meter.

7

Complete this analogy.

Inch is to __________ as gram is to weight.

length

size

time

foot

meter

Explanation

A "gram" is a unit of measurement used to measure how much something weighs. So, to solve this analogy you need to determine what it is that an "inch" is used to measure. The correct answer is that "inches" are used to measure "length," or how long something is. Additionally, "meter" and "foot" are other units used to measure how long something is.

8

Complete this analogy.

Triangle is to three as __________.

square is to four

diamond is to two

pentagon is to one

hexagon is to three

metal is to iron

Explanation

A triangle is a shape that has three sides, so we need to pick out an answer choice in which the first word is a shape and the second word is a number conveying the number of sides that shape has. While all of the potential answer choices except for “metal is to iron” fall into this pattern, only “square is to four” correctly matches the number of sides to the shape indicated. Because a square has four sides just like a triangle has three sides, “square is to four” is the correct answer.

9

Complete this analogy.

Weight is to pound as amount of fluid is to ___________.

gallon

meter

yard

height

size

Explanation

You can measure weight in pounds, so to solve the analogy, you need to pick out an answer choice that describes a unit of measurement that you can use to measure an amount of liquid. Both "meters" and "yards" measure length or distance, and "height" and "size" aren't units of measurement at all. You can measure an amount of liquid in "gallons," so "gallon" is the correct answer.

10

Complete this analogy.

Century is to one hundred as decade is to __________.

ten

one thousand

twenty

years

days

Explanation

There are one hundred years in a century, as you might infer from the word's use of the prefix "cent-," which means hundred; just think of how a "cent," or a penny, is one-onehundredth of a dollar. So, to solve this analogy, you need to pick out an answer choice that describes how many years there are in a decade. There are ten years in a decade, which you might infer from the word's use of the prefix "dec-," which means ten and appears in other words like "decagon" (a ten-sided shape).

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