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NAEP Assessment Item, Grade 8: Convert Minutes to Hours
Discipline
Mathematics
Grades
4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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This item asks students to convert 150 minutes to hours. 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). The URL link (above) takes the user directly to the NAEP test item, with access to performance data by various subgroups of students, a scoring key, and 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: 1990-8M7, No. 1. (sw)


Ohio Mathematics Academic Content Standards (2001)
Measurement Standard
Benchmarks (5–7)
B.
Convert units of length, area, volume, mass and time within the same measurement system.
Grade Level Indicators (Grade 4)
5.
Make simple unit conversions within a measurement system; e.g., inches to feet, kilograms to grams, quarts to gallons.
Grade Level Indicators (Grade 5)
5.
Make conversions within the same measurement system while performing computations.
Principles and Standards for School Mathematics
Measurement Standard
Understand measurable attributes of objects and the units, systems, and processes of measurement
Expectations (6–8)
understand relationships among units and convert from one unit to another within the same system;