SSAT Elementary Level Math : How to add

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

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Example Questions

Example Question #19 : Solve Word Problems Involving Money: Ccss.Math.Content.2.Md.C.8

If I have  dollar bills,  pennies, and  quarters, how much money do I have? 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

Each dollar bill is worth , each penny is worth  and each quarter is worth .

We have  dollar bills,  pennies, and  quarters.

      

When we add dollars and cents, we add dollars to dollars and cents to cents. 

 

We have  and  which is written as 

Example Question #1 : Generate And Analyze Patterns

Which sequence below follows the rule of adding 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

The only sequence from above that adds  each time is 

Example Question #2453 : Operations

What is the equation that shows the sum of the squares represented by this rectangular array?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

When we count the number of squares in this picture we get . We have  rows with  squares in each row. Our math equation for this picture could be written as  

Example Question #1 : Generate And Analyze Patterns

Which sequence below follows the rule of adding 

 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The only sequence from above that adds  each time is 

Example Question #5 : Word Problems: Addition Of Three Whole Numbers Whose Sum Is 20 Or Less: Ccss.Math.Content.1.Oa.A.2

During my hockey game, James scored  goals in the first period, no goals in the second period, and  goals in the third period. How many total goals did James score? 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

This is an addition problem because we want to know how many total points were scored when we put all the points together. When we put things together we are adding. 

We can start at  and count up .

Example Question #1 : Understanding The Associative Property

Which is an example of the associative property?

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Correct answer:

 and 

Explanation:

The associative property says that, when you are only adding or only multiplying, the way you group the items in a series does not matter.  Given 6 + 3 + 2 = 11, whether you group (6 + 3) + 2 or 6 + (3 + 2), the outcome does not change as the order in which you sum the numbers does not matter.

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