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Sample Item
Selected Response Item for Grade 8

Standard 3.0 Knowledge of Measurement

Topic C. Applications in Measurement

Indicator 2. Analyze measurement relationships

Objective a. Use proportional reasoning to solve measurement problems

Assessment limit: Use proportions, scale drawings with scales as whole numbers, or rates using whole numbers or decimals (0 – 1000)

President Abraham Lincoln was 6 feet 4 inches tall. An artist wants to make a larger-than-life statue of Lincoln using a scale of 1 inch = 2 feet. How tall will the statue be?

  1. 12 feet 8 inches
  2. 25 feet 4 inches
  3. 76 feet
  4. 152 feet

Correct Answer
D. 152 feet
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