FCAT GRIDDING

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FCAT GRIDDING

• By Charlemagne Baptiste,
• ESOL Math Resource Teacher/Multicultural
  Department
• Credit to Nancy Kinard, Mathematics Administrator

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Elementary Grid
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Middle and High School Grid
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Parts of a Response Grid
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Gridded-response (GR) 1 point each Questions
require students to solve problems and bubble
or mark, their numerical answers in answer grids.
Answers may be gridded using several correct
formats. Students MUST accurately fill in the
bubbles below the grids to receive credit for
their answers
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How to Complete the Response Grid

• Work the problem and find the answer.
• 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.

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How to Complete the Response Grids

• 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.

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Examples
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Gridding a Whole Number
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Gridding a Decimal
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Gridding a Fraction
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What to do with a mixed number...
Improper Fraction
Decimal
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Be aware
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Percent Problems If the question asks what is
the percent, grid in the answer without moving
the decimal point.
Lisa bought lunch for her friends. The cost of
the lunch was 64.00 including tax. Lisa wants
to leave a 8.00 tip. What percent tip did Lisa
leave? Set up a proportion x 8.00 100
64.00 Solve 64x 800 x 12.5
Because the problem asked for what percent, just
grid the answer 12.5 DO NOT move the Decimal to
.125
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Gridding Percents
What percent of 100 is 9? Answer 9
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Gridding Repeating Decimals..
Answer 5.3333333
Incorrect
Correct
5 . 3
5 . 3 3 3
Please Note Correctly bubbled 5.33 would also be
correct but 5.333 is best!!
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Grid the answer 4.666666
4 . 6 6 6
4 . 6 6 7
or
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Reducing and Rounding Issues

• Reducing--- We recommend
• Do not reduce fractions UNLESS the directions
  tell you to reduce to lowest terms OR if the
  answer doesnt fit in the grid unless you reduce
  it.
• Rounding--- We recommend
• Dont round UNLESS the directions tell you to
• do so.

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Examples of
Common
Gridding Mistakes
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The answer is
Can you find the error?
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Can you find the error?
The answer is 25.04
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The answer is 318
Can you find the error?
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The answer is
Do you see the mistake?
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The answer is 43
Do you see the mistake?
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The answer is 54
Do you see the error?
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Whats wrong?
The answer is 3.66666666
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Whats wrong?
1
2
3
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The answer is
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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 improper fractions incorrectly
• Gridding percents incorrectly
• Adding extra symbols outside/inside of the grid

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Now its your turn
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Grid the following answers(Solve first when
necessary)

• 601 2. 0.03 3. 8/3 4. 3.65
• 5. 5¼ 6. 7 2.3 7. 8.66666 8. What
  is 20 of 80
• 6 3 x 5 10. 7.333333 11. 31/3 12.
  2?
• 13. 40 is what percent of 160? 14. 18 is what
  percent of 125?
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  Round your answer to the
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  nearest whole percent.
• 15. 18 55 Round your
  answer to the nearest hundredth.
  

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32
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or 21/4
or 8.667
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Solution for 8 What is 20 of 80?
100x 1600 x 16
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7 . 3 3 3
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15.
1 4
14.
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2 5
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Solution to 13 40 is what percent of 160?
160x 4000 x 25
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Solution to problem 14 18 is what percent of
125? Round your answer to the nearest whole
percent.
125x 1800 x 14.4 Rounded 14
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The End.