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SSAT Elementary Level Quantitative › Operations
Which of the equations is TRUE?
Explanation
Both and
equal
. So these two equations equal each other.
,
, and
. Because none of these equations equal
, they can’t be equal to
.
Which of the equations is TRUE?
Explanation
When you add and
together you get
.
does not equal
because
.
does not equal
because
does not equal
because
.
Fill in the blank.
Explanation
To find the missing piece of an addition problem, you can take the biggest number minus the smallest number. , which means
.
Solve by making a rectangular array.
Explanation
Using our problem to make a rectangular array, we know that we are going to use a total of squares, and one dimension of the rectangular array is going to have
squares, we'll make that the width. Our answer will be how many squares high the rectangle array is, or the height.
We can start with squares and keep adding
on top of the previous
until we've used all
squares. Our rectangular array is
squares high with
squares left over, which is our remainder.

students are going on a field trip.
students can ride in each car. How many cars will they need for the field trip?
Explanation
When we have a set of something that we are splitting up into groups, we divide. In this case, we are dividing students up into cars. We will let represent the number of cars they will need.
Our answer is with a remainder of
. This means that they will have
full cars of
people, but there are
people left over. So they need
cars in order for every student to be in a car.
students are going on a field trip.
students can ride in each car. How many cars will they need for the field trip?
Explanation
When we have a set of something that we are splitting up into groups, we divide. In this case, we are dividing students up into cars. We will let represent the number of cars they will need.
Our answer is with a remainder of
. This means that they will have
full cars of
people, but there is
person left over. So they need
cars in order for every student to be in a car.
Explanation
To subtract we can count backwards. Start at and count back
.
Explanation
To subtract we can count backwards. Start at and count back
.
Explanation
To subtract we can count backwards. Start at and count back
.
Explanation
To subtract we can count backwards. Start at and count back
.