ITBS - Iowa Test of Basic Skills Mathematical Problem Solving Questions and Answers

Question 1

A school is taking 142 students on a field trip. Each bus can hold a maximum of 40 students. What is the minimum number of buses the school must reserve to transport all the students?

Accepted Answer

4 buses

Answer

3 buses

Answer

5 buses

Answer

3.55 buses

Question 2

A rectangular garden has a length of 25 feet and a width of 12 feet. What is the perimeter of the garden?

Accepted Answer

74 feet

Answer

37 feet

Answer

300 square feet

Answer

150 feet

Question 3

At a bake sale, a team sold 1/2 of their cookies in the morning and 1/3 of their cookies in the afternoon. If they started with 180 cookies, how many cookies were left at the end of the day?

Accepted Answer

30

Answer

60

Answer

90

Answer

150

Question 4

A train travels at a constant speed of 70 miles per hour. How long will it take the train to travel 455 miles?

Accepted Answer

6.5 hours

Answer

6 hours

Answer

7.5 hours

Answer

7 hours

Question 5

The bar graph below shows the number of pets owned by students in a class. What is the total number of pets owned by all the students combined?

[Chart Description: A bar chart titled 'Pets Owned by Students'. The x-axis lists pet types: Dogs, Cats, Fish, Hamsters. The y-axis is numbered from 0 to 12. The bars show: Dogs at 10, Cats at 8, Fish at 12, Hamsters at 5.]

Accepted Answer

35

Answer

4

Answer

12

Answer

8.75

Question 6

A number is a multiple of 4. It is greater than 15 but less than 30. When the digits of the number are added together, the sum is 6. Which of the following is the number?

Accepted Answer

24

Answer

16

Answer

20

Answer

28

A school is taking 142 students on a field trip.Each bus can hold a maximum of 40 students.What is the minimum number of buses the school must reserve to transport all the students?

A school is taking 142 students on a field trip.
Each bus can hold a maximum of 40 students.
What is the minimum number of buses the school must reserve to transport all the students?