ISEE Middle Level Quantitative : How to find the solution to an equation

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

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Example Questions

Example Question #41 : How To Find The Solution To An Equation

Angles g and h are supplementary. Angle g is 3 times as big as angle h. What is the value of angle h?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

If angles g and h are supplementary, then they will add up to 180 degrees.

Given that angle g is 3 times as big as angle h, then:

 

Therefore, 

Example Question #161 : Isee Middle Level (Grades 7 8) Quantitative Reasoning

Solve for .

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

In order to solve an equation, you first want to get like terms on the same sides: variables should be on one side and whole numbers on the other. To do this, you must add 6 to both sides of the equation.

             

The equation will then look like this:

In order to solve for , you must make it so that there is only one of the variable . Since the 3 is multiplied times the variable, you must divide by 3 on both sides of the equation to remove it.

The result you are left with is .

Example Question #162 : Isee Middle Level (Grades 7 8) Quantitative Reasoning

If x and y are angles that are equal to each other and are also complementary, what is the value of x?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

If two angles are complementary, then they add up to 90 degrees. 

Therefore, .

Given that x and y are equal to each other, .

Thus, .

Example Question #41 : How To Find The Solution To An Equation

Solve for x in the below equation: 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Solve for x in the below equation: 

First we must add like terms on the left side. 5x-2x = 3x

Next, we must subtract 4 from both sides. 

Lastly, we must divide both sides by 3. 

 

 

Example Question #45 : Equations

Which is the greater quantity?

(a) 

(b) 

Possible Answers:

It is impossible to determine which is greater from the information given

(a) and (b) are equal

(b) is the greater quantity

(a) is the greater quantity

Correct answer:

(a) and (b) are equal

Explanation:

 

 

Example Question #46 : Equations

Which is the greater quantity?

(a) 

(b) 

Possible Answers:

(a) is the greater quantity

(b) is the greater quantity

It is impossible to determine which is greater from the information given

(a) and (b) are equal

Correct answer:

(a) and (b) are equal

Explanation:

 

 

Example Question #47 : Equations

The lines of the equations 

and 

intersect at a point .

Which is the greater quantity?

(a) 

(b) 

Possible Answers:

(a) and (b) are equal

(a) is the greater quantity

(b) is the greater quantity

It is impossible to determine which is greater from the information given

Correct answer:

(a) is the greater quantity

Explanation:

Since the numbers  and  satisfy both equations, we need only look at the second one, 

.

It follows that 

and

.

Example Question #48 : Equations

Both  and  are prime.

Which is the greater quantity?

(a) 

(b) 50

Possible Answers:

(a) and (b) are equal

(b) is the greater quantity

(a) is the greater quantity

It is impossible to determine which is greater from the information given

Correct answer:

It is impossible to determine which is greater from the information given

Explanation:

, and both are positive integers, so both will be between 1 and 15 inclusive. Since both are prime numbers - numbers with exactly two factors, 1 and the number itself - both are elements of the set

There are two ways to select two of these numbers so that their sum is 16 - 3 and 13, and 5 and 11.

If we select  and , or vice versa, then .

If we select  and , or vice versa, then .

Therefore, it is unclear whether  or 50 is greater.

Example Question #49 : Equations

 and  are both positive integers.  is a prime number and  is a composite number.

Which is the greater quantity?

(a) 

(b) 

Possible Answers:

(b) is the greater quantity

(a) and (b) are equal

It is impossible to determine which is greater from the information given

(a) is the greater quantity

Correct answer:

(b) is the greater quantity

Explanation:

A prime number is a number with exactly two factors - 1 and itself.

If  and  are both positive integers whose sum is 14, then each is an integer from 1 to 13 inclusive. The prime numbers in this range are 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, and 13. , so , and this must be a composite number - one which has more than two factors.

Taking each case:

 

 

 

 

 

 

The only two prime values of  that yields a composite  are  and . in both cases, .

Example Question #50 : Equations

Which is the greater quantity?

(a) 

(b) 

Possible Answers:

It is impossible to determine which is greater from the information given

(a) is the greater quantity

(b) is the greater quantity

(a) and (b) are equal

Correct answer:

It is impossible to determine which is greater from the information given

Explanation:

, so  is the positive or negative square root of 64; those are 8 and , respectively.

Two numbers -  and 8 - have absolute value 8, so if , either  or .

 and , but without further information, it cannot be determined which is the greater, if either.

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