Try Your Hand at SSAT and ISEE Questions

High school admissions tests like the SSAT and the ISEE are trickier than they seem. Can you beat the tests your child will be taking in the Fall? Try your hand at the quiz below:


1. A miniature golf course has an average of 200 customers per day. To increase business, the owner plans to reduce the regular price from $3.50 to $2.50 before 6 p.m. each day. If 100 people pay $3.50, how many people must pay $2.50 if daily sales are to remain the same as before the $2.50 price reduction plan?

A) 120

B) 140

C) 160

D) 180

E) 220


2. MAR:

A) planet

B) scratch

C) cover

D) spoil

E) injure


3. Anesthesiologist is to sedate as

A) optometrist is to glasses

B) hypnotist is to mesmerize

C) agronomist is to plant

D) economist is to prediction

E) humanist is to people


4. Excavations of the La Brea Tar Pits have revealed a proliferation of fossils that ------- to the diversity of prehistoric wildlife in what is now California.

A) object

B) lecture

C) attest

D) veer


5. Which of the following sets of numbers has a mean equal to its median?

A) 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4

B) 2, 3, 5, 6, 6, 6

C) 1, 1, 3, 5, 7, 8

D) 6, 7, 8, 9, 9, 9


Preparing for high school admissions tests requires knowledge of the content included, an understanding of the patterns of the test, and practice performing under pressure. Exploring a different high school option for your 7th grader or thinking about boarding schools for your 7th, 8th, or 9th grader? Let’s talk!