All SSAT Elementary Level Math Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #1271 : Ssat Elementary Level Quantitative (Math)
During a baseball game, the green team scored points and the yellow team scored
points. How many total points were scored during the game?
This is an addition problem because we want to know how many total points were score when we put the green teams points and the yellow teams points together. When we put things together we are adding.
We can start at and count up
.
Example Question #11 : Addition Within 20 To Solve Word Problems
During a sleepover, Maggie and Alex want to play all the games in Alex’s toy closet. They play games on Friday night and
games on Saturday. How many total games do they play?
This is an addition problem because we want to know how many total games they played when we put the games they played on Friday together with the games they played on Saturday. When we put things together we are adding.
We can start at and count up
.
Example Question #1281 : Ssat Elementary Level Quantitative (Math)
This weekend is John’s birthday. He has a party on both Saturday and Sunday! On Saturday he got gifts and on Sunday he got
gifts. How many total gifts did John get for his birthday?
This is an addition problem because we want to know how many total gifts John got for his birthday when we put the number of gifts he got on Sautrday together with the number of gifts he got on Sunday. When we put things together we are adding.
We can start at and count up
.
Example Question #827 : Operations & Algebraic Thinking
There are two after school programs at Steve’s school. One program has students and the other program has
. How many students go to the after school programs?
This is an addition problem because we want to know how many total sutents are in the after school programs when we put the two programs together. When we put things together we are adding.
We can start at and count up
.
Example Question #1391 : Common Core Math: Grade 1
Drew has homework in his English class and his science class. He has chapters to read in his science book and
chapters to read in his English book. How many total chapters does Drew have to read?
This is an addition problem because we want to know how many total chapter he has to read when we put the English and the science chapters together. When we put things together we are adding.
We can start at and count up
.
Example Question #829 : Operations & Algebraic Thinking
There are girls and
boys in Mrs. Ray’s class. How many total students does Mrs. Ray have in her class?
This is an addition problem because we want to know how many total students there are when we put the boys and the girls together. When we put things together we are adding.
We can start at and count up
.
Example Question #21 : Addition Within 20 To Solve Word Problems
For the school play, there are singing parts and
talking parts. How many total parts are in the play?
This is an addition problem because we want to know how many total parts there are when we put the singing and the talking parts together. When we put things together we are adding.
We can start at and count up
.
Example Question #1393 : Common Core Math: Grade 1
We ordered a large pizza and a medium pizza. The large pizza has slices of pizza and the medium pizza has
slices of pizza. How many total slices of pizza are there?
This is an addition problem because we want to know how many total slices of pizza we have when we put the medium pizza slices together with the large pizza slices. When we put things together we are adding.
We can start at and count up
.
Example Question #1392 : Common Core Math: Grade 1
The pet store has tanks for frogs. The first tank has
frogs and the second tank has
frogs. How many total frogs does the pet store have?
This is an addition problem because we are putting the frogs in the two tanks together. When we put things together we are adding.
We can start at and count up
.
Example Question #1 : Representing And Solving Addition And Subtraction Problems
Emily has blueberries,
strawberries, and
raspberries on her plate. How many total pieces of fruit does she have?
This is an addition problem because we want to know how many total pieces of fruit Emily has when we put the blueberries, strawberries, and rapsberries together. When we put things together we are adding.
We can start at and count up
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Then we can count up .
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