Write 2 Equivalent Fractions That Name the Shaded Amount

Write 2 Equivalent Fractions That Name the Shaded Amount

Name / Grade
  1. Write 2 equivalent fractions that name the shaded amount.
  1. Use the number line below for parts a-c.
  1. Show on the number line.
  1. Show on the number line.
  1. Show on the number line.
  1. Ms. Hana gave the students in her class candy bars to share and eat. She the three students in group Atwo candy bars to share equally. She the six students in group B four candy bars to share equally. All the candy bars were the same size. Which student got more of a cookie, a student at table A or a student at table B? Explain your answer.
  1. Kaden ran mile before stopping to rest. He then ran another mile.
  1. Estimate: Did Kaden run more than 1 mile or less than 1 mile? Explain your answer.
  1. Exactly how far did Kaden run altogether? Show how you got your answer.
  1. Jamie’s sister says that . Is she right? Explain how you know.
  1. Use words and pictures to show how you could find the sum .

Recording Student Responses

The assessment items were developed from work described by various researchers. Please give this assessment to at least one class that you are teaching. The assessment will take students approximately 20-25 minutes to complete. The students are not allowed to use a calculator on this assessment. Please do not help the students as they take the Summative Assessment. Use the scoring grids below to record the results of your students.

  1. Write 2 equivalent fractions that name the shaded amount.

Response: Q1 / Number of Responses
Correct response

Other equivalent fractions are acceptable
Incomplete response
Only one fraction is named
Other incorrect or incomplete response
  1. Use the number line below for parts a-c.

Correct answers:

Question / Number Correct / Number Incorrect
a. Show on the number line.

b. Show on the number line

b. Show on the number line

  1. Ms. Hana gave the students in her class candy bars to share and eat. She the three students in group A two candy bars to share equally. She the six students in group B four candy bars to share equally. All the candy bars were the same size. Which student got more of a cookie, a student at table A or a student at table B? Explain your answer.

Response: Q2 / Number of Responses
Correct response
Ms. Hana was fair because
Incorrect or incomplete response
  1. Kaden ran mile before stopping to rest. He then ran another mile.
  1. Estimate: Did Kaden run more than 1 mile or less than 1 mile? Explain your answer.

Response: Q3a / Number of Responses
Correct response
Less than 1 mile.
is a little less than and ,
so must be less than one.
Incorrect or incomplete response
Response: Q3b / Number of Responses
Correct response
miles
Incorrect response

Misconception: Adding across the numerators and the denominators
Other incorrect or incomplete response
  1. How far did Kaden run altogether? Show how you got your answer.
  1. Jamie’s sister says that . Is she right? Explain how you know.

Response: Q4 / Number of Responses
Correct response
No, she is not right because
is more than ,
so must be more than , but is less than .
Correct response
No, she is not right because

Incorrect or incomplete response
  1. Use words and pictures to show how you could find the sum .

Response: Q6 / Number of Responses
Correct response
Explanation/pictures should show and
Incorrect or incomplete response