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.

    Chloe and James share $140 in the ratio 5 : 2. How much does James get?

    1. A$70
    2. B$20
    3. C$56
    4. D$40
    5. E$100
  2. 2.

    What is a quarter of an eighth of 32?

    1. A2
    2. B8
    3. C12
    4. D1
    5. E4
  3. 3.

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

    1. A65°
    2. B125°
    3. C55°
    4. D35°
    5. E110°
  4. 4.

    Find the value of x.
    5x − 4 = 6

    1. A4
    2. B3
    3. C10
    4. D1
    5. E2
  5. 5.

    Oscar rolls a die 16 times and gets: 1, 3, 6, 1, 6, 1, 5, 5, 6, 6, 5, 5, 3, 1, 1, 1. From these results, what is the experimental probability of rolling a 1?

    1. A5/16
    2. B3/5
    3. C5/8
    4. D1/6
    5. E3/8
  6. 6.

    A rectangular vegetable garden is 6 yd long and 5 yd wide. A path 1 yd wide runs all the way around the outside of it. What is the area of the path?

    1. A56 sq yd
    2. B12 sq yd
    3. C22 sq yd
    4. D30 sq yd
    5. E26 sq yd
  7. 7.

    James is now 3 times as old as Ethan. In 8 years' time James will be 2 times as old as Ethan. How old is James now?

    1. A8
    2. B25
    3. C32
    4. D24
    5. E16
  8. 8.

    The table shows how the students in two classes get to school. 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. A50
    2. B8
    3. C23
    4. D18
    5. E29
  9. 9.

    James has $85.00. 40% of it is spent on a book. How much is spent on the book?

    1. A$51.00
    2. B$212.50
    3. C$340.00
    4. D$34.00
    5. E$3.40
  10. 10.

    One winter night in Mount Hotham the temperature dropped to −3 °C. The next afternoon it reached 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the afternoon than the night?

    1. A13
    2. B3
    3. C14
    4. D7
    5. E10

Reading

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

  1. 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."

    1.

    What is the passage mainly about?

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

    According to the passage, what does a lock do?

    1. AIt stores water for farmers.
    2. BIt measures how much cargo a boat carries.
    3. CIt blocks the canal during storms.
    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.
  3. 3.

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

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

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

    1. Astriking and large
    2. Brelated to the theater
    3. Cslow and gradual
    4. Dsad and serious
    5. Eloud and noisy
  5. 5.

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

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

  6. Let Teenagers Sleep

    Every weekday morning, millions of middle and high school students drag themselves out of bed before the sun is fully up. Many sit through their first class barely awake. It is time for schools to start later.

    The science is clear. During the teenage years, the body's internal clock shifts. Teenagers naturally feel sleepy later at night and wake later in the morning than younger children or adults. This is not laziness; it is biology. Yet many schools start before 8:00 a.m., which forces students to wake up while their bodies are still set for sleep.

    Too little sleep has real costs. Tired students have more trouble paying attention, remembering what they learned and controlling their moods. Sleepy teenagers who drive are also more likely to be in accidents. Several school districts that moved their start times later have reported that students got more sleep and attended class more regularly.

    Opponents raise fair concerns. Later start times can complicate bus schedules, push sports practices into the evening and make it harder for parents who must leave early for work. These are real challenges, but they are problems of planning, not reasons to ignore students' health. Districts can stagger bus routes, adjust practice times and offer supervised spaces for students who arrive early.

    Schools exist to help students learn. Asking students to learn while they are exhausted works against that goal. A later start is a simple change that respects how teenagers' bodies actually work.

    6.

    What is the author's main argument?

    1. ATeenagers are lazy and should go to bed earlier.
    2. BParents should drive their children to school.
    3. CSchools should cancel sports to save money.
    4. DMiddle and high schools should start later so students can get enough sleep.
    5. EBus schedules are the biggest problem in schools.
  7. 7.

    According to the passage, why do teenagers feel sleepy later at night?

    1. AThey do too much homework.
    2. BTheir body's internal clock shifts during the teenage years.
    3. CThey drink too much soda.
    4. DThey are not tired after school.
    5. EThey wake up too late on weekends.
  8. 8.

    Why does the author mention school districts that changed their start times?

    1. ATo give evidence that later start times can help students
    2. BTo explain how sports practices work
    3. CTo prove that buses are always late
    4. DTo show that the change caused problems
    5. ETo criticize those districts
  9. 9.

    In the passage, the word "stagger" most nearly means

    1. Acancel completely
    2. Barrange at different times
    3. Cwalk unsteadily
    4. Dsurprise greatly
    5. Emake longer
  10. 10.

    What is the purpose of the fourth paragraph?

    1. ATo describe a typical student's morning
    2. BTo give the history of school start times
    3. CTo list the effects of too little sleep
    4. DTo admit concerns about the plan and respond to them
    5. ETo restate the author's main point

Verbal

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

  1. 1.

    Flock is to sheep as swarm is to

    1. Asting
    2. Bhive
    3. Choney
    4. Dwolves
    5. Ebees
  2. 2.

    OMINOUS

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

    1. Athreatening
    2. Bpromising
    3. Cdark
    4. Dancient
    5. Enoisy
  3. 3.

    UNANIMOUS

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

    1. Aanonymous
    2. Bin complete agreement
    3. Cunusual
    4. Dvery large
    5. Edivided
  4. 4.

    Anthology is to poems as album is to

    1. Aframe
    2. Bsongs
    3. Cphotographs
    4. Dmemories
    5. Ecamera
  5. 5.

    HAUGHTY

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

    1. Atall
    2. Bhungry
    3. Carrogant
    4. Dhasty
    5. Ehumble
  6. 6.

    Miser is to money as glutton is to

    1. Afood
    2. Bgold
    3. Cdiet
    4. Dhunger
    5. Ekitchen
  7. 7.

    Brittle is to break as flexible is to

    1. Abend
    2. Bplastic
    3. Csnap
    4. Dstretch out
    5. Erigid
  8. 8.

    ELOQUENT

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

    1. Awell-spoken
    2. Btongue-tied
    3. Cintelligent
    4. Delegant
    5. Eelderly
  9. 9.

    Fable is to moral as riddle is to

    1. Ajoke
    2. Bpuzzle
    3. Cstory
    4. Dquestion
    5. Eanswer
  10. 10.

    DUBIOUS

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

    1. Agenerous
    2. Bdangerous
    3. Cdoubtful
    4. Ddusty
    5. Ecertain

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