FREE Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS) 5th Grade Questions and Answers

Question 1

What does the equation 1 / 5÷ 4 mean?

Accepted Answer

20 / 1

Answer

1 / 20

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4 / 5

Answer

5 / 4

Question 2

What statement has the same meaning as 3/5?

Accepted Answer

3 ÷ 5

Answer

3 – 5

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3 × 5

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3 + 5

Question 3

What is 0.1561 rounded to the nearest tenth of a decimal?

Accepted Answer

0.2

Answer

0.1

Answer

0.15

Answer

0.16

Question 4

The result of k / 3 12 would be greater than 12 for which value of k?

Accepted Answer

for any value of k greater then 3

Answer

for any value of k equal to 3

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for any value of k less than 1 but greater than 1

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for any value of k less than 1 but greater than 0

Question 5

Which decimal is equal to 41 / 100 ?

Accepted Answer

0.41

Answer

4.1

Answer

41

Answer

0.041

Question 6

Yesterday, our "teacher" was "absent," so we had a "substatute." Which of the following words is misspelled?

Accepted Answer

substatute

Answer

teacher

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yesterday

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absent

Question 7

Which of the following is a proper sentence?

Accepted Answer

The weatherman said it’s going to be a warm day.

Answer

The weatherman said its going to be a warm day.

Answer

The weatherman said it going to be a warm day.

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The weatherman said its’ going to be a warm day.

Question 8

Which of the following adverb phrases best answers the query "why"?

Accepted Answer

The children combed the nearby woods for pine cones to make crafts.

Answer

The storm came up during the night.

Answer

The students usually travel to games by bus.

Answer

We spent the afternoon at the mall.

Question 9

Toms praised his father in his "speak." What does the verb speak look like in the past tense?

Accepted Answer

spoke

Answer

speaks

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will speak

Answer

speaked

Question 10

Which of the following sentences DOES NOT contain an irregular verb?

Accepted Answer

Joe returned home after three years in the army.

Answer

Amanda threw the baseball over the fence just to anger Tim.

Answer

In Egypt, there are pyramids in which treasures lie.

Answer

Unfortunately, the wind blew down the newly planted trees.