SSAT Upper Level Practice Test I! 165 SECTION 2 Time - 30 Minutes 25 Questions Following each problem in this section, there are five suggested answers. Work each problem in your head or in the blank space provided at the right of the page. Then look at the five suggested answers and decide which one is best Note: Figures that accompany problems in this section are drawn as accurately as possible EXCEPT when itis stated in a specific problem that its figure is not drawn to scale. ‘Sample Problem: 5,413 {A) 586 24.827 (B) 596 © 696 (D) 1,586 ® 166 SDOO®O USE THIS SPACE FOR FIGURING. 1. Ed plans to place a balloon on the chair of each one of his 27 grandchildren attending the family picnic. ‘There are six balloons in each package. How many packages must he buy? @ 3 : @) 4 © 5 @) 9 © 12 2, Ken has 16 cookies and Bob has 24. How many | ‘cookies must Bob give Ken if each are to have the same number? (A) 12 (@B) 8 ©) 6 {D) 4 i ®) 2 GO ONTO THE NEXT PAGE.166 SSAT Upper Level Practice Test 11 3 isto _ USE THIS SPACE FOR FIGURING. [4 ao] *|OO oOo 0° Do] ist go “Too] ® [OO ° oo © Hol © foo O® o® © [So oO eo 4, By throwing a dart at which of these dart boards would you have the least chance of landing on an ee oi © Pr ANZ oy Kr ©) KP AS . 5. Sal has x more shirts than Zeb. Zeb has 12 shirts. How many shirts does Sal have? (A) x-12 (@) +x (© x#i2 @) 12-x ©) 12+x GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE.SSAT Upper Level Practice Test I 167 6. Bill folds a sheet of paper in half as shown in Figure 1. He then cuts through both layers of the folded sheet with scissors to produce various shapes. When those shapes are unfolded, they ‘can look like each of the following EXCEPT: (A) ®) eal © /\ /\ ©) EES USE'THIS SPACE FOR FIGURING. [4 Figure | «© 7. Which of the following could be the value of Tif Bere? a = @) 4 2 3 5 . + ® + 8. One dozen golf balls are packed in a box as illustrated in Figure 2. Each ball touches other balls or a side of the box in four places. The diameter of each ball is four centimeters. Which of the following could be the length and width of the box?” Figure 2 | © © | | | | | (A) 3emx4em (B) 4cmx6em i (C) 6emx 120m (D) 12emx 16em ©) Wemx30em GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE.168 SSAT Upper Level Practice Test I USE THIS SPACE FOR FIGURING. 2 DEF x_CBA DEF JAB ACFH ADFCGF 9. Each different digit is represented by a different letter. In the problem above, which of the following must be true? (A) Alten digits appear in the calculation ®) C=1 © B=4 @) 4-1 . ® D 10. There are 21 passengers waiting in line for a taxi. If at least 1 but no more than 6 passengers must go in each taxi and no two taxis have the same number of passengers, what is the smallest number of taxis required to accommodate the 21 passengers? a) 6 ®) 10 (© 3 @) 2 © 4 11, When M+N=8 and 2R-+ N= 8, what is the value of R? (A) 16 ®) 4 © -4 © -8 (E) _Itcannot be determined from the information given. GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE.SSAT Upper Level Practice Test it 12. Ahab and Jonah are playing a game that involves USE THIS SPACE FOR FIGURING. placing ships on a grid, Ahab placed a ship at (3, 2) 2 as shown in Figure 3. Jonah said, "I am placing a ary submarine where the first number is 3 times your second number, and the second number equals your + first number." Which lettered mark shows where Jonah placed his submarine? @) @) © @) ® mpAe> o12345678910 Figure 3 95,283 + 2104 = 13, ‘The result of the above calculation is closest to which of the following? (A) 90,000 B) 45,000 © 4300 @) 45 ) 80,000 14, Ata daycare center, the number of tricycles and the number of automobiles in the parking lot are the same. If the number of tricycle wheels plus the number of auto wheels equals 35, how many tricycles are at the daycare center? a) @) © «D) ©) wRuas GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. |170 SSAT Upper Level Practice Test It 15. Mona fives 13 miles from schoo! and Charlie USE THIS SPACE FOR FIGURING. lives 8 miles from the same school. In os 2 miles, how far is Mona's house from Charlie's house? @ 5 @®) 21 © 2 @) 32 (B) _Itcannot be determined from the information given. 16, If one half of the weight of a given boat is 215 tons, the weight of three boats of the exact same weight as the given boat can be determined by ‘multiplying 215 by (A) one half (B) one and one half © two (D) three ) six 17. Which of the following must be true if two numbers, B and C, have an average of 70 and C is less than B? (A) B-70=70-C @) B=70+C (© B+C=70 () B-C =35 @) B= 70and 18. Figure 4 represents a square piece of cardboard, If a smaller square is cut, in whole inch increments, from each comer and the cardboard is folded and taped to make a box whose base perimeter measures 20 inches, which of the following could be the area of the original square piece of cardboard? (A) 25 square inches (B) 24 square inches (© 50 square inches (D) 81 square inches Figure 4 () 99 square inches GO ONTO THE NEXT PAGE.SSAT Upper Level Practice Test It 71 ‘Questions 19-20 refer to the table in Figure 5, USE THIS SPACE FOR FIGURING. which defines the operation — . 19, If >> 1 =3, then > 93 = @ 5 @) 4 © 3 @) 2 ® 1 20. Which of the following is equal to 2? @ 372 (B) 2332 © 79772 @) 273972 ® 23339>2 21. In Figure 6, what is the area of the unshaded region "S" if CDEF is a square? (a) 16 (B) 20 © 32 D) 48 (B) _It-cannot be determined from the information given. 22, When 40 percent of y is 15, what is 20 percent of 2y? (a) 5 @) 10 © 15 (D) 20 © 3% GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. ee |172 SSA Upper Level Practice Test 23, In Figure 7, if ¢ = 2r, which of the following, USE THIS SPACE FOR FIGURING. tives the value of p in terms ofr? 2 ZS) ae bat 8) © @) 9-27 Figure 7 ‘Note: Figure not drawn to scale. ® 9-5 24, If the average of five consecutive whole numbers is 21, what is the smallest number? @) 10 @) 17 © @) 20 ® 21 25, A miniature golf course has an average of 200 ‘customers per day. To increase business, the ‘owner plans to reduce the regular price from $3.50 to $2.50 before 6 p.m. each day. If 100 people pay $3.50, how many people must pay $2.50 if daily sales are to remain the same 2s before the $2.50 price reduction plan? A) 120 (B) 140 © 160 D) 180 ®) 220 STOP IF YOU FINISH BEFORE TIME IS CALLED, ‘YOU MAY CHECK YOUR WORK ON THIS SECTION ONLY, DO NOT TURN TO ANY OTHER SECTION IN THE TEST,