SSAT Elementary Level Math : Operations

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

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Example Questions

Example Question #2201 : Operations

Fill in the blank. 

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Explanation:

When we are counting,  comes after 

 

Example Question #2202 : Operations

Fill in the blank. 

__________

 

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Explanation:

When we are counting,  comes after 

 

Example Question #2203 : Operations

What is the missing number? , __________,  

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Explanation:

In this series we are counting by . When counting by  is between  and

Example Question #2204 : Operations

What is the missing number? __________

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

In this series we are counting by . When counting by ,  is between  and

Example Question #2205 : Operations

The carnival game has  different sizes of bears for prizes. There are  small bears,  medium bears, and  large bears. How many total bears does the carnival game have? 

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Explanation:

This is an addition problem because we want to know how many total bears the carnival has altogether. We can add the numbers in any order,  

Example Question #1 : Solving Problems Involving The Four Operations, And Identifying And Explaining Patterns In Arithmetic

Jessica has been collecting beads all summer. She started with  beads and by the end of the summer she was able to add  more beads to her collection.  On the first day of school she wants to evenly split the beads up amongst her  friends.  How many beads will each friend get? 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

To solve this problem, we first have to find our unknowns. Our unknowns are the number of beads she will have by the end of the summer and the number of beads each of her friends will receive. We can set up equations for these unknowns by letting  represent the beads that she has at the end of the summer and  represent the number of beads each of her friends will receive. 

  because she gets  more beads by the end of the summer.

 because she is splitting up her total amount of beads between  friends. When you split something up evenly you divide.  

Example Question #2 : Solving Problems Involving The Four Operations, And Identifying And Explaining Patterns In Arithmetic

Emily has been collecting beads all summer. She started with  beads and by the end of the summer she was able to add  more beads to her collection.  On the first day of school she wants to evenly split the beads up amongst her  friends.  How many beads will each friend get? 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

To solve this problem, we first have to find our unknowns. Our unknowns are the number of beads she will have by the end of the summer and the number of beads each of her friends will receive. We can set up equations for these unknowns by letting  represent the beads that she has at the end of the summer and  represent the number of beads each of her friends will receive. 

  because she gets  more beads by the end of the summer.

 because she is splitting up her total amount of beads between  friends. When you split something up evenly you divide.  

Example Question #3 : Solving Problems Involving The Four Operations, And Identifying And Explaining Patterns In Arithmetic

Justin loves to run and is training for a marathon at the end of the month. His training program has him running  miles three times during the week, and  miles on a weekend day. How many miles does he run in a week? 

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Explanation:

To solve this problem, we first have to find our unknowns. Our unknowns are the number of miles he runs during the week and the total miles that he runs. We can set up equations for these unknowns by letting  represent the miles that he runs during the weekdays and  represent the total miles that he runs in  week. 

  because he is running  miles  times.

 because to find the total we need to add the miles he runs during the week and on the weekend.

 

Example Question #2 : Solving Problems Involving The Four Operations, And Identifying And Explaining Patterns In Arithmetic

Jason loves to run and is training for a marathon at the end of the month. His training program has him running  miles three times a week, and  miles one time a week. How many miles does he run in a week? 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

To solve this problem, we first have to find our unknowns. Our unknowns are the number of miles he runs during the week and the total miles that he runs. We can set up equations for these unknowns by letting  represent the miles that he runs during the weekdays and  represent the total miles that he runs in  week. 

  because he is running  miles  times.

 because to find the total we need to add the miles he runs during the week and on the weekend.

Example Question #3 : Solving Problems Involving The Four Operations, And Identifying And Explaining Patterns In Arithmetic

Hannah is making a red fruit salad because red is her favorite color. She cuts up  pieces of watermelon and puts it in a bowl. Because she really loves strawberries, she wants  times as many pieces of strawberries as pieces of watermelon. Then she adds half as many raspberries as strawberries. How many pieces of fruit are in her fruit salad? 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

To solve this problem, we first have to find our unknowns. Our unknowns are the number strawberries and raspberries she puts in the fruit salad. We can set up equations for these unknowns by letting  represent strawberries and  represent raspberries. 

  because she has  times as many strawberries than watermelon. 

  because when we half something we always divide by 

Now we need to add the watermelon, strawberries, and raspberries together to find our total. 

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