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Example Questions
Example Question #101 : Isee Lower Level (Grades 5 6) Mathematics Achievement
If there are 4 servings in an ice cream container, and each serving is equal to 2 ounces, how many ounces are in the entire container?
If an ice cream container has 4 servings and each serving is equal to 2 ounces, the total number of ounces in the container can be found by multiplying 2 by 4.
This results in 8 ounces.
Example Question #14 : How To Find The Whole From The Part
If one-third of a pie is equal to 2 slices, how many slices are in the entire pie?
We know that one-third of the pie is 2 slices. We can set up an equation:
In other words, one-third times the total slices in the pie will be equal to 2 slices.
Multiply both sides of the equation by 3.
The fraction on the left side cancels.
There are a total of 6 slices in the pie.
Example Question #103 : Isee Lower Level (Grades 5 6) Mathematics Achievement
If Gina makes a batch of cookies for her class. The class eats of the cookies, and so
remain. How many cookies were in the entire batch?
If the class eats of the cookies and
remain, this means that
. Therefore,
of the batch will be equal to
cookies, as
is twice the value of
, and
is twice the value of
.
The entire batch of cookies will be equal to .
Thus, is the correct answer.
Example Question #13 : How To Find The Whole From The Part
If Andrew has coins in his wallet that add up to cents, which of the following is a possible combination of coins that he may have?
quarter,
dimes,
nickels, and
pennies
quarter,
dimes,
nickels, and
pennies
quarters,
dimes,
nickels, and
pennies
quarter,
dimes,
nickels, and
penny
quarter,
dimes,
nickels, and
pennies
The first step is to convert the coins into their values in cents.
If we look at the combination of quarter,
dimes,
nickels, and
pennies, the following expression can be used to determine the coins' value in cents:
Therefore, the correct answer is quarter,
dimes,
nickels, and
pennies.
As for the incorrect answers, quarter,
dimes,
nickels, and
penny adds up to
cents;
quarters,
dimes,
nickels, and
pennies adds up to
cents; and
quarter,
dimes,
nickels, and
pennies adds up to
cents.
Example Question #102 : Isee Lower Level (Grades 5 6) Mathematics Achievement
If Lisa buys a pair of shoes for , but the sales tax is
, what is the total cost of her shoes in dollars?
If the sales tax is , then this means that for every purchase of
, an
tax will be charged.
Given that the shoes are (half of
), half the sales tax of
should be charged, which is a value of
.
Since , the shoes will cost
after sales tax.
Example Question #102 : Isee Lower Level (Grades 5 6) Mathematics Achievement
If Anita bought a pair of boots for that was on sale for
off, but was taxed
on the full price, what was the total cost of the boots (in dollars)?
If Anita bought a pair of boots for that was on sale for
off, this means she would get
off. But if she was taxed at
on the full price, this would be equal to
.
Therefore, the total she would have to pay would be equal to , because
.
Example Question #101 : Isee Lower Level (Grades 5 6) Mathematics Achievement
Arnold tutors students in math. For every hour-long tutoring session he gives, he must do half an hour of prep work. He is paid per session.
If Arnold makes from his tutoring sessions, how many hours must he have spent tutoring and prepping for his sessions?
If Arnold made tutoring, that means that he gave
tutoring sessions because
divided by
(his rate per tutoring session) is equal to
.
Given that Arnold must spend half an hour preparing for each session, the total number of hours it took him to earn is equal to:
Example Question #101 : Isee Lower Level (Grades 5 6) Mathematics Achievement
Joe has completed math problems and now has one-third of his assignment left to complete. What is the total number of problems in his assignment?
If Joe has one third of his assignment to complete after finishing problems, that means that
is equal to two-thirds of the entire set. Knowing this, we can write out the equation
and solve for
in order to find how many problems make up Joe's homework assignment.
We can solve this equation by cross-multiplying to get , which simplifies to
.
To find , we can divide each side of the equation by
. This gives us
, so there are
problems in Joe's homework assignment.
Example Question #101 : Isee Lower Level (Grades 5 6) Mathematics Achievement
There are 3 birds in a tree who are joined by their mates. Two-thirds of the birds then fly away. How many birds remain?
Given that there are 3 birds in the tree who are then joined by their mates, there are 6 total birds in the tree. If two-thirds of the birds fly away, 4 birds leave, and 2 birds are left in the nest
Example Question #105 : Isee Lower Level (Grades 5 6) Mathematics Achievement
In Cody's class, there are boys for every
girl. If there are
boys in the class, how many students are there in the class altogether?
To find out how many students are in the class, we first need to find the number of girls in the class. For every boys, there will be
girl. There are
groups of
in a group of
(or, put another way,
), so the class has
groups of
boys. That means we also have
groups of
girl.
is
, so altogether we have
boys and
girls.
, so the correct answer is
.
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