ISEE practice, Grade 6

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ISEE practice test, Grade 6

Name ______________________ Date ____________

Verbal Reasoning

Circle the letter of the best answer. About 5 minutes.

  1. 1.

    The scientist's results were so ______ that other researchers repeated the experiment to be sure.

    Which word best completes the sentence?

    1. Apredictable
    2. Bordinary
    3. Cunimportant
    4. Dsurprising
  2. 2.

    SCRUTINIZE

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

    1. Adescribe
    2. Bcriticize
    3. Cexamine
    4. Doverlook
  3. 3.

    The new law was ______: some people praised it, while others protested.

    Which word best completes the sentence?

    1. Aunanimous
    2. Bforgotten
    3. Cinvisible
    4. Dcontroversial
  4. 4.

    INEVITABLE

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

    1. Aunknown
    2. Bunavoidable
    3. Cunfair
    4. Dunlikely
  5. 5.

    HOSTILE

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

    1. Ashy
    2. Bunfriendly
    3. Cnervous
    4. Dwelcoming
  6. 6.

    OMINOUS

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

    1. Aancient
    2. Bthreatening
    3. Cnoisy
    4. Ddark
  7. 7.

    His ______ remarks hurt his friend's feelings, though he had not meant to be unkind.

    Which word best completes the sentence?

    1. Agentle
    2. Bgenerous
    3. Cconsiderate
    4. Dthoughtless
  8. 8.

    The volunteer's ______ work at the shelter earned her an award from the city.

    Which word best completes the sentence?

    1. Aoccasional
    2. Blazy
    3. Ctireless
    4. Dbrief
  9. 9.

    Once a ______ village, the town now has highways, malls and apartment towers.

    Which word best completes the sentence?

    1. Acrowded
    2. Bnoisy
    3. Cbustling
    4. Dsleepy
  10. 10.

    IMPEDE

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

    1. Ainclude
    2. Bassist
    3. Cimitate
    4. Dhinder

Quantitative Reasoning

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

  1. 1.

    Column A: 14 × 4
    Column B: 33 × 5

    Compare the quantity in Column A with the quantity in Column B.

    1. AColumn A is greater.
    2. BColumn B is greater.
    3. CThe two quantities are equal.
    4. DIt cannot be decided from the information given.
  2. 2.

    One printer would print the whole job on its own in 30 minutes. A second printer would print it on its own in 20 minutes. If both work at the same time, how long do they take together?

    1. A12
    2. B50
    3. C10
    4. D25
  3. 3.

    A smartphone with a list price of $800 was sold for $432 after two successive discounts. The first discount was 10%. What was the second discount?

    1. A46%
    2. B40%
    3. C10%
    4. D50%
  4. 4.

    James and Tom share $385 in the ratio 2 : 5. How much does Tom get?

    1. A$55
    2. B$275
    3. C$280
    4. D$77
  5. 5.

    A board is 5 feet long. How many inches is that? (1 foot = 12 inches)

    1. A60
    2. B61
    3. C58
    4. D5
  6. 6.

    Hannah and Priya have cards in the ratio 1 : 2. Hannah gives 4 cards to Priya. Now they have cards in the ratio 1 : 4. How many cards did Hannah have at first?

    1. A10
    2. B30
    3. C2
    4. D20
  7. 7.

    A stall owner sold 17 pencil cases at $15 each. In total this was a profit of $85. How much did one of the pencil cases cost the owner?

    1. A$15
    2. B$5
    3. C$85
    4. D$10
  8. 8.

    James is now 4 times as old as Chloe. In 16 years' time James will be 2 times as old as Chloe. How old is James now?

    1. A33
    2. B8
    3. C16
    4. D32
  9. 9.

    A square has sides 8 inches long. A rectangle is 2 inches long and 11 inches wide.
    Column A: The area of the square, in square inches
    Column B: The area of the rectangle, in square inches

    Compare the quantity in Column A with the quantity in Column B.

    1. AColumn A is greater.
    2. BColumn B is greater.
    3. CThe two quantities are equal.
    4. DIt cannot be decided from the information given.
  10. 10.

    7 erasers and 4 notebooks cost $48. 2 erasers and 4 notebooks cost $28. What does one eraser cost?

    1. A$2
    2. B$4
    3. C$5
    4. D$20

Reading Comprehension

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

  1. Earth's Traveling Water

    The water in your glass may once have fallen as snow on a mountain, floated in a cloud over the ocean, or flowed through a river. That is because Earth's water is always moving, in a never-ending journey called the water cycle.

    The cycle is powered by the sun. When sunlight warms oceans, lakes and puddles, some of the water evaporates, turning from liquid into an invisible gas called water vapor. Plants add more vapor through their leaves. The warm, moist air rises.

    As the air rises, it cools. Cool air cannot hold as much water vapor as warm air, so some of the vapor condenses into tiny droplets of liquid water. Billions of these droplets, gathered around specks of dust, form clouds.

    Inside a cloud, droplets bump into one another and join together. When they grow heavy enough, they fall as precipitation: rain, snow, sleet or hail, depending on the temperature.

    Precipitation that reaches the ground does several things. Some soaks into the soil and becomes groundwater, which can feed wells and springs. Some runs off into streams and rivers that carry it back to the sea. Some freezes into glaciers and may stay there for thousands of years before it melts and moves on.

    Almost all of Earth's water is salty ocean water, and much of the fresh water is locked in ice. Only a small fraction is fresh water that people can easily use. The water cycle constantly renews that supply, which is one reason keeping rivers, lakes and groundwater clean matters so much.

    1.

    Which statement best expresses the main idea of the passage?

    1. AGroundwater is the only safe drinking water.
    2. BPlants use up most of Earth's water.
    3. CMost of Earth's water is frozen in glaciers.
    4. DEarth's water constantly moves through a cycle powered by the sun.
  2. 2.

    What causes water vapor to condense into droplets?

    1. ADroplets bump into each other.
    2. BThe air rises and cools.
    3. CRain falls onto the ground.
    4. DPlants release vapor from their leaves.
  3. 3.

    Based on the passage, why is keeping fresh water clean especially important?

    1. AClean water evaporates faster.
    2. BFresh water never returns to the ocean.
    3. COnly a small part of Earth's water is fresh water that people can easily use.
    4. DSalt water cannot form clouds.
  4. 4.

    In the passage, the word "renews" most nearly means

    1. Apollutes
    2. Bmeasures
    3. Cfreezes
    4. Drefills or makes fresh again
  5. 5.

    How does the writer organize the description of the water cycle?

    1. ABy comparing the water cycle to a machine
    2. BBy following the water through each stage in order
    3. CBy listing the countries with the most rain
    4. DBy describing problems and their solutions
  6. 6.

    Why does the passage begin by describing the water in a glass?

    1. ATo connect the topic to something familiar to the reader
    2. BTo show that glasses are made from water
    3. CTo argue that people drink too much water
    4. DTo explain how to clean drinking water

  7. Second Chair

    The list was taped to the band room door, and a knot of students had already gathered in front of it. Elena slipped between two trombone players and found her name. Violin, second chair.

    Second. Not first. Just behind Marcus, who had joined the orchestra in January and who, as far as Elena could tell, never practiced at all.

    She walked home without stopping at the corner store, without noticing the dog that always barked at her from the green house. At dinner she pushed rice around her plate until her father asked what was wrong.

    "I practiced every day," she said. "Every single day. And Marcus got first chair."

    Her father nodded slowly. "Did you hear him play the audition piece?"

    Elena hesitated. She had. Marcus had played the slow middle section so softly that the whole room had gone still. She had played every note correctly. He had played it as if the music meant something.

    "He made it sound sad," she admitted. "I just made it sound right."

    "Then maybe," her father said, "you already know what to practice next."

    The next afternoon, Elena stayed after rehearsal. Marcus was packing up his case. She almost walked past him. Instead, she stopped.

    "How do you make the slow part sound like that?" she asked.

    Marcus looked surprised, and then a little shy. "I imagine I'm telling someone something I can't say out loud," he said. "My grandpa taught me that." He paused. "You play the fast part way better than me, though. Want to trade tips?"

    Elena unpacked her violin. "Deal," she said.

    7.

    Which statement best describes the main conflict of the story?

    1. AElena cannot find the list of chair placements.
    2. BElena is disappointed that she placed behind another player and must decide how to respond.
    3. CElena's father wants her to quit the orchestra.
    4. DMarcus refuses to share his music with Elena.
  8. 8.

    What did Elena realize about the difference between her audition and Marcus's?

    1. AShe played the notes correctly, but he played with more feeling.
    2. BShe chose a harder piece than Marcus.
    3. CShe played much faster than Marcus.
    4. DMarcus played every note correctly and she did not.
  9. 9.

    Why didn't Elena notice the barking dog on her walk home?

    1. AThe dog was asleep that day.
    2. BShe was too upset about the results to pay attention.
    3. CShe took a different way home.
    4. DShe was listening to music.
  10. 10.

    In the story, the phrase "a knot of students" refers to

    1. Astudents who are confused
    2. Ba line of students waiting quietly
    3. Ca small, tight group of students
    4. Dstudents tying their shoes

Mathematics Achievement

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

  1. 1.

    Find the value of x.
    2x + 9 = 17

    1. A5
    2. B8
    3. C13
    4. D4
  2. 2.

    Three of the angles inside a quadrilateral are 89°, 62° and 122°. How big is the fourth angle?

    1. A85°
    2. B273°
    3. C87°
    4. D267°
  3. 3.

    At 5 am the temperature was −5 °C. By 1 pm it had risen by 10 degrees. Then by 11 pm it had fallen by 12 degrees from there. What was the temperature at 11 pm?

    1. A7 °C
    2. B3 °C
    3. C17 °C
    4. D−7 °C
  4. 4.

    What is a half of an eighth of 48?

    1. A4
    2. B3
    3. C24
    4. D6
  5. 5.

    Lucas has $40.00. 75% of it is spent on a book. How much is spent on the book?

    1. A$3.00
    2. B$10.00
    3. C$300.00
    4. D$30.00
  6. 6.

    The two lines with arrowheads on them are parallel. What is the size of the angle marked with a question mark?

    1. A45°
    2. B135°
    3. C55°
    4. D90°
  7. 7.

    Which of these means the same as 9³?

    1. A9 × 9 × 9 × 9
    2. B3 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 3
    3. C9 + 9 + 9
    4. D9 × 9 × 9
  8. 8.

    Which of these is the same as 6(a + 2b)?

    1. A7a + 8b
    2. B18ab
    3. C6a + 2b
    4. D6a + 12b
  9. 9.

    Find the value of x.
    6x − 13 = 4x − 1

    1. A7
    2. B12
    3. C6
    4. D5
  10. 10.

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

    1. A142°
    2. B40°
    3. C71°
    4. D38°

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