All SSAT Upper Level Math Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #2 : How To Add Fractions
Peter ate of a pie for breakfast, then ate of the pie as a morning snack. How much of the pie did Peter eat?
To find how much of the pie Peter ate, you will need to add together and .
Start by converting both fractions so that the denominators are the same.
Now, you can add the fractions.
Example Question #5 : How To Add Fractions
Timothy spends of his weekly allowance on comic books and of his weekly allowance on candy. What fraction of his weekly allowance does he spend on comic books and candy?
To find out how much of his weekly allowance Timothy spends on candy and comic books, add and together.
To do so, you need to first convert both fractions so that they have the same denominator.
Now you can add together the fractions.
Example Question #181 : Rational Numbers
In a jar of marbles, of the marbles are red and of the marbles of blue. What fraction of the jar of marbles are red and blue marbles?
To find out what fraction of the jar are red and blue marbles, add and together.
First, you need to convert the fractions so that they have the same denominator. Since is a multiple of , you only need to change one fraction.
Now, add the fractions together.
Example Question #182 : Rational Numbers
Jim baked two batches of cookies. In the first batch, he used cup of sugar. In his second batch, he used cups of sugar. In cups, how much sugar did he use in total?
To find how much sugar he used in total, add and together.
First, make sure that both fractions have the same denominator before you add them. Since is a multiple of , you will need to convert into by multiplying both numerator and denominators by .
Now, add the fractions.
Example Question #3 : How To Add Fractions
Lucy gave away of her hair ribbons to Megan and of her hair ribbons to Patrice. What fraction of her hair ribbons did Lucy give away?
You will need to add together and .
Since is a multiple of , we can use as the common denominator.
Then,
Example Question #8 : How To Add Fractions
Michael ate of a cake for breakfast, and then of the same cake for dinner. How much of the cake did Michael eat?
To figure out how much cake Michael ate, you will need to add the two fractions given in the question.
First, find the common denominator of both fractions and convert them so that they have that denominator.
Now, add the fractions.
Example Question #9 : How To Add Fractions
On a certain game show, the audience is polled. of the audience enjoys playing football, and of the audience enjoys playing basketball. What fraction of the audience enjoys playing football and basketball?
Add the fractions together. In order to do so, you will need to convert so that it shares the same denominator as .
Now, add the fractions.
Example Question #181 : Rational Numbers
Solve,
Since the denominators for the fractions are the same, keep the denominator and add the numerators.
Example Question #1312 : Ssat Upper Level Quantitative (Math)
On a given week, Jeremy spends of his time working on homework and of his time doing chores. What fraction of his time is spent doing homework and doing chores?
To find how much time Jeremy spends doing his homework and his chores, add together and .
First, convert both fractions so that they have the same denominator.
Now, you can add the fractions together.
Example Question #12 : How To Add Fractions
Solve,
In order to add the fractions, you need to first find a common denominator. For and , the least common denominator is .
Then,