Tests and marks

Tests and marks

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This task is about calculating student marks from a class test.
Tests were given to three classes at Shadyvale School.

 

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a)  These are the test results for Ms Maguire's Maths class of 25 students. 
  • No students got less than 2 marks,
  • 7 students got 2 to 9 marks,
  • 13 students got 10 to 19 marks.
     If the test was marked out of 20, how many students got full marks? 

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b)  These are the test results for Ms McDowell's English class of 39 students. 
  • 9 students got 20 to 29,
  • 11 students got 30 to 39,
  • 13 students got 40 to 49,
  • No students got full marks.
     If the test was marked out of 50, how many students got less than 20 marks? 

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c)  These are the test results for Mr Marston's Science class of 39 students.
  • No students got less than 20,
  • 6 students got 20 to 29,
  • 16 students got 30 to 39,
  • 15 students got 40 to 49.
     If the test was marked out of 50, how many students got full marks? 
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This task can be completed with pencil and paper or online (with auto marking displayed to students).
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Description of task: 
Students perform addition and subtraction calculations based on results from three classroom tests.
Curriculum Links: 
This resource can help to identify students' ability to apply additive ideas to combine or partition whole numbers to solve addition problems.
 
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This resource can provide evidence of learning associated with within the Mathematics Learning Progressions Frameworks.
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Y7 (06/1996)

Y8 (06/1996)

a) 5 moderate easy
b) 6 moderate moderate
c) 2 moderate easy