SSAT : Quantitative Section
Test 1

Following each problem in this section, there are five suggested answers. Work each problem in your head or in the blank space provided at the right of the page. Then look at the five suggested answers and decide which one is best.

Note: Figures that accompany problems in this section are drawn as accurately as possible EXCEPT when it is stated in a specific problem that its figure is not drawn to scale. 

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[question text="If 30 + m = 30, then 30 × m = " answers="31#30#29#1#*0 "]

[question text="Katrina is buying one bracelet for each of her eleven friends. The bracelets are sold in packs of three. How many packs of bracelets will Katrina need to buy? " answers="3#*4#5#9#11 "]

[question text="Elena has a roll of ribbon that is $6\frac13$ feet long. If she wants to cut the roll of ribbon into 5-inch pieces, how many pieces can she make? " answers="14#*15#16#20#34 "]

[question text="If Christopher ran 3 miles in half an hour, his average speed was " answers="1.5 miles per hour#3 miles per hour#4.5 miles per hour#*6 miles per hour#12 miles per hour "]

[question text='Which of the following statements is correct, according to the graph in Figure 1? ' answers="The number of cones sold in the winter is equal to the number of cones sold in the fall.#The number of cones sold in the winter was less than half the number of cones sold in the spring.#The number of cones sold in the summer was twice the number of cones sold in the fall.#*The number of cones sold in the fall was twice the number of cones sold in the winter.#More cones were sold in the summer than in the spring and fall combined. "]

[question text="What is the value of the “7” in 625.713? " answers="7 ones#*7 tenths#7 hundredths#7 tens#7 thousandths "]

[question text="A long distance phone call costs $\$10.00$ for the first ten minutes and $\$0.75$ for each additional thirty seconds. If Andre has $\$16.65$, he can talk for " answers="13 minutes and 30 seconds#*14 minutes#14 minutes and 30 seconds#15 minutes#17 minutes and 30 seconds "]

[question text="0.025 × 40.00 = " answers="0.01#0.1#*1#10#100 "]

[question text="$3\frac13+6\frac23+1\frac13$ is approximately equal to " answers="9.33#10.33#10.67#*11.33#11.67"]

[question text="26 is 40 percent of " answers="0.65#10.4#60#*65#66 "]

 [question text="For any numbers a and b, $a\blacklozenge b=a-3b$. What is the value of $2\blacklozenge 4$?" answers="10#4#-4#-5#*-10"]

[question text="If one quarter of the price of a plane ticket is 125 dollars, the price of five plane tickets can be determined by multiplying 125 by " answers="$\frac15$#4#5#10#*20 "]

[question text='In Figure2, E will be the mid point of side AD, and F will be the midpoint of side AB.Which point represents the midpoint of a line segment that would join E and F? '  answers="G#*H#J#K#L "]

[question text="The average weight of three dogs is 55 pounds, and the average weight of five cats is 9 pounds. What is the average weight, in pounds, of all eight animals? " answers="8#12.5#21.75#*26.25#46 "]

[question text="If $0 < x < 3$, which of the following expressions has the smallest value? " answers="*$x-3$#$x+3$#$\frac{x}3+1$#$x+\frac3{x}$#$3x+3$ "]

[question text='In the quadrilateral in Figure3, $x=$  ' answers="285#125#105#85#*75 "] 

[question text="Mark and two of his friends planned to spend $120 each on gas for their road trip. Then, another friend decided to join them. If all friends re-divided the cost of gas equally among them, how much did each friend spend? " answers="$80#*$90#$100#$110#$120 "] 

[question text="If the average of four consecutive odd numbers is 24, what is the largest number? " answers="23#25#*27#29#96 "] 

[question text="At a fundraiser, there are 27 volunteers that need to be divided into groups. If at least 5 but no more than 9 people can be in a group, and no two groups can have the same number of volunteers, what is the smallest number of groups required to accommodate all 27 volunteers? " answers="*4#5#7#8#9 "]

[question text="At a bike store, the number of bicycles in stock is equal to the number of tricycles in stock. If the total number of bicycle and tricycle wheels is 55, how many tricycles are there? " answers="9#10#*11#22#33 "] 

[question text="The slope of the line that is perpendicular to $3x + y= 8$ is " answers="*$\frac13$#$-\frac13$#$\frac38$#$-3$#$3$ "]

[question text="Dakota lives 5miles from Jessica’s house. Chris lives 8.5 miles from Jessica’s house. How far is Dakota’s house from Chris’s house? " answers="3.5 miles#5 miles#11 miles#13.5 miles#*It cannot be determined from the information given. "]

[question text="A music store conducted a survey about whether people liked rock music, country music, or both. Out of the 800 respondents, 300 people liked country music and 700 people liked rock music. Based on this information, how many people liked both country and rock music? " answers="100#150#*200#250#300 "]

[question text="A cubic box has a side length of 2 feet. How many of these boxes could fit inside a larger cubic box whose base has a perimeter of 24 feet? " answers="12#24#*27#36#48 "] 

[question text="Manuela has x dimes, 3 quarters, and y ten dollar bills. Which of the following expressions represents the total amount of money she has, in dollars? " answers="*$\frac{x}{10}+0.75+10y$#$x+y+3(0.25)$#$\frac{10}{x}+75+10y$#$\frac{10}{x}+0.75+10y$#$10x+0.75+10y$ "]

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