SSAT Elementary Level Math : How to add

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Example Questions

Example Question #5 : Identify Arithmetic Patterns: Ccss.Math.Content.3.Oa.D.9

What is the pattern for the numbers in the X column to the numbers in the Y column? 

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Possible Answers:

Add 

Add 

Add 

Divide 

Multiply 

Correct answer:

Add 

Explanation:

 is added to each X value to get the Y value. 

To find the rule, you may have to do some trial and error. The most important thing to remember is, once you think you have the rule, make sure to test the rule with all of the X values. 

Example Question #6 : Identify Arithmetic Patterns: Ccss.Math.Content.3.Oa.D.9

What is the pattern for the numbers in the X column to the numbers in the Y column? 


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Possible Answers:

Add 

Add 

Subtract 

Add 

Multiply 

Correct answer:

Add 

Explanation:

 is added to each X value to get the Y value. 

To find the rule, you may have to do some trial and error. The most important thing to remember is, once you think you have the rule, make sure to test the rule with all of the X values. 

Example Question #1 : Measure Volume And Solve One Step Word Problems Involving Volume: Ccss.Math.Content.3.Md.A.2

Megan is working on a science experiment. Using the scale below, how much water will she have if she adds  more grams of water? 


11 g

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Megan has  of water and when she adds  she will have 

Example Question #1371 : How To Add

Megan is working on a science experiment. Using the scale below, how much water will she have if she adds  more grams of water? 


15 g

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Megan has  of water and when she adds  she will have 

Example Question #2214 : Operations

Megan is working on a science experiment. Using the scale below, how much water will she have if she adds  more grams of water? 


19 g

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Megan has  of water and when she adds  she will have 

Example Question #1372 : How To Add

In Spot’s toy basket he has  balls. There are  more stuffed animals than balls and there is double the number of ropes than balls. How many toys does Spot have in his basket? 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To solve this problem, we first have to find our unknowns. Our unknowns are the number of ropes and stuffed animals that Spot has. We can set up equations for these unknowns by letting  represent ropes and  represent stuffed animals. 

 because he has  more stuffed animals than his  balls. 

 because double means  times more. 

Now we need to add up our number of balls, stuffed animals and ropes to find our total. 

 

Example Question #1373 : How To Add

Charlie swims laps in the pool every day during the week before school. On Monday and Tuesday he swims  laps each day. On Wednesday and Thursday he triples the number of laps he swims. By Friday, he does  less laps than he does on Monday. How many total laps does he swim during the week? 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To solve this problem, we first have to find our unknowns. Our unknowns are the number of laps he swims on Wednesday and Thursday and the number of laps he swims on Friday. We can set up equations for these unknowns by letting  represent the laps that he swims on Wednesday and Thursday and  represent the number of laps he swims on Friday. 

 because when we triple something we multiply by .

 because he is swimming  less laps than he did on Monday, which means we subtract. 

To find the total amount of laps that he swam, we need to add up the laps that he did each day. 

Example Question #11 : Solve Two Step Word Problems Using The Four Operations: Ccss.Math.Content.3.Oa.D.8

In Spot’s toy basket he has  balls. There are  more stuffed animals than balls and there is five times the number of ropes than balls. How many toys does Spot have in his basket? 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To solve this problem, we first have to find our unknowns. Our unknowns are the number of ropes and stuffed animals that Spot has. We can set up equations for these unknowns by letting  represent ropes and  represent stuffed animals. 

 because he has  more stuffed animals than his  balls. 

 because he has five times as many ropes as his  balls. 

Now we need to add up our number of balls, stuffed animals and ropes to find our total. 

Example Question #12 : Solve Two Step Word Problems Using The Four Operations: Ccss.Math.Content.3.Oa.D.8

Tim swims laps in the pool every day during the week before school. On Monday and Tuesday he swims  laps each day. On Wednesday and Thursday he doubles the number of laps he swims. On Friday, he swims  fewer laps than he swam on Monday. How many total laps does he swim during the week? 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To solve this problem, we first have to find our unknowns. Our unknowns are the number of laps he swims on Wednesday and Thursday and the number of laps he swims on Friday. We can set up equations for these unknowns by letting  represent the laps that he swims on Wednesday and Thursday and  represent the number of laps he swims on Friday. 

 because when we double something we multiply by .

 because he is swimming  less laps than he did on Monday, which means we subtract. 

To find the total amount of laps that he swam, we need to add up the laps that he did each day. 

Example Question #21 : Geometric Measurement: Understand Concepts Of Angle And Measure Angles

Solve for x. 

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Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find the value of x we add both of the known angles together. 

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