Elementary Education: Mathematics and Science (5008) – Study Guide
and Practice Material (Grades 1–6)
Ms. Roderick asked her lunch helper in her kindergarten class to get one paper plate for each
student in the class. Which of the following counting tasks assesses the same mathematical
counting work as this task? - ANS✔✔ Showing students 10 pencils and asking them to get
enough erasers for all the pencils
Ms. Lawson asks one of her students, Jen, to explain how to use base-10 blocks to add 67 and
40. Jen lays out some base-10 blocks as shown in the following figure.
Jen says, "I used 6 rods for the 6 tens in 67 and 7 cubes for the ones. Then I used 4 rods for 4
tens because I have to add 40. I counted all the rods and cubes and got 10 rods and 7 cubes, so
it makes 10 tens and 7 ones altogether."
Jen has demonstrated evidence of understanding which of the following mathematical ideas or
skills? - ANS✔✔ Understand that the digits of a two-digit number represent amounts of tens
and ones
An athlete runs 3 laps around an oval track. The distance the athlete runs in one lap is 400
meters.
What is the total distance, in kilometers, that the athlete runs? - ANS✔✔ 1.2
1 meter = 0.001 kilometers
1, 9, 17, 25, 33, 41, 49, 57
,Which of the following statements best describes the numbers in the preceding list? - ANS✔✔
All whole numbers that are less than 60 and have a remainder of 1 when divided by 8
Ms. Simeone is working with her first-grade students on writing two-digit numerals. She wants
to use an activity to assess whether her students are attending to the left-to-right directionality
of the number system.
Which of the following activities is best aligned with Ms. Simeone's purpose? - ANS✔✔ Asking
students to represent the numbers 35 and 53 using base-10 blocks
A chef uses 1/8 pound of shredded potatoes to make a serving of hashed brown potatoes. How
many servings of hashed brown potatoes can the chef make with 5 pounds of shredded
potatoes? - ANS✔✔ 40
A teacher poses the following problem to the class.
Helena has 20 red beads for making bracelets. She has 12 more red beads than yellow beads.
How many yellow beads does she have?
Which of the following problems has the same mathematical structure as the problem the
teacher poses? - ANS✔✔ Chanelle has 13 crayons. Chanelle has 7 more crayons than Chuck has.
How many crayons does Chuck have?
A student found an incorrect answer to the problem 19.9 + 1.3. The student's answer is
represented in the following work.
Which of the following incorrect answers to the problem 12.94 + 1.08 is the result of an error
that is most similar to the error made in the preceding work? - ANS✔✔ 13.102
What value of x makes the equation 8x = 136 true - ANS✔✔ 17
, Ms. Marley is working with her students on fraction addition. She wants to highlight how the
commutative property of addition can be used to make landmark numbers when adding
fractions.
Which of the following expressions best highlights the use of the commutative property of
addition for this purpose? - ANS✔✔ 1/3 + 1/4 + 1/3
When Sean, a third-grade student, solved the following problem, he gave an incorrect answer.
Adele is baking cakes. Each cake needs 3 eggs. How many cakes can she make with 22 eggs?
Sean said the answer was "7 remainder 1 cakes." Which of the following statements describes
the error Sean made to arrive at his incorrect answer? - ANS✔✔ Sean interpreted the
remainder incorrectly
Consider the following incomplete statement about rounding a decimal number.
When 390.396 is correctly rounded to the nearest _____ the result is 390.
Which of the following words make the preceding statement true when inserted into the blank
in the statement?
Select ALL that apply. - ANS✔✔ Unit
Ten
and Practice Material (Grades 1–6)
Ms. Roderick asked her lunch helper in her kindergarten class to get one paper plate for each
student in the class. Which of the following counting tasks assesses the same mathematical
counting work as this task? - ANS✔✔ Showing students 10 pencils and asking them to get
enough erasers for all the pencils
Ms. Lawson asks one of her students, Jen, to explain how to use base-10 blocks to add 67 and
40. Jen lays out some base-10 blocks as shown in the following figure.
Jen says, "I used 6 rods for the 6 tens in 67 and 7 cubes for the ones. Then I used 4 rods for 4
tens because I have to add 40. I counted all the rods and cubes and got 10 rods and 7 cubes, so
it makes 10 tens and 7 ones altogether."
Jen has demonstrated evidence of understanding which of the following mathematical ideas or
skills? - ANS✔✔ Understand that the digits of a two-digit number represent amounts of tens
and ones
An athlete runs 3 laps around an oval track. The distance the athlete runs in one lap is 400
meters.
What is the total distance, in kilometers, that the athlete runs? - ANS✔✔ 1.2
1 meter = 0.001 kilometers
1, 9, 17, 25, 33, 41, 49, 57
,Which of the following statements best describes the numbers in the preceding list? - ANS✔✔
All whole numbers that are less than 60 and have a remainder of 1 when divided by 8
Ms. Simeone is working with her first-grade students on writing two-digit numerals. She wants
to use an activity to assess whether her students are attending to the left-to-right directionality
of the number system.
Which of the following activities is best aligned with Ms. Simeone's purpose? - ANS✔✔ Asking
students to represent the numbers 35 and 53 using base-10 blocks
A chef uses 1/8 pound of shredded potatoes to make a serving of hashed brown potatoes. How
many servings of hashed brown potatoes can the chef make with 5 pounds of shredded
potatoes? - ANS✔✔ 40
A teacher poses the following problem to the class.
Helena has 20 red beads for making bracelets. She has 12 more red beads than yellow beads.
How many yellow beads does she have?
Which of the following problems has the same mathematical structure as the problem the
teacher poses? - ANS✔✔ Chanelle has 13 crayons. Chanelle has 7 more crayons than Chuck has.
How many crayons does Chuck have?
A student found an incorrect answer to the problem 19.9 + 1.3. The student's answer is
represented in the following work.
Which of the following incorrect answers to the problem 12.94 + 1.08 is the result of an error
that is most similar to the error made in the preceding work? - ANS✔✔ 13.102
What value of x makes the equation 8x = 136 true - ANS✔✔ 17
, Ms. Marley is working with her students on fraction addition. She wants to highlight how the
commutative property of addition can be used to make landmark numbers when adding
fractions.
Which of the following expressions best highlights the use of the commutative property of
addition for this purpose? - ANS✔✔ 1/3 + 1/4 + 1/3
When Sean, a third-grade student, solved the following problem, he gave an incorrect answer.
Adele is baking cakes. Each cake needs 3 eggs. How many cakes can she make with 22 eggs?
Sean said the answer was "7 remainder 1 cakes." Which of the following statements describes
the error Sean made to arrive at his incorrect answer? - ANS✔✔ Sean interpreted the
remainder incorrectly
Consider the following incomplete statement about rounding a decimal number.
When 390.396 is correctly rounded to the nearest _____ the result is 390.
Which of the following words make the preceding statement true when inserted into the blank
in the statement?
Select ALL that apply. - ANS✔✔ Unit
Ten
