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 #5141 : Ssat Elementary Level Quantitative (Math)

Miss. West's class made a chart of the pets that they own. 

Use the graph below to answer the question. 

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What is the label of the y-axis? 

Possible Answers:

Miss. West

Number of People

Pets Owned

Type of Pet

Miss. West's Class

Correct answer:

Number of People

Explanation:

A graph is made up of an x-axis and a y-axis. The x-axis of a graph is always the horizontal line (a line that runs from left to right) and the y-axis is alway the vertical line (a line that runs from top to bottom) 

The y-axis of this graph is labeled "Number of People". 

Example Question #456 : Measurement & Data

Miss. West's class made a chart of the pets that they own. 

Use the graph below to answer the question. 

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How many people own a dog? 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The bar for dogs is the first bar on the left. The bar raises to the number , which means  people have a dog. 

Example Question #461 : Measurement & Data

Miss. West's class made a chart of the pets that they own. 

Use the graph below to answer the question. 

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How many people own a cat? 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The bar for cats is the second bar from the left. The bar raises to the number , which means  people have a cat. 

Example Question #462 : Measurement & Data

Miss. West's class made a chart of the pets that they own. 

Use the graph below to answer the question. 

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How many people own a fish? 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The bar for fish is the third bar from the left. The bar raises to the number , which means  people have a fish. 

Example Question #463 : Measurement & Data

Miss. West's class made a chart of the pets that they own. 

Use the graph below to answer the question. 

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How many people own a bird? 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The bar for birds is the fourth bar from the left. The bar raises to the number , which means  people have a bird. 

Example Question #464 : Measurement & Data

Miss. West's class made a chart of the pets that they own. 

Use the graph below to answer the question. 

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How many total pets are included in the graph? 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find out how many pets are included in the graph, we need to add up each of the totals for each type of pet.

Example Question #321 : Data Analysis

Miss. West's class made a chart of the pets that they own. 

Use the graph below to answer the question. 

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How many more dogs are there than cats? 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The phrase "how many more" tells us that we are going to subtract. We can take the number of dogs and subtract the number of cats.

Example Question #322 : Data Analysis

Miss. West's class made a chart of the pets that they own. 

Use the graph below to answer the question. 

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If four people weren't included in the graph, and they all have dogs, how many total dogs would there be? 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

If there are four more dogs, we can add  to the current  dogs that are shown on the graph. 

Example Question #5142 : Ssat Elementary Level Quantitative (Math)

Miss. West's class made a chart of the pets that they own. 

Use the graph below to answer the question. 

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What pet is the least popular pet to have? 

Possible Answers:

Dog

Bird

Cat

Fish

Correct answer:

Bird

Explanation:

The bar for birds is the shortest, with only , which means this is the least popular pet to have. 

Example Question #5143 : Ssat Elementary Level Quantitative (Math)

Miss. West's class made a chart of the pets that they own. 

Use the graph below to answer the question. 

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What pet is the most popular pet to have? 

Possible Answers:

Dog

Bird

Cat

Firsh

Correct answer:

Dog

Explanation:

The bar for dogs goes up the highest, with  dogs. This means that the dog is the most popular pet to have.

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