Questions and Scenarios

In a kindergarten class, the students are lining up for lunch. The teacher begins calling the first four or five students to line up in boy-girl order. She stops after the fifth student and asks the question, “Class, who do you think I might pick to go next in line? Why?” What math concept is the teacher most likely teaching?

• Ordinal number of a set member

• Patterns to make a prediction

• Cardinal number of a set

• Fairness in making choices

Jose bought lunch for himself and his brother and sister. His lunch cost 4.75aed, his brother's was 3.70aed, and his little sister's was 2.25aed. How much change should Jose receive from his 20aed bill?

• One 5 dirham bill, 4 dirham coins, 70 fils

• Two 5 dirham bills, 65 fils

• One 5 dirham bill, for 1 dirham coins, 30 fils

• One 5 dirham bill, four 1 dirham coins, 70 fils

Which of the following activities is most effective in helping kindergarten students understand measurement of the lengths of small items, such as juice boxes or lunch boxes?

• Watching the teacher estimate the length of the item using a student’s arm or leg

• Placing same-size objects, such as Legos or cubes, next to the object and counting the number of objects

• Tracing the items on construction paper and cutting the construction paper to have a two-dimensional replica of the item

• Listening to a teacher explain how to use a ruler to measure the objects

The sales tax is 7.5%. Which number could also represent 7.5%?

• 0.0075

• 3/40

• 3/4

• 0.75

If the pattern above is continued, how many blocks will be in the 7th term?

• 28

• 45

• 36

• 21

Simplify: 14 – 2 × 5

• 4

• 60

• 24

• -60

In a prekindergarten class, two students have discovered that four butter tubs full of sand will fill a plastic pitcher. This learning is best described as:

• informal standard measurement

• formal standard measurement

• formal non-standard measurement

• informal non-standard measurement

What is the area, in square units, of the figure above?

• 150

• 175

• 200

• 260

Christopher had a basketball tournament on Saturday from 10:45 am to 6:15 pm. How long was the tournament?

• 8 hours, 30 minutes

• 4 hours, 30 minutes

• 7 hours, 30 minutes

• 6 hours, 30 minutes

What is the place value of the “3” in the number 15,436,129?

• Ten Thousands

• Thousands

• Hundred Thousands

• Millions