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.

    ELATED

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

    1. Aexhausted
    2. Boverjoyed
    3. Cconfused
    4. Dsurprised
  2. 2.

    Even the most ______ critics admitted the new bridge was an engineering marvel.

    Which word best completes the sentence?

    1. Aenthusiastic
    2. Bfriendly
    3. Cadmiring
    4. Dskeptical
  3. 3.

    PRUDENT

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

    1. Aquiet
    2. Beager
    3. Cproud
    4. Dwise
  4. 4.

    Her explanation was so ______ that even the youngest students understood it.

    Which word best completes the sentence?

    1. Avague
    2. Bmuddled
    3. Clucid
    4. Dtechnical
  5. 5.

    WARY

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

    1. Aweary
    2. Btired
    3. Ccautious
    4. Dtrusting
  6. 6.

    The explorers were ______ when they finally reached the summit after weeks of climbing.

    Which word best completes the sentence?

    1. Atriumphant
    2. Breluctant
    3. Cdejected
    4. Dashamed
  7. 7.

    The author's style is ______: she uses as few words as possible.

    Which word best completes the sentence?

    1. Aconcise
    2. Bwordy
    3. Cconfusing
    4. Drepetitive
  8. 8.

    JOVIAL

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

    1. Aglum
    2. Bjealous
    3. Cjuvenile
    4. Djolly
  9. 9.

    ACCLAIM

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

    1. Afame
    2. Bpraise
    3. Ccriticism
    4. Dclaim
  10. 10.

    The judge remained ______, refusing to favor either side.

    Which word best completes the sentence?

    1. Afurious
    2. Bimpartial
    3. Ccareless
    4. Dbiased

Quantitative Reasoning

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

  1. 1.

    A guitar with a list price of $400 was sold for $272 after two successive discounts. The first discount was 15%. What was the second discount?

    1. A32%
    2. B15%
    3. C20%
    4. D35%
  2. 2.

    Chloe buys a backpack for $130 and sells it to Lily for $190. Later, Chloe buys the backpack back from Lily for $150 and sells it to Aaron for $130. What is Chloe's overall profit or loss?

    1. A$40 profit
    2. Bno profit or loss
    3. C$20 loss
    4. D$40 loss
  3. 3.

    One digger would dig the trench on its own in 21 days. A second digger would dig it on its own in 28 days. If both work at the same time, how long do they take together?

    1. A11
    2. B12
    3. C25
    4. D49
  4. 4.

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

    1. A65
    2. B4
    3. C64
    4. D48
  5. 5.

    Lucas is now 3 times as old as Ruby. In 7 years' time Lucas will be 2 times as old as Ruby. How old is Lucas now?

    1. A7
    2. B21
    3. C28
    4. D22
  6. 6.

    7 pens and 4 erasers cost $84. 5 pens and 4 erasers cost $68. What does one pen cost?

    1. A$1
    2. B$16
    3. C$8
    4. D$9
  7. 7.

    In a bag, the ratio of white to yellow marbles is 5 : 1, and the ratio of yellow to blue marbles is 6 : 1. What is the ratio of white to blue in simplest form?

    1. A5 : 6
    2. B6 : 1
    3. C5 : 1
    4. D30 : 1
  8. 8.

    Column A: 50% of 40
    Column B: 10% of 160

    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.
  9. 9.

    Zara and Chloe share $400 in the ratio 1 : 3. How much does Zara get?

    1. A$100
    2. B$300
    3. C$105
    4. D$200
  10. 10.

    Column A: 40% of 80
    Column B: 20% of 100

    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.

Reading Comprehension

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

  1. The Map in the Attic

    The box had been sealed with tape so old it had turned the color of tea. Inside, under a stack of yellowed letters, Priya found a folded sheet of heavy paper. When she spread it on the attic floor, her brother Dev leaned in so close that his breath fogged his glasses.

    It was a hand-drawn map of their town, but not the town they knew. The river was there, curving like a question mark, and so was the hill behind the school. But where the shopping center stood now, the map showed an orchard, its trees drawn as tiny careful circles. A dotted line wandered from the orchard to a small square marked "Station."

    "There's no train station here," Dev said.

    "Not anymore," Priya said. She pointed to the corner of the map, where someone had written, in faded ink, Drawn by R. Mehta, age 12.

    Their grandmother's name was Rani Mehta.

    That evening, the two of them sat on either side of Nani's armchair, the map open on her lap. For a long moment she said nothing. Then she traced the dotted line with one finger.

    "Every Saturday," she said, "my father walked me along this path to meet the evening train. He sold apples to the passengers. I drew this map so I would never forget the way." She smiled. "I suppose I did forget, eventually. The station closed, the orchard was sold, and the path became a road."

    Dev looked at the tiny circles of the orchard. "Can we find where the path was?"

    Nani laughed, the first real laugh Priya had heard from her in weeks. "Bring your shoes on Saturday," she said. "I'll show you."

    1.

    What is the passage mainly about?

    1. AA grandmother teaches her grandchildren to draw maps.
    2. BTwo children find an old map that brings back their grandmother's memories.
    3. CTwo children search the town for a hidden treasure.
    4. DA family moves into a house with a messy attic.
  2. 2.

    According to the map, what stood where the shopping center is now?

    1. AA road
    2. BA river
    3. CA school
    4. DAn orchard
  3. 3.

    Why do the children recognize that "R. Mehta" is important?

    1. AIt is written on all the letters in the box.
    2. BIt is the name of the train station.
    3. CIt matches their grandmother's name, so she drew the map as a girl.
    4. DIt is the name of the company that built the shopping center.
  4. 4.

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

    1. Acopied onto new paper
    2. Bfolded neatly
    3. Cfollowed the line of
    4. Derased carefully
  5. 5.

    Why does the writer mention that it was "the first real laugh Priya had heard from her in weeks"?

    1. ATo suggest that sharing the map lifts the grandmother's spirits
    2. BTo show that Dev made a joke
    3. CTo explain why the map was hidden in the attic
    4. DTo show that the grandmother found the story funny
  6. 6.

    The description of the tape as "the color of tea" mainly helps show that

    1. Athe box had been closed for a very long time
    2. Bthe attic was very dark
    3. Cthe tape was brand new
    4. Dthe box was full of tea

  7. The Ditch That Built a State

    In the early 1800s, moving goods across New York was slow and costly. Wagons bumped along rough roads, and shipping a ton of flour from the Great Lakes region to New York City could take weeks. DeWitt Clinton, who soon became governor, championed a bold solution: dig a canal about 363 miles long, linking Lake Erie at Buffalo to the Hudson River at Albany. From there, boats could float all the way down to New York City.

    Many people thought the idea was ridiculous. Critics called it "Clinton's Ditch." The land rose and fell along the route, and the builders had little formal training in engineering. Yet construction began in 1817, and workers, many of them recent immigrants, dug much of the canal by hand with shovels, axes and horses.

    To carry boats up and down the changing land, builders constructed locks. A lock is a chamber with gates at each end. A boat enters, the gates close, and water is let in or out until the boat is level with the next section of the canal. Then the far gate opens and the boat continues.

    The canal opened in 1825, and it was a dramatic success. Shipping costs fell sharply, and trips that once took weeks took days. Farmers in the Midwest could sell their crops in the East, and goods from the East flowed west. New York City grew into the busiest port in the country, and towns sprang up along the canal's banks.

    The ditch that critics laughed at helped make New York the "Empire State."

    7.

    What is the passage mainly about?

    1. AThe life of Governor DeWitt Clinton
    2. BThe history of New York City's harbor
    3. CHow locks are used on rivers around the world
    4. DThe building of the Erie Canal and how it changed trade
  8. 8.

    According to the passage, what does a lock do?

    1. AIt measures how much cargo a boat carries.
    2. BIt raises or lowers a boat to the level of the next section of the canal.
    3. CIt stores water for farmers.
    4. DIt keeps boats from leaving the canal at night.
  9. 9.

    Why did critics call the project "Clinton's Ditch"?

    1. AThe canal was named after Clinton by law.
    2. BThey thought the plan was foolish and would fail.
    3. CThe canal was very shallow.
    4. DClinton wanted the canal to be a secret.
  10. 10.

    As used in the passage, the word "dramatic" most nearly means

    1. Asad and serious
    2. Bstriking and large
    3. Cslow and gradual
    4. Dloud and noisy

Mathematics Achievement

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

  1. 1.

    Which of these is the same as 3(2x + y)?

    1. A6x − 3y
    2. B6x + y
    3. C9xy
    4. D6x + 3y
  2. 2.

    One winter night in Canberra the temperature dropped to −3 °C. The next afternoon it reached 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the afternoon than the night?

    1. A13
    2. B12
    3. C9
    4. D6
  3. 3.

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

    1. A78°
    2. B102°
    3. C51°
    4. D129°
  4. 4.

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

    1. A120°
    2. B60°
    3. C50°
    4. D30°
  5. 5.

    What is a half of a sixth of 72?

    1. A6
    2. B9
    3. C48
    4. D12
  6. 6.

    Find the value of x.
    6x − 4 = 14

    1. A18
    2. B5
    3. C3
    4. D2
  7. 7.

    Three of the angles inside a quadrilateral are 68°, 111° and 105°. How big is the fourth angle?

    1. A256°
    2. B76°
    3. C78°
    4. D284°
  8. 8.

    What is 6.4 × 10³?

    1. A640
    2. B1,006.4
    3. C64,000
    4. D6,400
  9. 9.

    30% of the money in a tin is $33.00. How much money is in the tin altogether?

    1. A$11.00
    2. B$9.90
    3. C$77.00
    4. D$110.00
  10. 10.

    Find the value of x.
    5x + 7 = 2x + 25

    1. A6
    2. B8
    3. C18
    4. D7

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