All SSAT Elementary Level Math Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #841 : Operations & Algebraic Thinking
Matt invited of his friends to a cookout. of his friends did not come. How many of his friends did come to his cookout?
This is a subtraction problem because some of the friends that Matt invitied did not come, so the total number of people that did come has to be less than what he invited.
We can start at and count back .
Example Question #17 : Subtraction Within 20 To Solve Word Problems
Ms. Smith’s class has students. of her students are out with the flu today. How many students are in the class today?
This is a subtraction problem because some of Mrs. Smith's students are out with the flu, so the number of students in class has to be less than the total number of students that she has.
We can start at and count back .
Example Question #451 : Adding And Subtracting Within 20
Joe has total math problems to complete for homework tonight. He wants to get done before dinner. How many will he have left to do after dinner?
This is a subtraction problem because we want to know how many homework problems Joe will have left after he does some of them, so he will have less than what he started with.
We can start at and count back .
Example Question #851 : Operations & Algebraic Thinking
Mr. Bell has desks in his classroom. He only needs desks, how many extra desks does he have?
This is a subtraction problem because we want to know how many extra desks Mr. Bell has after the he needs are used.
We can start at and count back .
Example Question #1 : Representing And Solving Addition And Subtraction Problems
A large pizza has slices. If we eat slices, how many will be left?
This is a subtraction problem because we want to know how many slices will be left after we eat some. Since we are eating slices, or taking slices away, we will have less than what we started with.
We can start at and count back .
Example Question #11 : Adding And Subtracting Within 20
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In this series we are subtracting , or counting down by . , , and .
Example Question #12 : Adding And Subtracting Within 20
Fill in the blank: , ,__________, ,
In this series we are subtracting by , or counting down by . , , , and .
Example Question #12 : Adding And Subtracting Within 20
Fill in the blank: , , __________, ,
In this series we are subtracting , or counting down by . , , , and .
Example Question #13 : Adding And Subtracting Within 20
Fill in the blank: , __________, , ,
In this series we are subtracting by , or counting down by . , , , and .
Example Question #13 : Adding And Subtracting Within 20
Fill in the blank: , __________, , ,
In this series we are subtracting , or counting down by . , , , and .
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