Table of
ContentsFormative
Assessments (with
rubrics)
Preface
Track Meet (Teacher
Booklet)
Track Meet (Student
Booklet)
Under the Boardwalk
(Teacher Booklet)
Under the Boardwalk
(Student Booklet)
Constructed Response
Questions (with
rubrics)
Preface and
Test Taking Hints
Sets
New Figures
A Movable Turf
The Patio Placement
Rectangles
Balancing Act
Grandma’s Gift
Carnival Rides
Multiple Choice
Questions
Preface and Test
Taking Hints
Multiple Choice
Questions
Explanation of
Answers
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Assessment 2000
Grade 7 |
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EXEMPLAR
 A
giant jigsaw puzzle of boxes
designed by 3-Dimensional
Services of Rochester Hills,
MI is making it possible to
play soccer in the Pontiac
Silverdome on real grass.
The boxes can be trucked in
and out of the building
between events. When
assembled the 232-foot by
375-foot field contains
1,850 grass hexagons, 88
triangles, and 60
trapezoids, all placed
together to form a
rectangle. The indoor field
of natural grass was used
during the World Cup USA
1994.
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A. Cover the three
rectangular region on the
next page three different
ways. List the type of
polygons used and the number
used of each polygon.
B. Decide which of your
fields (number 1, 2, or 3)
would best stand up to high
stress (players running,
stopping quickly, changing
direction, sharp turns,
etc.) and explain why you
chose the one you did in a
letter to Alan Peterson.
sales manager of
3-Dimensional Services.
C. If
 is
equal to one square unit of
measure, then the fields
each represent 64 square
units. Determine what
fractional part of the whole
field you chose in part B is
covered by each type of
polygon.
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MISD, September, 97
Aligned with the Michigan
Curriculum Framework,
Michigan Department of
Education, and adapted from
the Maryland Assessment
Consortium
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Assessment 2000
Grade 7 |
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Constructed Response
Balancing Act |
Grade 7 |
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 James
discovered it takes eight
(8) unit cubes to balance
two marbles and a jack on
his balance scale. He also
discovered one (1) marble
will balance with one jack
and one (1) unit cube. How
many unit cubes are needed
to balance one (1) marble on
the scale? Explain in detail
how you arrived at your
answer. Include any
diagrams, algebraic
expressions, etc. in your
explanation that may help.
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MISD, September, 97
Aligned with the Michigan
Curriculum Framework,
Michigan Department of
Education, and adapted from
the Maryland Assessment
Consortium
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Assessment 2000
Grade 7 |
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Constructed Response
Balancing Act |
Grade 7 |
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James
discovered it takes eight
(8) unit cubes to balance
two marbles and a jack on
his balance scale. He also
discovered one (1) marble
will balance with one jack
and one (1) unit cube. How
many unit cubes are needed
to balance one (1) marble on
the scale? Explain in detail
how you arrived at your
answer. Include any
diagrams, algebraic
expressions, etc. in your
explanation that may help.
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 I
decided you would need three
unit cubes to balance the
marble. I decided I could
combine both left sides of
the balance with both right
sides of the balance since
they were both equals. I got
three marbles and a jack on
the left to balance 9 unit
cubes and a jack on the
right. I took a jack off of
both sides since they were
equal. That left three
marbles balancing 9 unit
cubes so I figured each
marble was equal to three
unit cubes.
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MISD, September, 97
Aligned with the Michigan
Curriculum Framework,
Michigan Department of
Education, and adapted from
the Maryland Assessment
Consortium
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Assessment 2000
Grade 7
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I
let "a" represent the weight
of each marble and "b"
represent the weight of each
jack. I wrote equations to
represent each situation.
2a + b = 8
a = b + 1
I replaced the a’s with (b +
1)’s in the first equation
and got
2 (b + 1 ) + b = 8
2b + 2 + b = 8
3b + 2 = 8
3b = 6
b = 2
Since a = b + 1
a = 2 + 1 or 3. Each marble
is equal in weight to (3)
three unit cubes.
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MISD, September, 97
Aligned with the Michigan
Curriculum Framework,
Michigan Department of
Education, and adapted from
the Maryland Assessment
Consortium
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