SSAT Elementary Level Math : Data Analysis

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

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Example Questions

Example Question #321 : Data Analysis

Miss. West's class made a chart of the pets that they own. 

Use the graph below to answer the question. 

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How many more dogs are there than cats? 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The phrase "how many more" tells us that we are going to subtract. We can take the number of dogs and subtract the number of cats.

Example Question #322 : Data Analysis

Miss. West's class made a chart of the pets that they own. 

Use the graph below to answer the question. 

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If four people weren't included in the graph, and they all have dogs, how many total dogs would there be? 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

If there are four more dogs, we can add  to the current  dogs that are shown on the graph. 

Example Question #461 : Measurement & Data

Miss. West's class made a chart of the pets that they own. 

Use the graph below to answer the question. 

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What pet is the least popular pet to have? 

Possible Answers:

Cat

Bird

Dog

Fish

Correct answer:

Bird

Explanation:

The bar for birds is the shortest, with only , which means this is the least popular pet to have. 

Example Question #462 : Measurement & Data

Miss. West's class made a chart of the pets that they own. 

Use the graph below to answer the question. 

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What pet is the most popular pet to have? 

Possible Answers:

Bird

Firsh

Cat

Dog

Correct answer:

Dog

Explanation:

The bar for dogs goes up the highest, with  dogs. This means that the dog is the most popular pet to have.

Example Question #325 : Data Analysis

Use the following table to answer the question:

Table7

What is Meagan's favorite color?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To answer the question, let's look at the table.

Table7

We can see the first column lists the different students, the next column shows their favorite colors, and the last column shows their favorite food.

Now, to find Meagan’s favorite color, we will first find Meagan’s name in the first column.  We can see that it is the 4th name listed.  Now, while staying in the same row, we will move to the right (towards the column showing their favorite colors).  We see that it says red.

 

Therefore, Meagan’s favorite color is red.

Example Question #326 : Data Analysis

Use the following table to answer the question:

Table6

How many students are in all of the classes combined?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To answer the question, let's look at the table:

Table6

We can see the first column lists the different classes, and the next column displays how many students are in each class.

So, to find the number of students in all of the classes combined, we will just take all of the numbers in the last column and add them together.  So, we get

 

Therefore, there are 53 students in all of the classes combined.

Example Question #327 : Data Analysis

Use the following table to answer the question:

Table9

Which class is in om 4?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

To answer the question, let's look at the table

Table9

The first column shows the different classes.  The next column shows which room the classes are in.

So, to find which class is in room 4, we will find room 4 in the last column.  We can see it is the 3rd room listed.  Now, we will move to the left (towards the classes) to see which class it matches up with.  We can see it says History.

Therefore, the class that is in room 4 is History.

Example Question #328 : Data Analysis

Use the following table to answer the question:

Table9

Which room is Math class in?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

To answer the question, let's look at the table

Table9

The first column shows the different classes.  The next column shows which room the classes are in.

So, to find which room Math class is in, we will find Math class in the first column.  We see it is the 4th class listed.  Now, we will move to the right (towards the room numbers) to see which room number it matches up with.  We can see it says 1.

Therefore, Math class is in room 1.

Example Question #321 : Data Analysis

Mr. Ray's class created a bar graph to show how many stuffed animals each student has at home.  According to the graph, how many students have one stuffed animal?

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Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

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

 

Example Question #222 : Tables

The line chart shows how many hours each student in a class spends reading each week. How many hours, on average, do the least number of students spend reading each week?

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Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

There is only  x mark above , which is the least in our data set. 

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