Formative Instructional and Assessment Tasks

College Basketball Attendance
4.NBT.5- Task 3
Domain / Number and Operations-Base Ten
Cluster / Use place value understanding and properties of operations to perform multi-digit arithmetic.
Standard(s) / 4.NBT.5 Multiply a whole number of up to four digits by a one-digit whole number, and multiply two two-digit numbers, using strategies based on place value and the properties of operations. Illustrate and explain the calculation by using equations, rectangular arrays, and/or area models.
Materials / Activity sheet
Task / College Basketball Attendance
Part 1:
The college student sections at college basketball games vary UNC Chapel Hill has 1,197 seats reserve for their Carolina students. If students are only allowed to go to 1 game per season, how many different students can go to 6 games?
Part 2:
Meanwhile, UNC Charlotte only has 874 seats reserved for college students. If students are only allowed to go to 1 game per season, how many different students can go to 6 games?
Part 3:
How many more students can go to Caroline games than UNC Charlotte games? Explain how you found your answer.
Rubric
Level I / Level II / Level III
Limited Performance
·  The student is unable to use strategies to find correct answers to any aspect of the task. / Not Yet Proficient
·  The student has between 1 and 2 errors. / Proficient in Performance
·  The answers are correct.
Part 1:1,197 x 6 = 7,182
Part 2: 874 x 6= 5,244
Part 3: 7,182- 5,244 = 1,938
Standards for Mathematical Practice
1. Makes sense and perseveres in solving problems.
2. Reasons abstractly and quantitatively.
3. Constructs viable arguments and critiques the reasoning of others.
4. Models with mathematics.
5. Uses appropriate tools strategically.
6. Attends to precision.
7. Looks for and makes use of structure.
8. Looks for and expresses regularity in repeated reasoning


College Basketball Attendance

Part 1:

The college student sections at college basketball games vary. UNC Chapel Hill has 1,197 seats reserved for their Carolina students. If students are only allowed to go to 1 game per season, how many different students can go to 6 games?

Part 2:

Meanwhile, UNC Charlotte only has 874 seats reserved for college students. If students are only allowed to go to 1 game per season, how many different students can go to 6 games?

Part 3:

How many more students can go to Carolina games than UNC Charlotte games? Explain how you found your answer.

NC DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION FOURTH GRADE