Performance Task Mock Exam
1. Student gives correct answer: 24 cm on day 20 in potting soil
2. Student gives correct answer: 8 cm on day 20 in backyard dirt.
Student creates any logical chart that shows 2 patterns
3. Student correctly explains the pattern in words: 2 times or add 3
for soil add 1 or double number.
4. Students accurately graphs the results. x- and y-axes are labeled,
both sets of lines are graphed
5. Student gives correct answer: 10 cm on day 25
6. Student correctly explains or shows the growth. This may include a
correct process, but incorrect arithmetic.
7. Student creates 3 tables. Student gives correct answer: the sprouts
in the potting soil
8. Answers will vary, but could include:
Both the sprouts in the potting soil and backyard dirt are growing at
a double rate.
The one in potting soil is growing three times as fast as the one in
the backyard dirt.
9. Student produces an opinion. Student cites scientic data
Performance Task 17
1. Student gives correct answer: 15 batches
2. Student gives correct answer: 27 batches
3. Student gives correct answer: 16 of a shift Student draws a correct
visual model, which could include:
A number line
A model where half the region is divided into three equal parts
4. Student writes a correct mathematical computation:
1 bottle of agave syrup will yield 32 batches of cookies
1 bag of articial sugar will yield 18 batches of cookie
MATHEMATICS PERFORMANCE TASKS 101 Christie Wainwright