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Answer Key Mathematics Grade 5 Public Release Items - Released March 2009

MSA Item Number Answer Grade Objectives Assessed
1 D 5 1.B.1.a Represent unknown quantities with one unknown and one operation (+, -, ×, ÷ with no remainders)
2 ECR 5 1.C.1.a Represent decimals and mixed numbers on a number line
3 C 5 2.B.1.b Identify and classify pyramids and prisms by the base
4 C 5 2.E.1.a Identify and describe the results of translations, reflections, and rotations of geometric figures
5 C 5 3.C.1.b Determine area
6 BCR 5 3.C.2.b Determine equivalent units of measurement
7 B 5 4.B.2.a Determine the mean of a given data set or data display
8 C 5 5.A.1.a Determine possible outcomes of independent events
9 C 5 5.B.1.a Make predictions and express the probability as a fraction
10 D 5 4.A.1.b Organize and display data in stem-and-leaf plots
11 C 5 6.B.1.d Identify a common multiple and the least common multiple
12 C 5 6.C.1.d Add and subtract proper fractions and mixed numbers with answers in simplest form