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Example Question #114 : Fractions

Last year, $70\%$ of students at a certain high school continued on to college. If 1400 students from this high school went to college, how many total students did the high school have last year?

Possible Answers:

5000

2800

1400

2000

Correct answer:

2000

Explanation:

Let be the total number of students enrolled last year at the high school the question describes. With the information given in the question, we can write the following equation and solve for .

0.7x=1400

$x=\frac{1400}{0.7}$

x=2000

$70\%$ of 2000 is 1400 , so the high school the question describes had 2000 students last year.

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Example Question #115 : Fractions

students in a class are vegetarian. If $12\%$ of this class is vegetarian, how many total students are in the class?

Possible Answers:

320

200

124

400

Correct answer:

200

Explanation:

Let be the total number of students in the class. With the information given in the question, we can write the following equation and solve for .

0.12x=24

$x=\frac{24}{0.12}$

x=200

$12\%$ of 200 is , so there are 200 students in the class the question describes.

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Example Question #111 : Fractions

What is $54\%$ of 250 ?

Possible Answers:

135

115

125

145

Correct answer:

135

Explanation:

Multiply 250 by 0.54 to find the answer.

$250\times0.54=135$ .

$135 \text{ is }54\%\text{ of }250.$

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Example Question #11 : Whole And Part

Susie won $\$10,000$ from the lottery. If she has to pay $45\%$ of the winnings to taxes and gives her parents $20\%$ of the remaining amount, how much does she have left over?

Possible Answers:

$\$4,400$

$\$5,600$

$\$5,500$

$\$4,500$

Correct answer:

$\$4,400$

Explanation:

First, find out how much she has left after she pays her taxes.

$\text{After tax amount}=\$10,000-(\$10,000\times0.45)=\$5,500$

Now, take away $20\%$ of the after-tax amount to find out how much she has left.

$\$5500-(0.2\times\$5500)=\$4,400$

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Example Question #3 : How To Find The Part From The Whole

Kerry spends $45\%$ of his monthly salary on rent, $20\%$ on food, and $35\%$ on movies. If he spent $\$900$ on rent, how much did he spend on food?

Possible Answers:

$\$700$

$\$500$

$\$600$

$\$400$

Correct answer:

$\$400$

Explanation:

First, find out how much Kerry makes per month. Let be his monthly salary. We know that he spends $45\%$ of his monthly salary on rent, and that he spends $\$900$ on rent. Knowing this, we can set up an equation and solve for , how much Kerry makes per month.

$0.45x=\$900$

$x=\frac{\$900}{0.45}$

$x=\$2,000$

Now, we can find out how much he spends on food.

$\text{Amount spent on food}=\$2,000\times0.2=\$400$

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Example Question #113 : Fractions

A class of students was polled. If $\frac{1}{6}$ of them claimed that they enjoy eating sushi, how many students enjoy eating sushi?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Multiply the total number of students by the fraction to find out how many of them enjoy eating sushi.

$30\times\frac{1}{6}=\frac{30}{6}=5$

students in the class enjoy eating sushi.

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Example Question #114 : Fractions

A car is on sale for $37.5\%$ off. If the original price is $\$9,000$ , how much does the car cost when it is on sale?

Possible Answers:

$\$4,575$

$\$5,625$

$\$5,565$

$\$3,375$

Correct answer:

$\$5,625$

Explanation:

Subtract the discount from the original price of the car.

$\$9000-(0.375\times\$9000)=\$5625$

The discounted car costs $\$5,625$ .

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Example Question #181 : Number Concepts And Operations

Jeremy bought $\$10.21$ worth of toothpaste. At the checkout, he found that he had a coupon that would take $20\%$ off the cost of the toothpaste. How much will Jeremy pay for the toothpaste if he uses the coupon?

Possible Answers:

$\$9.13$

$\$2.04$

$\$2.81$

$\$8.17$

Correct answer:

$\$8.17$

Explanation:

Subtract the amount the coupon would take off from the total amount the toothpaste would cost.

$\$10.21-(0.2\times\$10.21)=\$8.17$

If Jeremy uses the coupon, the toothpaste will cost $\$8.17$ .

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Example Question #7 : How To Find The Part From The Whole

The tax on the sale of a house worth $\$150,560$ was $\$22,584$ . What was the tax rate?

Possible Answers:

$5\%$

$15\%$

$9\%$

$11\%$

Correct answer:

$15\%$

Explanation:

To find the tax rate, divide the tax amount by the total worth of the house.

$22584\div150560=0.15$

Now, convert this decimal into a percentage.

$0.15\cdot\frac{100}{100}=\frac{15}{100}=15\%$

The tax rate on this house sale is $15\%$ .

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Example Question #8 : How To Find The Part From The Whole

If Hannah needs to pay a $12\%$ tax on her yearly income of $\$36,000$ , how much does she need to pay for the tax?

Possible Answers:

$\$4,320$

$\$4,221$

$\$5,600$

$\$3,240$

Correct answer:

$\$4,320$

Explanation:

Multiply $\$36,000$ by 0.12 to find the amount Hannah needs to pay in taxes.

$\$36,000\times0.12=\$4,320$

Hannah needs to pay $\$4,320$ in taxes.

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SSAT Upper Level Math : Whole and Part

Study concepts, example questions & explanations for SSAT Upper Level Math

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Example Question #114 : Fractions

Example Question #115 : Fractions

Example Question #111 : Fractions

Example Question #11 : Whole And Part

Example Question #3 : How To Find The Part From The Whole

Example Question #113 : Fractions

Example Question #114 : Fractions

Example Question #181 : Number Concepts And Operations

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