Tom says $$2 + 3 = 5$$ . He wants to verify his answer. What should he do?

Count again to make sure $$2 + 3$$ equals $$5$$

Erase his answer and leave it blank

Ask his friend to do the problem for him

Write a different answer without checking

Sara wrote that $$10 - 4 = 7$$ . She wants to verify her answer. What will she find?

Her answer is wrong because $$10 - 4 = 6$$

Her answer is wrong because $$10 - 4 = 8$$

Her answer is correct because subtraction is easy

Which of the following is the best way to verify that you spelled a word correctly?

Say the word out loud three times

Which of the following shows someone verifying information?

A student reading the question again to make sure the answer is right

A student guessing the answer without thinking

A student drawing a picture instead of answering

Which of the following sentences uses "verifying" correctly?

He was verifying his answers by reading them again.

She was verifying her shoes by tying them.

They were verifying the playground by swinging.

I was verifying my lunch by eating it.

A student counts $$8$$ crayons in a box. Her friend says there are only $$6$$ . How can they verify the correct number?

Count the crayons together one by one

Both guess a number between $$6$$ and $$8$$

Ask the teacher to buy more crayons

Put the crayons away and forget about it

Why is verifying your work important in school?

It helps you find and fix mistakes

It makes your paper look colorful

It helps you finish faster without thinking

A student solved $$5 + 6 = 10$$ . She wants to verify her answer. She uses the strategy of counting on from $$5$$ . What will she discover?

Her answer is wrong because $$5 + 6 = 11$$

Her answer is correct because $$5 + 6 = 10$$

Her answer is wrong because $$5 + 6 = 12$$

Her answer is correct because she counted carefully

A student says: "I do not need to verify my answers because I always get them right." Is this a good reason? Why or why not?

No, because everyone can make mistakes and verifying helps catch them

Yes, because smart students never make mistakes

Yes, because verifying takes too much time

No, because verifying is only for teachers

A student wrote: " $$4 + 4 = 8$$ , so $$8 - 4 = 4$$ ." How does the second equation help verify the first?

Subtraction can be used to verify addition by reversing the operation

It does not help because they are different problems

It helps because both equations have the number $$4$$

It helps because the student wrote two equations

Two students disagree about the number of students in their class. One says $$20$$ and the other says $$22$$ . What is the best plan to verify the correct number?

Count all the students in the class together carefully

Pick the number that sounds right

Add $$20 + 22$$ and divide by two

A student is verifying whether $$7 + 5 = 12$$ . She draws $$7$$ circles and then $$5$$ more circles and counts all of them. She gets $$13$$ . What should she do next?

Recount carefully because she may have made an error in drawing or counting

Accept $$13$$ as the answer without checking again

Change the problem to $$7 + 6 = 13$$

Ask her friend to just tell her the answer

A student says: "I verified my answer by checking it once." His friend says: "You should check it twice to be sure." Who has a better approach to verifying and why?

The second student, because checking more than once reduces the chance of missing an error

The first student, because one check is always enough

Both are wrong because verifying is not useful

The first student, because checking twice wastes time

A student wants to verify that $$9 - 3 = 6$$ . Which strategy shows the best reasoning?

Add $$6 + 3$$ and check if it equals $$9$$

Write the number $$6$$ three times

A student finishes a test early. Her teacher tells her to use the remaining time wisely. What is the most thoughtful thing the student can do?

Go back and verify each answer to make sure they are correct

Draw pictures on the test paper

Change all her answers randomly

A student says $$2 + 8 = 10$$ and wants to verify using a number line. She starts at $$2$$ and jumps $$8$$ spaces. Where does she land, and does this verify the answer?

She lands on $$10$$ , so the answer is verified as correct

She lands on $$9$$ , so the answer is wrong

She lands on $$12$$ , so the answer is wrong

She lands on $$10$$ , but this does not verify anything

A student is asked to verify whether the sentence "The cat sat on the mat" has $$6$$ words. She counts and gets $$5$$ words. She counts again and still gets $$5$$ . What conclusion should she make and why?

The sentence has $$5$$ words because she verified it by counting twice and got the same result

The sentence has $$6$$ words because the teacher said so

The sentence has $$6$$ words because she may have miscounted

She cannot make a conclusion without counting a third time

Understanding Verify and Verifying

Authored by Sayaf Duale

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does the word "verify" mean?

To ignore something

To check if something is true or correct

To break something apart

To make something bigger

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is another word for "verify"?

Forget

Destroy

Check

Build

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When you are "verifying" something, what are you doing?

Playing with it

Making sure it is correct

Throwing it away

Painting it

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which sentence uses the word "verify" correctly?

I will verify my lunch box.

I will verify that my answer is right.

I will verify the sky is blue by painting it.

I will verify my shoes by wearing them.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the present continuous form of the word "verify"?

Verified

Verifies

Verifying

Verifyed

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is the past tense of "verify"?

Verifing

Verified

Verifyed

Verifyied

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who might verify your homework?

A dog

A tree

Your teacher

A cloud

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Understanding Verify and Verifying

What does the word "verify" mean?

Which of the following is another word for "verify"?

When you are "verifying" something, what are you doing?

Which sentence uses the word "verify" correctly?

What is the present continuous form of the word "verify"?

Which of the following is the past tense of "verify"?

Who might verify your homework?

Which word means the opposite of "verify"?

Fill in the blank: "I am _______ my spelling words before the test."

Which of the following is something you can verify?

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