SSAT Elementary Level Math : Tables

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

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Example Questions

Example Question #401 : Measurement & Data

Mr. Shine wants to do something different on Fridays, so he is going to add a subject to his class that he will teach every Friday. The results are shown in the table below.  

Use the graph below to help answer the question. 

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What is the label of the x-axis? 

Possible Answers:

What Subject Should We Add?

Subject

Mr. Shine's Class

Fridays

Number of Votes

Correct answer:

Subject

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 "Subject". 

Example Question #411 : Measurement & Data

Mr. Shine wants to do something different on Fridays, so he is going to add a subject to his class that he will teach every Friday. The results are shown in the table below.  

Use the graph below to help answer the question. 

Screen shot 2016 01 04 at 10.35.04 am

What is the label of the y-axis? 

Possible Answers:

Number of Votes

Mr. Shine's Class

What Subject Should We Add? 

Fridays

Subject

Correct answer:

Number of Votes

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 y-axis of this graph is labeled "Number of Votes". 

Example Question #161 : How To Find The Answer From A Table

Mr. Shine wants to do something different on Fridays, so he is going to add a subject to his class that he will teach every Friday. The results are shown in the table below.  

Use the graph below to help answer the question. 

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How many people voted for painting? 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The bar for painting is the second bar from the left. The bar raises to the number , which means  people voted for painting.

Example Question #51 : Draw Picture And Bar Graphs To Represent A Data Set: Ccss.Math.Content.2.Md.D.10

Mr. Shine wants to do something different on Fridays, so he is going to add a subject to his class that he will teach every Friday. The results are shown in the table below.  

Use the graph below to help answer the question. 

Screen shot 2016 01 04 at 10.35.04 am

How many people voted for woodwork? 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The bar for woodwork is the first bar on the left. The bar raises to the number , which means  people voted for woodwork. 

Example Question #163 : How To Find The Answer From A Table

Mr. Shine wants to do something different on Fridays, so he is going to add a subject to his class that he will teach every Friday. The results are shown in the table below.  

Use the graph below to help answer the question. 

Screen shot 2016 01 04 at 10.35.04 am

How many people voted for pottery? 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The bar for pottery is the second bar from the left. The bar raises to the number , which means  people voted for pottery.

Example Question #162 : How To Find The Answer From A Table

Mr. Shine wants to do something different on Fridays, so he is going to add a subject to his class that he will teach every Friday. The results are shown in the table below.  

Use the graph below to help answer the question. 

Screen shot 2016 01 04 at 10.35.04 am

How many people voted for singing? 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The bar for pottery is the second bar from the left. The bar raises to the number , which means  people voted for pottery.

Example Question #412 : Measurement & Data

Mr. Shine wants to do something different on Fridays, so he is going to add a subject to his class that he will teach every Friday. The results are shown in the table below.  

Use the graph below to help answer the question. 

Screen shot 2016 01 04 at 10.35.04 am

What subject got the most votes? 

Possible Answers:

Pottery

Woodwork

Painting 

Singing 

Correct answer:

Pottery

Explanation:

Pottery received the most votes,  in total.

Example Question #164 : How To Find The Answer From A Table

Mr. Shine wants to do something different on Fridays, so he is going to add a subject to his class that he will teach every Friday. The results are shown in the table below.  

Use the graph below to help answer the question. 

Screen shot 2016 01 04 at 10.35.04 am

How many people voted? 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find out how many totally peopled voted, we need to add up all of the votes that each subject received. 

Example Question #165 : How To Find The Answer From A Table

Mr. Shine wants to do something different on Fridays, so he is going to add a subject to his class that he will teach every Friday. The results are shown in the table below.  

Use the graph below to help answer the question. 

Screen shot 2016 01 04 at 10.35.04 am

How many more people voted for the pottery than voted for singing? 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The phrase "how many more" tells us that we are going to subtract. We can take the number of people who voted for pottery and subtract the number of people who voted for the singing. 

Example Question #167 : Tables

Mrs. Ryan's class had their class election today for their class president. The results are displayed in the chart below. 

Use the graph below to help answer the question. 

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Two students who wanted to vote for Tony were absent on the day Mrs. Ryan's class voted. If the teacher counts their votes, how many votes will Tony receive and will this change the results of the election? 

Possible Answers:

, which will not change who is class president. 

, which will not change who is class president. 

, which will not change who is class president. 

, which will change who is class president. 

, which will change who is class president. 

Correct answer:

, which will change who is class president. 

Explanation:

It Tony gets  more votes he will have a total of  votes. 

This will change the winner of the class election because before the two votes are added, Emily is the winner with only  votes. 

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