ISEE Primary Mathematics

Number sense, fractions, shapes, measurement, and graphs for students applying to grades 2, 3, and 4, without a calculator.

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  1. 1.A mailbox counter shows 9, then 13, then 17, then 21. The same amount is added each time. What number comes next?

  2. 2.In the number 6,307, what is the value of the digit 3?

  3. 3.A rabbit pen is a rectangle 6 feet long and 4 feet wide. What is the perimeter in feet?

  4. 4.A loaf is cut into 4 equal slices. Two slices are packed for lunch. What fraction of the loaf is packed?

  5. 5.A shelf holds 47 picture books and 28 chapter books. How many books are on the shelf?

  6. 6.A bar graph of spelling points shows Kim at 9, Jo at 14, and Pat at 11. How many more points did Jo score than Kim?

  7. 7.A musical triangle is made of 3 straight edges that meet. How many vertices does it have?

  8. 8.A baker puts 4 raisins on each of 8 oatmeal cookies. How many raisins are used?

  9. 9.There are 12 inches in 1 foot. A jump rope is 5 feet long. How many inches long is the jump rope?

  10. 10.Which number can be split into two equal groups of whole objects?

  11. 11.Juice boxes fill a carton in 5 rows, with 6 boxes in each row. How many juice boxes are in the carton?

  12. 12.A tank holds 70 liters of water. Plants are watered with 18 liters. How many liters remain in the tank?

  13. 13.A rectangular tray is 7 inches long and 4 inches wide. What is its area in square inches?

  14. 14.A snack tally shows 9 votes for pretzels, 3 votes for apples, and 7 votes for crackers. How many votes were cast?

  15. 15.Which fraction written in fourths names the same amount as one half?

  16. 16.Which sum shows 2,045 in expanded form?

  17. 17.A movie starts at 1:00 and lasts 3 hours. What time does the movie end?

  18. 18.There are 36 markers dealt into 3 equal piles. How many markers are in each pile?

  19. 19.Which list puts 34, 43, and 29 in order from least to greatest?

  20. 20.A square floor tile is 3 centimeters on each side. What is the distance around the tile in centimeters?

  21. 21.A farmer picks 39 apples before lunch and 24 apples after lunch. How many apples are picked?

  22. 22.There are 16 ounces in 1 pound. A pumpkin weighs 4 pounds. How many ounces does the pumpkin weigh?

  23. 23.A chocolate bar has 8 equal squares. Three squares are plain. What fraction of the bar is plain?

  24. 24.Cars fill 7 rows of a lot, and each row has 5 cars. How many cars are parked?

  25. 25.A pictograph uses one star for each child. Soccer has 8 stars, swimming has 5 stars, and dance has 4 stars. How many children are shown?

  26. 26.A jar held 90 marbles. Then 27 marbles rolled out. How many marbles are still in the jar?

  27. 27.A rectangular poster board is 10 inches long and 3 inches wide. What is its area in square inches?

  28. 28.Count back by 2: 31, 29, 27, 25. What number comes next?

  29. 29.Jules has 2 quarters and 3 pennies. How many cents is that?

  30. 30.Which number is larger, 706 or 760?

  31. 31.A sticker has 4 sides, and every side is the same length. Which shape is the sticker?

  32. 32.Six party bags each need 7 star stickers. How many stickers should be bought?

  33. 33.A trail mix uses 2/8 cup of raisins and 5/8 cup of oats. How many cups is that together?

  34. 34.A henhouse has 8 nests, and each nest holds 4 eggs. How many eggs are in the nests?

  35. 35.A baker counts 86 cookies. What is 86 rounded to the nearest ten?

  36. 36.A bar graph of books borrowed shows Monday 6, Tuesday 9, and Wednesday 4. Which day has the most books?

  37. 37.A bracelet repeats a section of 9 beads, and the bracelet has 3 of those sections. How many beads are in the bracelet?

  38. 38.There are 36 inches in 1 yard. A doorway curtain is 1 yard wide. How many inches wide is the curtain?

  39. 39.A stack of 81 index cards is split into 9 equal piles. How many cards are in each pile?

  40. 40.A door has 4 sides and 4 square corners. The top and bottom are longer than the two side edges. Which shape is the door?

  41. 41.A notebook costs 42 cents and a pencil costs 29 cents. What is the total cost in cents?

  42. 42.A pan of brownies is cut into 8 equal pieces, and every piece is still in the pan. Which whole number equals 8/8?

  43. 43.A rectangular sandbox cover is 8 feet long and 6 feet wide. What is the perimeter in feet?

  44. 44.Which list shows only odd numbers?

  45. 45.A string is 28 inches long. It is cut into 4 equal pieces. How many inches long is each piece?

  46. 46.A graph of pet votes shows fish 5, birds 8, hamsters 5, and lizards 1. How many votes were for fish or hamsters?

  47. 47.A shop sold 63 postcards in the morning and 18 postcards in the afternoon. How many postcards were sold?

  48. 48.A window is a rectangle. How many corners does the window have?

  49. 49.A seedling is 11 centimeters tall. A week later it is 8 centimeters taller. How tall is the seedling then?

  50. 50.A glass is 6/8 full of milk. A sip removes 2/8 of the glass. What fraction of the glass still has milk?

  51. 51.Four picnic baskets are packed, and each basket gets 6 sandwiches. How many sandwiches are packed?

  52. 52.What number is 10 less than 250?

  53. 53.In a pictograph, one square stands for 4 flowers. The row for daisies shows 6 squares. How many daisies is that?

  54. 54.Which fraction is the greatest?

  55. 55.A bus trip is 120 miles. The bus has already traveled 45 miles. How many miles are left?

  56. 56.A rectangular name card is 11 centimeters long and 2 centimeters wide. What is its area in square centimeters?

  57. 57.A clock shows 6:45. What time will it show 1 hour later?

  58. 58.Five flowerpots each receive 8 tulip bulbs. How many bulbs are planted?

  59. 59.There are 12 inches in 1 foot. A shelf is 36 inches long. How many feet long is the shelf?

  60. 60.Which number comes just after 399?

  61. 61.A fruit bar is marked into 5 equal parts, and the whole bar is there at first. One part is eaten. What fraction remains?

  62. 62.A kite frame has sides of 8 inches, 5 inches, and 5 inches. What is the perimeter in inches?

  63. 63.One box holds 16 crayons, and a second box holds the same number. How many crayons are in the two boxes?

  64. 64.A table of laps shows Aria 12, Rio 7, and Cleo 9. How many more laps did Aria swim than Rio?

  65. 65.A warehouse stores 260 boxes on the first floor and 175 boxes on the second floor. How many boxes are stored?

  66. 66.A square cloth is 7 inches on each side. What is its area in square inches?

  67. 67.Which serving is larger: half of a pancake or a fourth of the same pancake?

  68. 68.A reading goal is 95 pages. Suki has read 37 pages. How many pages are left?

  69. 69.A number line is marked at 0, 20, 40, 60, and 80. Which mark is halfway from 0 to 80?

  70. 70.Rolls cool on 4 trays, with 9 rolls on each tray. How many rolls are cooling?

  71. 71.A rectangular stage is 8 yards long and 5 yards wide. What is the perimeter in yards?

  72. 72.A scoreboard lists 3 runs in inning 1, 6 runs in inning 2, and 4 runs in inning 3. What is the total number of runs?

  73. 73.There are 72 crayons packed into 8 equal boxes. How many crayons are in each box?

  74. 74.A gift box is a cube. How many square faces does the box have?

  75. 75.A painter uses 1/6 cup of blue paint and 4/6 cup of yellow paint. How many cups of paint is that?

  76. 76.A snack costs 27 cents and a drink costs 45 cents. How many cents is the total?

  77. 77.A coin is flat and round. Which shape matches the coin?

  78. 78.A crate holds 150 bottles. Workers remove 60 bottles. How many bottles stay in the crate?

  79. 79.A chart of trees planted shows oak 8, maple 11, and pine 7. How many trees were planted?

  80. 80.Paintbrushes stand in 9 jars, and every jar holds 8 brushes. How many brushes are there?

  81. 81.There are 36 inches in 1 yard. A banner is 2 yards long. How many inches long is the banner?

  82. 82.A basket holds 23 red apples, 15 green apples, and 8 yellow apples. How many apples are in the basket?

  83. 83.A rectangular photo is 10 centimeters long and 6 centimeters wide. What is the perimeter in centimeters?

  84. 84.There are 40 grapes shared equally by 5 friends. How many grapes does each friend get?

  85. 85.The numbers 4, 9, 14, and 19 follow one rule. What number comes next?

  86. 86.A bucket is 5/6 full of sand. A child removes 1/6 of the bucket. What fraction of the bucket still has sand?

  87. 87.A rectangular blanket is 8 feet long and 7 feet wide. What is its area in square feet?

  88. 88.Which number has a 5 in the tens place?

  89. 89.Six beach buckets are filled, and each bucket gets 20 shells. How many shells were collected?

  90. 90.A plant is 28 centimeters tall in the morning and 36 centimeters tall at night. How many centimeters did it grow?

  91. 91.There are 16 buttons in a tin. Half of them are blue. How many buttons are blue?

  92. 92.Five packs have 6 markers each. Then 4 markers are given away. How many markers are left?

  93. 93.A closed shape has a square corner at each turn and two pairs of matching sides. How many sides does that shape have?

  94. 94.A box contains 48 red tiles and 36 blue tiles. How many tiles are in the box?

  95. 95.A flag is 2/4 red, and the rest is gold. The flag is one whole. What fraction of the flag is gold?

  96. 96.There are 64 flowers placed in 4 equal rows. How many flowers are in each row?

  97. 97.The ages listed are 8, 5, 8, 7, and 8. Which age appears most often?

  98. 98.A rectangular bookmark is 15 centimeters long and 3 centimeters wide. What is its area in square centimeters?

  99. 99.What is the sum of 9 + 9 + 9?

  100. 100.Practice starts at 2:20 and lasts 15 minutes. What time does practice end?

  101. 101.A gardener paints 3/4 of a fence in the morning and the last 1/4 in the afternoon. What fraction of the fence is painted by the end of the day?

  102. 102.A pond has 62 ducks and 19 geese. How many birds is that?

  103. 103.A rectangular mirror is 16 inches long and 3 inches wide. What is the perimeter in inches?

  104. 104.Which number is 100 more than 540?

  105. 105.A pitcher holds 12 cups. Then 5 cups are poured out. How many cups remain?

  106. 106.Bottles of water are packed 8 to a carton, and there are 6 cartons. How many bottles are packed?

  107. 107.There are 36 inches in 1 yard. A rope for a game is 4 yards long. How many inches long is the rope?

  108. 108.A chart of points shows team Red 5, team Blue 3, team Green 7, and team Gold 2. How many points did all four teams score?