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ODE Assessment Item, Grade 3: Estimate a Total
Discipline
Mathematics
Grade
3
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Students must select numbers to be used in making an estimate. This multiple-choice question is a sample item used in the 2005 Ohio Grade 3 Achievement Test (see Overview of Ohio's Assessment System). The URL link (above) takes the user directly to the test item (PDF), with access to performance data, complexity level of the item, and discussion of incorrect responses. This OAT item is also available in Microsoft® Word. The Ohio Department of Education Instructional Management System website allows visitors to search for test items by subject and grade band and build a printable database of questions using the Add to Your Backpack function. ODE Reference Information: 2005 Ohio Grade 3 Achievement Test for Mathematics, Annotated Item 11. (author/sw)


Ohio Mathematics Academic Content Standards (2001)
Number, Number Sense and Operations Standard
Benchmarks (3–4)
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Estimate the results of whole number computations using a variety of strategies, and judge the reasonableness.
Principles and Standards for School Mathematics
Number and Operations Standard
Compute fluently and make reasonable estimates
Expectations (3–5)
develop and use strategies to estimate the results of whole-number computations and to judge the reasonableness of such results;