ISEE Middle Level Math : Numbers and Operations
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Example Question #37 : How To Find The Whole From The Part
Jonathan and Thomas are making sandwiches for their class. If each student gets 2 sandwiches each, how many sandwiches should Jonathan and Thomas make for their class of 28 students?
Multiply the number of students by the number of sandwiches per student: 
Example Question #38 : How To Find The Whole From The Part
Mary went shopping for her band uniform. She spent $29.00 on pants, $25.42 on a shirt, and $25.42 on shoes. How much did Mary spend in total?
Add up all of Mary's expenses:
Example Question #39 : How To Find The Whole From The Part
How many sixths are there in 
In each whole number, there are 6 sixths. Therefore, in the number 2, there are 12 sixths.
In the fraction 
Next, we add together the 12 sixths and the 4 sixths, which gives us 16; the correct answer.
Example Question #40 : How To Find The Whole From The Part
Gabby has a large rectangular cookie that she is going to cut into smaller pieces. She can cut it into 8 pieces that are 2 inches by 2 inches. How many pieces can she cut the cookie into if she makes each piece 1 inch by 1 inch.
If Gabby can cut out 8 pieces that are 2 inches by 2 inches, that means that each piece is 4 square inches (2 times 2 equals 4).
Thus, she has 32 square inches of cookie. (8 pieces times 4 square inches equals 32 square inches).
It is possible to cut out 32 1 inch by 1 inch pieces of cookie. Therefore, 32 square inches is the correct answer.
Example Question #141 : Numbers And Operations
Last year, Alex could run a mile in 10 minutes. If Alex was able to reduce his mile time by 2 minutes this year, how many miles could he run in 24 minutes?
Given that Alex was previously able to run a mile in 10 minutes, if he improved his time by 2 minutes, that means he could run a mile in 8 minutes. If he had 24 minutes to run, he would be able to run 3 miles, as 24 divided by 8 is 3.
Example Question #142 : Numbers And Operations
Ariel bought 18 pieces of fruit. One third of the pieces of fruit she bought were apples. One half of the apples were bruised. How many bruised apples were there?
If one third of the fruit that Ariel bought were apples, she bought 6 apples because 6 is one third of 18, the total pieces of fruit that she bought.
If one half of the 6 apples were bruised, this means that 3 of the apples were bruised.
Example Question #143 : Numbers And Operations
How many times can the fraction 
This problem can be solved using mental math. In the number 6, we can find the amount of thirds contained within it by multipling 6 and 3, which gives us 18.
If there are 18 values of 
Example Question #144 : Numbers And Operations
A store bought a statue for 
Given that 
A customer bought the statue for 
Example Question #106 : Whole And Part
If you know that male students make up 
You can set up a ratio for this problem in fraction form.
The 
Your ratio would be,
and you can cross multiple.
This would give you 
To solve for 
Example Question #1 : How To Find The Decimal Equivalent Of A Fraction
Rewrite 
Divide 
You may also recognize that 
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