All SSAT Upper Level Math Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #6 : How To Express A Fraction As A Ratio
In a garden with plants, are tulips, are daisies, are roses, and the rest are bluebonnets. What is the ratio of bluebonnets to tulips in this garden?
First, find the number of bluebonnets in the garden.
The ratio of bluebonnets to tulips can be expressed as a fraction:
The fraction can also be expressed as the ratio .
Example Question #41 : Proportion / Ratio / Rate
Express as a ratio.
In the colon form of a ratio, the fraction becomes numerator:denominator.
Example Question #8 : How To Express A Fraction As A Ratio
A smoothie is made with cups of apple juice, cup of mango juice, cups of orange juice, and cups of blueberry juice. What is the ratio of the amount of orange juice to the amount of blueberry juice?
The ratio of orange juice to blueberry juice can be expressed as a fraction:
That fraction can also be expressed as .
Example Question #42 : Proportion / Ratio / Rate
Express as a ratio in simplest terms.
First, reduce the fraction.
Now, the simplified fraction can also be expressed as .
Example Question #42 : Rational Numbers
A pan of cupcakes had cupcakes on Monday. After one day, cupcakes were eaten. What is the ratio of cupcakes eaten to cupcakes remaining?
First, find the number of cupcakes that remain.
Now, set up the ratio of cupcakes eaten to cupcakes remaining as a fraction:
That fraction is equivalent to .
Example Question #43 : Proportion / Ratio / Rate
In a group of dolphins, there are male dolphins for every female dolphins. What is the ratio of female dolphins to male dolphins in this group?
The ratio of female to male dolphins can be expressed as the following fraction:
That fraction can be expressed using the colon form of a ratio as .
Example Question #14 : How To Express A Fraction As A Ratio
In an animal shelter, there are cats, birds, and dogs. What is the ratio of dogs to the total number of animals at the shelter?
First, find the total number of animals at the shelter.
The ratio of dogs to the total number of animals can be expressed as the following fraction:
That fraction can also be expressed as .
Example Question #104 : Number Concepts And Operations
There are marbles in a bag. In the bag, there are red marbles, blue marbles, and the rest of the marbles are yellow. What is the ratio of yellow marbles to red marbles?
First, find the number of yellow marbles in the bag.
The ratio of yellow marbles to red marbles can be expressed as a fraction:
That fraction can then be expressed as .
Example Question #1173 : Ssat Upper Level Quantitative (Math)
A video store lent out videos during the fall semester. of the videos were lost, and the rest were returned. What is the ratio of lost videos to returned videos?
First, find the number of videos that were returned.
Now, the ratio of videos lost to videos returned can be expressed as the following fraction:
This fraction can then be expressed as .
Example Question #1 : How To Multiply Complex Fractions
Simplify.
When multiplying fractions, find a way to reduce any of the fractions before multplying them out.
For example, since is a multiple of , you would cancel out the and that becomes a and the becomes a .
The same goes for and . The becomes and the goes to .
Overall, the fractions to multiply becomes
. Answer should be .
is not correct because it's not reduced.