SSAT Elementary Level Math : Data Analysis and Probability

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

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Example Questions

Example Question #11 : Tables

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What fraction of students selected basketball as their favorite sport?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find this answer, look at the Favorite Sport column and see how many students selected basketball as their favorite sport. Allie, Cooper, and Bertha all selected basketball, making it 3 out of 6 students picking basketball.  is not an answer choice, but if we reduce the fraction by dividing the top and the bottom by 3, we get  (which is an answer choice!).

Example Question #11 : How To Find The Answer From A Table

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What fraction of students selected purple as their favorite color?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find this answer, we need to look at the "Favorite Color" column and count how many students selected purple as their favorite color. 3 students (Tommy, Reniece and Britt) chose purple out of the 6 total students, giving us the correct answer choice - 3/6!

Example Question #12 : How To Find The Answer From A Table

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How many students have the same favorite color and favorite subject?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To figure out this answer, look at the "Favorite Subject" and "Favorite Color" columns to see if any students have the same answers for both columns. Since no students have the exact same responses, the correct answer is 0!

Example Question #13 : How To Find The Answer From A Table

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If all 6 students were born in the same year, which student is the second oldest?

Possible Answers:

Tommy

Britt

Chloe

Jonas

Devyn

Correct answer:

Devyn

Explanation:

To figure out which student is the second oldest, look at the "Birthday" column to see whose birthday is the second earliest in the year (starting with January). Reniece is the oldest because her birthday is February 12th, and Devyn is the second oldest because her birthday is next in order, being on April 28th!

Example Question #14 : How To Find The Answer From A Table

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How many children chose soccer as their favorite sport?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To figure out how many children chose soccer as their favorite sport, look at the "Favorite Sport" column and count the number of children who chose soccer. The correct answer is 0, since no children selected soccer!

Example Question #15 : How To Find The Answer From A Table

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Which two children have the same favorite animal?

Possible Answers:

Penny and Debbie

Penny and Harry

Debbie and Enrique

Mark and Enrique

Harry and Debbie

Correct answer:

Harry and Debbie

Explanation:

To figure out which two children picked the same favorite animal, look at the "Favorite Animal" column. Since Harry and Debbie both chose the dog as their favorite animal, the correct answer is Harry and Debbie!

Example Question #16 : How To Find The Answer From A Table

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In the table above, what is chosen as the children's favorite color most often?

Possible Answers:

Red

Magenta

White

Purple

Orange

Correct answer:

White

Explanation:

To find out what is the most popular color, look at the "Favorite Color" column and count how often each color is chosen by the children. Since white is chosen by two children (Enrique and Harry), white is the correct answer choice!

Example Question #17 : How To Find The Answer From A Table

Jackie and her mom are baking cookies. The recipe shows the following quantities of ingredients needed: 

Number of 

Cookies

Eggs

Flour

Sugar

Salt

1 dozen

2

3 cups

1.5 cups 

1 tsp

2 dozen

4

6 cups

3 cups

2 tsp

3 dozen

6

9 cups 

4.5 cups

3 tsp

 

If Jackie wants to make 4 dozen cookies, how many cups of sugar does she need?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Since the table does not show ingredients for 4 dozen cookies, you will need to extend the table.

Number of

Cookies

Eggs

Flour

Sugar

Salt

1 dozen

2

3 cups

1.5 cups

1 tsp

2 dozen

4

6 cups

3 cups

2 tsp

3 dozen

6

9 cups

4.5 cups

3 tsp

4 dozen

8

12 cups

6 cups

4 tsp

Each time the recipe increases by 1 dozen, the sugar increases by 1.5 cups. To find the answer, simply add 1.5 cups to the last number in the column (4.5 cups).

Jackie will need 6 cups of sugar for 4 dozen cookies.

Another way to do this problem is to add the sugar for 1 dozen and 3 dozen to make 4 dozen: .

Example Question #19 : Tables

 

Ants

Body Parts

Legs

1

3

6

2

6

12

3

9

18

4

12

?

How many legs do four ants have in total?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

This box in the table is a question mark, so we will need to use other parts of the table to find the answer.

Use the first row in the table to see that each ant has six legs.

Multiply the number of ants by the number of legs per ant :

4 ants have 24 legs.

Another way to solve is to add the legs of four ants, knowing that each ant has six legs.

Example Question #18 : How To Find The Answer From A Table

How many eggs are in 2 dozen eggs?

 

Dozens

Total Number

of Eggs

1

12

2

 

3

36

4

 48

 
Possible Answers:

 

 

 

 

 

Correct answer:

 

 

Explanation:

Since a dozen equals 12 eggs, the "Total Number of Eggs" column is increasing by 12 each time. Therefore 2 dozen eggs is equivalent to 24 eggs.

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