SSAT Elementary Level Math : Operations

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

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Example Questions

Example Question #1061 : Operations

During a baseball game, the green team scored  points and the yellow team scored  points. How many total points were scored during the game? 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

This is an addition problem because we want to know how many total points were score when we put the green teams points and the yellow teams points together. When we put things together we are adding. 

We can start at  and count up .

Example Question #1062 : Operations

During a sleepover, Maggie and Alex want to play all the games in Alex’s toy closet. They play  games on Friday night and  games on Saturday. How many total games do they play? 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

This is an addition problem because we want to know how many total games they played when we put the games they played on Friday together with the games they played on Saturday. When we put things together we are adding. 

We can start at  and count up .

Example Question #1063 : Operations

This weekend is John’s birthday. He has a party on both Saturday and Sunday! On Saturday he got  gifts and on Sunday he got  gifts. How many total gifts did John get for his birthday? 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

This is an addition problem because we want to know how many total gifts John got for his birthday when we put the number of gifts he got on Sautrday together with the number of gifts he got on Sunday. When we put things together we are adding. 

We can start at  and count up .

Example Question #1064 : Operations

There are two after school programs at Steve’s school. One program has  students and the other program has . How many students go to the after school programs? 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

This is an addition problem because we want to know how many total sutents are in the after school programs when we put the two programs together. When we put things together we are adding. 

We can start at  and count up .

Example Question #212 : How To Add

Drew has homework in his English class and his science class. He has  chapters to read in his science book and  chapters to read in his English book. How many total chapters does Drew have to read? 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

This is an addition problem because we want to know how many total chapter he has to read when we put the English and the science chapters together. When we put things together we are adding. 

We can start at  and count up .

Example Question #1066 : Operations

There are  girls and  boys in Mrs. Ray’s class. How many total students does Mrs. Ray have in her class? 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

This is an addition problem because we want to know how many total students there are when we put the boys and the girls together. When we put things together we are adding. 

We can start at  and count up .

Example Question #1061 : Operations

For the school play, there are  singing parts and  talking parts. How many total parts are in the play? 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

This is an addition problem because we want to know how many total parts there are when we put the singing and the talking parts together. When we put things together we are adding. 

We can start at  and count up .

Example Question #222 : How To Add

We ordered a large pizza and a medium pizza. The large pizza has  slices of pizza and the medium pizza has  slices of pizza. How many total slices of pizza are there? 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

This is an addition problem because we want to know how many total slices of pizza we have when we put the medium pizza slices together with the large pizza slices. When we put things together we are adding. 

We can start at  and count up .

Example Question #1069 : Operations

The pet store has  tanks for frogs. The first tank has  frogs and the second tank has  frogs. How many total frogs does the pet store have? 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

This is an addition problem because we are putting the frogs in the two tanks together. When we put things together we are adding. 

We can start at  and count up .

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

Emily has  blueberries,  strawberries, and  raspberries on her plate. How many total pieces of fruit does she have? 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

This is an addition problem because we want to know how many total pieces of fruit Emily has when we put the blueberries, strawberries, and rapsberries together. When we put things together we are adding. 

We can start at  and count up .

Then we can count up .

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