School Name / Redland Bay State School
Subject / Maths / Topic / Various / Year / 3
Description / Sample pre-assessment taskUnit 2
Instructions /
- This pre-assessment task hasParts A, B and C. These tasks reflect the 3 assessment tasks outlined in the C2C unit:
2)Part B – Words problems and computations: written test
3)Part C – Length using metres.
- Part A – Students do the task independently and are required to flip a coin ten times and record their results. The final question requires students to compare their results with a partner.
- Part B – Prior to beginning the test explain to the students that they need to be able to show how they are working out the answers.
- Part C – Prepare a length of string that is between 1.2 and 1.6 metres long for each student. Question 3 requires students to measure the side of the paper using one MAB ten. Explain to the students that they need to trace around the block each time they put it down. You will need to check their ability to not overlap the blocks or leave gaps.
Task designed by / Tracey Reader / Contact / Janelle Dickman 0467 777 965
Student Name / Class / Date
Part A
1)If you were to flip the coin, what outcomes are possible? Write these in the table below where the smiley face is.
2)Now do the experiment: Flip a coin 10 times. Use tally marks to record the outcomes.
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3)If you were to do this experiment again,would you get the exact same result? Why or why not? ______
4)Look at the results of your partner. Write down one thing about your experiments that was the same and one thing that was different.
Same: ______
Different: ______
Student Name / Class / Date
Part B
1)Use these numbers to complete the sentences: 63 28 35
David bought a shirt and some shoes. The shirt was more
expensive than the shoes. The shirt cost $_____ and the shoes
were $____. Altogether he spent $_____.
2)Record this on the part-part-whole model.
3)Use these numbers to complete the sentences: 25 42 17
Jan and Ian had fish. Jan had _____ more fish than Ian.
Ian had _____ fish and Jan had _____.
4)Record this on the part-part-whole model.
5)Read this word problem. Is it an addition or subtraction problem?
Angela had 65 pencils in her pencil case. 18 of them were broken, so she threw them out. How many pencils does she have left? + -
Show your working out here
6)Read this word problem. Is it an addition or subtraction problem?
There are 28 children in 3A, 27 children in 3B and 29 children in 3C. How many children are in Year 3? + -
Show your working out here
Part C
1)Collect a piece of string from your teacher. Cut it so that it is 1 metre long.
2)What could you measure using this piece of string? ______
3)Measure how tall this page is using an MAB ten. In the margin draw around the blocks to show how you measured it. ______
4)Put these objectsin order from longest to shortest: book, car, desk
______
South East Region Learner Resource template V3 – Feb 2014