331 NAEP Assessment Item, Grade 8: Find the Diagonal Measure of a TV Screen Resource Type: Assessment Resource Discipline: Mathematics Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 7–8 Professional Commentary: Students find the diagonal measurement of a TV screen, given its width and height. This multiple-choice question is a sample test item used in grades 8 and 12 in the 1990 National Assessment of Educational Progress (see About NAEP).... 332 NAEP Assessment Item, Grade 8: Find Perpendicular Line Segments in a Figure Resource Type: Assessment Resource Discipline: Mathematics Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 5–7 Professional Commentary: Students must identify which of four figures contains perpendicular line segments. This multiple-choice question is a sample test item used in grades 8 and 12 in the 1990 National Assessment of Educational Progress (see About NAEP).... 333 NAEP Assessment Item, Grade 8: Write an Expression to Represent "Width" Resource Type: Assessment Resource Discipline: Mathematics Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 5–8 Professional Commentary: This item asks students to write an expression for the width of a rectangle, in terms of its length, when the length is 3 more than its width. This multiple-choice question is a sample test item used in grades 8 and 12 in the 1990 National Assessment of Educational Progress (see About NAEP).... 334 NAEP Assessment Item, Grade 8: Given a Pattern, Find the Number of Dots in the 100th Figure Resource Type: Assessment Resource Discipline: Mathematics Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 5–8 Professional Commentary: Students must find the number of dots in the 100th term in a geometric sequence. This multiple-choice question is a sample test item used in grades 8 and 12 in the 1990 National Assessment of Educational Progress (see About NAEP).... 335 NAEP Assessment Item, Grade 8: Explain Your Answer for #16 Resource Type: Assessment Resource Discipline: Mathematics Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 5–8 Professional Commentary: Students must explain how they found the answer to the previous question on the test, which asked them to determine the number of dots in the 100th term in a geometric sequence. This constructed-response question is a sample test item used in grades 8 and 12 in the 1990 National Assessment of Educational Progress (see About NAEP).... 336 NAEP Assessment Item, Grade 8: Find the Probability of Selecting a Boy From 26 Students Resource Type: Assessment Resource Discipline: Mathematics Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 4–8 Professional Commentary: Students are asked to find the probability that a randomly selected student will be a boy, given the number of boys and girls in a class. This multiple-choice question is a sample test item used in grade 8 in the 1990 National Assessment of Educational Progress (see About NAEP).... 337 NAEP Assessment Item, Grade 8: Solve a Problem Involving Parentheses Resource Type: Assessment Resource Discipline: Mathematics Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 5–7 Professional Commentary: Students must evaluate an expression involving parentheses and several whole-number operations. They have the option of using a calculator.... 338 NAEP Assessment Item, Grade 8: Find the Value of n Resource Type: Assessment Resource Discipline: Mathematics Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–8 Professional Commentary: Students must find the value of an unknown in a simple equation. They have the option of using a calculator.... 339 NAEP Assessment Item, Grade 8: Identify a Diameter Resource Type: Assessment Resource Discipline: Mathematics Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 3–6 Professional Commentary: Students must identify which of five figures illustrates a diameter of a circle. This multiple-choice question is a sample test item used in grade 8 in the 1990 National Assessment of Educational Progress (see About NAEP).... 340 NAEP Assessment Item, Grade 8: Find the Product Resource Type: Assessment Resource Discipline: Mathematics Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–8 Professional Commentary: Students must find the product of two numbers involving decimals and exponents. They have the option of using a calculator.... |