All ISEE Lower Level Quantitative Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #11 : Lines
Mr. Thomas' rectangular garden has a width of feet. The length of his garden is exactly half the distance of the width of the garden. How long is the length of Mr. Thomas' garden?
The length of Mr. Thomas' garden is exactly half the distance of the width of the garden.
The width of the garden is feet.
Thus, the length is equal to,
Example Question #1511 : Isee Lower Level (Grades 5 6) Quantitative Reasoning
Celeste is Debra's year old daughter. Both Debra and Celeste measured their height on the wall. Celeste was surprised to find out that she is exactly half the height of her mother. If Debra is feet tall, how tall is Celeste?
Debra is feet tall. Celeste is half the height of her mother Debra.
Thus, to find Celeste's height, divide in half.
The solution is:
Step one: convert into an improper fraction.
Step two: divide by .
Step three: express in feet as a mixed number.
Example Question #11 : Lines
Mr. Lam is planning on painting a rectangular wall in his living room. Before he starts painting, he decided to take a few measurements of the wall. He finds out that the width of the wall is twice the measurement of the height of the wall. If the width of the wall is feet, what is the height of the wall?
Since the height of the rectangular wall is half the length of the width, divide by
The solution is:
Check:
Example Question #12 : Lines
The cable on Ryan's new cellphone charger is twice as long as his old cellphone charger cable. If Ryan's new cellphone charger has a feet long cable, how long was his old charger cable?
To find the length of Ryan's old cellphone cable, divide the length of his new cellphone charger in half.
The solution is:
Example Question #12 : How To Find Symmetry
Line segment is twice as long as line segment . If line segment is inches, how many inches is ?
The length of line segment is half the length of line segment .
Therefore, divide by .
Example Question #13 : How To Find Symmetry
Line segment is twice as long as line segment . If line segment is centimeters, how many centimeters is line segment ?
To find the length of line segment , divide the length of line segment .
Therefore, the length of line segment is:
Example Question #14 : How To Find Symmetry
Find the midpoint between coordinate points and .
To find the midpoint between these two coordinate points, use the formula,
Since our and our the midpoint formula becomes,
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Example Question #1521 : Isee Lower Level (Grades 5 6) Quantitative Reasoning
In a football contest, Jeff threw the football twice as far as Robby. If Jeff threw the ball yards, how many yards did Robby throw the ball?
yards
Since Jeff threw the football twice as far as Robby, divide by .
Example Question #16 : How To Find Symmetry
Line segment goes exactly halfway across a sheet of paper. If the sheet of paper has a width of inches, how long is line segment ?
Since the length of line segment is half of , convert to a mixed number.
Then divide by .
Then convert to a mixed number.
Example Question #1522 : Isee Lower Level (Grades 5 6) Quantitative Reasoning
The Johnson family had an extension put onto their driveway that doubled the width of the driveway. If their driveway was originally feet wide, how wide is their new driveway?
Since the original driveway was half the width of the new driveway, multiply by .
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