NYS Math Grade 3 case studies
NYS Math Grade 3 · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The New York State Grade 3 Mathematics Test is part of the Grades 3-8 Mathematics Testing Program administered by the New York State Education Department's Office of State Assessment. It is a state assessment given to third-grade students in New York public and charter schools, and it is designed to measure whether students have met the grade-level learning standards in mathematics. The NYS Math Grade 3 case studies are 5 cases and about 3,893 words.
1Two-Step Story Problems: What the Second Step Is For
The third-grade team at Riverside Elementary is scoring Friday's two-step problem: 'A farm stand sold 9 pounds of apples on Saturday. On Sunday it sold 3 times as many pounds of apples as it did on Saturday.
789 words, about 4 min2Rounding Before Adding: Which Estimate Is Defensible?
Okafor's class is working on estimation. The problem on the board reads: 'The school store had 348 pencils on Monday and 249 pencils on Tuesday.
765 words, about 4 min3Same Numerator, Different Size: Comparing 3/4 and 3/8
Delgado's third graders are comparing 3/4 and 3/8. On the exit ticket, 14 of 26 students wrote that 3/4 < 3/8.
754 words, about 4 min4Twenty-Four Tiles, Thirty Panels: Area and Perimeter Under a Constraint
Bianchi's class is planning rectangular garden beds for the school courtyard. Each bed must be covered with exactly 24 square tiles that are 1 foot on each side, and each bed must be enclosed by 1-foot fence panels.
793 words, about 4 min5Which Shape Doesn't Belong: Sorting Quadrilaterals and Equal Shares
Ferraro gives each group four shapes cut from card stock: a square with 4-inch sides, a rectangle that is 6 inches by 3 inches, a rhombus with 4-inch sides and no right angles, and a trapezoid with exactly one pair of parallel sides. Each group must sort the shapes into at least two groups and defend the rule.
792 words, about 4 min