All SSAT Middle Level Math Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #1391 : Numbers And Operations
What percent of the above figures are circles?
There are twelve figures, six of which are circles. This is
of the figures.
Example Question #2052 : Ssat Middle Level Quantitative (Math)
is of .
is 2.5 % of .
What percent of is ?
For the sake of simplicity, since this reasoning is independent of the actual value of , we will assume that . Then is of 100, or simply , and is 2.5% of 100, or simply 2.5. To find out what percent is of , evaluate:
Example Question #1392 : Numbers And Operations
is 20% of and of .
What percent of is ?
20% of a number is of that number, so . Equivalently,
of a number is of that number, so . Equivalently,
To find out what percent is of , evaluate:
.
Example Question #1393 : Numbers And Operations
is 40% of . is 72% of .
What percent of is ?
is 40 % of , or ; is 72% of , or .
To find out what percent is of , evaluate:
.
Example Question #1 : Distributive Property
Using the distributive property we get:
Example Question #2 : Distributive Property
Which of the following expressions is equivalent to the expression ?
By the distributive property of multiplication over addition,
Example Question #3 : Distributive Property
Which of the following expressions is equivalent to the expression ?
By the distributive property of multiplication over addition,
Example Question #4 : Distributive Property
Simplify the expression:
Apply the distributive property:
Example Question #4 : Distributive Property
Simplify the expression:
Apply the distributive property:
Example Question #5 : Distributive Property
Which of the following is an example of an application of the distributive property?
According to the distributive property, for any values of ,
If we set , this become the statement
,
so this is the correct choice.
All of the other statements are true for different reasons:
is true because of the associative property of multiplication.
is true because of the commutative property of multiplication.
is true because of the commutative property of addition.
is true because of the identity property of multiplication.