to conquer the fcat know question formats avoid common gridding mistakes practice using the current...
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Orange County Public Schools
To Conquer the FCAT
• Know question formats• Avoid common gridding mistakes• Practice using the current FCAT 2.0
Reference Sheet and FCAT calculator
• Daily FCAT 2.0 vocabulary and rigor
PRACTICE! PRACTICE! PRACTICE!
FCAT 2.0 Question Formats
Grade MathematicsQuestion Types
6 35-40 MC10-15 GR
7 35-40 MC10-15 GR
8 35-40 MC20-25 GR
FCAT 2.0 Mathematics Reporting Categories
GRAD
E CATEGORYPERCENTA
GE
6
Fractions, Ratios/Proportional Relationships, and Statistics
40
Expressions and Equations 40
Geometry and Measurement 20
7
Geometry and Measurement 30
Ratios/Proportional Relationships 25
Number: Base Ten 25
Statistics and Probability 20
8
Expressions, Equations, and Functions 40
Geometry and Measurement 35
Number: Operations, Problems and Statistics 25
4
Changes to Gridding on the 2011 FCAT 2.0
Grade 7Six Column and Negative Grid Types
will be used at Grade 7
6 - column Negative
New New
Middle School
Answer boxesFraction bar
Decimal point
Number bubbles
Negative sign
7th & 8th Grades
New
How to Complete the Response Grid
1. Work the problem and find the answer.
2. Write your answer in the answer boxes at the top of the grid.
• Print your answer with the first digit in the left answer box. Do NOT leave a blank answer box in the middle of an answer.
• Be sure to write a decimal point or fraction bar in the answer box if it is a part of the answer.
How to Complete the Response Grids
3. Fill in a bubble under each box in which you wrote your answer.• Fill in one and ONLY one bubble for each box. Do NOT fill in a bubble under an unused box.
• Fill each bubble by making a solid black mark that completely fills the circle.
• You MUST fill in the bubbles accurately to receive credit for your answer.
How to complete a negative grid
• No numbers are placed in the 1st column.• If the answer is not negative, Do NOT bubble in the
1st column. Leave it blank.• If the answer is negative, print only a negative sign
in the 1st column. After the 1st column fill in a bubble under each box in which you wrote your answer.
• Fill in one and ONLY one bubble for each box. • Do NOT fill in a bubble under an unused box.• Fill each bubble by making a solid black mark that
completely fills the circle.• You MUST fill in the bubbles accurate to receive
credit for your answer.
Simplifying and Rounding Issues
Simplifying--- We recommend:Do not simplify fractions UNLESS the directions tell you to simplify to lowest terms OR if the answer doesn’t fit in the grid unless you simplify it.
Rounding--- We recommend: Don’t round UNLESS the directions tell you
to do so.
Gridding a Whole Number
27 + 33 =
60
or
60 60
Gridding a Decimal
or
. 875 . 8750
Gridding a Fraction
5
33 / 5
What to do with a mixed number...You can NOT write a mixed number in an answer grid. If your answer is a mixed number y you must convert it to:
Ex: 6 1
4
6 2. 5 5 4/2
or
6 1 / 4
Be aware……………………incorrect
Gridding Percents
What percent of 100 is 9? Answer: 9%
9 . 09 9 00/ 1
incorrect incorrect
Gridding Repeating Decimals……..
Answer: 5.3333333
Correct
5 333. 3 5 . 3
Incorrect
Grid the answer 4.666666
OR
4 666. 6 4 66 7. 6
Correct Correct
Using a Negative GridAnswer:-9.337
- 9 . 3 3 7
Correct
Using a Negative Grid
Answer: 6.239
Correct Correct Incorrect
6 2 3 9. 6 2 3 9. 6 2 3 9.
The answer is
Can you find the error?
8 47
8 4 / 7
The answer is 36.04
Can you find the error?
3 460
The answer is 519
Can you find the error?
519
The answer is
39.7
Can you find the error?
3 79 .
The answer is 62%Can you find the error?
62
The answer is 74Can you find the error?
74
The answer is 3.66666666
Can you find the error?
3 . 7
-12The answer is -12.69
. 69
Can you find the error?
The answer is 3 4
34.50
Can you find the error?. 5 0
The answer is
23.7
Can you find the error?2 3 . 7
Summary of Common Gridding Mistakes
Adding extra zeros Bubbling more than one number in a column Adding unnecessary spaces Forgetting to bubble Omitting the decimal point Gridding mixed numbers incorrectly Gridding percents incorrectly Adding extra symbols outside/inside of the grid When using negative grids, writing a number in the
1st column
SecondaryGrid the following answers:
(Solve first when necessary)
1. 603 2. 6.01 3. 8/3 4. 3.65
5. 5¼ 6. (-7) – 2.3 7. 8.66666
8. What is 20% of 80 9. 6 + 3 x (-5)
10. 7.333333 11. 31/3
12. -2⅜ 13. 4 is what percent of 16?
14. 12 is 20% of what number?
15. Change 2¼ to a decimal.