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 ancient vase was so ______ that the movers wrapped it in three layers of padding.

    Which word best completes the sentence?

    1. Avaluable
    2. Bdelicate
    3. Cheavy
    4. Dordinary
  2. 2.

    TEDIOUS

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

    1. Abrief
    2. Bexciting
    3. Cnoisy
    4. Dboring
  3. 3.

    Because the instructions were ______, half of the class built the model incorrectly.

    Which word best completes the sentence?

    1. Aprinted
    2. Bambiguous
    3. Cillustrated
    4. Dbrief
  4. 4.

    The athlete's ______ training schedule left little time for anything else.

    Which word best completes the sentence?

    1. Aoccasional
    2. Bflexible
    3. Crigorous
    4. Dcasual
  5. 5.

    PLACID

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

    1. Aplain
    2. Bpleasant
    3. Cflat
    4. Dcalm
  6. 6.

    JEOPARDY

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

    1. Ajoy
    2. Bcontest
    3. Cdanger
    4. Djourney
  7. 7.

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

    Which word best completes the sentence?

    1. Asurprising
    2. Bpredictable
    3. Cordinary
    4. Dunimportant
  8. 8.

    REVERE

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

    1. Areverse
    2. Breview
    3. Cremember
    4. Dhonor
  9. 9.

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

    Which word best completes the sentence?

    1. Alucid
    2. Bvague
    3. Clengthy
    4. Dtechnical
  10. 10.

    INSIPID

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

    1. Abland
    2. Binside
    3. Csour
    4. Dflavorful

Quantitative Reasoning

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

  1. 1.

    A laptop with a list price of $800 was sold for $408 after two successive discounts. The first discount was 15%. What was the second discount?

    1. A55%
    2. B15%
    3. C40%
    4. D42%
  2. 2.

    Chloe is now 3 times as old as Ruby. In 4 years' time Chloe will be 2 times as old as Ruby. How old is Chloe now?

    1. A16
    2. B12
    3. C4
    4. D13
  3. 3.

    One painter would paint the fence on its own in 9 hours. A second painter would paint it on its own in 18 hours. If both work at the same time, how long do they take together?

    1. A9
    2. B6
    3. C14
    4. D27
  4. 4.

    A ribbon is 3 yards long. How many feet is that? (1 yard = 3 feet)

    1. A12
    2. B9
    3. C7
    4. D10
  5. 5.

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

    1. A2 : 5
    2. B10 : 1
    3. C1 : 5
    4. D1 : 10
  6. 6.

    Zara and Aaron share $540 in the ratio 4 : 5. How much does Aaron get?

    1. A$300
    2. B$270
    3. C$240
    4. D$60
  7. 7.

    Column A: 4/7
    Column B: 5/9

    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.
  8. 8.

    5 markers and 3 folders cost $57. 1 marker and 3 folders cost $21. What does one marker cost?

    1. A$9
    2. B$4
    3. C$6
    4. D$36
  9. 9.

    A stall owner sold 20 candles at $8 each. In total this was a profit of $40. How much did one of the candles cost the owner?

    1. A$2
    2. B$10
    3. C$6
    4. D$8
  10. 10.

    A square has sides 6 inches long. A rectangle is 7 inches long and 4 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.

Reading Comprehension

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

  1. Let Teenagers Sleep

    Every weekday morning, millions of middle and high school students drag themselves out of bed before the sun is fully up. Many sit through their first class barely awake. It is time for schools to start later.

    The science is clear. During the teenage years, the body's internal clock shifts. Teenagers naturally feel sleepy later at night and wake later in the morning than younger children or adults. This is not laziness; it is biology. Yet many schools start before 8:00 a.m., which forces students to wake up while their bodies are still set for sleep.

    Too little sleep has real costs. Tired students have more trouble paying attention, remembering what they learned and controlling their moods. Sleepy teenagers who drive are also more likely to be in accidents. Several school districts that moved their start times later have reported that students got more sleep and attended class more regularly.

    Opponents raise fair concerns. Later start times can complicate bus schedules, push sports practices into the evening and make it harder for parents who must leave early for work. These are real challenges, but they are problems of planning, not reasons to ignore students' health. Districts can stagger bus routes, adjust practice times and offer supervised spaces for students who arrive early.

    Schools exist to help students learn. Asking students to learn while they are exhausted works against that goal. A later start is a simple change that respects how teenagers' bodies actually work.

    1.

    What is the author's main argument?

    1. ABus schedules are the biggest problem in schools.
    2. BSchools should cancel sports to save money.
    3. CParents should drive their children to school.
    4. DMiddle and high schools should start later so students can get enough sleep.
  2. 2.

    According to the passage, why do teenagers feel sleepy later at night?

    1. ATheir body's internal clock shifts during the teenage years.
    2. BThey drink too much soda.
    3. CThey wake up too late on weekends.
    4. DThey do too much homework.
  3. 3.

    Why does the author mention school districts that changed their start times?

    1. ATo explain how sports practices work
    2. BTo give evidence that later start times can help students
    3. CTo show that the change caused problems
    4. DTo criticize those districts
  4. 4.

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

    1. Acancel completely
    2. Bmake longer
    3. Csurprise greatly
    4. Darrange at different times
  5. 5.

    What is the purpose of the fourth paragraph?

    1. ATo give the history of school start times
    2. BTo describe a typical student's morning
    3. CTo restate the author's main point
    4. DTo admit concerns about the plan and respond to them
  6. 6.

    Which best describes the author's tone?

    1. APlayful and silly
    2. BAngry and insulting
    3. CNeutral and uninterested
    4. DConfident and persuasive

  7. Why the Moon Changes Shape

    Over about a month, the moon seems to grow from a thin sliver into a bright circle and then shrink again. But the moon itself does not change shape. What changes is how much of its sunlit side we can see.

    The moon does not make its own light. Like Earth, it is a ball that is always half lit by the sun and half in darkness. As the moon travels around Earth, we see that lit half from different angles.

    When the moon is between Earth and the sun, its lit side faces away from us. We see little or nothing of it, and this is called a new moon. Over the following days, as the moon moves along its path, a thin crescent of the lit side comes into view. The visible part grows, or waxes, through first quarter, when we see half of the moon's face lit, and then through a stage called waxing gibbous.

    About two weeks after the new moon, Earth is between the sun and the moon. Now we see the entire lit side: a full moon. After that, the lit portion we can see shrinks, or wanes, back through gibbous, last quarter and crescent, until the cycle begins again with another new moon.

    The whole cycle takes about 29 and a half days. People have used it to keep track of time for thousands of years; in fact, the word "month" comes from an old word related to "moon."

    A common mistake is to think Earth's shadow causes the phases. Earth's shadow falls on the moon only during a lunar eclipse, which is much rarer.

    7.

    What is the main idea of the passage?

    1. ALunar eclipses happen every month.
    2. BEarth's shadow causes the moon's phases.
    3. CThe moon's phases come from seeing its sunlit half from different angles.
    4. DThe moon changes its shape every month.
  8. 8.

    What is happening during a new moon?

    1. AEarth is between the sun and the moon.
    2. BEarth's shadow covers the whole moon.
    3. CThe moon is between Earth and the sun, with its lit side facing away from us.
    4. DWe can see the entire lit side of the moon.
  9. 9.

    About how long after a full moon would the next full moon appear?

    1. AAbout one year
    2. BAbout two weeks
    3. CAbout one week
    4. DAbout 29 and a half days
  10. 10.

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

    1. Agrows smaller
    2. Bmoves faster
    3. Cdisappears forever
    4. Dstays the same

Mathematics Achievement

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

  1. 1.

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

    1. A125°
    2. B35°
    3. C65°
    4. D55°
  2. 2.

    What is a quarter of a half of 32?

    1. A5
    2. B24
    3. C4
    4. D8
  3. 3.

    What is 8.3 × 10²?

    1. A8,300
    2. B108.3
    3. C830
    4. D83
  4. 4.

    Mia has $65.00. 20% of it is spent on a book. How much is spent on the book?

    1. A$1.30
    2. B$325.00
    3. C$52.00
    4. D$13.00
  5. 5.

    Find the value of x.
    6x − 6 = 3x + 21

    1. A10
    2. B9
    3. C5
    4. D3
  6. 6.

    A four-sided field has corners measuring 117°, 69° and 40°. How big is the fourth angle?

    1. A226°
    2. B134°
    3. C314°
    4. D144°
  7. 7.

    Which of these is the same as 5(p + 3q)?

    1. A5p + 15q
    2. B6p + 8q
    3. C5p − 15q
    4. D20pq
  8. 8.

    Find the value of x.
    3x + 9 = 27

    1. A7
    2. B12
    3. C18
    4. D6
  9. 9.

    One winter night in Mount Hotham the temperature dropped to −7 °C. The next afternoon it reached 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the afternoon than the night?

    1. A5
    2. B7
    3. C19
    4. D12
  10. 10.

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

    1. A42°
    2. B132°
    3. C96°
    4. D84°

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