PARCC 2016 Released Math Items: "161 is 7 times as many as 23"

Wouldn't it be nice if your school district had software available to you so you could create math tests for your students using the same computer testing format as the PARCC test? 

This PARCC question involves dragging and dropping numbers and symbols to show an equation.

Since we don't all have that type of software available, this worksheet can be used to make students 

aware of what they must do. 

I know that the phrase, "28 is 4 times as many as 7," is correct but it still sounds so foreign, even to me, because we don't talk about equations as comparisons very often.

Think of this: 

4 X 7 = 28 can be read as a comparison between the numbers in the equation. It helps to remember that the equal sign really means "is the same as."

 * 4 X 7 is the same as 28
* 28 is the same as 4 X 7
*28 is the same as 4 sets of 7
* 28 is 4 times as many as 7

Smiles,

Deborah 

PARCC 2016 Released Math Items: Test Taking Skill

There will always be questions in which your students are unsure of their answers. So in this mini-lesson, recognize that fact, and discuss what to do if it happens.  Remember, in most tests, when you don't at least fill in one choice it is going to be wrong.  Teach them how to increase their chance of getting the problem correct on the test by eliminating those answers that they know are wrong and then choosing from the answers that are left.  This student's chances of getting the answer correct is 50% because of that strategy.

While teaching this skill to my student, they thought that if they did this--strategy of guessing, that they would be cheating. 

"Nope, you will just be doing what good test takers do!" 

So, don't forget about the Answer Eliminator Tool available on the PARCC test.
 

Smiles,
Deborah