SSAT Elementary Level Math : How to multiply

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

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Example Questions

Example Question #21 : How To Multiply

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Example Question #22 : How To Multiply

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Example Question #23 : How To Multiply

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Example Question #24 : How To Multiply

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Example Question #25 : How To Multiply

Joey bought 3 decks of cards. Each set of cards has 54 cards in the pack.  If Joey combines all the cards from the 3 packs, how many cards are there in all?

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159

126

162

166

Correct answer:

162

Explanation:

To solve, you must find the product (or multiply) 3 and 54.

Or

You can solve with addition:

Joey has 162 cards altogether.

Example Question #26 : How To Multiply

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The correct answer is .  You can multiply  on top of one another multiplying 1 by 12 and then 10 by 12.  This will give you .

Example Question #27 : How To Multiply

Find the product.

Chocolate-covered almonds cost $12 per pound, and Shelia bought 5 pounds.  How much did she spend on chocolate covered almonds?

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In order to determine how much Shelia spent on chocolate-covered almonds, you must multiply the number of pounds she bought (5) by the price per pound ($12) which is $60.

Example Question #1 : Multiplying Multi Digit Decimals

Find the product.

Steven bought 4 cheeseburgers to share.  Each cheeseburger costs $0.79.  How much did Steven pay for the 4 cheeseburgers?

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The easiest way to do this problem is to multiply .  

Another option is to add .  

Either way, the correct answer is .

Example Question #28 : How To Multiply

At a basketball game, a set of bleachers has a middle isle. There are 15 rows of bleachers on each side of the isle. Each row has 20 seats. How many total total seats are there?

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300 seats

150 seats

600 seats

15 seats

30 seats

Correct answer:

600 seats

Explanation:

If there are 15 rows of bleachers on each side of the isle, there are a total of 30 rows of bleachers. Each of these rows has 20 seats, so multiplying 20 by 30 gives the correct total number of seats, 600.

Example Question #26 : How To Multiply

Evaluate: 

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The expression is undefined.

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Explanation:

A negative number taken to an even-numbered power is positive, so:

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