To Conquer the FCAT Know question formats Avoid common gridding mistakes Practice using the current FCAT 2.0 Reference Sheet and FCAT calculator Daily FCAT 2.0 vocabulary and rigor PRACTICE! PRACTICE! PRACTICE!

FCAT 2.0 Question Formats GradeMathematics Question Types MC GR MC GR MC GR

FCAT 2.0 Mathematics Reporting Categories GRADE CATEGORYPERCENTAGE 6 Fractions, Ratios/Proportional Relationships, and Statistics 40 Expressions and Equations40 Geometry and Measurement20 7 Geometry and Measurement30 Ratios/Proportional Relationships25 Number: Base Ten25 Statistics and Probability20 8 Expressions, Equations, and Functions40 Geometry and Measurement35 Number: Operations, Problems and Statistics25 4

Changes to Gridding on the 2011 FCAT 2.0

Grade 7 Six Column and Negative Grid Types will be used at Grade column Negative New

Answer boxes Fraction bar Decimal point Number bubbles Negative sign New

How to Complete the Response Grid 1.Work the problem and find the answer. 2.Write your answer in the answer boxes at the top of the grid. Print your answer with the first digit in the left answer box. Do NOT leave a blank answer box in the middle of an answer. Be sure to write a decimal point or fraction bar in the answer box if it is a part of the answer.

How to Complete the Response Grids 3.Fill in a bubble under each box in which you wrote your answer. Fill in one and ONLY one bubble for each box. Do NOT fill in a bubble under an unused box. Fill each bubble by making a solid black mark that completely fills the circle. You MUST fill in the bubbles accurately to receive credit for your answer.

How to complete a negative grid No numbers are placed in the 1 st column. If the answer is not negative, Do NOT bubble in the 1 st column. Leave it blank. If the answer is negative, print only a negative sign in the 1 st column. After the 1 st column fill in a bubble under each box in which you wrote your answer. Fill in one and ONLY one bubble for each box. Do NOT fill in a bubble under an unused box. Fill each bubble by making a solid black mark that completely fills the circle. You MUST fill in the bubbles accurate to receive credit for your answer.

Simplifying and Rounding Issues Simplifying--- We recommend: Do not simplify fractions UNLESS the directions tell you to simplify to lowest terms OR if the answer doesn’t fit in the grid unless you simplify it. Rounding--- We recommend: Don’t round UNLESS the directions tell you to do so.

Gridding a Whole Number = 60 or 60 60

Gridding a Decimal or

Gridding a Fraction 3 / 5

What to do with a mixed number... You can NOT write a mixed number in an answer grid. If your answer is a mixed number y you must convert it to: Ex: / 2 or

6 1 / 4 Be aware…………………… incorrect

Gridding Percents What percent of 100 is 9? Answer: 9% /1 incorrect

Gridding Repeating Decimals…….. Answer: Correct Incorrect

Grid the answer OR Correct

Negative Using a Negative Grid Answer: Correct

Using a Negative Grid Answer: Correct Incorrect

The answer is Can you find the error? /7

The answer is Can you find the error?

The answer is 519 Can you find the error? 519

The answer is 39.7 Can you find the error?

The answer is 62% Can you find the error? 6 2

The answer is 74 Can you find the error? 7 4

The answer is Can you find the error? 3.7

2 The answer is Can you find the error?

The answer is Can you find the error?. 5 0

The answer is 23.7 Can you find the error? 23.7

Summary of Common Gridding Mistakes  Adding extra zeros  Bubbling more than one number in a column  Adding unnecessary spaces  Forgetting to bubble  Omitting the decimal point  Gridding mixed numbers incorrectly  Gridding percents incorrectly  Adding extra symbols outside/inside of the grid  When using negative grids, writing a number in the 1st column

Secondary Grid the following answers: (Solve first when necessary) / ¼ 6. (-7) – What is 20% of x (-5) / ⅜ is what percent of 16? is 20% of what number? 15. Change 2¼ to a decimal.