General Information
Test Item Specifications
Students will represent, identify, compare, and/or order numbers through the hundred thousands place in real-world contexts.
Students will compute sums and differences of numbers through the hundred thousands.
Students may use some of the following estimation strategies: chunking, using a reference, unitizing, benchmarks, clustering, reasonableness, compatible numbers, grouping, rounding, etc., when representing and computing numbers through the hundred thousands.
Numbers may be represented flexibly; for example: 947 can be thought of as 9 hundreds, 4 tens, and 7 ones; 94 tens and 7 ones; or 8 hundreds, 14 tens, and 7 ones.
Items may include the inequality symbols (>, <, =, ).
Items will not require the estimation strategy to be named.
Front-end estimation will not be an acceptable estimation strategy.
Decimals may be used in the context of money that estimate to a whole dollar.
Items should be set in a real-world context.
Responses may include actual calculations, estimates, or ranges of numbers.
Sample Test Items (1)
| Test Item # | Question | Difficulty | Type | ||||||||||
| Sample Item 1 | Ms. Tanaka is ordering calendars for the students at 4 elementary schools. The table below shows the number of students at each of the schools.
STUDENTS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
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N/A | MC: Multiple Choice |
Related Resources
Lesson Plans
| Name | Description |
| Perfect Pool Plans | Students will help select the perfect pool construction company to build pools for a vacation housing development. They will have to look at several factors and come up with a plan to find a company that meets the needs of their client. Model Eliciting Activities, MEAs, are open-ended, interdisciplinary problem-solving activities that are meant to reveal students’ thinking about the concepts embedded in realistic situations. Click here to learn more about MEAs and how they can transform your classroom. |
| Spacesuits Unlimited MEA | In this open-ended problem, students will work in teams to determine a procedure for selecting a company from which to purchase spacesuits. Students will make decisions based on a table that includes company, cost per suit, color, durability, materials, and comfort. Students will determine the price per flight, graph the provided information, and write a letter to the client providing evidence for their decisions. Model Eliciting Activities, MEAs, are open-ended, interdisciplinary problem-solving activities that are meant to reveal students’ thinking about the concepts embedded in realistic situations. Click here to learn more about MEAs and how they can transform your classroom. |
| How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin? | In this hands-on math exploration, students will use knowledge of estimation and multiplication to develop strategies for estimating how many seeds are in a medium-sized pumpkin. |
Teaching Idea
| Name | Description |
| More Place Value Activities | This webpage contains instructions for several activities and games designed to develop students' understanding of place value while reinforcing addition and subtraction skills. Downloadable materials and suggestions for variations are included along with links to online games. This is the second of two pages of similar activities. The first, Place Value Activities, is cataloged separately. |