SSAT Middle Level Math : Numbers and Operations

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Example Questions

Example Question #1391 : Numbers And Operations

Assorted 1

What percent of the above figures are circles?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

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 ?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

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 ?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

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 ?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

 is 40 % of , or  is 72% of , or 

To find out what percent  is of , evaluate:

 

.

Example Question #1 : Distributive Property

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Using the distributive property we get:

Example Question #2 : Distributive Property

Which of the following expressions is equivalent to the expression  ?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

By the distributive property of multiplication over addition,

Example Question #3 : Distributive Property

Which of the following expressions is equivalent to the expression  ?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

By the distributive property of multiplication over addition,

 

Example Question #4 : Distributive Property

Simplify the expression: 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Apply the distributive property:

Example Question #4 : Distributive Property

Simplify the expression: 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Apply the distributive property:

Example Question #5 : Distributive Property

Which of the following is an example of an application of the distributive property?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

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.

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