SSAT practice, Grade 7

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SSAT practice test, Grade 7

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Quantitative

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

  1. 1.

    What is a quarter of an eighth of 32?

    1. A4
    2. B12
    3. C2
    4. D1
    5. E8
  2. 2.

    8% of the money in a tin is $6.80. How much money is in the tin altogether?

    1. A$0.54
    2. B$8.50
    3. C$78.20
    4. D$85.00
    5. E$680.00
  3. 3.

    A rectangular garden bed is 13 yd long and 10 yd wide. A gravel path 1 yd wide runs all the way around the outside of it. What is the area of the gravel path?

    1. A24 sq yd
    2. B50 sq yd
    3. C54 sq yd
    4. D180 sq yd
    5. E46 sq yd
  4. 4.

    Ethan is now 3 times as old as Priya. In 12 years' time Ethan will be 2 times as old as Priya. How old is Ethan now?

    1. A24
    2. B48
    3. C12
    4. D36
    5. E37
  5. 5.

    The table shows which pet each family at a school owns. 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. B21
    3. C31
    4. D8
    5. E18
  6. 6.

    Harry rolls a die 11 times and gets: 5, 3, 3, 1, 4, 5, 1, 5, 6, 2, 1. From these results, what is the experimental probability of rolling a 1?

    1. A1/6
    2. B3/8
    3. C3/11
    4. D4/11
    5. E1/2
  7. 7.

    Find the value of x.
    5x + 17 = 32

    1. A2
    2. B4
    3. C5
    4. D3
    5. E15
  8. 8.

    Tom and Aaron share $450 in the ratio 3 : 2. How much does Aaron get?

    1. A$225
    2. B$180
    3. C$300
    4. D$270
    5. E$90
  9. 9.

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

    1. A90°
    2. B135°
    3. C35°
    4. D45°
    5. E55°
  10. 10.

    One winter night in Thredbo the temperature dropped to −4 °C. The next afternoon it reached 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the afternoon than the night?

    1. A4
    2. B18
    3. C9
    4. D13
    5. E17

Reading

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

  1. The Toughest Tiny Animal

    If you scooped up a clump of damp moss and looked at it through a microscope, you might see a strange creature lumbering along like a miniature bear. It has a plump body, eight stubby legs tipped with claws, and a mouth shaped like a tube. It is a tardigrade, sometimes called a water bear, and most are less than a millimeter long.

    Tardigrades live almost everywhere: in moss and soil, in ponds and oceans, on mountaintops and on the deep sea floor. What makes them famous, though, is not where they live but what they can survive.

    When its surroundings dry out, a tardigrade can pull in its legs, lose almost all the water in its body and curl into a dry, shriveled ball called a tun. In this state its body processes nearly stop. A tardigrade in a tun can survive conditions that would kill most living things, including freezing cold, high heat, and very high levels of radiation. Scientists have even exposed tardigrades to the vacuum of space, and some survived the trip.

    When water returns, the tun can absorb it, swell back into shape and walk away as if nothing had happened.

    Researchers study tardigrades partly out of curiosity and partly because their survival tricks could be useful. If scientists understood how tardigrades protect their cells while dried out, the knowledge might someday help preserve medicines that now must be kept cold.

    Not bad for an animal you could fit on the period at the end of this sentence.

    1.

    What is the passage mainly about?

    1. AWhy bears are able to survive in cold places
    2. BHow medicines are kept cold
    3. CA tiny animal's remarkable ability to survive extreme conditions
    4. DThe many places where moss grows
    5. EHow to use a microscope to study moss
  2. 2.

    What is a tun?

    1. AA dry, curled-up state that helps a tardigrade survive
    2. BA clump of moss where tardigrades live
    3. CA machine that sends animals into space
    4. DThe tube-shaped mouth of a tardigrade
    5. EThe claws on a tardigrade's legs
  3. 3.

    Why might studying tardigrades help with medicines?

    1. ATardigrades can be made into medicine.
    2. BTardigrades can carry medicine into the body.
    3. CMedicines must be sent into space to work.
    4. DLearning how they protect dried-out cells might show how to keep medicines safe without cold.
    5. ETardigrades eat the germs that spoil medicine.
  4. 4.

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

    1. Amoving very quickly
    2. Bcutting through wood
    3. Chiding under leaves
    4. Dmoving in a slow, heavy way
    5. Eflying through the air
  5. 5.

    What is the purpose of the last sentence of the passage?

    1. ATo remind the reader, with some humor, how tiny the tardigrade is
    2. BTo argue that tardigrades should be protected
    3. CTo describe where tardigrades live
    4. DTo show that tardigrades can read
    5. ETo explain how tardigrades eat

  6. Second Chair

    The list was taped to the band room door, and a knot of students had already gathered in front of it. Elena slipped between two trombone players and found her name. Violin, second chair.

    Second. Not first. Just behind Marcus, who had joined the orchestra in January and who, as far as Elena could tell, never practiced at all.

    She walked home without stopping at the corner store, without noticing the dog that always barked at her from the green house. At dinner she pushed rice around her plate until her father asked what was wrong.

    "I practiced every day," she said. "Every single day. And Marcus got first chair."

    Her father nodded slowly. "Did you hear him play the audition piece?"

    Elena hesitated. She had. Marcus had played the slow middle section so softly that the whole room had gone still. She had played every note correctly. He had played it as if the music meant something.

    "He made it sound sad," she admitted. "I just made it sound right."

    "Then maybe," her father said, "you already know what to practice next."

    The next afternoon, Elena stayed after rehearsal. Marcus was packing up his case. She almost walked past him. Instead, she stopped.

    "How do you make the slow part sound like that?" she asked.

    Marcus looked surprised, and then a little shy. "I imagine I'm telling someone something I can't say out loud," he said. "My grandpa taught me that." He paused. "You play the fast part way better than me, though. Want to trade tips?"

    Elena unpacked her violin. "Deal," she said.

    6.

    Which statement best describes the main conflict of the story?

    1. AElena is disappointed that she placed behind another player and must decide how to respond.
    2. BMarcus refuses to share his music with Elena.
    3. CElena cannot find the list of chair placements.
    4. DElena and Marcus argue about who should play the slow section.
    5. EElena's father wants her to quit the orchestra.
  7. 7.

    What did Elena realize about the difference between her audition and Marcus's?

    1. AShe played much faster than Marcus.
    2. BShe chose a harder piece than Marcus.
    3. CMarcus played every note correctly and she did not.
    4. DShe played the notes correctly, but he played with more feeling.
    5. EMarcus practiced more than she did.
  8. 8.

    Why didn't Elena notice the barking dog on her walk home?

    1. AThe dog was asleep that day.
    2. BShe was listening to music.
    3. CThe dog had moved away.
    4. DShe took a different way home.
    5. EShe was too upset about the results to pay attention.
  9. 9.

    In the story, the phrase "a knot of students" refers to

    1. Aa line of students waiting quietly
    2. Bstudents who are confused
    3. Ca small, tight group of students
    4. Dstudents tying their shoes
    5. Estudents holding a rope
  10. 10.

    What is the most likely theme of the story?

    1. ALearning from others can help you grow.
    2. BParents should not give advice.
    3. CCompetition always ruins friendships.
    4. DPracticing every day guarantees success.
    5. ETalent cannot be learned.

Verbal

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

  1. 1.

    FEEBLE

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

    1. Asick
    2. Bshy
    3. Cmighty
    4. Dweak
    5. Efoolish
  2. 2.

    Archive is to documents as aquarium is to

    1. Atank
    2. Bocean
    3. Cfish
    4. Dwater
    5. Emuseum
  3. 3.

    Thermometer is to temperature as scale is to

    1. Aweight
    2. Blength
    3. Ckitchen
    4. Druler
    5. Eheavy
  4. 4.

    Spectator is to game as audience is to

    1. Astage
    2. Bapplause
    3. Cticket
    4. Dactor
    5. Eperformance
  5. 5.

    FRUGAL

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

    1. Awasteful
    2. Btidy
    3. Cpoor
    4. Dthrifty
    5. Ehonest
  6. 6.

    DILIGENT

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

    1. Alazy
    2. Banxious
    3. Cintelligent
    4. Dhardworking
    5. Epolite
  7. 7.

    INSIPID

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

    1. Ainside
    2. Bbland
    3. Cflavorful
    4. Dsour
    5. Einsistent
  8. 8.

    Brittle is to break as flexible is to

    1. Arigid
    2. Bstretch out
    3. Csnap
    4. Dplastic
    5. Ebend
  9. 9.

    REVERE

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

    1. Aremember
    2. Bhonor
    3. Creview
    4. Dscorn
    5. Ereverse
  10. 10.

    Deciduous is to leaves as molting is to

    1. Aflight
    2. Bwings
    3. Cfeathers
    4. Deggs
    5. Enest

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