Math Flashcards
- The following is a student solution method:
18 X 3
18 + 2 🔑20 X 3 = 60
2 X 3 = 6
60-6=54
What method did the student use to solve-the, multiplication problem?
18 + 2 🔑20 X 3 = 60
Compensation
- A child calculated a subtraction problem incorrectly and arrives at the following answer.
Which of these statements is the most valid assessment of this error?
782
-146
544
The student does not have mastery of the basic subtraction facts.
- Which of the following structured experiences would promote students understanding of place value?
Students gather a large number of objects and count by making groups of ten.
- Which of the following is the LEAST effective strategy to develop conceptual understanding of multiplication?
Memorizing
- A 2nd grade class is solving the expression 53 +7 A teacher is reviewing a students work and sees the following:
Strategy 1 53 + 27= (50 + 20) + (3 + 7) = 70 + 10 80 Strategy 2 53 + 27 = (53 -3) + (27 + 3) = 50 + 30 = 80 Which component of mathematics fluency has the student displayed in her work?
Flexibility
- An elementary school is collecting soda cans to raise money for a school project. The students collected 23 cans the first week. In the second week, they col1ected 42 more cans than the first week, For the remaining weeks they collected 42 more cans each week than the previous week. Which of the following charts shows the data they recorded?
Weeks 1 2 3 6 5 6
Sodas Cans 23 65 107 149 191 233
Chart C
- The number of loaves of bread sold is inversely related to the cost of a loaf of bread. If the cost doubles, the number of loaves of bread sold will
Double
Quadruple
Stay the same
Drop by half
Drop by half
- A student working as sales clerk at a local store earns $12per hour and 3 percent commission of all sales made. If the student works for h hours and makes s dollars of sa1eswhich of the following expressions represents the total amount of money the student earns?
12h + 0.03s
- A jar contains five more quarters than dimes. If it contains a total of $2.30, which of the following equations can be used to determine the number of quarters in the jar?
0.10x + 0.25(x + 5) = $2.30
- A student used centimeter grid paper to draw an array. ‘Then the student drew the same array rotated 90 degrees as shown: What property is being illustrated by the arrays on the grid?
Commutative property of multiplication ab=ba
- Which of the following illustrates the associative property of addition?
(a + b) + c = a + (b+ c)
- Simplify 4 + 3 (5-2) + 3 X 2² =
25
- To add 48 and 35, a student rounds 48 up to 50. The student knows that 50 + 35 =85. The student then subtracted 2 from 85, arriving at an answer of 83. Which of the following best describes the students’ strategy?
The student used a correct compensation strategy.
- Find the greatest common factor of 34, 102, and 170
34
- Find the least common multiple of 8, 15, 60
120
- Which of the following set of numbers is ordered from least to greatest? 3
3-², 0.3, 33%, 1/3
- Which of the following expressions has the greatest value?
2.0 ÷ 0.6
- A pair of baseball team completed 2 innings of a game in 28 minutes’. If the game continues at the same pace, how many minutes will it take to complete a 9 inning game?
126 minutes
- Which of the following expressions is the correct way to use exponents to write one hundred thousand?
10^5
- A person who weighs 168 pounds on earth would weigh 28 on the moon. How many pounds would a 30-pound person on earth weigh on the moon?
5 (Divide)
- Identify the pattern in the following sequence? 1, 4, 2, 8, 4, 16, 8
Multiple one term by 4 and divide the next term by 2
The entire figure represents one unit. The shaded portion of the figure illustrates which of the following? ? [This grid is a 10 X 10 grid with 3 vertical by 4 horizontal squares shaded]
0.12
- The following stem and leaf plot shows the body temperature of 25 healthy adults. What is the median temperature of the adults in this data set?
96 :9
97 :0 0 1 2 9
98 :0 0 1 1 1 4 6 6 6 6 6 7 8 9 9
99 :0 0 1 1
98.6
- The following measurements show the rainfall in Center City over the course of a week. 4cm, 5cm, 4cm, 0.1cm, 0.25cm, 0cm, 2cm. If the chamber of commerce would like to portray the Center City as a city of low rainfall, the best statistical measure to advertise would be
median
- A student used a compensation strategy to successfully computes 500 - 203. The student’s strategy took the given numbers into account. Which of the following most likely describes what the student did first?
Rounding 203 to 200 before subtracting
- A homeowner decides to install a swimming pool in her backyard. The pool has a volume of 1000 cubic feet. Given that one cubic foot has a capacity of about 7.48 gallons, how many gallons of water does the pool hold?
7,480
- Identify the coordinates of the vertices of a polygon ABCD
The answer is option D [a (-3, -4), b (-2,3), c (1,5), d (1, -3)]
- Which of the following figures is not a quadrilateral?
Pentagon
- Which of the following figures is considered an octagon?
(8 sides any figure that has 8 sides is an octagon) 1080*
Step 1: 3² + 4 - 5 x 2 = 9 + 4 - 5 x 2 Step 2: = (9 + 4 -5) x 2 Step3: _ = (13 - 5) x 2 Step 4: = 8 x 2 Step 5: = 16
At what step did the student make the error?
Step 2
- Analyze the sample scenario to answer the following question: A student is making belts for some shorts. The student bought 66 inches of fabric which will be cut into 22-inch pieces. How many belts can be made with the fabric purchased?
b. Equal groups, partition division
- A student was given two plates of counters and asked to determine which group has a greater number of counters.
Which of the following could result in an error in student reasoning?
The students draws ten frames to represent each number
- Students are asked to solve the following problem: A student and his 3 friends want to share 12 pieces of gum. How many pieces of gum will each friend get? One student solved the problem as shown:
Diagram: 3-circle with 4 gums each. What error does the student’s response show?
The students model does not show the correct number of groups
A student solved a subtraction problem incorrectly and arrived at this answer.
63- 26 = 47
The student did not regroup property.
- A kindergarten class is learning about addition without regrouping. Which of the following strategies would be most appropriate to begin teaching students how to add two digits?
d. Using realistic examples in a familiar context
- A student answers immediately that 10 + 5 = 15: The student says that this is a pattern that always works when adding 10 and a smaller whole number. When asked to find 20 + 5 the student counts 20,21,22,23,24,25. Which of the following would be the most appropriate for the teacher to do next to encourage the student to move beyond counting when adding to 20?
a. Explain to the student that the same principle applies to 20 + 5 as 10+ 5.
- A 3rd grade teacher wishes to help her class develop fraction sense. Which of the following activities describes a high complexity task that has the best potential for developing fraction sense?
a. Decompose fractions into sums of smaller fractions.
- Which of the following levels of thinking is in a sequence from developing to more proficient in the learning trajectory for counting?
Counter, producer, recite
- A teacher uses a chart in his classroom to track the progress of students as they learn their addition facts. A volunteer asks students a fact and records how many facts the student recalled without apparent calculation. As students master the fact, they are moved up on the chart. What component of mathematics fluency is the teacher assessing?
Automaticity
- In a 4th grade mathematics meeting, two teachers are discussing ways to teach multiplication. Teacher A believes the class should be taught the standard algorithm as
the best way to solve a multiplication problem. Teacher B believes the students should
explore various multiplication strategies and decide which is best for each problem.
What component of math fluency is Teacher B promoting?
Flexibility
- Which of the following is an appropriate translation for 12(x - 3)?
12 times the quantity X minus 3
Step 1 : 1 , Step 2 : 3, Step 3 : 5, Step 4 : 7, Step 5 : 9, Step 6 : 11, Step 7 : 13,
Step 8 : ?
15