Core Content 4.2 Assessment Item Bank

4.2.A Represent decimals through hundredths with place value models, fraction equivalents, and the number line.

1. Please represent one one-hundredth in three ways.

Place Value Model / Fraction Equivalent
Number Line

2. Draw a line to match the model to the decimal.

4.2.B Read, write, compare, and order decimals through hundredths.

1. List in increasing order: 0.7 0.2 1.4

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2. Put the following decimals in order on the number line below.

$0.50 $0.75 $0.25 $0.65

0 $1.00

3. Write an inequality that compares 0.05 and 0.50.

Use pictures, numbers, and words to explain your thinking.

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4.2.C Convert a mixed number to a fraction and vice versa, and visually represent the number.

1. Write these fractions as mixed numbers.

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2. Write these mixed numbers as fractions.

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3. Draw a picture to represent each number

4.2.D Convert a decimal to a fraction and vice versa, and visually represent the number.

1. Represent using a decimal and a picture.

Decimal / Picture

2.

4.2.E Compare and order decimals and fractions (including mixed numbers) on the number line, in lists, and with the symbols , , or =.

1. True or False? T or F? Explain how you know using words, pictures, and numbers.

0.5 T F

2. Which is greater: of 24 people, or of 10 people?

Use pictures, numbers, and words to explain your thinking.

3. Correctly show , 0.35, and on the number line below.

0 5

4. Order the following numbers from least to greatest on the number line.

0.75 1.9

0 2

5. Compare each pair of numbers using , , =.

0.8

0.75

4.2.F Write a fraction equivalent to a given fraction.

1. Write at least two fractions equivalent to each fraction given below.

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2. True or False? Circle T or F. Explain how you know.

T or F

Use words, numbers, and pictures.

3. Which is true? =

Use pictures, numbers, and words to explain your thinking.

______is true.

4. = ______A. B. C.

5. of the first rectangle is shaded. Write an equivalent fraction under each of the blank rectangles, then shade that rectangle to show what you mean.

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4.2.G Simplify fractions using common factors.

1. Can you simplify this fraction using a common factor? What factor did you use?

Simplify
= / Factor

4.2.H Round fractions and decimals to the nearest whole number.

1. Round to the nearest whole number.

4.38 ______

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0.50 ______

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4.2.I Solve single-and multi-step word problems involving comparison of decimals and fractions (including mixed numbers), and verify the solutions.

1. Isaac ate of an orange, and then he ate of it. Did he eat the whole orange?

Use pictures, words, and numbers to show your thinking.

Did he eat the whole orange? ______

2. Alicia cut her pizza into eighths. She ate half of the pizza. How many pieces did she eat?

Use pictures, words, and numbers to show your thinking.

How many pieces did she eat? ______

3. Ms. Ortiz needs pounds of sliced turkey. She picked up a package labeled “1.12 lbs”. Would she have enough turkey with this package? Explain why or why not.

Use pictures, words, and numbers to explain your thinking.

4. Of the 24 players on a baseball team, 18 are right-handed. What fraction of the players are right-handed?

a. b. c. d.

5. Ted, Barry, and Sally ran a race. Ted finished in 0.7 minutes, Barry finished in 1.4
minutes, and Sally finished in 0.5 minutes. In what order did they finish?

WINNER Second Place Third Place

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