ISEE practice, Grade 5

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ISEE practice test, Grade 5

Name ______________________ Date ____________

Verbal Reasoning

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

  1. 1.

    The museum guard asked us not to ______ the paintings.

    Which word best completes the sentence?

    1. Atouch
    2. Badmire
    3. Cdescribe
    4. Dnotice
  2. 2.

    The plants by the window grew tall, while the plants in the dark closet ______.

    Which answer best completes the sentence?

    1. Aneeded less water
    2. Bgrew even taller
    3. Cstayed small and pale
    4. Dturned bright green
  3. 3.

    The class worked together to ______ money for the new playground.

    Which word best completes the sentence?

    1. Ahide
    2. Braise
    3. Cspend
    4. Dlose
  4. 4.

    SHINY

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

    1. Adull
    2. Bgleaming
    3. Cnew
    4. Dsmooth
  5. 5.

    After studying for weeks, Nora felt ______.

    Which answer best completes the sentence?

    1. Athat she needed more weeks
    2. Bthat she had not started
    3. Cready for the big test
    4. Dsure she would fail
  6. 6.

    REPAIR

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

    1. Abuild
    2. Bsell
    3. Cfix
    4. Dbreak
  7. 7.

    TINY

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

    1. Ahuge
    2. Bearly
    3. Cloud
    4. Dsmall
  8. 8.

    ERROR

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

    1. Amistake
    2. Btest
    3. Canswer
    4. Dquestion
  9. 9.

    The library is a ______ place where people read and study.

    Which word best completes the sentence?

    1. Acrowded
    2. Bnoisy
    3. Cmessy
    4. Dquiet
  10. 10.

    BEGIN

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

    1. Astart
    2. Bcarry
    3. Chide
    4. Dfinish

Quantitative Reasoning

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

  1. 1.

    Tickets to a football match cost $14 for an adult and $9 for a child. A group of 22 people paid $263 altogether. How many adults were in the group?

    1. A13
    2. B14
    3. C19
    4. D9
  2. 2.

    A shopper buys 4 racquets at $8 each and 2 balls at $7 each, then hands over a $15 coupon. How much is still to pay?

    1. A$33
    2. B$46
    3. C$17
    4. D$31
  3. 3.

    28 July is a Friday. What day of the week is 9 August? (July has 31 days.)

    1. AWednesday
    2. BTuesday
    3. CFriday
    4. DThursday
  4. 4.

    A farmyard holds only ducks and sheep. Altogether there are 18 animals and 46 legs. How many sheep are there?

    1. A12
    2. B5
    3. C28
    4. D23
  5. 5.

    A bag of flour weighs 3 pounds. How many ounces is that? (1 pound = 16 ounces)

    1. A3
    2. B46
    3. C49
    4. D48
  6. 6.

    A coin jar is to hold exactly 14 coins worth $8.30 altogether, using only 20c, 50c, $1 coins. Which line of coins does this?

    1. A4 × 20c, 4 × 50c, 4 × $1
    2. B4 × 20c, 5 × 50c, 5 × $1
    3. C4 × 20c, 6 × 50c, 4 × $1
    4. D9 × 20c, 5 × 50c, 4 × $1
  7. 7.

    Two crowds come to 44, and one is 4 more than the other. What is the bigger crowd?

    1. A2
    2. B24
    3. C22
    4. D40
  8. 8.

    Adult tickets to a concert cost $60 and child tickets cost $10. A group buys 2 times as many child tickets as adult tickets and spends $400 altogether. How many adults are in the group?

    1. A5
    2. B6
    3. C40
    4. D15
  9. 9.

    A swimming carnival starts at 11:35 am and finishes at 2:15 pm. How long does it last?

    1. A1 hour 40 minutes
    2. B2 hours 20 minutes
    3. C2 hours 40 minutes
    4. D2 hours
  10. 10.

    A straight fence line is 696 ft long. There is a post every 12 ft along it, including one at each end. How many posts are there?

    1. A54
    2. B58
    3. C69
    4. D59

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. CWorker bees make honey from the flowers they smell.
    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 long the dance will last
    2. BHow far away the flowers are
    3. CHow many flowers are in the field
    4. DWhich way the sun is moving
  3. 3.

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

    1. AInside the hive, near the honeycomb
    2. BClose by, away from the sun
    3. CClose by, in the direction of the sun
    4. DFar away, to the left of the sun
  4. 4.

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

    1. Avery fast
    2. Balmost right
    3. Chard to understand
    4. Dcorrect in every detail
  5. 5.

    How does the writer organize most of the passage?

    1. ABy arguing that bees are smarter than people
    2. BBy listing the steps for making honey
    3. CBy explaining what each part of the dance means
    4. DBy comparing honeybees with other insects

  6. Snow Day

    The radio said it, quiet and slow: "The schools are closed for the falling snow." I pressed my nose to the window glass And watched the white world softly pass. The mailbox wore a pointed hat, The fence wore mittens, thick and flat, The car out front was fast asleep Beneath a blanket, soft and deep. My sister found her sled and boots, My brother found his puffy suit, And all the street came out to play On this unplanned, unhurried day. By supper, cheeks were cherry red, And snowmen stood where gardens spread. Tomorrow, school will start once more, But snow days live behind the door.

    6.

    What is the poem mostly about?

    1. AHow to build the best snowman
    2. BWhy schools close in the winter
    3. CA family who moves to a snowy town
    4. DThe fun of a day off school because of snow
  7. 7.

    How does the speaker learn that school is closed?

    1. AFrom a note on the door
    2. BFrom a sign on the mailbox
    3. CFrom the radio
    4. DFrom a teacher's phone call
  8. 8.

    What does the poem mean when it says the mailbox "wore a pointed hat"?

    1. ASnow had piled up on top of the mailbox.
    2. BThe mailbox was shaped like a witch.
    3. CSomeone put a real hat on the mailbox.
    4. DThe mailbox was painted for winter.
  9. 9.

    In the poem, the word "unhurried" means

    1. Aloud and crowded
    2. Brelaxed and not rushed
    3. Cshort and busy
    4. Dvery cold
  10. 10.

    In the second stanza, the poem describes snow-covered things as if they were

    1. Atoys in a store
    2. Banimals running away
    3. Cpeople getting dressed or sleeping
    4. Dbuildings falling down

Mathematics Achievement

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

  1. 1.

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

    1. A40°
    2. B35°
    3. C65°
    4. D30°
  2. 2.

    What number should replace the question mark?   9 × ? − 18 = 117

    1. A16
    2. B15
    3. C14
    4. D135
  3. 3.

    How many whole numbers from 1 to 50 can be divided exactly by 2 or by 3, or both?

    1. A34
    2. B8
    3. C33
    4. D25
  4. 4.

    How many tenths are there altogether in 8.1?

    1. A9
    2. B8
    3. C81
    4. D810
  5. 5.

    What is the value of −5 − (−6) × 4?

    1. A19
    2. B−29
    3. C4
    4. D5
  6. 6.

    How many members joined Gardening altogether over the two terms?

    1. A15
    2. B25
    3. C35
    4. D10
  7. 7.

    2 1/5 + ? = 4 7/10. What is the missing value?

    1. A3
    2. B1 2/3
    3. C2 1/2
    4. D6 9/10
  8. 8.

    Which of these fractions is already in its simplest form?

    1. A14/26
    2. B2/26
    3. C11/13
    4. D10/32
  9. 9.

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

    1. A4/14
    2. B6/21
    3. C6/14
    4. D10/35
  10. 10.

    A sequence begins 12, 17, 22, 27, … and carries on in the same way. What is the 12th term?

    1. A72
    2. B62
    3. C67
    4. D144

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