SSAT Elementary Level Math : How to find the answer from a table

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

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Example Questions

Example Question #201 : Tables

Melissa's class made a chart to display her and her classmates' favorite sports. 

Use the graph below to answer the question. 

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How many people listed football as their favorite sport? 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

The bar for football is the second bar from the left. The bar raises to the number , which means  people listed football as their favorite sport.

Example Question #202 : Tables

Melissa's class made a chart to display her and her classmates' favorite sports. 

Use the graph below to answer the question. 

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How many people listed baseball as their favorite sport? 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

The bar for baseball is the third bar from the left. The bar raises to the number , which means  people listed baseball as their favorite sport.

Example Question #201 : Tables

Melissa's class made a chart to display her and her classmates' favorite sports. 

Use the graph below to answer the question. 

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How many people listed cheerleading as their favorite sport? 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

The bar for cheerleading is the fourth bar from the left. The bar raises to the number , which means  people listed cheerleading as their favorite sport.

Example Question #301 : Data Analysis

Melissa's class made a chart to display her and her classmates' favorite sports. 

Use the graph below to answer the question. 

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What sport is the most popular?

Possible Answers:

Cheerleading

Soccer

Baseball

Football

Correct answer:

Football

Explanation:

The bar for football goes up the highest, and  people listed football as their favorite sport, so football is the most popular sport. 

Example Question #5133 : Ssat Elementary Level Quantitative (Math)

Melissa's class made a chart to display her and her classmates' favorite sports. 

Use the graph below to answer the question. 

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Based on the graph, how many people are in Melissa's class? 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find out how many people are in Melissa's class, we need to add up all of the votes that each sport received. 

Example Question #5134 : Ssat Elementary Level Quantitative (Math)

Melissa's class made a chart to display her and her classmates' favorite sports. 

Use the graph below to answer the question. 

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How many more people favor cheerleading than baseball? 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

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

Example Question #203 : Tables

Melissa's class made a chart to display her and her classmates' favorite sports. 

Use the graph below to answer the question. 

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If six students change their minds and decide that soccer is actually their favorite sport, how many students would favor soccer? 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

If six more people favor soccer, we can add  to the current number of people who favor soccer, , to find our new total. 

Example Question #5131 : Ssat Elementary Level Quantitative (Math)

Melissa's class made a chart to display her and her classmates' favorite sports. 

Use the graph below to answer the question. 

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What sport is the least favorite among Melissa and her classmates? 

Possible Answers:

Baseball

Football

Soccer

Cheerleading

Correct answer:

Baseball

Explanation:

The bar for baseball is the shortest, with only  votes, which means this is the least favorite. 

Example Question #5132 : Ssat Elementary Level Quantitative (Math)

Miss. West's class made a chart of the pets that they own. 

Use the graph below to answer the question. 

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What is the title of the graph? 

Possible Answers:

Pets Owned

Number of Students

Miss. West's Class

Type of Pet

Number of People

Correct answer:

Pets Owned

Explanation:

The title of a bar graph can be found at the top of the graph, and it tells you what type of data the graph is displaying. In this case, our title is "Pets Owned". 

Example Question #5133 : Ssat Elementary Level Quantitative (Math)

Miss. West's class made a chart of the pets that they own. 

Use the graph below to answer the question. 

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What is the label of the x-axis? 

Possible Answers:

Type of Pet

Pets Owned

Number of People

Miss. West

Miss. West's Class 

Correct answer:

Type of Pet

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 "Type of Pet".

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