SSAT Elementary Level Verbal › Measurement
Complete this analogy.
Celsius is to Fahrenheit as __________ is to kilograms.
pounds
kelvin
meters
yards
inches
"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.
Complete this analogy.
Drop is to rain as flake is to __________.
snow
dew
hail
ice
cloud
Snow is something that falls in flakes, just as rain is something that falls in drops.
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
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.
Complete this analogy.
Compass is to direction as watch is to __________.
time
month
race
foot
clocktower
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."
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
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.
Analogies: Complete this analogy.
Kilogram is to weight as centimeter is to __________.
length
speed
distance
time
mass
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.
Complete this analogy.
Inch is to __________ as gram is to weight.
length
size
time
foot
meter
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.
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
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.
Complete this analogy.
Weight is to pound as amount of fluid is to ___________.
gallon
meter
yard
height
size
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.
Complete this analogy.
Century is to one hundred as decade is to __________.
ten
one thousand
twenty
years
days
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).