ISEE practice, Grade 7

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ISEE practice test, Grade 7

Name ______________________ Date ____________

Verbal Reasoning

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

  1. 1.

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

    Which word best completes the sentence?

    1. Aforgotten
    2. Bcontroversial
    3. Cinvisible
    4. Dunanimous
  2. 2.

    OBSOLETE

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

    1. Aoutdated
    2. Bexpensive
    3. Ccurrent
    4. Dhidden
  3. 3.

    The fox's ______ coloring helped it blend into the autumn leaves.

    Which word best completes the sentence?

    1. Aunusual
    2. Bcolorful
    3. Cbrilliant
    4. Dcamouflaged
  4. 4.

    HAUGHTY

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

    1. Ahumble
    2. Bhungry
    3. Carrogant
    4. Dhasty
  5. 5.

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

    Which word best completes the sentence?

    1. Agentle
    2. Bthoughtless
    3. Cgenerous
    4. Dconsiderate
  6. 6.

    DUBIOUS

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

    1. Agenerous
    2. Bdoubtful
    3. Cdusty
    4. Dcertain
  7. 7.

    Rather than ______ about the problem, Lena started looking for a solution.

    Which word best completes the sentence?

    1. Astudy
    2. Blearn
    3. Ccomplain
    4. Dthink
  8. 8.

    COVERT

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

    1. Aclever
    2. Bsecret
    3. Ccovered
    4. Dcareful
  9. 9.

    ADVERSARY

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

    1. Aleader
    2. Bstranger
    3. Copponent
    4. Dally
  10. 10.

    The rescuers had to act ______, because the storm was getting worse by the minute.

    Which word best completes the sentence?

    1. Aswiftly
    2. Bleisurely
    3. Ccarelessly
    4. Dsilently

Quantitative Reasoning

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

  1. 1.

    Column A: 35 × 3
    Column B: 28 × 3

    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.

    4 markers and 5 erasers cost $42. 2 markers and 5 erasers cost $36. What does one marker cost?

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

    One digger would dig the trench on its own in 30 days. A second digger would dig it on its own in 20 days. If both work at the same time, how long do they take together?

    1. A10
    2. B12
    3. C11
    4. D50
  4. 4.

    Ethan is now 3 times as old as Zara. In 12 years' time Ethan will be 2 times as old as Zara. How old is Ethan now?

    1. A36
    2. B37
    3. C48
    4. D24
  5. 5.

    Lucas and Ruby share $420 in the ratio 5 : 1. How much does Ruby get?

    1. A$84
    2. B$420
    3. C$210
    4. D$70
  6. 6.

    A smartphone with a list price of $1400 was sold for $952 after two successive discounts. The first discount was 15%. What was the second discount?

    1. A15%
    2. B20%
    3. C35%
    4. D32%
  7. 7.

    A stall owner sold 17 candles at $9 each. In total this was a profit of $68. How much did one of the candles cost the owner?

    1. A$85
    2. B$5
    3. C$4
    4. D$17
  8. 8.

    A board is 3 feet long. How many inches is that? (1 foot = 12 inches)

    1. A36
    2. B30
    3. C37
    4. D3
  9. 9.

    A square has sides 6 inches long. A rectangle is 6 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.

    In a bag, the ratio of green to red tiles is 5 : 2, and the ratio of red to black tiles is 4 : 1. What is the ratio of green to black in simplest form?

    1. A10 : 1
    2. B4 : 1
    3. C1 : 10
    4. D5 : 2

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. AClouds are made mostly of dust.
    2. BPlants use up most of Earth's water.
    3. CEarth's water constantly moves through a cycle powered by the sun.
    4. DMost of Earth's water is frozen in glaciers.
  2. 2.

    What causes water vapor to condense into droplets?

    1. AThe air rises and cools.
    2. BThe sun heats the ocean.
    3. CRain falls onto the ground.
    4. DDroplets bump into each other.
  3. 3.

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

    1. AOnly a small part of Earth's water is fresh water that people can easily use.
    2. BFresh water never returns to the ocean.
    3. CClean water evaporates faster.
    4. DGlaciers melt only when water is clean.
  4. 4.

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

    1. Ameasures
    2. Buses up
    3. Crefills or makes fresh again
    4. Dfreezes
  5. 5.

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

    1. ABy describing problems and their solutions
    2. BBy listing the countries with the most rain
    3. CBy arguing against a common belief
    4. DBy following the water through each stage in order
  6. 6.

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

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

  7. The Old Oak Remembers

    I was an acorn once, a small brown thought, Dropped by a squirrel who forgot the spot. The rain came kindly, and the dark soil, too, And I pushed upward, as small thoughts do. I watched the farmhouse rise, its paint grow thin; I watched the dirt road paved, the cars roll in. Children climbed my arms on summer days, Then grew, and left, and walked their separate ways. I've worn a hundred winters' heavy snow, And lost my leaves, and grown them back to show That losing is not ending. Every spring My branches open wide to everything. So if you sit beneath me, hot and still, And wonder how a seed becomes a hill Of leaves and shade, I'll answer, as trees do: By staying put, and growing, and coming through.

    7.

    Who is the speaker of the poem?

    1. AA farmer
    2. BAn acorn that never grew
    3. CA squirrel
    4. DAn old oak tree
  8. 8.

    According to the poem, how did the acorn end up in the ground?

    1. AIt fell from another oak in a storm.
    2. BA farmer planted it.
    3. CChildren buried it in a game.
    4. DA squirrel dropped it and forgot where.
  9. 9.

    What does the speaker mean by saying "losing is not ending"?

    1. ALosing its leaves each winter does not stop it from growing again.
    2. BThe tree will soon be cut down.
    3. CThe squirrel lost the acorn forever.
    4. DThe children lost a game under the tree.
  10. 10.

    In the poem, the phrase "coming through" most nearly means

    1. Abeing forgotten
    2. Bwalking into a room
    3. Csurviving hard times
    4. Dfalling down

Mathematics Achievement

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

  1. 1.

    What is 2.2 × 10²?

    1. A220
    2. B2,200
    3. C102.2
    4. D22
  2. 2.

    Which of these is the same as 2(4p + 5q)?

    1. A8p − 10q
    2. B8p + 10q
    3. C6p + 7q
    4. D18pq
  3. 3.

    5/6 of the players in a league are juniors. Of those, 1/2 do not wear a helmet. What fraction of the players in a league are juniors who wear a helmet?

    1. A5/12
    2. B5/6
    3. C1/3
    4. D1/2
  4. 4.

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

    1. A75°
    2. B115°
    3. C65°
    4. D130°
  5. 5.

    Aaron has $65.00. 40% of it is spent on a book. How much is spent on the book?

    1. A$39.00
    2. B$2.60
    3. C$26.00
    4. D$260.00
  6. 6.

    Find the value of x.
    3x − 6 = 9

    1. A15
    2. B6
    3. C5
    4. D1
  7. 7.

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

    1. A115°
    2. B65°
    3. C50°
    4. D52°
  8. 8.

    Find the value of x.
    4x − 16 = 2x − 4

    1. A5
    2. B2
    3. C6
    4. D7
  9. 9.

    A four-sided field has corners measuring 64°, 108° and 86°. How big is the fourth angle?

    1. A102°
    2. B258°
    3. C282°
    4. D104°
  10. 10.

    At 7 am the temperature was −2 °C. By 2 pm it had risen by 4 degrees. Then by 10 pm it had fallen by 10 degrees from there. What was the temperature at 10 pm?

    1. A4 °C
    2. B12 °C
    3. C8 °C
    4. D−8 °C

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