ISEE Lower Level Quantitative : ISEE Lower Level (grades 5-6) Quantitative Reasoning

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

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Example Questions

Example Question #4 : Using Subtraction Within 100 To Solve Word Problems

Spot has a box of treats with  bones left. The box started off with  treats. How many treats has Spot eaten from the box?  

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This is a subtraction problem because we want to know how many of the total treats Spot has eaten. We take the total number of treats and then subtract the number of treats that are left in the box. .

Example Question #1 : Using Subtraction Within 100 To Solve Word Problems

The baseball team has  balls to practice with. There are  boys on the team. If they each take a ball, how many balls are left over? 

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This is a subtraction problem because we want to know how many balls are left over after each boy takes one. We start with the number of balls and then subtract the number that was taken. .

Example Question #3 : Using Subtraction Within 100 To Solve Word Problems

Jenny has  games. She let her friend use  of them for her birthday part. How many does Jenny have left?

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This is a subtraction problem because we want to know how many games Jenny has left after she gives some to her friend. We take the total number of games that Jenny has, and then we subtract the number that she gave to her friend. .

Example Question #5 : Using Subtraction Within 100 To Solve Word Problems

Sarah got  birthday gifts for her birthday. She’s opened  of them. How many does she have left to open? 

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This is a subtraction problem because we want to know how many gifts she has left to open after she’s already opened some of her gifts. We take the total number of gifts she has, and then we subtract the number of gifts that she’s opened. .

Example Question #4 : Using Subtraction Within 100 To Solve Word Problems

Matt invited  of his friends to a cookout.  of his friends did not come. How many of his friends did come to his cookout? 

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This is a subtraction problem because we want to find out how many of Matt’s invited friends were able to come to his party. We take the total number of people that were invited, and subtract the number of people that did not come.

Example Question #7 : Using Subtraction Within 100 To Solve Word Problems

Ms. Smith’s class has  students.  of her students are out with the flu today. How many students are in the class today? 

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This is a subtraction problem because we want to know how many students in Ms. Smith’s class are in school today out of the total number of students that she has. We take the total number of students and subtract the number of students who are not in school today. .

Example Question #8 : Using Subtraction Within 100 To Solve Word Problems

Joe has  total math problems to complete for homework this week. He wants to get  done today. How many will he have left after today? 

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This is a subtraction problem because we want to know how many homework problems Joe will have left after he completes some of them. We take the total number of problems that he has and subtract the number that he plans to do tonight.

Example Question #11 : Using Subtraction Within 100 To Solve Word Problems

Lisa has  birthday parties to go to this year. She has already gone to  of them. How many parties does she have left to go to this year? 

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This is a subtraction problem because we want to know how many birthday parties Lisa has left to attend this year. We take the total number of parties that she is invited to, and subtract the number of parties that she has already been to.

Example Question #281 : Numbers And Operations

A large pizza has  slices. If we eat  slices, how many will be left? (9)

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This is a subtraction problem because we want to know how many slices of pizza are left over after we have eaten some of the slices. We start with the number of silces that we started with, and subtract the number of slices that we have eaten. .

Example Question #391 : Isee Lower Level (Grades 5 6) Quantitative Reasoning

Mr. Bell has  desks in his classroom, but he only needs  desks because he has  students. How many extra desks does he have? 

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This is a subtraction problem because we want to know how many desks are left over after all of Mr. Bell’s class sits at a desk. We take the number of desks in his room, and subtract the number of students that he has.

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