ISEE practice, Grade 4

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ISEE practice test, Grade 4

Name ______________________ Date ____________

Verbal Reasoning

Circle the letter of the best answer. About 6 minutes.

  1. 1.

    The old bridge was ______, so the town built a new one beside it.

    Which word best completes the sentence?

    1. Afamous
    2. Bunsafe
    3. Cbeautiful
    4. Dnarrow
  2. 2.

    GRIN

    Which word means most nearly the same as the word in capital letters?

    1. Asmile
    2. Bblink
    3. Cwave
    4. Dfrown
  3. 3.

    Tara ______ her answer twice before handing in the test.

    Which word best completes the sentence?

    1. Askipped
    2. Berased
    3. Cchecked
    4. Dforgot
  4. 4.

    Mia practiced the piano every day, so at the recital she ______.

    Which answer best completes the sentence?

    1. Aplayed a different instrument
    2. Bforgot every note
    3. Cdecided to quit
    4. Dplayed her piece smoothly
  5. 5.

    PECULIAR

    Which word means most nearly the same as the word in capital letters?

    1. Afunny
    2. Bordinary
    3. Cstrange
    4. Drare
  6. 6.

    ERROR

    Which word means most nearly the same as the word in capital letters?

    1. Asuccess
    2. Banswer
    3. Cmistake
    4. Dquestion
  7. 7.

    Even though it was raining, the soccer team ______.

    Which answer best completes the sentence?

    1. Acanceled because of the rain
    2. Bplayed the game anyway
    3. Cwent to the beach
    4. Dwatched the sun set
  8. 8.

    ANCIENT

    Which word means most nearly the same as the word in capital letters?

    1. Atall
    2. Bmodern
    3. Cvery old
    4. Dbroken
  9. 9.

    LOCATE

    Which word means most nearly the same as the word in capital letters?

    1. Alose
    2. Bdraw
    3. Cfind
    4. Dbuild
  10. 10.

    The teacher ______ the class for working quietly all morning.

    Which word best completes the sentence?

    1. Apunished
    2. Bscolded
    3. Cpraised
    4. Dignored

Quantitative Reasoning

Circle the letter of the best answer. About 9 minutes.

  1. 1.

    A bag of flour weighs 4 pounds. How many ounces is that? (1 pound = 16 ounces)

    1. A65
    2. B62
    3. C64
    4. D4
  2. 2.

    A wallet is to hold exactly 8 coins worth $6.80 altogether, using only 20c, $1, $2 coins. Which line of coins does this?

    1. A9 × 20c, 1 × $1, 2 × $2
    2. B3 × 20c, 3 × $1, 2 × $2
    3. C4 × 20c, 2 × $1, 2 × $2
    4. D4 × 20c, 3 × $1, 2 × $2
  3. 3.

    A film starts at 11:24 am and finishes at 2:04 pm. How long does it last?

    1. A2 hours 20 minutes
    2. B2 hours 40 minutes
    3. C2 hours
    4. D1 hour 40 minutes
  4. 4.

    Adult tickets to a museum cost $30 and child tickets cost $15. A group buys 3 times as many child tickets as adult tickets and spends $900 altogether. How many children are in the group?

    1. A60
    2. B36
    3. C48
    4. D20
  5. 5.

    Tickets to a museum cost $10 for an adult and $6 for a child. A group of 10 people paid $80 altogether. How many adults were in the group?

    1. A8
    2. B4
    3. C5
    4. D6
  6. 6.

    A straight driveway is 590 ft long. There is a tree every 10 ft along it, including one at each end. How many trees are there?

    1. A70
    2. B61
    3. C59
    4. D60
  7. 7.

    Two prices come to $48, and one is $10 more than the other. What is the cheaper price?

    1. A$29
    2. B$5
    3. C$19
    4. D$24
  8. 8.

    A shopper buys 5 racquets at $11 each and 4 balls at $9 each, and pays with $150. How much change is there?

    1. A$62
    2. B$95
    3. C$114
    4. D$59
  9. 9.

    27 March is a Monday. What day of the week is 8 April? (March has 31 days.)

    1. AFriday
    2. BMonday
    3. CSunday
    4. DSaturday
  10. 10.

    A wildlife park holds only emus and wombats. Altogether there are 22 animals and 52 legs. How many wombats are there?

    1. A4
    2. B30
    3. C18
    4. D13

Reading Comprehension

Circle the letter of the best answer. About 10 minutes.

  1. How Honeybees Share Directions

    A honeybee that finds a field full of flowers has a problem. The hive may be far away, and thousands of other bees need to know where the food is. Bees cannot talk, and they cannot draw a map. So how does one bee tell the others where to go?

    The answer is a dance. When a worker bee returns to the hive, she moves across the honeycomb in a special pattern called the waggle dance. She walks forward in a straight line while shaking her body from side to side. Then she circles back and does it again, over and over.

    Every part of the dance carries information. The direction of the straight walk tells the other bees which way to fly, compared with the position of the sun. If the bee walks straight up the honeycomb, the flowers are in the same direction as the sun. If she walks a little to the right, the flowers are a little to the right of the sun.

    The length of the waggle tells how far away the flowers are. A short waggle means the food is close. A long waggle means the bees will need to fly a longer way.

    Other worker bees crowd around the dancer and follow her movements. They also smell the flowers' scent on her body. Then they fly out of the hive, ready to find the field on their own.

    Scientists who study bees were amazed when they first figured out this dance. It showed that even a tiny insect can share exact, useful information with the rest of its group.

    1.

    What is the main idea of this passage?

    1. AHoneybees use a dance to tell other bees where to find food.
    2. BHoneybees follow the sun back to their hive at night.
    3. CScientists taught honeybees how to dance.
    4. DHoneybees can only find flowers near the hive.
  2. 2.

    According to the passage, what does the length of the waggle tell other bees?

    1. AHow far away the flowers are
    2. BHow many flowers are in the field
    3. CHow long the dance will last
    4. DWhat color the flowers are
  3. 3.

    A bee walks straight up the honeycomb with a very short waggle. Where are the flowers?

    1. AFar away, to the left of the sun
    2. BClose by, away from the sun
    3. CInside the hive, near the honeycomb
    4. DClose by, in the direction of the sun
  4. 4.

    As it is used in the passage, the word "exact" means

    1. Avery fast
    2. Bcorrect in every detail
    3. Ckept secret
    4. Dhard to understand
  5. 5.

    How does the writer organize most of the passage?

    1. ABy comparing honeybees with other insects
    2. BBy explaining what each part of the dance means
    3. CBy telling a story about one bee from birth to old age
    4. DBy arguing that bees are smarter than people

  6. Why Leaves Change Color

    In many parts of the United States, fall turns the trees into a painting. Green leaves become yellow, orange, and red, and then they drift to the ground. Where do those bright colors come from?

    Most of the year, leaves are green because they are full of a substance called chlorophyll. Chlorophyll helps a tree make food from sunlight, water, and air. A leaf is a little food factory, and chlorophyll is the worker that runs it.

    But chlorophyll is not the only color in a leaf. Yellow and orange colors are there all summer long. We just cannot see them, because there is so much green covering them up.

    As fall arrives, the days grow shorter and the nights grow cooler. The tree begins to get ready for winter. It slowly stops making chlorophyll. As the green fades away, the yellow and orange that were hiding underneath finally show through.

    Red is different. Some trees, such as certain maples, make new red coloring in the fall, especially when the days are sunny and the nights are cool. That is why a sunny, crisp autumn often has the brightest reds.

    Finally, the tree seals off each leaf where it joins the branch. With no water coming in, the leaf dries out and falls. The tree rests through the winter, and in spring, new green leaves begin the cycle again.

    6.

    What is the passage mainly about?

    1. AHow to paint a picture of fall trees
    2. BWhy some trees have no leaves at all
    3. CWhere maple trees grow in the United States
    4. DWhy leaves turn colors and fall in autumn
  7. 7.

    According to the passage, why can't we see yellow and orange in leaves during the summer?

    1. AThe colors only grow on the branches.
    2. BThe green chlorophyll covers them up.
    3. CThe leaves do not have those colors yet.
    4. DRain washes the colors away.
  8. 8.

    Which fall would probably have the brightest red leaves?

    1. AOne with very hot days and very hot nights
    2. BOne with sunny days and cool nights
    3. COne with cloudy days and warm nights
    4. DOne with snow in early September
  9. 9.

    In the passage, the word "crisp" describes autumn weather that is

    1. Awet and muddy
    2. Bcool and fresh
    3. Cloud and windy
    4. Dhot and still
  10. 10.

    Why does the writer call a leaf "a little food factory"?

    1. ATo explain the job of chlorophyll in a way that is easy to picture
    2. BTo tell readers where food is grown
    3. CTo describe the color of a leaf in fall
    4. DTo prove that trees are like machines

Mathematics Achievement

Circle the letter of the best answer. About 10 minutes.

  1. 1.

    What is 20/30 in its simplest form?

    1. A10/15
    2. B2/3
    3. C4/6
    4. D3/2
  2. 2.

    Which of these fractions is not equal to 2/7?

    1. A20/70
    2. B10/35
    3. C4/14
    4. D6/14
  3. 3.

    What is the value of −8 − (−7) × 3?

    1. A−3
    2. B−29
    3. C29
    4. D13
  4. 4.

    What number should replace the question mark?   5 × ? − 11 = 29

    1. A9
    2. B7
    3. C8
    4. D4
  5. 5.

    How many whole numbers from 1 to 50 can be divided exactly by 3 or by 6, or both?

    1. A8
    2. B22
    3. C16
    4. D18
  6. 6.

    A sequence begins 10, 13, 16, 19, … and carries on in the same way. What is the 9th term?

    1. A31
    2. B35
    3. C37
    4. D34
  7. 7.

    In the diagram below, what is the size of the angle marked x?

    1. A30°
    2. B45°
    3. C20°
    4. D75°
  8. 8.

    How many whole thousands are there in 185295?

    1. A185
    2. B1852
    3. C184
    4. D18
  9. 9.

    1 1/3 + ? = 3 2/15. What is the missing value?

    1. A1 4/5
    2. B4 7/15
    3. C1 1/2
    4. D2
  10. 10.

    Which one had the most members altogether, and how many was that?

    1. AAstronomy, 35
    2. BChess, 31
    3. CSketching, 33
    4. DGardening, 24

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