Feel like you might not be ready for the FCAT?

YOU ARE…let’s just review a few items…today we will review

gridding

You have four minutes to complete gridding the

numbers below

21

51.

2. 7.353. 42%

5. 6.111114

364.

5/ 21 7 35. 42 27 4/ 6. 111

Don’t worry you will get it

To Conquer the FCAT Plan your “attack”

Know key words for the questions

Review the entire question including answers

Avoid common gridding mistakes

Practice using FCAT Reference Sheet

Daily FCAT vocabulary

Keep practicing your skills, X table, Fraction/Decimal/% conversion…fractions are a BIG part of it

PRACTICE! PRACTICE! PRACTICE!

FCAT Question Formats and Approximate Number of Questions by

Grade LevelSunshine State Standards Mathematics Test

Grade MC GR SR & ER

6 35-40 10-15 None

7 35-40 10-15 None

8 30-35 15-20 5-8

9 30-35 15-20 None

10 30-35 15-20 5-8

Operational Test has 50 questions

Composition of released FCAT Test

(6th Grade)

22-27% of questions are gridded responses for your FCAT

Answer boxes

Fraction barDecimal point

Number bubbles

Filling in your Grids…

HINTS:

Do NOT leave a blank answer box in the middle of a question [do not leave a blank column in the middle of an answer]

Do NOT forget to write decimal points or fraction bars IF it is part of the answer.

Fill in one and ONLY one bubble for each box. Do NOT fill in a bubble under an unused box.

Fill in each bubble by making a solid black mark that completely fills the circle [color in the lines]

If the bubbles are not correct, your answer will not be recorded as correct.

Reducing and Rounding Issues

Reducing--- We recommend:Do not reduce fractions UNLESS the directions tell you to reduce to lowest terms OR if the answer doesn’t fit in the grid unless you reduce it.

Rounding--- We recommend: Don’t round UNLESS the directions tell you

to do so.

4 or less let it rest5 or more add to the score

Gridding a Whole Number

27 + 33 =

606 0

OR

6 0

Gridding a Decimal

78. 5 0 .8 7 5

or

Gridding a Fraction

5

3 3 / 5

What to do with a mixed number...

You can NOT write a mixed number in an answer grid. If your answer is a mixed number y you must convert it to:

Ex: 7 1 4

7 2. 5 9 4/2

OR

7 1 / 4

INCORRECT

Be aware……………………

WHY?

Gridding PercentsWhat percent of 100 is 9? Answer: 9%

. 0 99INCORREC

T9 / 1 0 0

INCORRECT

Gridding Repeating Decimals……..

Answer: 5.3333333

CorrectIncorrect

Grid the answer 4.666666

OR

The answer is

Can you find the error?6 3 / 5

6 35

The answer is 25.04

Can you find the error?2 5 0 4

The answer is 318

Can you find the error?

3 1 8

The answer is

Do you see the mistake?

1 2 . 5

12.5

The answer is 43%

Do you see the mistake?

34

The answer is 54

Do you see the error?

5 4

The answer is 3.66666666

3 . 7

What’s wrong?

1 2 The answer is 8

3123 / 8

What’s wrong?

Summary of Common Gridding Mistakes

Adding extra zeros

Bubbling more than one number in a column

Adding unnecessary spaces

Forgetting to bubble

Omitting the decimal point

Gridding mixed numbers incorrectly

Gridding percents incorrectly

Adding extra symbols outside/inside of the grid

On a mathematics test, Ken earned a score of 446 points out of a possible score of 500 points. What percent is equivalent to Ken’s score?

446 = .892 = 89.2% 500

360 x .28 = 100.8 or 28% - 12% = 16%

360 x .12 = 43.20 360 x .16 = 57.6

100.8 – 43.2 = 57.6

MA.E.1.4.1

The following stem-and-leaf plot shows the hourly wages of a group of 25 workers are performing similar tasks but, because of differences in length of work experience and skill, are paid at different rates.

What percent of the workers are paid less than $18 per hour?

14/25 = .56 = 56%

Now it’s your turn to try it…

Grid the following answers:(Solve first when necessary)

1. 601 2. 0.03 3. 8/32. 3.65 5. 5¼ 6. 7 – 2.3

7. 8.666 8. What is 20% of 809. 6 + 3 x 5 10. 7.33333311. 31/3 12. 2⅜13.4 is what percent of 16? 14. 12 is 20% of what number?15. Change 2¼ to a decimal.

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CHECK IT

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CHECK IT

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10. 11.

12.

CHECK IT

13. 14. 15.

2 5 6 0 2. 2 5

CHECK IT

FIN!