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NAEP Assessment Item, Grade 8: Convert sum of fractions to decimal number using place value (calculator available)
Discipline
Mathematics
Grades
5, 6, 7, 8
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Students are asked to find the decimal form of a sum of fractions using place value. This constructed-response question is a "medium hard" test item used in grade 8 of the 2007 National Assessment of Educational Progress (see About NAEP). The URL link (above) takes the user to the NAEP test item, with access to performance data by various subgroups of students, a scoring guide, sample student responses, and a discussion of the content on which the item is based. The NAEP website allows users to build their own printable database of test items by clicking on Add Question in the upper right hand corner of the screen. NAEP Reference Number: 2007-8M7, No. 7. (sw)


Ohio Mathematics Academic Content Standards (2001)
Number, Number Sense and Operations Standard
Benchmarks (5–7)
B.
Compare, order and convert among fractions, decimals and percents.
Grade Level Indicators (Grade 5)
3.
Identify and generate equivalent forms of fractions, decimals and percents.
Principles and Standards for School Mathematics
Number and Operations Standard
Understand numbers, ways of representing numbers, relationships among numbers, and number systems
Expectations (3–5)
understand the place-value structure of the base-ten number system and be able to represent and compare whole numbers and decimals;