SSAT Elementary Level Math : SSAT Elementary Level Quantitative (Math)

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

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Example Questions

Example Question #3053 : Operations

Four girls want to play marbles; one of them brought a bag that contains 72 marbles. If each girl is to start out with the same number of marbles, how many will each one get?

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72 marbles are being divided among the four children, so divide 72 by 4:

Example Question #3271 : Ssat Elementary Level Quantitative (Math)

Ben has ten chores to do each week. If he does two chores per day, how many days each week will he have no chores to do?

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This is a two-step question. First, divide 10 chores by 2 (because he will do 2 per day) to find out how many days he will do chores.  

He will have 5 days of chores.

Since there are 7 days in a week, subtract the number of chore days from the number of days in a week.

He will have 2 non-chore days.

Example Question #1 : How To Divide

Find the quotient and show a remainder if necessary.  Remainders are expressed as "R".

 

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6 R2

2 R6

6 R8

5 R8

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6 R2

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When you divide 8 into 50, it does not go in evenly.  

8 goes into 50, 6 times with a remainder of 2. 

You can also draw a picture:

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This shows 6 groups of 8 (equals 48) with 2 left over (remainder).

Therefore, the correct answer is 6 R2.

Example Question #3054 : Operations

Find the quotient, show a remainder if necessary.  Remainders are expressed as "R"

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When you divide 5 into 24, it does not go in evenly.  

5 goes into 24 four times, with a remainder of 4. 

You can also draw a picture:

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This shows 4 groups of 5 (equals 20) with 4 left over (remainder).

Therefore, the correct answer is 4 R4.

Example Question #3055 : Operations

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Example Question #3274 : Ssat Elementary Level Quantitative (Math)

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Example Question #3272 : Ssat Elementary Level Quantitative (Math)

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Example Question #3057 : Operations

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This question is asking for the quotient when you divide 3 into 12.  Another way to think about this is how many times does 3 go into 12.  

3, 6, 9, 12 so it goes in four times.

Example Question #3061 : Operations

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Example Question #11 : How To Divide

Which of the numbers is not prime?

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A prime number is only divisible by itslef and . This is true of all the given numbers except for , which is divisible by  and 

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