How to find rate - SSAT Upper Level Quantitative

First, find out how long it takes the factory to produce tent.

Since it takes the factory minutes to make tent, multiply this number by to find how long it takes to make tents.

It will take the factory minutes to make tents.

First, find how many cans of soda Billy can drink in 1 day.

Since, he can drink cans in day, then the following equation will tell us how many cans he drinks in days.

First, find the cost per marker.

Now, multiply this cost per marker by , the number of markers we want.

Set up the following proportion:

,

where is the number of hours it'll take to empty gallons.

Now solve for .

First, find the area of the driveway.

Since it takes pounds of cement per square feet,

pounds will be needed to complete the driveway.

First, figure out how long it takes Julie to read 1 page.

It takes Julie minutes to read one page. Now, multiply this by the number of pages she needs to read to find out how long it will take her.

It will take Julie minutes to read pages.

Divide the time it take Dennis to paint walls by the number of walls he painted to find how long it will take him to paint one wall.

It will take Dennis minutes to paint one wall.

First, find out how much money it costs to play for one minute.

Now, multiply this amount by the number of minutes in an hour to find how much it will cost for the player to play for one hour.

It will cost her to play for one hour.

First, find out how long it will take her to finish math problem.

Since it takes Joanna minutes to finish one problem, multiply this number by the amount of questions she needs to do.

It will take her minutes to finish questions.

First, convert the minutes to hours.

Since minutes is hours, multiply this by the doctor's hourly rate to find how much it will cost to hire this doctor for minutes.

Use the dentist's rate to find how much the first three hours of the appointment will cost.

Next, use the dentist's second rate to find out how much the last five hours of the appointment will cost.

Now, add these values together to get the cost of the entire appointment.

Set up the following proportion:

,

where is the number of miles the cities are apart.

Now, solve for .

The two cities are miles apart.

First, find out how long it takes the factory to produce tent.

Since it takes the factory minutes to make tent, multiply this number by to find how long it takes to make tents.

It will take the factory minutes to make tents.

First, find how many cans of soda Billy can drink in 1 day.

Since, he can drink cans in day, then the following equation will tell us how many cans he drinks in days.

First, find the cost per marker.

Now, multiply this cost per marker by , the number of markers we want.

Set up the following proportion:

,

where is the number of hours it'll take to empty gallons.

Now solve for .

First, find the area of the driveway.

Since it takes pounds of cement per square feet,

pounds will be needed to complete the driveway.

First, figure out how long it takes Julie to read 1 page.

It takes Julie minutes to read one page. Now, multiply this by the number of pages she needs to read to find out how long it will take her.

It will take Julie minutes to read pages.

Divide the time it take Dennis to paint walls by the number of walls he painted to find how long it will take him to paint one wall.

It will take Dennis minutes to paint one wall.