SSAT Elementary Level Math : Data Analysis

Study concepts, example questions & explanations for SSAT Elementary Level Math

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Example Questions

Example Question #371 : Measurement & Data

Mr. Ray's class created a bar graph to show the number of stuffed animals each student has at home. 

 

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How many students have  stuffed animals? 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Using the bar graph, we look for the bar that is for  stuffed animals, which is the fourth one on the left. That bar has  boxes in it, which means  students have  stuffed animals. 

Example Question #114 : Tables

How many boys are in the 3rd grade classes represented in the table? 

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Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find the total number of boys in all classes you must add the nuber of boys in each class: 

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Example Question #5044 : Ssat Elementary Level Quantitative (Math)

How many girls are in Ms. Jones's class? 

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Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Find Ms. Jones row on the table and then follow it over to see how many girls are in her class. 

When you follow her row across to the "Girls" column, you see that it contains the number 13 which is the correct answer. 

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Example Question #5045 : Ssat Elementary Level Quantitative (Math)

Which class has the most students? 

Table

Possible Answers:

Ms. Jones

Ms. Smith

Ms. Melton

Ms. Williams

Correct answer:

Ms. Williams

Explanation:

Add up the total number of students for each class by adding the number of boys and girls in each class: 

Ms. Smith's class has : 

Ms. Jones' class has: 

Ms. Williams' class has: 

Ms. Melton's class has:

 

 Ms. Williams' class has the most students!

Example Question #121 : How To Find The Answer From A Table

If all of the boys from Ms. Williams class went to lunch with all the girls from Ms. Jones class, how many students would be at lunch? 

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Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

We must find the number of boys in Ms. Williams class; there are 8 boys in Ms. Williams class. 

We must find the number of girls in Ms. Jones class; there are 13 girls in Ms. Jones class. 

We then add these numbers up to get the total in the lunch room. 

Table 2

Example Question #122 : How To Find The Answer From A Table

Find the missing information :

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Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The left column is going up by one, and the right column is decreasing by one. The missing number is . You have to look for the pattern when you are faced with a set of numbers. 

Example Question #262 : Data Analysis And Probability

The following table shows the result of combining two colors. Use this information to answer the question.

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The color green is created by combining what colors?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

When looking at the table, we have to pay attention to the titles of the columns.  So, let's look at the table.

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We see the first column displays the first color we are using.  The second column shows the second color.  The third column is the new color we get when we combine the first two.  

So, to find the colors used to create green, we first need to locate green in the last column.  We see that it is in the third row.  Now, we can look in the same row and see the first and the second color used to make green.

We see that blue is the first color and yellow is the second color.

Therefore, blue and yellow are the two colors used to make green.

Example Question #122 : Tables

Use the following table to answer the question.

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Fill in the missing information.

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

When looking at the table

Table4

we need to look at each part and see how the columns are related.

If we look at the first row, we can see John B gets paid $9/hour.  We see that he worked a total of 10 hours.  He ended up earning a total of $90.  If we look at the relation between those numbers, we can see that the first column times the second column equals the third column.

We can check that relation with the remaining rows of employees.  We can see that it is true for the remaining employees, so we can use that relation to fill in the missing information. 

So, for Amber M,

So the missing information is .

Example Question #222 : Data Analysis

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? 

Possible Answers:

Favorite Flower

Kate's Class

Type of Flower

Class Votes

Number of Votes

Correct answer:

Favorite Flower

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". 

Example Question #373 : Measurement & Data

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 label of the x-axis? 

Possible Answers:

Type of Flower

Favorite Flower

Class Votes

Kate's Class 

Number of Votes

Correct answer:

Type of Flower

Explanation:

A graph is made up of an x-axis and a y-axis. The x-axis of a graph is always the horizontal line (a line that runs from left to right) and the y-axis is alway the vertical line (a line that runs from top to bottom) 

The x-axis of this graph is labeled "Type of Flower". 

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