AS4 - MATH FINAL EXAMINATION

What is a key aspect of competent counting according to Kilpatrick, Swafford, & Findell?

• a) Recitation of numbers only

• b) Mastery of a symbolic system

• c) Conceptualization of symbols as irrelevant

• d) Conventional understanding only

What is the role of counting in determining answers to questions involving operations?

• a) Counting is irrelevant to operations.

• b) Counting is the last strategy students use.

• c) Counting is the first strategy for operations.

• d) Counting only involves recitation.

Which characteristic is related to the idea that the counting sequence remains consistent?

• a) Order Irrelevance

• b) Conservation

• c) Stable Order

• d) Abstraction

What is a grouping strategy Grade 3 students begin to use for calculating quantities?

• a) Counting by 10’s

• b) Counting backwards

• c) Making tens

• d) Skip counting by 2’s

5. What is the concept where counting of objects can begin with any object in a set and the total remains the same?

In counting, what is developed as students begin to count to numbers greater than 9?

7. What may Grade 2 students struggle with when using standard algorithms for addition and subtraction?

• A. Counting-up procedures

• B. Regrouping across O's

• C. Understanding the commutative property

• D. Avoiding the use of number lines

What strategies do Grade 3 students use for efficient addition and subtraction involving numbers in the teens and decades?

• A. Counting only

• B. Compensating or partitioning

• C. Memorization of facts

• D. Ignoring grouping by 5's and 10's

What is an example of a mental math strategy Grade 3 students may use for multiplication?

• A. Ignoring place value

• B. Memorizing multiplication tables only

• C. Skip counting and repeated addition

• D. Relying on calculators for all calculations

What Grade level may have difficulty with subtraction or addition involving 0 in the tens place in a three-digit number?