Gridding Numbers and Fractions

This video tutorial explains how to handle gridded response questions in the ECA, focusing on gridding positive numbers, decimals, negative numbers, and fractions. It provides strategies for correctly filling in the grid, emphasizing the importance of order and placement of numbers, and concludes with advice on applying these strategies to future questions.

What type of questions might you encounter in the ECA that require gridding?

• Multiple choice questions

• Open-ended questions

• True or false questions

• Matching questions

What is the purpose of the video tutorial?

• To demonstrate multiple choice questions

• To show how to write essays

• To explain gridded response questions

• To teach how to solve math problems

When gridding a positive decimal number, where can you start placing the digits?

• Only at the beginning

• Only in the middle

• Anywhere on the grid

• Only at the end

What is the correct way to grid the decimal number 8.75?

• Start with 8, then 5, then 7

• Start with 5, then 7, then 8

• Start with 8, then 7, then 5

• Start with 7, then 8, then 5

What should you do with the bubbles that are not used when gridding a number?

• Fill them with random numbers

• Fill them in with zeros

• Cross them out

• Leave them blank

What is the importance of the order of numbers when gridding a positive number?

• The order must be maintained

• The order must be reversed

• The order does not matter

• The order must be random

How do you start gridding a negative number?

• Start with the fraction bar

• Start with the negative sign in the first spot

• Start at the end

• Start in the middle

What symbol is used to represent a fraction bar in gridding?

• A circle

• A cross

• A circle with a cross through it

• A square

When gridding the fraction 1/3, what is the first step?

• Bubble in the 3 first

• Bubble in the fraction bar first

• Bubble in the 1 first

• Bubble in the negative sign first

What is the key difference in gridding a negative number compared to a positive number?

• You can start anywhere for both

• Negative numbers must start with a negative sign

• Positive numbers must start with a decimal

• Negative numbers can start in the middle