SSAT Upper Level Math : How to find the whole from the part

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

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Example Questions

Example Question #11 : Whole And Part

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

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

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 .

 of  is , so the high school the question describes had  students last year.

Example Question #12 : Whole And Part

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

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

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 .

 of  is , so there are  students in the class the question describes.

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