Grade 8 Numbers, Number Sense & Operations Answers
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Numbers, Number Sense & Operations Answers
Open Response Question 38
Ms. McCarthy's class is making up number puzzles. These are two of the puzzles.
Manuel's puzzle:
My number is even.
It is a factor of 198 and a multiple of 9.
It is less than 100.
What is my number?
Haan's puzzle:
My number is the product of three different prime numbers.
It is an odd number less than 125.
The sum of its digits is a multiple of 3.
One of its factors is the third prime number.
What is my number?
a. What is Manuel's number?
b. What is Haan's number? Explain the strategy you used to find your answer to
Haan's puzzle.
c. Write a number puzzle that
has exactly three clues,
has one and only one answer, and
includes the following words: factor and prime number.
Scoring Guide
Score
Description
The response demonstrates a thorough understanding of number theory concepts
of prime numbers, factors, and multiples and their use in solving problems.
The response demonstrates a general understanding of number theory concepts
of prime numbers, factors, and multiples and their use in solving problems.
The response demonstrates a partial understanding of number theory concepts of
prime numbers, factors, and multiples and their use in solving problems.
The response demonstrates a minimal understanding of number theory concepts
of prime numbers, factors, and multiples and their use in solving problems.
The response is incorrect or contains some correct work that is irrelevant to the
skill or concept being measured.
Blank No response.
Question 28
Esther shot two arrows at a target. The picture below shows where the arrows landed.
Esther calculated her score by adding the number of points for each ring in which an
arrow landed. For the two arrows above, her score was 35 points (25 + 10).
a. In your Student Answer Booklet, make a list of all the possible scores Esther
could have gotten by shooting two arrows that hit the target.
b. Is it possible for Esther to score a total of 235 points using only 5 arrows? Show
your work or explain your answer.
c. What is the fewest number of arrows required for Esther to score a total of 240
points? Show your work or explain your answer.
Scoring Guide
Score
Description
The response shows a comprehensive understanding of how to select and use
appropriate operations to solve problems.
The response shows a general understanding of how to select and use appropriate
operations to solve problems.
The response shows a basic understanding of operations.
The response shows a minimal understanding of operations.
The response is incorrect or contains some correct work that is irrelevant to the
skill or concept being measured.
Blank No Response.
2002 MCAS
Grade 8 Mathematics
Question # 28 - Score Point 4
Answer: B, 48,732,000 miles
Answer: H, distributive
Answer: B, 5
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Answer: F, 2/7
Answer: C, 11
Answer: H, 19
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Answer: D, 16 eggs, 2 cups chocolate chips
Answer: B, 6 ounces
Answer: G
12
Answer: H, 47
Answer: J, 72
Answer: A, 72 hours
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Answer: 504 degrees: 243 degrees above 0 + 261 degrees below 0 = 504 total degrees.
Answer: First take $27.00 divide it by $2.25 per pound to find out how many pounds of
hamburger Mr. Adams purchased; 12 pounds. Next multiply the number of guests (20) by the
number of hamburger for each guest (2) = 40 hamburgers. Now take the 40 hamburgers and
divide it into the 12 pounds to get = .3 pounds for each hamburger.
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Part A: The commutative property states that when using addition or multiplication the order of
operations does not matter.
Part B: 8 + 4 + 6 = 6 + 8 + 4
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Part A: 23 students of the total 92 she asked ride in a car to school creating a percentage of 25%;
23 divided by 92 = .25 X 100 = 25%
Part B: 25% of the 440 students in Marys school ride in a car to school. So 440 X .25 = 110
students.
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ANSWER: B
ANSWER: A
ANSWER: C
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ANSWER: D
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