Question 1
3 / 3 pts
NAEP: At a picnic, cider is served in cups. If 1 pint will fill 2 cups, how many cups can be filled
from 8 pints of cider?
4 cups
8 cups
11 cups
16 cups
Question 2
3 / 3 pts
Converting between customary and metric units:
is essential for students to understand measurement.
is a critical skill for upper elementary grades students.
helps students master both measurement systems.
is best left more to benchmarks and less to conversion formulas.
Question 3
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The concept of measurement involves which two types of data?
continuous and qualitative
discrete and quantitative
discrete and continuous
discrete and qualitative
Question 4
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The best way to teach children about areas of polygons is to give them:
the list of formulas and encourage them to substitute in the values for the variables.
diagrams of polygons with number values assigned to the sides, then have them use the formulas to substitute values in for the sides.
a calculator to use in conjunction with the formulas.
graph paper and have them rearrange parts of polygons to develop the formulas.
Question 5
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If children measure their classroom door with a string and then use the
length of the string to measure the door of the building to determine which is
wider, they are using the concept of:
transitivity.
commutativity.
distributive property.
inequality.
Question 6
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The mode can be determined for:
numerical data only.
categorical data only.
both numerical and categorical data.
neither numerical nor categorical data.
Question 7
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The following are questions that should be asked when working with
meaningful collection and display of data except for:
What is the question that justifies the data collection?
What information is needed to answer the question?
What is the easiest graph to make with the data?
How can the information be organized and analyzed?
IncorrectQuestion 8
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All of the following data values are represented on a box-and-whisker plot
except for:
mean.
median.
outliers.
third quadrant.
Question 9
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The difference between an object graph and a picture graph is that:
the object graph is more accurate than a picture graph.
the object graph uses actual objects and the picture graph uses drawings.
the object graph is not as easily understood as the picture graph.
the object graph is similar to a line plot but the picture graph is not.
IncorrectQuestion 10
0 / 3 pts
Children use circle graphs:
only after they can impute percentages.
only after they understand angle measure.
when they can informally compare areas.
when they are ready to construct their own circle graphs.
Question 1
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The diameter of a circle is 12 feet. What is the area of the circle?
144π ft2
36π ft2
24π ft2
12π ft2
Question 2
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The area of a trapezoid with base lengths 8 feet and 12 feet and a height of
4 feet is:
40 ft2.
80 ft2.
20 ft2.
192 ft2.
IncorrectQuestion 3
0 / 3 pts
Capacity is measured in terms of:
lengths.
liquid measures.
weight.
volume.
Question 4
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Common benchmarks that help children convert from metric to English
measurement include all of the following except for:
A meter is a little longer than a yard.
A liter is a little more than a quart.
An inch is a little less than 2 centimeters.
A kilogram is a little more than 2 pounds.
Question 5
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In direct measurement, applying a unit of measure one or more times is
referred to as:
transitivity.
quantitative measurement.
iteration
repetition.
Question 6
3 / 3 pts
A teacher measured the heights of children in her classroom and determined that the mean was
56 inches and the median was 54 inches. Which of the following statements is true?
Half the children were taller than 56 inches.
The average height of the children was 55 inches.
Half the children were taller than 54 inches.
The average height of the children was 54 inches.
Question 7
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Stem-and-leaf plots are especially useful for displaying:
raw data.
categorical data.
continuous data.
interval data.
Question 8
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In order to find the class average on a test, you would determine the
mean.
median.
mode.
range.
Question 9
3 / 3 pts
TIMSS: The graph below shows the number of pens, pencils, rulers, and erasers sold by a store
in one week.
