fcat gridding. middle school grids grades 6 and 7 grades 7 and 8

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Middle School GridsGrades 6 and 7 Grades 7 and 8

Answer boxes

Fraction barDecimal point

Number bubbles

Answer boxes

Fraction bar/Negative SignDecimal point

Number bubbles

MA.7.A.3.2 and MA.7.A.3.3All 8th grade grids will be negative grids

How to Complete the Response Grid

1. Work the problem and find the answer.2. Write your answer in the answer boxes

at the top of the grid.

•Print your answer with the first digit in the left answer box. Do NOT leave a blank answer box in the middle of an answer.•Be sure to write a decimal point or fraction bar in the answer box if it is a part of the answer.

How to Complete the Response Grids

3. Fill in a bubble under each box in which you wrote your answer.

• Fill in one and ONLY one bubble for each box. Do NOT fill in a bubble under an unused box.•Fill each bubble by making a solid black mark that completely fills the circle.•You MUST fill in the bubbles accurately to receive credit for your answer.

Gridding a Whole Number

27 + 33 =

606 0

OR

6 0

Gridding a Decimal

78. 5 0 .8 7 5

or

Gridding a Negative Number

Gridding a Negative Number

- 5 - 5 - 5

Gridding a Fraction

3 / 5

5

3

What to do with a mixed number...You can NOT write a mixed number in an answer grid. If your answer is a mixed number y

You must convert it to: Ex:

7 2. 5 9 4/2

71

4

7 1 / 4

INCORRECT

Be aware……………………

7th and 8th grade: Percent Problems If the question asks ‘what is the percent’, grid

in the answer without moving the decimal point.

Lisa bought lunch for her friends. The cost of the lunch was $64.00 including tax. Lisa left a $8.00 tip. What percent tip did Lisa leave?

Set up a proportion:Because the problem asked for what percent, just grid the answer 12.5.

DO NOT move the decimal to 0.125!

1 2 . 5

x

100

$8.00

$64.00$64.00x

64

$800.00

64x 12.5%

Gridding PercentsWhat percent of 100 is 9? Answer: 9%9 . 0 9

INCORRECT

9 / 1 0 0

INCORRECT

Gridding Repeating Decimals……..

Answer: 5.3333333

Incorrectcorrect

Grid the answer 4.666666

or

Reducing and Rounding Issues

Reducing--- We recommend:Do not reduce fractions UNLESS the directions tell you to reduce to lowest terms OR if the answer doesn’t fit in the grid unless you reduce it.

Rounding--- We recommend: Don’t round UNLESS the directions tell

you to do so.

The answer is

Can you find the error?6 3 / 5

6 35

The answer is 25.04

Can you find the error?2 5 0 4

The answer is 318

Can you find the error?

3 1 8

The answer is

Do you see the mistake?

1 2 . 5

12.5

The answer is 43%

Do you see the mistake?

34

The answer is 54

Do you see the error?

5 4

The answer is 3.66666666

3 . 7

What’s wrong?

1 2 The answer is 8

3123 / 8

What’s wrong?

Common Gridding Mistakes

• Adding extra zeros• Bubbling more than one number in a

column• Adding unnecessary spaces• Forgetting to bubble• Omitting the decimal point• Gridding improper fractions incorrectly• Gridding percents incorrectly• Adding extra symbols outside/inside of

the grid

Now it’s your turn

Grid the following answers:(Solve first when necessary)

1. 601 2. 0.03 3. 8/3 4. 3.65

5. 5¼ 6. 7 – 2.3 7. 8.66666 8. What is 20% of 80

9. 6 + 3 x 5 10. 7.333333 11. 31/3 12. 2⅜

13. 40 is what percent of 160? 14. 18 is what percent of 125?

Round your answer to the

nearest whole percent.

15. 18 ÷ 55 Round your answer to the nearest

hundredth.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10. 11.

12.

13. 14. 15.

2 5 1 4 .3 3

Solution for #8: What is 20% of 80?

80

x

100

20=

100x = 1600

x = 16

Solution to #13: 40 is what percent of 160?

x

100

40

160

160x = 4000

x = 25

Solution to problem #14: 18 is what percent of 125? Round your answer to the nearest whole percent.

X

100

18

125

125x = 1800

x = 14.4

Rounded: 14

The End…………….

1 2 / 3

Negative Grids: What is WRONG here?

8 6

Answer: 1 2/3 Answer: 86

2 . 1 2 5


0 . 9 5

Answer: 2.125 Answer: 95%

- 6


- 1 . 9

Answer: -6 Answer: -1.875

1 2 / 3


3 6

Answer: 1 2/3 Answer: 36

0 . 1


0 . 4 5

Answer: 0.1 Answer: 45%

- 3 0 0


- 0 . 4 5

Answer: -300 Answer: -3/8

Both!

2 / 3


5 0 5

Answer: 2/3 Answer: 505

0 . 0 0 5


1 0 6

Answer: 0.5% Answer: 106%

4 . 5 2 5


7 2 0 0

Answer: 4,525 Answer: 7,200

2 3 / 1 4


. 1 0

Answer: 2 3/14 Answer: 0.10

1 6 2 0 0 0


5 2 5 0

Answer: 16,200 Answer: 5,250

6 2 8


2 7 5

Answer: 628 Answer: 725

1 / 2


- 0 . 6

1 6 0 0


- 5 / 3 0

Answer: 15/30Answer: 16.00

4 . 6 7

Negative Grids: Which one is RIGHT?

4 . 6 6 6 6

Answer:

4.6

1 8


1 8

Answer:

18

Both!

1 . 4 1 4 2


1 . 4 1

Answer:

2

4 . 6


4 . 6 6 6 6

Answer:

4.6

- 4 . 6 6 6 7


- 4 . 6 6 6 6

Answer:

4.6

Both!

1 4 4 . 2


1 4 4

Answer:

144 ft 2

1 2 0 0


1 2 0 0

Answer:

1,200

9 5


0 . 9 5

Answer:

95%

- 0 . 2 5


- 1 / 4

Answer:

0.25

Both!

2 3 / 5


1 3 / 5

Answer:

23

5

6 / 1 0


6 / 1 0

Answer:

6

10

4 . 6 2 5


4 . 6 2 5

Answer:

4.625

1 / 7


1 / 7 0 0 0

Answer:

1

7

0 . 4


. 4

Answer:

0.4

Both!

0 . 3 3 3 3


0 . 3

Answer:

0.3

8


0 . 0 8

Answer:

8%

2 5 / 5 0


1 / 2

Answer:

25

50

Both!

- 4


- 4

Answer:

4

More “Find the Errors”

13. 1 3 2 / 3 15. 0 . 1 2

8. 1 6% 11. 1 1 5


13. 1 3 . 0 0 0 15. 0 . 5


17. 1 0 / 1 5 19. 1 2 / 5


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