Grade 5
MA.5.A.6.3
BENCHMARK MA.5.A.6.3
Reporting Category
Number and Operations
Standard
Supporting Idea
Benchmark
MA.5.A.6.3
Describe real-world situations using positive and
negative numbers.
Item Type
At Grade 5, this benchmark will be assessed using MC items.
Benchmark
Clarification
Students will solve real-world problems involving positive or
negative numbers.
Number and Operations
Items may include, but are not limited to, situations of owing money,
measuring elevations above and below sea level, riding elevators up
and down, temperature, ascending and descending mountains,
football yardage, etc.
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Content Limits
Items may include integers from -500 through 500.
Stimulus Attributes
Items must be set in a real-world context.
Response Attributes
Responses may include positive and/or negative integers.
Sample Item 69
MC
In one day, Sam and his family drove from Bakersfield, California, to Death Valley, California.
The elevation in Bakersfield is 408 feet above sea level, and the elevation in Death Valley is
282 feet below sea level. What is the difference in elevation between these two places?
A.
B.
C.
★ D.
126 feet
282 feet
680 feet
690 feet
Item Context
152
Social Studies/Consumerism
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Grade 5
MA.5.A.6.4
BENCHMARK MA.5.A.6.4
Reporting Category
Number and Operations
Standard
Supporting Idea
Benchmark
MA.5.A.6.4
Compare, order, and graph integers, including
integers shown on a number line.
Item Type
At Grade 5, this benchmark will be assessed using MC items.
Benchmark
Clarification
Students will compare or order integers.
Number and Operations
Students will compare or order integers using inequalities.
Students will compare and order or identify integers on a number
line.
Items may include, but are not limited to, rocket countdowns,
elevations, temperatures, etc.
Content Limits
Items may include integers -500 through 500.
Items may include the inequality symbols (, , , , ).
Items will not include timelines (years).
Stimulus Attributes
Items may be set in either a real-world or mathematical context.
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Grade 5
Sample Item 70
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MA.5.A.6.4
MC
The table below shows the lowest recorded temperature for four states in the U.S. as of
December 2007.
LOWEST RECORDED TEMPERATURES
State
Delaware
Temperature (in °F)
-17
Florida
-2
Hawaii
12
Mississippi
-19
Which of these lists the temperatures shown in the table in order from lowest to highest?
A. -2, 12, -17, -19
★ B. -19, -17, -2, 12
C. 12, -2, -17, -19
D. -2, -17, -19, 12
Item Context
154
Science
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