SSAT Practice Test (Upper Level: Mathematics)

Question 1

In city driving, a car gets 20 miles per gallon of gas and 30 miles per gallon on the highway.
How many gallons of gas will the automobile use on a 300-mile trip if 4/5 of the trip is on the highway and the rest is in the city at these rates?

Accepted Answer

11

Answer

14

Answer

20

Answer

25

Answer

5

Question 2

The sum of six negative integers equals -80. What is the biggest possible value of one of the other five integers if the smallest of these integers is -16?

Accepted Answer

-10

Answer

-1

Answer

-4

Answer

-16

Answer

-8

Question 3

There are sixteen empty chairs in Mrs. Bernardo's classroom. When every student is present, all of the chairs are filled. How many pupils make up her entire class if 2/5 of them are absent?

Accepted Answer

40

Answer

36

Answer

32

Answer

16

Question 4

Solve the equation: 503.384 ÷ 62.3 =

Accepted Answer

8.08

Answer

10.08

Answer

7.08

Answer

9.08

Answer

7.68

Question 5

If x=5 and y=7, evaluate the expression. |4x+3y|−|4x−3y|

Accepted Answer

40

Answer

82

Answer

0

Answer

-82

Question 6

What is the average speed James must drive in order to go to his friend's house, which is 450 miles away, in 6 hours?

Accepted Answer

75 mph

Answer

80 mph

Answer

65 mph

Answer

60 mph

Answer

50 mph

Question 7

Solve the equation: 2.01 ÷ 1.02 =

Accepted Answer

1.97

Answer

3.03

Answer

2.0001

Answer

0.507

Question 8

Jolina purchased $24.15 worth of vegetables. She purchased two pounds of onions, three pounds of carrots, and twelve pounds of mushrooms. What is the price per pound of mushrooms if onions cost $3.69 per pound and carrots cost $4.29 per pound?

Accepted Answer

$2.60

Answer

$2.80

Answer

$2.25

Answer

$2.75

Question 9

The pink bag contains 14 marbles, whereas the blue bag contains 18 marbles. How many marbles in the pink bag are less than the marbles that each child will receive if the sum of the marbles in both bags is shared evenly between two children?

Accepted Answer

2

Answer

6

Answer

5

Answer

4

Answer

3

Question 10

If a + 3 equals 14, then 2a-6 equals

Accepted Answer

16

Answer

18

Answer

22

Answer

14

In city driving, a car gets 20 miles per gallon of gas and 30 miles per gallon on the highway.How many gallons of gas will the automobile use on a 300-mile trip if 4/5 of the trip is on the highway and the rest is in the city at these rates?

In city driving, a car gets 20 miles per gallon of gas and 30 miles per gallon on the highway.
How many gallons of gas will the automobile use on a 300-mile trip if 4/5 of the trip is on the highway and the rest is in the city at these rates?