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To Conquer the FCAT

• Know question formats• Avoid common gridding

mistakes• Practice using FCAT Reference

Sheet and FCAT calculator• Daily FCAT vocabulary and

rigor

PRACTICE! PRACTICE! PRACTICE!

Four Minute Gridding Activity

21

51.

2. -7.353. 42%

5. 6.111114

364.

5/ 21

-

42 27 4/ 6. 111- 7 . 35

Sunshine State Standards Mathematics Test

FCAT Question Formats and Approximate Number of Questions by Grade Level

Grade MC GR SR & ER

6 35-40 10-15 None

7 35-40 10-15 None

8 30-35 15-20 5-8

9 30-35 15-20 None

10 30-35 15-20 5-8

5 35 - 40 10-15 5-8

4 35 - 40 10-15 None

*1996(OLD) standards and 2007(NGSSS) field

tested items will be assessed.

Changes to Gridding on the 2010 FCAT!

Grade 4Gridded-response items appear in Grade 4 for

the first time; Sessions 70 minutes each

OLD

OLD

OLDNEW

NEW

NEW

4- and 5- column whole number grids

Percent

Currency grids

Decimal grids

Grade 5Old and new grid types will be used at Grade 5

OLD NEW

Grade 6Old and new grid types will be used at Grade 6

5 - column 6 - column

OLDNEW

Grade 7Old and new grid types will be used at Grade 7

5 - column 6 - column Negative

OLD

Grade 8Old and new grid types will be used at Grade 8

5 - column Negative

OLD

Grade 10Old and new grid types will be used at Grade 10

5 - column Negative

OLD

Grade 9 and RetakesOld grids will be used! The rules for gridding

will not change will not change for 9th grade and Retakes

No Changes No Changes To Grade 9 To Grade 9 & Retakes’ & Retakes’ AssessmentAssessment

• Performance Tasks

Short Response (SR) 2 points each

Extended Response (ER) 4 points each

•Multiple Choice (MC) 1 point each

•Gridded Response (GR) 1 point each

About 23% of the questions were gridded response for the Elementary Mathematics Test

About 32% of questions were gridded response for the middle high school Mathematics Test

Composition of released FCAT Test

4th and 5th grades have grids!

Answer boxes

Number bubbles

Number bubbles

Answer boxes

Answer boxes

Number bubbles

Answer boxes

Fraction barDecimal point

Number bubbles

OLD

Answer boxes

Fraction barDecimal point

Number bubbles

NEW

Answer boxes

Fraction barDecimal point

Number bubbles

Negative sign

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 accurately 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.

Examples of Gridding

Gridding a Whole Number

27 + 33 =

606 0

or

6 0

Gridding a Decimal

78. 5 0 .8 7 5

or

Gridding a Fraction

3 / 5

5

3

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

INCORRECT

Be aware……………………

Gridding PercentsWhat percent of 100 is 9? Answer: 9%

. 0 99INCORREC

T9 / 1 0 0

INCORRECT

Gridding Repeating Decimals……..

Answer: 5.3333333

Correct Incorrect

5 . 3 3 3 5 . 3

Grid the answer 4.666666

OR

4 . 6 6 6 4 . 6 6 7

Using a NegativeNegative Grid

Answer: -9.337

- 9 . 3 3 7 - 9 . 3 3 7

or

Using a Negative Grid

Answer: 6.239

6 . 2 3 9 6 . 2 3 9Correct

6 . 2 3 9Correct Incorrect

The answer is

Can you find the error?8 4 / 7

8 47

The answer is 36.04

Can you find the error?3 6 0 4

The answer is 519

Can you find the error?

5 1 9

The answer is

Do you see the error?

3 9 . 7

39.7

The answer is 62%

Do you see the error?

26

The answer is 74

Do you see the error?

7 4

The answer is 3.66666666

3 . 7

What’s wrong?

-12The answer is 69.12. 69

What’s wrong?

The answer is

Do you see the mistake?

3 4 . 5 0

34.50

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.

1.

2.

3.

4.6 0 1 6 0 1 8 / 3 3 6 5

5.

6.

7.

8.

5 . 2 5 - 9 . 3 8 . 6 6 6 1 6

9.

10. 11.

12.

- 9 7 . 3 3 3 3 1 / 3 - 1 9 / 8

13. 14. 15.

2 5 6 0 2. 2 5

Ideas in this presentation were adapted from a PowerPoint from The School District of Palm Beach County

Nancy Kinard, Secondary Mathematics Administrator