ISEE Lower Level Math : ISEE Lower Level (grades 5-6) Mathematics Achievement

Study concepts, example questions & explanations for ISEE Lower Level Math

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Example Questions

Example Question #51 : How To Multiply

If there are  bananas in a bunch and Joe buys  bunches, how many bananas does he buy in total if one bunch is missing a banana?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

If there are  bananas in a bunch and Joe buys  bunches, that means he buys  bananas because the product of  and  is . However, because a banana is missing from one bunch, the number he buys will be one less, at

Example Question #57 : Operations

Jane's cat is sick, so she must give it a pill three times a day. If she gives her cat its pills for a week, how many pills does she give it during this time?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

If Jane's cat is sick and she must give it a pill  times a day, then she will give it  pills in a week. This is because there are  days in a week, and the product of  and  is

Example Question #222 : Numbers And Operations

Rebecca receives four letters. It takes her five minutes to read a letter and ten minutes to respond to a letter. How many minutes will it take her to read and respond to all four letters?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

If it takes Rebecca  minutes to read a letter and then  minutes to respond to a letter, this means that it take her  minutes to read and respond to a letter, because the sum of  and  is

Therefore, in order for Rebecca to respond to 4 letters, the following equation reveals how many minutes she will need:

Thus,  is the correct answer. 

Example Question #221 : Isee Lower Level (Grades 5 6) Mathematics Achievement

Which of the following is the best estimate of the expression below?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To estimate , the first step is round each number to the nearest tens place. This gives us:

Example Question #224 : Numbers And Operations

If Brenda rides her bike to work and then home every day, how many miles does she ride her bike in five days if her work is four miles away from her home?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

If Brenda's work is  miles away from her home, that means that she rides  miles every day that she rides from her home to work ( miles), and then from work back to her home (another  miles). 

Therefore, the number of miles she rides in  days is equal to .

Example Question #61 : How To Multiply

Mindy bought a box of  granola bars for . She sold each bar for . If Mindy sold all  bars, how much of a profit would she make in dollars?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

If the box of  granola bars was , this means that each granola bar cost  because  divided by  is

If Mindy then sold each granola bar for , the profit per bar would be  minus the  cost of the bar, which is equal to

If she sold all  granola bars, then she would have made a profit of , which is .

Example Question #62 : How To Multiply

Maria makes jewelry with beads. She can make a pair of earrings with  beads, a bracelet with  beads, and a necklace with  beads. If Maria has  beads, which of the following could she make?

Possible Answers:

 bracelets

 necklaces

 bracelets and  pairs of earrings

 pairs of earrings

Correct answer:

 pairs of earrings

Explanation:

Given that each pair of earrings requires  beads, the number of beads that  pairs of earrings would require is equal to:

Since Maria has  beads, she has a sufficient number of beads to make  earrings. The other jewelry arrangements will result in there being a shortage of beads: Maria would need  beads to make  necklaces (),  beads to make  bracelets (), and  beads to make  bracelets and  pairs of earrings ().

Example Question #63 : How To Multiply

The cost for two people to be part of a tennis club is  a month. If Jon and Marie share the annual cost of the club membership, how much does each person have to pay per year?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

If the cost of being part of a tennis club for two people is  a month, that means the annual cost for two people will be 

If two people share this cost, that means that each person will have to pay  because half of  is

Therefore, the correct answer is .

Example Question #222 : Isee Lower Level (Grades 5 6) Mathematics Achievement

On average, Lisa sends twelve emails a day. How many emails would she send in a week if she sent her average number of emails every day of the week?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

If Lisa sends an average of  emails a day and sends emails over a course of  days, that means that the total number of emails that she sends will be equal to . Therefore, the correct answer is .

Example Question #65 : How To Multiply

Andrew recorded a song with his band that is  minutes and  seconds long.  of the way into the song, he begins a drum solo. For how long does the song play before the solo begins?

Possible Answers:

 minute and  seconds

 minute

 minute and  seconds

 minutes and  seconds

Correct answer:

 minute and  seconds

Explanation:

If a song is  minutes and  seconds long, this is the equivalent of being  seconds long. ( minutes is equal to  seconds and .)

 of  is  because . Therefore,  of  is equal to . Therefore,  seconds (or  minute and  seconds) will go by before the drum solo begins. 

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