Assessment Skills

What goes up, but never comes down?

• Grades in School

• Weight

• Age

• Sun

A four-person crew is painting Mr. Field's house.

1) Michael is painting the front of the house.

2) Ross is behind the house painting the back.

3) Jed is painting the window frames on the north side, and Shawn is on the south.

If Michael switches places with Jed, and Jed then switches places with Shawn, where is Shawn?

• Behind the house

• On the north side of the house

• In front of the house

• On the south side of the house

At the basketball game, Henry was sitting in seat 253. Marla was sitting to the right of Henry in seat 254. In the seat to the left of Henry was George. Enid was sitting to the left of George. Which seat is Enid sitting in?

• 251

• 254

• 255

• 256

A fruit basket contains more apples than lemons. There are more lemons in the basket than there are oranges. The basket contains more apples than oranges. If the first two statements are true, the third statement is

• True

• False

• Uncertain

Fact 1:All dogs like to run.

Fact 2:Some dogs like to swim.

Fact 3:Some dogs look like their masters.

If the first three statements are facts, which of the following statements must also be a fact?

I: All dogs who like to swim look like their masters.

II: Dogs who like to swim also like to run.

III: Dogs who like to run do not look like their masters.

• I only

• II only

• II and III only

• None of the statements is a known fact.

For the school bake sale, Carol made 30 cupcakes. If she sold 9 of them and then made 28 more, how many cupcakes would she have?

• You will add 30 + 9 and then subtract 28 from the answer

• You will add 30 + 9 and then add 28

• You will subtract 9 from 30 and then add 28

• You will subtract 9 from 30 and then subtract 28

Zoe wants to put 37 games on 5 shelves. She wants to put the same number of games on each shelf and she will put the remaining games into a box. How many games will be on the shelves and how many will she put into the box?

• 2 games on each shelf and 17 games in the box

• 6 games on each shelf and 17 games in the box

• 3 games on each shelf and 12 games in the box

• 7 games on each shelf and 2 games in the box

The cafeteria had 25 apples. For lunch, they handed out 15 apples to students and decided to use the rest to make pies. If each pie takes 3 apples, how many pies can they make?

• 3

• 5

• 2

• none

Kevin has $1,498 in his savings account. He has $529 more than Albert. How much money do they have altogether?

• $969

• $2,027

• $3,525

• $2,467

Look at the shapes in the boxes across the top. Do you see how they are related to each other? Can you find the answer that goes in the empty box so the shapes in the next row will relate to each other in the same way as the shapes in the top row?

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E