General Information
Subject Area: X-Mathematics (former standards - 2008)
Grade: 5
Body of Knowledge: Geometry
Supporting Idea: Geometry and Measurement - Geometry and Measurement
Date Adopted or Revised: 09/07
Content Complexity Rating:
Level 3: Strategic Thinking & Complex Reasoning
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More Information
Date of Last Rating: 06/07
Status: State Board Approved - Archived
Assessed: Yes
Test Item Specifications
Item Type(s):
This benchmark may be assessed using:
MC
item(s)
N/A
Clarification :
Students will find the areas of parallelograms, triangles, and trapezoids.
Students will justify the area formulas for parallelograms, triangles, and trapezoids using the area formula for rectangles.
Students will find the areas of parallelograms, triangles, and trapezoids.
Students will justify the area formulas for parallelograms, triangles, and trapezoids using the area formula for rectangles.
Content Limits :
Items assessing areas of trapezoids must use only isosceles trapezoids.
Areas must include whole numbers with three or fewer significant digits and up to a maximum of five digits.
Items assessing areas of trapezoids must use only isosceles trapezoids.
Areas must include whole numbers with three or fewer significant digits and up to a maximum of five digits.
Stimulus Attributes :
Graphics must be used in all these items.
Items that are set in a real-world context may use length and width as dimensions as well as base and height as dimensions.
Graphics of figures may include dashed lines that show how a shape can be decomposed and recomposed to form a rectangle.
Figures should be presented on grids, when appropriate.
Sample Test Items (1)
| Test Item # | Question | Difficulty | Type |
| Sample Item 1 | A drama teacher drew up plans for a stage he wants to build. A diagram of the top of the stage, which is in the shape of a trapezoid, is shown below.
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N/A | MC: Multiple Choice |
