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Topic 17 Measuring tools — what needs James (0)

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Topic 17 · Measuring tools · Type 1 · bank item PP-1 · tests SR3-P01

EasyMCQType 1 — what one small mark is worth, on a drawn strip of marks between two numbers

drawing strip_0_40_4

Here are the marks between 0 and 40 on a measuring tool. What is one mark worth?
  1. a) 1
  2. b) 2
  3. c) 5
  4. d) 10 ← key

Why it is this type: From 0 to 40 there are four spaces. / 40 ÷ 4 = 10 / Count up in tens: 10, 20, 30, 40. / That count lands on 40. / So each mark is worth 10.

Recommendation: Approve as the exemplar

Topic 17 · Measuring tools · Type 2 · bank item PP-2 · tests SR3-023

EasyMCQType 2, MCQ form — what the drawn instrument reads · PP-2

drawing therm_pp_58 (marks worth 2)

What does this thermometer read?
  1. a) 50 degrees Fahrenheit
  2. b) 54 degrees Fahrenheit
  3. c) 58 degrees Fahrenheit ← key
  4. d) 60 degrees Fahrenheit

Why it is this type: The number below the top of the liquid is 50. / From 50 to 60 there are five spaces. / 10 ÷ 5 = 2 / The top is four marks above 50: 52, 54, 56, 58. / So the thermometer reads 58 degrees Fahrenheit.

Recommendation: Approve as the exemplar

Topic 17 · Measuring tools · Type 3 · bank item PP-3 · tests SR3-004

EasyMCQType 3 — when to read a digital scale's display

Suri puts a pear on a digital scale that read 0 when empty. When does she read the display?
  1. a) when the numbers stop changing ← key
  2. b) as soon as the pear touches the pan
  3. c) before the pear goes on the pan
  4. d) after the pear comes off the pan

Why it is this type: The numbers change for a moment after the pear goes on. / The mass is the number the display shows when the numbers stop changing. / So Suri reads the display then.

Recommendation: Approve as the exemplar

Topic 17 · Measuring tools · Type 2 · bank item PP-4 · tests SR3-003

MediumMCQType 2, MCQ form — what the drawn instrument reads · PP-4

drawing therm_pp_c_22 (with the Celsius zoom strip)

What does the Celsius side of this thermometer read?
  1. a) 20 degrees Celsius
  2. b) 22 degrees Celsius ← key
  3. c) 24 degrees Celsius
  4. d) 30 degrees Celsius

Why it is this type: On the Celsius side, the number below the top is 20. / The top is two marks above 20. / On the Celsius side each mark is worth 1: 21, 22. / So it reads 22 degrees Celsius.

Recommendation: Approve as the exemplar

Topic 17 · Measuring tools · Type 2 · bank item PP-5 · tests SR3-005

MediumMCQType 2, MCQ form — what the drawn instrument reads · PP-5

drawing cyl_pp_66 (marks worth 2)

What is the volume of the water in this graduated cylinder?
  1. a) 60 milliliters
  2. b) 63 milliliters
  3. c) 66 milliliters ← key
  4. d) 70 milliliters

Why it is this type: The number below the top of the water is 60. / From 60 to 70 there are five spaces. / 10 ÷ 5 = 2 / The top is three marks above 60: 62, 64, 66. / So the volume is 66 milliliters.

Recommendation: Approve as the exemplar

Topic 17 · Measuring tools · Type 4 · bank item PP-6 · tests SR3-006

MediumMCQType 4 — which UNIT the answer has, given what the child wants to know (a mass: one taught unit)

Fatou picks the right tool to find the mass of her pencil case. Which unit does her answer have?
  1. a) grams (g) ← key
  2. b) centimeters (cm)
  3. c) degrees Fahrenheit (°F)
  4. d) milliliters (mL)

Why it is this type: Medium because: two steps — pick the tool from the question, then name its unit. The question is a mass question because mass has ONE taught unit (James, 29 Sep: the cup-of-water version had two right answers).

The why line (what a student reads after answering): Fatou wants to know a mass. / The right tool is a scale. / A scale measures mass in grams. / So Fatou's answer is in grams.

Recommendation: Approve as the exemplar

Topic 17 · Measuring tools · Type 5 · bank item PP-7 · tests SR3-006

MediumMCQType 5 — which tool the child uses, given what he wants to know

Xavi wants to know the mass of his cat's food. Which tool does he use?
  1. a) a thermometer
  2. b) a scale ← key
  3. c) a graduated cylinder
  4. d) a ruler

Why it is this type: Xavi wants to know the food's mass. / That is a mass question. / A scale measures mass. / A thermometer measures temperature, a graduated cylinder a liquid's volume, and a ruler length.

Recommendation: Approve as the exemplar

Topic 17 · Measuring tools · Type 6 · bank item PP-8 · tests SR3-007

MediumMCQType 6 — what made one team's number higher, given two set-ups (the cause stated) and two readings

Team Red's thermometer lies on a car's dashboard in the hot sun and reads 94 degrees Fahrenheit; Team Blue's hangs on a fence in the shade and reads 74 degrees Fahrenheit. What made Team Red's number higher?
  1. a) Team Red read the number above the top.
  2. b) Team Red counted each mark as 1.
  3. c) Team Red's thermometer was newer.
  4. d) The sun warmed Team Red's thermometer on the dashboard. ← key

Why it is this type: Medium because: the student judges the stated set-up against two misreading stories and one irrelevant difference. Fresh against the lesson (sun and shade on a wall and a tree; heater and window; the pond; the sponge).

The why line (what a student reads after answering): The two thermometers were in different places: one in the sun, one in the shade. / The teams did not measure in the same way. / The sun warmed Team Red's thermometer. / So Team Red's number is higher, and nobody made a mistake.

Recommendation: Approve as the exemplar

Topic 17 · Measuring tools · Type 2 · bank item PP-9 · tests SR3-023

HardtypedType 2, typed form — what the drawn instrument reads · PP-9

NUMERIC · drawing therm_pp_s5_85 (marks worth 5)

What does this thermometer read? Type the number of degrees Fahrenheit.

Accepted answers (typed): acc(85, "F") — 85 · 85 °F · 85°F · 85° F · 85 F · 85 degrees · 85 degrees F · 85 degrees Fahrenheit · 85 Fahrenheit · 85 degree Fahrenheit

Why it is this type: The number below the top of the liquid is 80. / From 80 to 90 there are two spaces. / 10 ÷ 2 = 5 / So on this thermometer each mark is worth 5. / One mark above 80 is 85. / So the thermometer reads 85 degrees Fahrenheit.

Recommendation: Approve as the exemplar

Topic 17 · Measuring tools · Type 2 · bank item PP-10 · tests SR3-003

HardtypedType 2, typed form — what the drawn instrument reads · PP-10

NUMERIC · drawing therm_pp_c_33

What does the Celsius side of this thermometer read? Type the number of degrees Celsius.

Accepted answers (typed): acc(33, "C")

Why it is this type: On the Celsius side, the number below the top is 30. / The top is three marks above 30. / On the Celsius side each mark is worth 1: 31, 32, 33. / So it reads 33 degrees Celsius.

Recommendation: Approve as the exemplar

Topic 17 · Measuring tools · Type 2 · bank item PP-11 · tests SR3-005

HardtypedType 2, typed form — what the drawn instrument reads · PP-11

NUMERIC · drawing cyl_pp_s10_90 (marks worth 10; numbers at 50 and 100)

What is the volume of the water in this graduated cylinder? Type the number of milliliters.

Accepted answers (typed): acc(90, "mL")

Why it is this type: The number below the top of the water is 50. / From 50 to 100 there are five spaces. / 50 ÷ 5 = 10 / So on this cylinder each mark is worth 10 milliliters. / Count up in tens: 60, 70, 80, 90. / So the volume is 90 milliliters.

Recommendation: Approve as the exemplar

Topic 17 · Measuring tools · Type 7 · bank item PP-12 · tests SR3-007

HardMCQType 7 — which team read a drawn cylinder right, given two claimed readings the scale could give

MCQ · drawing cyl_pp_56

Both teams read this graduated cylinder at the same moment. Team Red says 56 milliliters and Team Blue says 58 milliliters. Which team read it right?
  1. a) Team Red ← key
  2. b) Team Blue
  3. c) both teams
  4. d) neither team

Why it is this type: The number below the top of the water is 50. / 10 ÷ 5 = 2, so each mark is worth 2. / The top is three marks above 50: 52, 54, 56. / So the volume is 56 milliliters, and Team Red read it right. / Team Blue counted one mark too many.

Recommendation: Approve as the exemplar

Topic 17 · Measuring tools · Type 9 · bank item PP-13 · tests SR3-023

HardtypedType 9 — read the WARMER of two drawn thermometers (the higher liquid), then read it

NUMERIC · drawing therm_pp_two_bowls

A thermometer stands in the bath water and another in the sink water. Read the warmer one. What does it read? Type the number of degrees Fahrenheit.

Accepted answers (typed): acc(98, "F")

Why it is this type: The warmer water is the one whose red liquid is higher: the bath water. / On that thermometer the number below the top is 90. / 10 ÷ 5 = 2, so each mark is worth 2. / The top is four marks above 90: 92, 94, 96, 98. / So the bath water is 98 degrees Fahrenheit.

Recommendation: Approve as the exemplar

More from the sheet on this type

Primary atom SR3-023 (the miss it diagnoses is the reading); the first step — the warmer one has the higher liquid — is Lesson 7 (Two groups, two different answers)'s "the sun warmed it, so it read higher", stated there in one line. James's model item was Topic 18's mug and glass; this scene is fresh (a bath and a sink).

Topic 17 · Measuring tools · Type 8 · bank item PP-14 · tests SR3-003

HardtypedType 8 — what the Celsius side reads when the Fahrenheit side reads a stated number

NUMERIC · drawing therm_pp_fc_104

This thermometer reads 104 degrees Fahrenheit on the Fahrenheit side. What does the same liquid top read on the Celsius side? Type the number of degrees Celsius.

Accepted answers (typed): acc(40, "C")

Why it is this type: The top of the liquid is two marks above 100 on the Fahrenheit side: 104. / The same top is read on the Celsius side. / There it lines up with the 40 exactly. / So the Celsius side reads 40 degrees Celsius.

Recommendation: Approve as the exemplar

More from the sheet on this type

For James: the two sides share a mark at only five levels (32/0, 50/10, 68/20, 86/30, 104/40); the lesson uses three; this is one of the two left. Keep as one pair item, or strike?

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