is a problem like this too advanced for the ssat's?

Prep School Admissions
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<p>is a problem like this too advanced for the ssat’s:</p>

<p>n and p are integers greater than 1
5n is the square of a number
75np is the cube of a number.
The smallest value for n + p is</p>

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<p>Yes. They wouldn’t put that on; most people have not learned Algebra yet, if they are on a standardized public school system.</p>

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<p>algebra IS on the upper level math test. and some basic geometry. and problem solving arithmetic. my question was: is this algebra too advanced for what they refer to as algebra?</p>

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<p>No it’s not too advance. I have seen many problems like that on the test.</p>

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<p>no it not too advanced
but it would be considered one of the hard ones on the test i guess</p>

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<p>yeah
what msu said…</p>

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<p>I remember a problem similar to that on the test, but it was quite a bit easier. I think that it might be a bit too hard for the SSAT (though it could show up as one of the hardest problems), especially because there would be some large arithmatic involved and you don’t have a calculator, so it would be very time-consuming. But it’s still possible, since you could just do guess-and-check with the possible answers given.</p>