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Sample Assessments: Each sample assessment item gives an idea of how an assessment item on the MSA might be presented. The items appropriately measure the content of the VSC and may be formatted similarly to those appearing on the MSA; however, these are sample items only and have not appeared on any MSA form.

Standard 3.0 Knowledge of Measurement

Topic C. Applications in Measurement

Indicator 2. Calculate equivalent measurements

Objective b. Determine equivalent units of measurement

Assessment limit: Use seconds, minutes, and hours or pints, quarts, and gallons

Selected Response Item

Donna is mixing different colors of paint together to match the color of her house. The amounts of paint are shown below.

2 gallons of white paint
2 quarts of yellow paint
1 quart of blue paint		3 quarts of red paint
1 quart of brown paint
2 pints of orange paint

How many gallons of paint will Donna have after she has mixed all of the paint colors together?

  1. 3 gallons
  2. 4 gallons
  3. 6 gallons
  4. 11 gallons
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Correct Answer:
B

Selected Response Item

Terry is making drinks from a mix for the fifth grade class party. The ingredients for making the drinks are listed in the chart below.

recipe

Terry wants to make 12 quarts of drinks. How many gallons of water will she need?

  1. 2 gallons
  2. 4 gallons
  3. 6 gallons
  4. 12 gallons
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Correct Answer:
A

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Selected Response Item

Terry is making drinks from a mix for the fifth grade class party. The ingredients for making the drinks are listed in the chart below.

recipe

Terry wants to make 3 gallons of drinks. How many gallons of water will she need?

  1. 2 gallons
  2. 4 gallons
  3. 6 gallons
  4. 12 gallons
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Correct Answer:
A

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Selected Response Item

Mario spends about 45 minutes a day practicing his drums. He practices four days a week. How many hours a week does he practice?

  1. 2 hours
  2. 3 hours
  3. 4 hours
  4. 5 hours
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Correct Answer:
B

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Brief Constructed Response (BCR) Item

Tonya's dad is making a concrete patio in their backyard. Concrete is made from cement, sand, gravel and water. It takes twice as much sand as cement to make the concrete mix.

Tonya's dad used 3 gallons of sand in the mix.

Step A

How many quarts of cement did he use?

Step B

Explain how you found your answer. Use what you know about measurement in your explanation. Use words, numbers and/or symbols in your explanation.

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Correct Answer:
Step A
6 quarts

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