SSAT Elementary Level Math : Operations

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

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Example Questions

Example Question #269 :Ssat Elementary Level Quantitative (Math)

Louie got agift card from his parents to his favorite clothing store! He bought ashirt andpair of pants. How much money does Louie have left?

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Since Louie spent money on new clothes, we need to subtract the cost of the shirt and the pants from the original amount of money on his gift card.

Example Question #270 :Ssat Elementary Level Quantitative (Math)

Sandra earnedfor babysitting her cousins. She spenton a new dress. How much money does she have left?

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Since Sandra spent money on a new dress, we need to subtract the cost of the dress from the original amount of money she earned from babysitting.

Example Question #51 :Operations

What is the value of?

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You can solve this problem by considering the subtracting equation involved for taking each place value of the numberfromand then combining your results.;, and, which is the answer.

Example Question #52 :Operations

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When subtracting with positive and negative numbers, we want to first change the problem into an addition problem to make it simpler to solve.

Step One: Rewrite the first number:

Step Two: Replace the subtracting sign with an addition sign. (When we do this, we have to switch the sign of the second number to its opposite, positive to negative or negative to positive.)

Now we have:

We changed the minus sign to a plus and wrote the opposite of the second number. (In the original problem it was positive 8, so we made it into a negative 8.)

Now that we have an addition problem with two negative numbers, we can just add them together, remembering that the answer stays negative because both numbers are negative.

You can also picture -4 on a number line. Think of moving 8 numbers AWAY from 0. This would mean you would go to -12.

Example Question #53 :Operations

Subtract:

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To subtract, borrow afrom thein the tens digit of.

This is the ones digit of the final answer.

Sincewas borrowed from thein the tens digit of, the tens digit becomes a. Subtract theand the tens digit from.

This is the tens digit of the final answer.

The final answer is.

Example Question #4 :Using Subtraction Within 100 To Solve Word Problems

Spot has a box of treats withbones left. The box started off withtreats. How many treats has Spot eaten from the box?

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This is a subtraction problem because we want to know how many of the total treats Spot has eaten. We take the total number of treats and then subtract the number of treats that are left in the box..

Example Question #5 :Using Subtraction Within 100 To Solve Word Problems

The baseball team hasballs to practice with. There areboys on the team. If they each take a ball, how many balls are left over?

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This is a subtraction problem because we want to know how many balls are left over after each boy takes one. We start with the number of balls and then subtract the number that was taken..

Example Question #6 :Using Subtraction Within 100 To Solve Word Problems

Jenny hasgames. She let her friend use其中一部分作为她的生日礼物。珍妮多少have left?

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This is a subtraction problem because we want to know how many games Jenny has left after she gives some to her friend. We take the total number of games that Jenny has, and then we subtract the number that she gave to her friend..

Example Question #7 :Using Subtraction Within 100 To Solve Word Problems

Sarah gotbirthday gifts for her birthday. She’s openedof them. How many does she have left to open?

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This is a subtraction problem because we want to know how many gifts she has left to open after she’s already opened some of her gifts. We take the total number of gifts she has, and then we subtract the number of gifts that she’s opened..

Example Question #8 :Using Subtraction Within 100 To Solve Word Problems

Matt invitedof his friends to a cookout.of his friends did not come. How many of his friends did come to his cookout?

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This is a subtraction problem because we want to find out how many of Matt’s invited friends were able to come to his party. We take the total number of people that were invited, and subtract the number of people that did not come..

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