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Example Questions
Example Question #213 : Isee Lower Level (Grades 5 6) Mathematics Achievement
Which of the following is a multiple of 11?
A multiple is the product of the first number and another whole number. Given that 121 is the product of 11 (the first number) and 11, it is a multiple of 11. Therefore, 121 is the correct answer.
Example Question #214 : Isee Lower Level (Grades 5 6) Mathematics Achievement
If 2 marshmallows are required to make 1 s'mores sandwich, how many marshmallows will be required for 6 campers to make 3 s'mores sandwiches each?
If 6 campers make 3 s'mores sandwiches each, they will make 18 s'mores sandwiches because .
Given that each sandwich requires 2 marshmallows, 36 marshmallows will be required to make the 18 sandwiches, because .
Example Question #215 : Isee Lower Level (Grades 5 6) Mathematics Achievement
Arnold is writing a short story. He writes 5 pages a day and plans to complete it in 3 days, at which point it will be 45 pages long. How many pages long is his story right now?
If Arnold writes 5 pages a day and plans to complete his story in 3 days, at which point it will be 45 pages long, he will finish his book by writing more pages.
This means that Arnold has written 30 pages so far, because .
Example Question #216 : Isee Lower Level (Grades 5 6) Mathematics Achievement
If 9 books in a book store have an average of 201 pages each, how many pages are there among all 9 books?
If 9 books in a book store have an average of 201 pages, there will be a total of pages among the 9 books.
Example Question #217 : Isee Lower Level (Grades 5 6) Mathematics Achievement
Lisa has two snack boxes. Each box contains four bags of cookies, and each bag contains three cookies. How many cookies are there total in the two snack boxes?
If Lisa has two snack boxes and each box contains four bags of cookies with three cookies in each, the total number of cookies in the two snack boxes is cookies.
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?
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?
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?
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 #51 : Operations
Which of the following is the best estimate of the expression below?
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?
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 .