1. Jessie and Pete want to share seven cookies evenly. How many cookies does each person receive? Draw a picture to show your work.
2. Andy, Molly and Sid want to share 16 cups of juice evenly. How many cups of juice will each receive if all three get the same amount of juice? Explain how you found your answer.
3. 6 children share 4 candy bars evenly. How much of a candy bar will each person get? Explain how you found your answer.
4. The 9 students in Mr. Zurg’s class shared 6 pizzas evenly. The 18 students in Mr. Lightyear’s class shared 12 pizzas. Who got more pizza, a student in Mr. Zurg’s class or a student in Mr. Lightyear’s class? Explain your answer.
5. The following two fractions are equivalent.
Shade and name two additional fractions that are equivalent to the two fractions above.
fraction: ______/ fraction: ______6. Use the number line below to show that is equivalent to .
Recording Student Responses
The assessment items were developed from work described by various researchers. Please give this assessment to at least one class that you are teaching. The assessment will take students approximately 20-25 minutes to complete. The students are not allowed to use a calculator on this assessment. Please do not help the students as they take the Baseline Assessment. Use the scoring grids below to record the results of your students.
1. Jessie and Pete want to share seven cookies evenly. How many cookies does each person receive? Draw a picture to show your work.
Response: Q1 / Grade 5 / Grade 6 / Grade 7 / Grade 8cookies
(correct response)
incorrect response
No response / don’t know
2. Andy, Molly and Sid want to share 16 cups of juice evenly. How many cups of juice will each receive if all three get the same amount of juice? Explain how you found your answer.
Response: Q2 / Grade 5 / Grade 6 / Grade 7 / Grade 8correct response / or cups
picture showing Additive Coordination
or cups
Multiplicative Coordination
or cups
no explanation
incorrect or incomplete response /
cups each
Non-Anticipatory Sharing
other incorrect
No response / don’t know
3. 6 children share 4 candy bars evenly. How much of a candy bar will each person get? Explain how you found your answer.
Response: Q3 / Grade 5 / Grade 6 / Grade 7 / Grade 8correct response / or
Picture showing Additive Coordination
Ratio
or
Multiplicative Coordination
or
no explanation
incorrect or incomplete response /
Non-Anticipatory Sharing
other incorrect
No response / don’t know
Non-Anticipatory Sharing / Picture showing Additive Coordination
/ “4 divided by 6 so everybody gets four-sixths or two-thirds of a candy bar.”
Ratio / Multiplicative Coordination
4. The 9 students in Mr. Zurg’s class shared 6 pizzas evenly. The 18 students in Mr. Lightyear’s class shared 12 pizzas. Who got more pizza, a student in Mr. Zurg’s class or a student in Mr. Lightyear’s class? Explain your answer.
Mr. Lightyear’s class
Mr. Zurg’s class
Students in both classes get the same amount of pizza
(correct response)
No response / don’t know
5. The following two fractions are equivalent.
Shade and name two additional fractions that are equivalent to the two fractions above.
Response: Q5 / Grade 5 / Grade 6 / Grade 7 / Grade 82 correct fractions
1 correct fraction
0 correct fractions
no response / don’t know
Sample Correct Responses:
Other equivalent fractions are possible.
6. Use the number line below to show that is equivalent to .
Response: Q6 / Grade 5 / Grade 6 / Grade 7 / Grade 8correct response
incorrect response
no response / don’t know