MA.3.G.5.1Archived Standard

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Select appropriate units, strategies, and tools to solve problems involving perimeter.

Remarks

Example: Find the perimeter of a football field.

 

General Information
Subject Area: X-Mathematics (former standards - 2008)
Grade: 3
Body of Knowledge: Geometry
Idea: Level 3: Strategic Thinking & Complex Reasoning
Supporting Idea: Geometry and Measurement - Geometry and Measurement
Date Adopted or Revised: 09/07
Content Complexity Rating: Level 3: Strategic Thinking & Complex Reasoning - More Information
Date of Last Rating: 06/07
Status: State Board Approved - Archived
Assessed: Yes
Test Item Specifications
  • Item Type(s): This benchmark may be assessed using: MC item(s)
    • At Grade 3, this benchmark will be assessed using MC items.
  • Clarification :
    Students will select appropriate units, strategies, or tools to solve problems involving perimeter. 

    Students will solve real-world problems involving perimeter.

  • Content Limits :
    Items may require the student to use properties of polygons to deduce the lengths of a side or sides of a polygon given the perimeter and/or the lengths of the remaining sides of the polygon. 

    Polygons used in items must be convex with 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, or 10 sides or composed of composite rectangles. 

    Items may require students to measure the sides of a polygon using a ruler. 

    The lengths of the sides of polygons must be whole numbers. 

    Items will not include conversions between units of measure.

  • Stimulus Attributes :
    Graphics will be used in most of these items.

    Polygons may be shown on a grid.

    Items must be in a real-world context.
  • Response Attributes :
    Items that include given dimensions of a graphic cannot include an actual measurement as an option.

    Millimeters (mm) and/or centimeters (cm) must be written using only whole numbers (e.g., 6 centimeters, 3 millimeters).
Sample Test Items (1)
  • Test Item #: Sample Item 1
  • Question: The perimeter of the flower garden is 20 feet, as shown below.

    flowers

    if the width of the flower garden is 3 feet, what is the length?
  • Difficulty: N/A
  • Type: MC: Multiple Choice

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