SSAT Elementary Level Math : How to add
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Example Question #11 : How To Add
If one side of a square is 2 inches, what is the perimeter of the square?
All four sides of a square are equal. So you can add all the sides and you get 8 inches.
Example Question #12 : How To Add
Find the sum.
145
136
153
135
135
Line up all numbers vertically. Add up the ones column first:
Carry the “10” in 15. Now add the tens place:
The sum is 135.
Example Question #1 : Adding Multi Digit Decimals
Samantha went to the toy store and bought three things:
2 bouncy balls: $0.49 each
1 coloring book: $4.75 each
How much money did Samantha spend at the toy store?
To find the answer, you must add up all three items. Be careful to add $0.49 TWO times because Samantha bought 2 bouncy balls:
Samantha spent $5.73 at the toy store.
Example Question #12 : How To Add
Line up the numbers so the ones and tens places are aligned.
Answer:
Example Question #14 : How To Add
Mikey's birthday is three weeks and two days from today. If today's date is July 7th, when is Mikey's birthday?
July 8th
July 28th
July 21st
July 23rd
July 30th
July 30th
Since a week consists of seven days, three weeks is equal to 21 days. Next, we should add two additional days, letting us know that Mikey's birthday is 23 days from July 7th. To find when his birthday is, simply add 23 and 7 to get 30!
Example Question #861 : Operations
Find the sum.
The correct answer is 841. We start in the ones column on the far right and add 6 and 5. This is 11 so we have to carry the tens digit (1) to the next column and being the ones digit (also a 1) down. Adding the tens column we get
so once again we carry the 1 and bring the 4 down. Next we add the hundreds column which
which we bring down. Thus the final answer is 841.
Example Question #16 : How To Add
If a plane left New York at 10:25 AM and landed in Miami, Florida 3 hours and 45 minutes later, what time would the plane land?
2:10 PM
1:10 PM
1:10 AM
2:10 AM
3:10 PM
2:10 PM
In order to figure out what time is 3 hours and 45 minutes after 10:25 AM, first deal with the minutes. 45 minutes after 10:25 AM is 11:10 AM. Now add 3 hours to that. 12:10 PM is one hour, 1:10 PM is two hours, and 2:10 PM is three hours. Thus 2:10 PM is the answer.
Example Question #11 : How To Add
Find the sum.
135
152
125
126
125
To find the sum, you need to add. Line up all numbers vertically. Add up the ones column first:
Carry the “10” in 15. Now add the tens place:
The sum is 125.
Example Question #864 : Operations
What number is hiding behind the starburst?
To solve this problem, you first need to see that the two addends make up parts of the whole, which is 22. Since the first addend is 4, we already know that one part is 4. To figure out the missing addend, we can either:
A) start at 4 and count up to 22
B) start at 22 and count back by 4
To double check the answer, you just need to make sure that when you put the two parts together, you get the whole, 22!
Example Question #862 : Operations
Hammond has 3 bins of crayons at home. Each bin has 5 crayons. Which of these number sentences could Hammond use to figure out how many crayons she has in all?
Because Hammond has 3 bins, and each bin has 5 crayons, you should add 5 together 3 times:
One way to double check your answer is to draw a picture of the problem and then see if the number sentence matches the picture.
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