ISEE Lower Level Math : Operations

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Example Questions

Example Question #91 : Operations

What number is divisible by 7 without a remainder?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

First divide any of the answers by 7:

Which gives the answer of 285, with a remainder of 6. This is almost 7, so try a number slightly larger: 2002.

Which gives an answer of 286, with no remainder.

Example Question #6 : How To Divide

Which of the following is divisible by 4 (without a remainder)?

Possible Answers:

7,936

12,114

4,202

10,334

Correct answer:

7,936

Explanation:

Because all multiples of 100 are divisible by 4, if the last 2 numbers are divisible by 4, the entire number is divisible by 4.

36 is divisible by 4, while 2, 14, and 34 are not. Therefore, 7,936 is the only number that is divisible by 4.

Example Question #92 : Operations

What is the quotient of  and ?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

A quotient is the result of a division problem.

Therefore, the quotient of  and  is .

Example Question #257 : Isee Lower Level (Grades 5 6) Mathematics Achievement

Sarah has a box of cookies, and she wants to share them evenly with everyone in her class. She knows how many cookies she has and how many students are in the class. How does she figure out how many cookies, , to give to each student?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

When someone is trying to share something equally among a group, it's a division problem. To calculate the cookies per student, divide the item shared (cookies) by the number of students.

Example Question #3 : How To Divide

Tom is at the store and needs to buy balloons for his upcoming party. He wants to make sure he buys a balloon for each person who comes to the party. How should he decide how many bags, , of balloons to buy?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Tom wants one balloon per person, so he should divide the number of people coming to his party by the number of balloons in each bag.

Example Question #93 : Operations

What is the remainder of ?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

 does not go into  evenly, but it does go into .

Example Question #94 : Operations

Find the quotient. Round to the nearest tenth.

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

When dividing with decimals, remember to move the decimals in both terms all the way to the right:

 becomes .

 becomes .

Now divide. Remember to follow the rules of “bringing down” when there is a remainder.

The quotient is  Round to the nearest tenth, and then correct answer is .

Example Question #261 : Numbers And Operations

Which number is divisble by  with a remainder of ?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The trick here is recognize which number is divisible by six with no remainder. If you add the digits of an even number together, anytime that those digits equal a sum that is divisible by three, the number itself will be divisble by six with no remainder. 

 is even and divisible by . Any number whose digits add up to a number divisible by  is divisible by . Here, , which is divisible by . Therefore,  is dvisible by  with no remainder.

To find a number that would have a remainder of  when divided by , you would add  to the number . This gives you

Example Question #14 : How To Divide

Ron is drinking a vanilla ice blended beverage. It is 18 ounces. He finishes one third of it. How many ounces remain?

Possible Answers:

8 ounces

17 ounces

12 ounces

16 ounces

Correct answer:

12 ounces

Explanation:

If Ron's drink is 18 ounces, one third is equal to 6 ounces. Because 18 minus 6 is 12, 12 ounces is the correct answer. 

Example Question #95 : Operations

Which of the following numbers is divisible by 9 without a remainder?

Possible Answers:

 

Correct answer:

Explanation:

A trick to help determine when a number is divisble by 9 without a remainder is to add the units together and see whether the sum of the units is divisible by 9.

For the number 63, . Given that 9 is divisible by 9 with no remainder, it is the correct answer. 

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