:Measurement A (Y8)
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Approach: Independent  Level: Year 8
Focus:   Understanding a variety of measurements
Resources: Answer booklet
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Questions / instructions:
   
% responses
2005 ('01)
Y8
Draw hands on the clocks so that they show the same time as the oven clocks.
 
1.
 
98 (94)
2.
 
89 (78)
3.
 
58 (68)
Write numbers on the oven clocks so that they show the same time as the wall clock.
4.
 
79 (85)
5.
 
60 (60)
 
 
27 (26)
6.  
58 (54)
 
   
24 (23)
7. What is the volume of this cuboid?  
  A 12 cm3  
B 36 cm3  
 
C 54 cm3
C
 
40 (46)
D 72 cm3  
   
8. What is the weight shown on this scale?  
  A 6 kg    
B 7 kg    
C 51 kg
x C
 
[46 (43)]
D 60 kg
D
 
52 (55)
     
9. What is the distance between the midpoint of MN and the midpoint of OP shown here?    
  A 18 cm    
B 24 cm    
C 28 cm    
D 30 cm
D
 
30 (31)
E 48 cm    
10. On the grid below, draw a rectangle with an area of 12 square units.
   
 
correct
 
71 (71)
     
11. At midday the thermometer read 10°C. At midnight it read –2°C. By how many degrees had the temperature dropped?    
 
12
 
69 (65)
     
   
 
Total score:    11
 
6 (8)
9–10
 
26 (26)
7–8
 
25 (25)
5–6
 
25 (22)
3–4
 
15 (15)
0–2
 
3 (3)

Commentary:
Year 8 students did well on most aspects of telling time but had difficulty with complex tasks involving measurements. Overall performance between 2001 and 2005 was quite similar.

 
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