ISEE Lower Level Quantitative : Data Analysis

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

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Example Questions

Example Question #31 : Data Analysis

What is the missing number in the sequence: 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

In this sequence of numbers, there is an important pattern to recognize. Each number is less than the previous number by a difference that is double the margin between the previous two numbers. For example, the difference between  and  is  And, the difference between  and  is . Thus, the missing number must be less than  by a difference of --which means that  is the missing number. 

Example Question #32 : Data Analysis

What is the next number:

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

In this sequence of numbers, there is an important pattern to recognize. Each number is greater than the number prior to it by a margin of  Thus, 

Example Question #33 : Data Analysis

Find the missing number in the list:

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

In this sequence of numbers, there is an important pattern to recognize. Each number is less than the previous number in the sequence by a difference of . Thus, .

Example Question #34 : Data Analysis

What is the missing number in the following sequence: 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

In this sequence of numbers, there is an important pattern to recognize. Each number is greater than the number prior to it by a margin of . In other words, each number in this list is a multiple of , thus the next number in this sequence is the product of  which equals .

Example Question #15 : How To Find The Missing Part Of A List

What is the missing value of  in this sequence?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

In this sequence, every subsequent number is  less than the preceding number. Given that the number that precedes  is , the value of w is . Therefore,  is the correct answer. 

Example Question #35 : Data Analysis

Use the following table to determine the cost of purchasing two books.

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

The relationship between the values is ,

where  represents the cost of purchased books and  represents the number of books purchased. 

 

Once we realize this, we can determine how much purchasing two books  would cost: 

Example Question #36 : Data Analysis

Use the table to determine how much one cupcake would cost.

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

We can determine the relationship between the values by creating a ratio of number of cupcakes to cost:

 

Where  represents the cost of 1 cupcake. 

We can now solve for 

The cost of one cupcake is then $0.85

Example Question #37 : Data Analysis

The following table consists of the test grades from  students. Use the table to determine how many students received a  on the test.

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

We were told the grades are from  students. The most direct way to solve this problem is to add the numbers of students listed so far:

We know there is a total of  students so we can set up the equation:

 which leaves us with 

So the missing value is eight.

Example Question #38 : Data Analysis

Use the table to determine how much one cupcake would cost.

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Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

We can determine the relationship between the values by creating a ratio of number of cupcakes to cost:

 

Where  represents the cost of 1 cupcake. 

We can now solve for 

The cost of one cupcake is then 

Example Question #1 : How To Find The Common Part With A Venn Diagram

Students were asked if they prefer TV or radio. The following Venn Diagram depicts the number of students who said TV, radio, or both. How many students like both TV and radio?

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Possible Answers:

7

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Correct answer:

7

Explanation:

The blue circle of the Venn diagram depicts the number of students who prefer TV, the orange circle depicts the number of students who prefer radio, and the region of overlap indicates the number of students who like both. Therefore, 7 students like both TV and radio.

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