Mixed Set Teaching Focus
Mixed timed sets should combine the high-frequency SSAT Upper Level topics in the order students have studied them.
Arithmetic → Fractions → Ratios → Algebra → Word Problems → Geometry → Mixed Timed Sets
Most Important Weights
- Word Problems: 30%
- Algebra: 25%
- Geometry: 20%
- Arithmetic: 15%
- Probability/Data: 10%
Mixed Reasoning Skills
- Arithmetic fluency
- Algebra setup
- Geometry formula selection
- Data reading
- Logic and quantitative reasoning
- Time-saving estimation
Timing Plan
Set a 12-minute timer. Try the first pass quickly. Circle any question that feels slow, then come back after finishing the easier problems.
Mixed Set A
- Evaluate: 6² - 4(5).
- 15 is what percent of 60?
- Solve: 2x + 9 = 31.
- A rectangle has area 48 and width 6. What is its length?
- The mean of 4, 8, 10, and x is 9. Find x.
- A car travels 150 miles in 3 hours. What is its speed?
- Find the next number: 4, 8, 16, 32, ___.
- A circle has diameter 12. What is its radius?
Show Answer Key
1. 16.
2. 25%.
3. x = 11.
4. 8.
5. 14.
6. 50 mph.
7. 64.
8. 6.