SSAT Middle Level Math : Numbers and Operations

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Example Questions

Example Question #1032 : Ssat Middle Level Quantitative (Math)

There are  puppies in obedience training. If  of the puppies are male, how many of them are female?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

If  are male, then  of the puppies in obedience training are female. Because:

 .

Now we can write the following proportion and solve.

Example Question #1033 : Ssat Middle Level Quantitative (Math)

The ratio of doctors to nurses in the hospital with a staff of  is  to . How many more nurses than doctors are there?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The best way to think about this problem is to divide the total number of people into parts. Since there are  parts doctors to  parts nurses, it's best to divide the total into  parts. Dividing  into  parts gives you . Therefore,  is your multiplier. Now take your multiplier and multiply it by your ratios.

This gives you  and . These are the number of doctors and nurses, respectively.

To find how many more nurses than doctors there are we take the difference:

Therefore, there are  more nurses than doctors.

Example Question #1034 : Ssat Middle Level Quantitative (Math)

Alice received $2.40 for her weekly allowance. If her favorite snacks cost 60¢ each, how many snacks can Alice buy this week?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To solve:

Divide the total amount of Alice's allowance ($2.40) by the price for each snack ($ .60)

Alice would be able to buy 4 snacks.

Example Question #1034 : Ssat Middle Level Quantitative (Math)

Steve ate 20% of his pie on Monday.  On Tuesday Steve ate 50% of the left-over pie.  What percent of the pie is left?

Possible Answers:

10%

40%

30%

20%

60%

Correct answer:

40%

Explanation:

On Tuesday, Steve ate 50% (half) of the 80%, which is 40%.  Steve has eaten 20% on Monday and 40% on Tuesday, so there is 40% left over.

Example Question #1035 : Ssat Middle Level Quantitative (Math)

As a swim team member, Nicolas needs to train 90 hours a month. How many hours should Nicolas train each day of the 30-day month, in order to reach his goal?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Divide 90 hours by 30 days in the month:

Answer: Nicolas needs to train 3 hours a day.

Example Question #1038 : Ssat Middle Level Quantitative (Math)

Brian found a motorcycle on sale for % off. If the original price of the motorcycle is $, how much will Brian save?

Possible Answers:

$

$

$

$

$

Correct answer:

$

Explanation:

In order to find how much money Brian saved, we my first calculae % of $.  We do this by multiplying by :

Since we are looking for how much Brian saved and not how much he spent, our final answer is $.

Example Question #4 : How To Find The Part From The Whole

An eight slice pizza pie must be shared evenly among four friends. How many slices will each person get?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Divide:

Answer: Each person must get 2 slices.

Example Question #1 : Whole And Part

A teacher has sixty stickers to give out to her 15 students. How many stickers will each student receive?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Divide:

Answer: 4 stickers. 

Example Question #371 : Numbers And Operations

Sixteen balloons are to be shared evenly among four children. How many balloons will each child get?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Divide:

balloons

 

Example Question #372 : Numbers And Operations

Seventy people need to make five equal lines. How many people will be on each line?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Divide:

people per line

 

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