SSAT practice, Grade 5

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SSAT practice test, Grade 5

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Quantitative

Circle the letter of the best answer. About 12 minutes.

  1. 1.

    A spinner has 4 equal parts, and one of them is blue. It is spun 24 times. About how many times would you expect it to land on blue?

    1. A6
    2. B24
    3. C18
    4. D8
    5. E12
  2. 2.

    40% of the money in a tin is $34.00. How much money is in the tin altogether?

    1. A$85.00
    2. B$13.60
    3. C$3400.00
    4. D$8.50
    5. E$51.00
  3. 3.

    Find the value of x.
    4x − 18 = 6

    1. A5
    2. B7
    3. C8
    4. D24
    5. E6
  4. 4.

    What is 20% of 1/4 of 140?

    1. A28
    2. B112
    3. C7
    4. D21
    5. E35
  5. 5.

    The two lines with arrowheads on them are parallel. What is the size of the angle marked with a question mark?

    1. A45°
    2. B35°
    3. C55°
    4. D145°
    5. E70°
  6. 6.

    The table shows the drinks ordered at a cafe one morning. Some numbers are missing. Each row and each column adds up to its total. What number belongs in the cell marked ? in the table?

    1. A45
    2. B35
    3. C23
    4. D25
    5. E69
  7. 7.

    Aaron is now 4 times as old as Mia. In 16 years' time Aaron will be 2 times as old as Mia. How old is Aaron now?

    1. A48
    2. B8
    3. C32
    4. D16
    5. E33
  8. 8.

    Zara and Mia share $510 in the ratio 5 : 1. How much does Mia get?

    1. A$510
    2. B$85
    3. C$255
    4. D$102
    5. E$425
  9. 9.

    A rectangular vegetable garden is 7 yd long and 3 yd wide. A path 2 yd wide runs all the way around the outside of it. What is the area of the path?

    1. A24 sq yd
    2. B40 sq yd
    3. C56 sq yd
    4. D72 sq yd
    5. E77 sq yd
  10. 10.

    One winter night in Thredbo the temperature dropped to −6 °C. The next afternoon it reached 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the afternoon than the night?

    1. A11
    2. B6
    3. C10
    4. D5
    5. E12

Reading

Circle the letter of the best answer. About 10 minutes.

  1. The Old Oak Remembers

    I was an acorn once, a small brown thought, Dropped by a squirrel who forgot the spot. The rain came kindly, and the dark soil, too, And I pushed upward, as small thoughts do. I watched the farmhouse rise, its paint grow thin; I watched the dirt road paved, the cars roll in. Children climbed my arms on summer days, Then grew, and left, and walked their separate ways. I've worn a hundred winters' heavy snow, And lost my leaves, and grown them back to show That losing is not ending. Every spring My branches open wide to everything. So if you sit beneath me, hot and still, And wonder how a seed becomes a hill Of leaves and shade, I'll answer, as trees do: By staying put, and growing, and coming through.

    1.

    Who is the speaker of the poem?

    1. AA farmer
    2. BA child who climbs trees
    3. CAn acorn that never grew
    4. DAn old oak tree
    5. EA squirrel
  2. 2.

    According to the poem, how did the acorn end up in the ground?

    1. AA farmer planted it.
    2. BThe wind blew it from the farmhouse.
    3. CA squirrel dropped it and forgot where.
    4. DIt fell from another oak in a storm.
    5. EChildren buried it in a game.
  3. 3.

    What does the speaker mean by saying "losing is not ending"?

    1. AThe tree will soon be cut down.
    2. BWinter never ends for the tree.
    3. CThe children lost a game under the tree.
    4. DThe squirrel lost the acorn forever.
    5. ELosing its leaves each winter does not stop it from growing again.
  4. 4.

    In the poem, the phrase "coming through" most nearly means

    1. Asurviving hard times
    2. Bgrowing too tall
    3. Cwalking into a room
    4. Dfalling down
    5. Ebeing forgotten
  5. 5.

    The second stanza mainly shows

    1. Awhy the squirrel forgot the acorn
    2. Bhow the tree first sprouted
    3. Cwhat the tree says to visitors
    4. Dwhat the tree looks like in winter
    5. Ehow much has changed around the tree over many years

  6. The Ditch That Built a State

    In the early 1800s, moving goods across New York was slow and costly. Wagons bumped along rough roads, and shipping a ton of flour from the Great Lakes region to New York City could take weeks. DeWitt Clinton, who soon became governor, championed a bold solution: dig a canal about 363 miles long, linking Lake Erie at Buffalo to the Hudson River at Albany. From there, boats could float all the way down to New York City.

    Many people thought the idea was ridiculous. Critics called it "Clinton's Ditch." The land rose and fell along the route, and the builders had little formal training in engineering. Yet construction began in 1817, and workers, many of them recent immigrants, dug much of the canal by hand with shovels, axes and horses.

    To carry boats up and down the changing land, builders constructed locks. A lock is a chamber with gates at each end. A boat enters, the gates close, and water is let in or out until the boat is level with the next section of the canal. Then the far gate opens and the boat continues.

    The canal opened in 1825, and it was a dramatic success. Shipping costs fell sharply, and trips that once took weeks took days. Farmers in the Midwest could sell their crops in the East, and goods from the East flowed west. New York City grew into the busiest port in the country, and towns sprang up along the canal's banks.

    The ditch that critics laughed at helped make New York the "Empire State."

    6.

    What is the passage mainly about?

    1. AWhy farmers moved from New York to the Midwest
    2. BThe building of the Erie Canal and how it changed trade
    3. CThe history of New York City's harbor
    4. DHow locks are used on rivers around the world
    5. EThe life of Governor DeWitt Clinton
  7. 7.

    According to the passage, what does a lock do?

    1. AIt stores water for farmers.
    2. BIt blocks the canal during storms.
    3. CIt measures how much cargo a boat carries.
    4. DIt keeps boats from leaving the canal at night.
    5. EIt raises or lowers a boat to the level of the next section of the canal.
  8. 8.

    Why did critics call the project "Clinton's Ditch"?

    1. AClinton wanted the canal to be a secret.
    2. BThe canal was very shallow.
    3. CClinton dug the canal himself.
    4. DThe canal was named after Clinton by law.
    5. EThey thought the plan was foolish and would fail.
  9. 9.

    As used in the passage, the word "dramatic" most nearly means

    1. Aloud and noisy
    2. Bslow and gradual
    3. Csad and serious
    4. Dstriking and large
    5. Erelated to the theater
  10. 10.

    How does the passage mostly develop its account of the canal?

    1. AIt argues against building the canal.
    2. BIt describes a problem, the solution, and the results.
    3. CIt tells the story from the point of view of a boat.
    4. DIt lists the canal's locks from east to west.
    5. EIt compares the canal with other canals.

Verbal

Circle the letter of the best answer. About 5 minutes.

  1. 1.

    Archive is to documents as aquarium is to

    1. Awater
    2. Bmuseum
    3. Cfish
    4. Docean
    5. Etank
  2. 2.

    COMMENCE

    Which word means most nearly the same as the word in capital letters?

    1. Aannounce
    2. Bdelay
    3. Cconclude
    4. Dbegin
    5. Eexplain
  3. 3.

    Chapter is to book as scene is to

    1. Amovie theater
    2. Bactor
    3. Cplay
    4. Dscript
    5. Estage
  4. 4.

    EMULATE

    Which word means most nearly the same as the word in capital letters?

    1. Aignore
    2. Bemerge
    3. Cevaluate
    4. Dadmire
    5. Eimitate
  5. 5.

    OBSOLETE

    Which word means most nearly the same as the word in capital letters?

    1. Abroken
    2. Bcurrent
    3. Cexpensive
    4. Doutdated
    5. Ehidden
  6. 6.

    FORTIFY

    Which word means most nearly the same as the word in capital letters?

    1. Adecorate
    2. Bbuild
    3. Cpredict
    4. Dweaken
    5. Estrengthen
  7. 7.

    Conductor is to orchestra as coach is to

    1. Amusic
    2. Bwhistle
    3. Cteam
    4. Dplayer
    5. Estadium
  8. 8.

    Seed is to tree as caterpillar is to

    1. Abutterfly
    2. Bcocoon
    3. Cegg
    4. Dinsect
    5. Eleaf
  9. 9.

    ADVERSARY

    Which word means most nearly the same as the word in capital letters?

    1. Astranger
    2. Bopponent
    3. Cleader
    4. Dally
    5. Ejudge
  10. 10.

    Prologue is to book as overture is to

    1. Aopera
    2. Bsong
    3. Csinger
    4. Dending
    5. Etheater

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