All SSAT Elementary Level Math Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #4233 : Ssat Elementary Level Quantitative (Math)
Johnny and Hayden are sharing a pizza pie. If Hayden eats of the pie, what fraction is left for Johnny to eat?
Johnny and Hayden start off with a whole pizza pie, which can be represented as 1 or . Since Hayden eats of the pizza, we need to subtract that amount from 1 to find out what fraction of pizza is left for Johnny.
Example Question #411 : Whole And Part
Tracy and Brayden have 87 stamps together. If 53 of those stamps belong to Tracy, how many stamps belong to Brayden?
We are given the total number of stamps that Tracy and Brayden have together, as well as the total number of stamps that Tracy has individually. To find how many stamps Brayden has individually, we should subtract!
Total stamps - Tracy's stamps = Brayden's stamps
Example Question #412 : Whole And Part
Perrie and Jade have 44 pairs of shoes. If 25 pairs of those shoes belong to Perrie, how many pairs of shoes does Jade have?
We are given the total number of pairs of shoes that Perrie and Jade have together, and how many pairs of shoes Perrie has individually. To find how many pairs of shoes Jade has individually, we should subtract!
Total pairs of shoes - Perrie's pairs of shoes = Jade's pairs of shoes
Example Question #4236 : Ssat Elementary Level Quantitative (Math)
Kennedy and Tomas ate an entire pizza pie. If Kennedy ate of the pizza pie, what fraction of the pizza pie did Tomas eat?
Since Kennedy and Tomas eat the entire pizza pie, we can subtract the amount that Kennedy ate from the whole pizza pie. We can represent the whole pizza pie by the number 1, which is equivalent to .
Example Question #413 : Whole And Part
Sean and Paul have 23 toy cars. If 14 of those cars belong to Paul, how many cars does Sean have?
We are given the total number of toy cars that Sean and Paul have together, and the number of toy cars that Paul has individually. To find how many toy cars Sean has individually, we need to subtract!
Total toy cars - Paul's toy cars = Sean's toy cars
Example Question #414 : Whole And Part
Eric and Bessie have 25 cookies. If 19 of those cookies belong to Eric, how many cookies belong to Bessie?
We are given the total number of cookies that Eric and Bessie have together, and how many cookies Eric has individually. To find how many cookies Bessie has individually, we should subtract!
Total cookies - Eric's cookies = Bessie's cookies
Example Question #415 : Whole And Part
Lauren and Juan have 32 blocks. If 20 of those blocks belong to Juan, how many blocks belong to Lauren?
We are given the total number of blocks that Lauren and Juan have together, and how many blocks Juan has individually. To find how many blocks Lauren has individually, we should subtract!
Total blocks - Juan's blocks = Lauren's blocks
Example Question #416 : Whole And Part
Izzy weighs 81 pounds. If Izzy and Garth weigh 175 pounds together, how much does Garth weigh?
We are given the combined weight of Izzy and Garth, and how much Izzy weighs individually. To find how much Garth weighs individually, we should subtract!
Total weight - Izzy's weight = Garth's weight
Example Question #417 : Whole And Part
Kim and Stevie have 28 dolls. If 13 of those dolls belong to Kim, how many dolls belong to Stevie?
We are given the total number of dolls that Kim and Stevie have together and the total number of dolls Kim has individually. To find the number of dolls that Stevie has individually, we need to subtract the number of dolls Kim has from the total number of dolls.
Example Question #34 : How To Find The Part From The Whole
Neda and Sarah have toy ponies. If of these toy ponies belong to Sarah, how many toy ponies belong to Neda?
We are given the total number of toy ponies that Neda and Sarah have together, and how many toy ponies Sarah has individually. To find how many toy ponies Neda has individually, we should subtract!
Total toy ponies - Sarah's toy ponies = Neda's toy ponies
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