SSAT Math
( √2 - √3 )² = A. 5 - 2√6 B. 5 - √6 C. 1 - 2√6 D. 1 - √2 E. 1
A
A cubical block of metal weighs 6 pounds. How much will another cube of the same metal weigh if its sides are twice as long? A. 48 B. 32 C. 24 D. 18 E. 12
A
Ernesto is deep-sea diving with two friends. Rosa is floating on the surface 12 metres above Ernesto, and Duncan is exploring a coral reef 16 metres in front of Ernesto. How far apart are Rosa and Duncan? A. 20 B. 9 C. 10 D. 6 E. 16
A
If 5𝑥 + 25 is less than 27, then 𝑥 could equal (A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 5 (D) 20 (E) 25
A
What is the average of 30, -30, 50, -20, -30, and 60? A. 10 B. 60 C. 44 D. 12 E. 15
A
Which of the following is divisible by 7? A. 742 B. 734 C. 730 D. 726 E. 722
A
If J - 10 = 9, then J - 11 = (A) 1 (B) 8 (C) 9 (D) 10 (E) 11
B
If three times a number is 9, what is the number? (A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 6 (D) 12 (E) 27
B
If two dozen toys are divided equally among 8 children, how many toys will each child receive? (1 dozen = 12) A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5 E. 6
B
On a table, there are ten of each of the following types of coins: 1-cent, 5-cent, 10-cent, and 25-cent coins. If Edith needs exactly 36 cents, what is the least number of coins she must take from the table? A. Two B. Three C. Four D. Five E. Six
B
Sophie is making bows for packages and uses 1.25 meters of ribbon per bow. If she has 12 meters of ribbon and makes as many complete bows as possible, how much ribbon, in meters, will remain? A. 0.60 B. 0.75 C. 0.85 D. 1.75 E. 1.85
B
Whitney is building a slide for her kids. The ladder is 3 metres tall and the slide is 5 metres long. What is the distance between the ladder and the bottom of the slide? A. 23 B. 4 C. 11 D. 6 E. 17
B
If 5 out of 20 students in a class wear glasses, what percentage of the students wear glasses? (A) 5% (B) 15% (C) 25% (D) 20% (E) 50%
C
In a class of 78 students 41 are taking French, 22 are taking German. Of the students taking French or German, 9 are taking both courses. How many students are not enrolled in either course? A. 6 B. 15 C. 24 D. 33 E. 54
C
Joe has 80 quarters. His sister has 25 quarters, 10 nickels, and 40 dimes. How much more money does Joe have than his sister? A. $4.25 B. $8.75 C. $9.25 D. $10.25 E. $13.75
C
Joseph's car began the week with a full tank of gasoline. During the week, he drove his car 232 miles and paid $32 for gasoline that week. At this rate, how many miles will he drive if he pays $40 for gasoline next week? A. 240 B. 288 C. 290 D. 320 E. 332
C
Meg goes for a run 3 times per week, and she runs for an average of 27 minutes each time. On average, how long does Meg run each week? (A) 54 minutes (B) 1 hour, 11 minutes (C) 1 hour, 21 minutes (D) 1 hour, 29 minutes (E) 2 hours, 1 minute
C
The length of Ed's rectangular lounge is 12 metres and the distance between opposite corners is 13 metres. What is the width of Ed's lounge? A. 15 B. 14 C. 5 D. 10 E. 1
C
What is the average (arithmetic mean) of all the multiples of ten from 10 to 190 inclusive? A. 90 B. 95 C. 100 D. 105 E. 110
C
Ying's bedroom is rectangular. The length of one wall of Ying's bedroom is 4 metres. The length from one corner of the bedroom to the diagonally opposite corner is 5 metres. What is the length of the other wall? A. 6 B. 2 C. 3 D. 13 E. 15
C
At Banham School, there are 20 students in each class, and 5 classes wish to form 3 clubs. Each of the students must belong to only one club and the membership of each club may not outnumber the membership of the other clubs by more than one student. What is the least possible number of students in one club? A. 15 B. 20 C. 21 D. 33 E. 34
D
Gordon is mountain climbing with Whitney and has just climbed a 6-metre vertical rock face. Whitney is standing 8 metres away from the bottom of the cliff, looking up at Gordon. How far away are Gordon and Whitney? A. 22 B. 8 C. 16 D. 10 E. 18
D
Mr. Taylor has a budget of $100.00 to buy sketch books. What is the greatest number of sketch books he can buy if the sketch books cost $7.00 each? (A) 10 (B) 12 (C) 13 (D) 14 (E) 15
D
Rose took a 3-mile walk and walked the first mile in 10 minutes. If she continued to walk at the same rate, what part of an hour did her walk take? A. 1/6 B. 1/4 C. 1/3 D. 1/2 E. 3/4
D
What is the greatest of 3 consecutive integers whose sum is 24 ? A. 6 B. 7 C. 8 D. 9 E. 10
D
Which of the following numbers is divisible by 6? (A) 353 (B) 356 (C) 358 (D) 360 (E) 362
D
At the end of a race, Justin finished 2 meters ahead of Alex. Bob finished ahead of Justin but behind Josh. Tom finished 5 meters ahead of Alex and 2 meters behind Bob. If they were the first five to finish the race, who finished third? A. Justin B. Alex C. Bob D. Josh E. Tom
E
If an object travels at five feet per second, how many feet does it travel in one hour? A. 30 B. 300 C. 720 D. 1800 E. 18000
E
Jules paid for a book with a $20 bill and received x dollars in change. Which tells how many dollars he paid for the book? A. 20x B. x/20 C. 20/x D. 20 + x E. 20 - x
E
Of the following, which is greater than ½ ? A. 2/5 B. 4/7 C. 4/9 D. 5/11 E. 6/13
E
