SSAT Middle Level Math : Numbers and Operations

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Example Questions

Example Question #4 : Use Decimal Notation For Fractions With Denominators 10 Or 100: Ccss.Math.Content.4.Nf.C.6

Select the decimal that is equivalent to 

 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

 is twelve hundredths. 

 is twelve hundredths. When we say a decimal, we say the number and add the place-value of the last digit. 

Example Question #26 : How To Find The Decimal Equivalent Of A Fraction

What decimal is equivalent to 

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 is sixty-two hundredths. 

 is sixty-two hundredths. When we say a decimal, we say the number and add the place-value of the last digit. 

Example Question #101 : Use Decimal Notation For Fractions With Denominators 10 Or 100: Ccss.Math.Content.4.Nf.C.6

What decimal is equivalent to 

 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

 is twenty-eight hundredths. 

 is twenty-eight hundredths. When we say a decimal, we say the number and add the place-value of the last digit. 

Example Question #102 : Use Decimal Notation For Fractions With Denominators 10 Or 100: Ccss.Math.Content.4.Nf.C.6

What decimal is equivalent to 

 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

 is thirty-three hundredths. 

 is thirty-three hundredths. When we say a decimal, we say the number and add the place-value of the last digit. 

Example Question #31 : How To Find The Decimal Equivalent Of A Fraction

What decimal is equivalent to  

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

 is forty-one hundredths. 

 is forty-one hundredths. When we say a decimal, we say the number and add the place-value of the last digit. 

Example Question #1335 : Numbers And Operations

What is the decimal equivalent to the following fraction? 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

When solving for a decimal from a fraction, you have two options. You can either do long division, and divide it out. How many times does 25 go into 21? Or the second option is setting the denominator as 100.

In this case, 25 goes into 100 evenly. 

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If the denominator is 100, then the numerator is the number after the decimal point. 

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Example Question #1995 : Ssat Middle Level Quantitative (Math)

Write 0.74 as a fraction in lowest terms.

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

This decimal has its last nonzero digit in the hundredths place; this number is equal to "seventy-four one-hundredths". As a fraction, this is

This is not in lowest terms, since .

Reduce:

Example Question #4 : Percentages

The sales tax rate for a particular locality is 9%. How much will be paid after tax for $154.92 worth of groceries?

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Explanation:

Multiply the price of the groceries before tax - $154.92 - by the decimal equivalent of 9% , which is 0.09. Round this tax to the nearest hundredth (cents), then add to the price of the groceries.

Tax: 

Price after tax: 

Example Question #1 : Percentage

What is 250% of 750?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

Taking 250% of a number is the same as multiplying that number by 2.5. We therefore take the product:

Example Question #1 : How To Find The Part From The Whole With Percentage

The product of two whole numbers is 12. Their difference could be

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

The first thing to do is to determine what two numbers multiply to give you 12.

1 and 12

2 and 6

3 and 4

Now find the difference between each of those pairs. 

The difference could be 1, 4, or 11.  Only 4 is an answer choice.

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