Math - 3rd Grade
Vocab/Bloom's Taxonomy
Level
Content Vocabulary
*Assess
Skills needed & Sequencing of Skills
Learning Targets
I can…
Resources
Assessment
Number and Operations
Understand and use number notation and place value
N.ME.03.01
N.ME.03.02
N.ME.03.03
Read and write numbers to 10,000 in both numerals and
words, and relate them to the quantities they represent,
e.g., relate numeral or written word to a display of dots or
objects.
Identify the place value of a digit in a number, e.g., in
3,241, 2 is in the hundreds place. Recognize and use
expanded notation for numbers using place value through
9,999, e.g., 2,517 is 2000+ 500+10+ 7; 4 hundreds and 2
ones is 402.
Compare and order numbers up to 10,000.
Read, write, relate.
Bloom's Levels:
Knowledge,
Comprehension, Analysis,
and Synthesis.
Identify, recognize, use.
Bloom's Levels:
Comprehension and
Application.
Display of dots or
objects, number
models, and standard
form.
Compare, order. Bloom's
Levels: Knowledge and
Analysis.
Compare, order, least,
greatest, greater than,
less than, and equal to.
E
Expanded notation,
place value, and digits.
E
E
1. Recognize numerals up to 10,000
2. Understand and use a number model.
3. Understand the value of each digit within
its position (place value).
1. I can read numbers up to 10,000.
2. I can write numbers up to 10,000.
3. I can show numbers up to 10,000 using
objects or a picture.
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District Assessments
Teacher Assessments
1. Recognize numerals up to 10,000.
2. Know the value of each digit within its
position.
1. I can identify numbers in the ones, tens,
hundreds, and thousands place.
2. I can break apart numbers using standard
notation.
MEAP
Delta Math
District Assessments
Teacher Assessments
1. Recognize numerals up to 10,000.
2. Know the value of each digit within its
position.
3. Recognize and use the greater than, less
than, and equal to symbols.
1. I can put numbers in order from least to
greatest.
2. I can put numbers in order from greatest to
least.
3. I can use greater than, less than, and equal
to symbols to compare numbers up to 10,000.
MEAP
Delta Math
District Assessments
Teacher Assessments
1. Count by 1's, 2's, 3's, 4's, 5's, and 10's.
2. Understand the number patterns that lead
to multiplication facts.
1. I can use patterns in 6's, 7's, 8's, and 9's to
understand my multiplication facts.
MEAP
Delta Math
District Assessments
Teacher Assessments
1. Understand that numbers can either be
split into two even groups, or have one
remainder.
2. Count by 2's.
1. I can recognize that even numbers end in 0,
2, 4, 6, or 8.
2. I can recognize that odd numbers end in 1,
3, 5, 7, or 9.
3. I can name multiples of 2.
4. I can divide even numbers into two equal
groups and odd numbers into two unequal
groups with a remainder.
MEAP
Delta Math
District Assessments
Teacher Assessments
1. Add and subtract whole numbers.
1. I can add whole numbers up to 999 with
regrouping.
2. I can add whole numbers up to 9,999 without
regrouping.
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District Assessments
Teacher Assessments
1. Round to the nearest 10.
2. Round to the nearest 100.
3. Add and subtract whole numbers.
1. I can estimate the sum of two numbers with
three-digits to the nearest hundred.
2. I can estimate the difference of two numbers
with three-digits to the nearest hundred.
MEAP
Delta Math
District Assessments
Teacher Assessments
Count in steps, and understand even and odd
numbers
N.ME.03.04
N.ME.03.05
Count orally by 6's, 7's, 8's, and 9's starting with 0, making
the connection between repeated addition and
multiplication.
Count.
Bloom's Levels:
Knowledge and Analysis.
Count by __, repeated
addition.
Know that even numbers end in 0, 2, 4, 6,or 8; name a
whole number quantity that can be shared in two equal
groups or grouped into pairs with no remainders; recognize
even numbers as multiples of 2. Know that odd numbers
end in 1, 3, 5, 7, or 9, and work with
patterns involving even and odd numbers.
Know, name, recognize,
work with.
Bloom's Levels:
Knowledge and
Comprehension.
Even numbers, odd
numbers, equal
groups, remainders,
and multiples.
N
E
Add and subtract whole numbers
N.FL.03.06
Add and subtract fluently two numbers through 999 with
regrouping and through 9,999 without regrouping.
Add, subtract.
Add, subtract, regroup.
Bloom's Levels: Synthesis.
E
N.FL.03.07
Estimate the sum and difference of two numbers with three Estimate, judge
digits (sums up to 1,000), and judge reasonableness of
Bloom's Levels:
estimates.
Comprehension,
Evaluation.
E = Extended
C = Core
N = Not assessed @ State Level
Estimate, sum,
difference, digits.
E
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Math - 3rd Grade
Vocab/Bloom's Taxonomy
Level
Content Vocabulary
*Assess
Skills needed & Sequencing of Skills
Learning Targets
I can…
Resources
Assessment
Add and subtract whole numbers
N.FL.03.08
Use mental strategies to fluently add and subtract two-digit Estimate.
numbers.
Bloom's Levels:
Mental math, digits.
1. Round to the nearest 10.
2. Add and subtract whole numbers.
N
Comprehension,
Evaluation.
1. I can mentally round a two-digit number to
the nearest ten.
2. I can add or subtract two-digit numbers to
find the sum or difference.
MEAP
Delta Math
District Assessments
Teacher Assessments
Multiply and divide whole numbers
N.MR.03.09
N.MR.03.10
N.FL.03.11
N.MR.03.12
N.FL.03.13
N.MR.03.14
Use multiplication and division fact families to understand Understand, express.
the inverse relationship of these two operations, e.g.,
Bloom's Levels:
because 3 x 8 = 24, we know that 24 ÷ 8 = 3 or 24 ÷ 3 = 8; Comprehension.
express a multiplication statement as an equivalent division
statement as an equivalent division statement.
Fact families,
equivalent.
Recognize situations that can be solved using
multiplication and division including finding "How many
groups?" and "How many in a group?" and write
mathematical statements to represent those situations.
Recognize, write.
Bloom's Levels:
Comprehension,
Application, Synthesis.
Groups, number
sentence/statement.
Find products fluently up to 10 x 10; find related quotients
using multiplication and division relationships.
Find.
Bloom's Level:
Knowledge.
Product, quotient, fact
families.
Find solutions to open sentences, such as 7 x __ = 42 or
12 ÷__ = 4, using the inverse relationship between
multiplication and division.
Find.
Bloom's Level:
Knowledge.
Product, quotient, fact
families.
Mentally calculate simple products and quotients up to a
three-digit number by a one-digit number involving
multiples of 10, e.g., 500 x 6, or 400 ÷ 8.
Calculate.
Bloom's Level:
Analysis.
Calculate, products,
quotients.
Solve division problems involving remainders, viewing the
remainder as the "number left over"; interpret based on
problem context, e.g. , when we have 25 children with 4
children per group then there are 6 groups with 1 child left
over.
Solve, interpret.
Bloom's Levels:
Application, Evaluation.
Remainder.
Represent, solve.
Bloom's Level:
Application.
Sum, difference,
product, quotient,
solve.
C
1. Understand the inverse relationships of two 1. I can write out equivalent multiplication and
operations.
division fact families.
2. Express a multiplication statement as an
equivalent division statement.
MEAP
Delta Math
District Assessments
Teacher Assessments
1. Count the number of groups.
2. Count the number in each group.
1. I can count a number of groups and the
number in each group.
2. I can write a multiplication number sentence
to represent the situation.
MEAP
Delta Math
District Assessments
Teacher Assessments
1. Count the number of groups.
2. Count the number in each group.
3. Find the product of the groups.
1. I can fluently find the products up to 10 x 10.
2. I can find the related quotients using
multiplication and division relationships.
MEAP
Delta Math
District Assessments
Teacher Assessments
1. Know muliplication facts up to 10 x 10.
1. I can find the missing number in a
multiplication or division number sentence.
MEAP
Delta Math
District Assessments
Teacher Assessments
1. Know muliplication facts up to 10 x 10.
1. I can mentally calculate simple products and
quotients up to a three-digit number by a onedigit number, involving multiples.
MEAP
Delta Math
District Assessments
Teacher Assessments
1. Know multiplication facts up to 10 x 10.
2. Draw pictures to represent mathematical
situation.
1. I can solve a division problem by showing
groups with numbers left over.
MEAP
Delta Math
District Assessments
Teacher Assessments
1. Know addition and subtraction facts up to
18.
2. Know the multiplication and division facts
up to 10 x 10.
1. I can solve any of the four operations with
using pictures or words.
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District Assessments
Teacher Assessments
C
C
C
N
C
Problem-solving with whole numbers
N.MR.03.15
Given problems that use any one of the four operations
with appropriate numbers, represent with objects, words
(including "product" and "quotient"), and mathematical
statements; solve.
C
Understand simple fractions, relation to the whole,
and addition and subtraction of fractions
E = Extended
C = Core
N = Not assessed @ State Level
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Math - 3rd Grade
Vocab/Bloom's Taxonomy
Level
N.ME.03.16
N.ME.03.17
N.ME.03.18
Understand that fractions may represent a portion of a
Understand.
whole unit that has been partitioned into parts of equal area Bloom's Level:
or length; use the terms "numerator" and "denominator".
Comprehension.
Fraction, portion of a
whole, denominator,
numerator.
Recognize, name, and use equivalent fractions with
denominators 2, 4, and 8, using strips as area models.
Equivalent,
denominator, fraction
strips.
Recognize, name, use.
Bloom's Levels:
Knowledge, Application.
Place fractions with denominators of 2, 4, and 8 on the
Place, relate, compare,
number line; relate the number line to a ruler; compare and order.
order up to three fractions with denominators 2, 4, and 8.
Bloom's Levels:
Knowledge, Analysis.
N.ME.03.19
N.MR.03.20
Content Vocabulary
Understand that any fraction can be written as a sum of
unit fractions, e.g., ¾=¼+¼+¼.
Recognize that addition and subtraction of fractions with
equal denominators can be modeled by joining or taking
away segments on the number line.
Fraction, number line,
numerator,
denominator, compare,
order.
Understand.
Bloom's Level:
Comprehension.
Unit fractions, sum.
Recognize.
Bloom's Level:
Comprehension.
Equal denominators,
number line,
segments.
Learning Targets
I can…
*Assess
Skills needed & Sequencing of Skills
C
1. Know what a numerator and denominator
is.
2. Count the parts of a whole and identify the
basic fraction.
1. I can identify the number for the numerator
and denominator in a fraction.
2. I can identify a fraction as being divided into
equal parts.
MEAP
Delta Math
District Assessments
Teacher Assessments
1. I can recognize, name, and use equivalent
fractions using a fraction strip as a model.
C
1. Know how to use a fraction strip and
interpret the information.
2. Know how to shade fraction strips with
given fraction.
MEAP
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District Assessments
Teacher Assessments
C
1. Recognize a fraction as part of a whole
number.
2. Know how to read or say a fraction.
MEAP
Delta Math
District Assessments
Teacher Assessments
E
1. Recognize a fraction as part of a whole
number.
2. Know how to read or say a fraction.
1. I can place a fraction with a denominator of
2, 4, or 8 on a number line.
2. I can compare up to three fractions on a
number line.
3.
to of
three
1. II can
can identify
find the up
sum
unitfractions
fractions.in
E
2. I can write a fraction as a sum of units.
Resources
Assessment
MEAP
Delta Math
District Assessments
Teacher Assessments
1. Use a number line to add or subtract
fractions.
1. I can add or subtraction fractions with equal
denominators on a number line.
MEAP
Delta Math
District Assessments
Teacher Assessments
1. Understand and count quarters up to
$1.00.
1. I can relate a fraction to a dollar amount, i.e.
"1/4 = $0.25; 1/2 = $0.50."
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District Assessments
Teacher Assessments
1. Know common measurement language.
1. I can identify the appropriate unit of
measurement for length, weight, and time.
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Teacher Assessments
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Teacher Assessments
Understand simple decimal fractions in relation to
money
N.ME.03.21
Understand, relate.
Decimal fractions,
Bloom's Levels:
parts of a dollar.
Comprehension, Analysis.
E
Measurement
Measure and use units for length, weight, temperature
and time
M.UN.03.01
M.UN.03.02
M.UN.03.03
M.UN.03.04
Know and use common units of measurements in length,
weight, and time.
Know, use.
Bloom's Level:
Knowledge, Application.
Measurement, length,
weight, time.
Measure in mixed units within the same measurement
Measure.
system for length, weight, and time: feet and inches,
Bloom's Level:
meters and centimeters, kilograms and grams, pounds and Knowledge.
ounces, liters and milliliters, hours and minutes, minutes
and seconds, years and months.
Multiple measurement
vocabulary words
Understand relationships between sizes of standard units,
e.g., feet and inches, meters and centimeters.
Multiple measurement
vocabulary words.
Understand.
Bloom's Level:
Comprehension.
Know benchmark temperatures such as freezing (32°F,
Know, compare.
0°C); boiling (212°F, 100°C); and compare temperatures to Bloom's Levels:
these, e.g., cooler, warmer.
Knowledge, Analysis,
Evaluation.
E = Extended
C = Core
N = Not assessed @ State Level
E
1. Know common measurement language.
E
Freezing point, boiling
point, cooler, warmer,
Fahrenheit, Celcius.
E
1. I can measure length using correct mixed
units.
2. I can measure weight using correct mixed
units.
3. I can measure time using correct mixed
1. Know common measurement language for 1. I can understand relationships between sizes
length, weight, and time.
of standard units.
1. Know how to read a thermometer.
E
1. I can name the freezing and boiling point in
Fahrenheit and Celcius.
2. I can compare a temperature to the
benchmark temperature.
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Teacher Assessments
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Teacher Assessments
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Math - 3rd Grade
Vocab/Bloom's Taxonomy
Level
M.UN.03.05
M.UN.03.06
Content Vocabulary
Know the definition of area and perimeter and calculate the Know, calculate.
perimeter of a square and rectangle given whole number
Bloom's Levels:
side lengths.
Knowledge, Analysis.
Area, perimeter.
Use square units in calculating area by covering the region Use, count.
and counting the number of square units.
Bloom's Levels:
Square units, region,
area.
Distinguish between units of length and area and choose a Distinguish, choose.
unit appropriate in the context.
Bloom's Levels:
M.UN.03.08
Visualize and describe the relative sizes of one square inch Visualize, describe.
and one square centimeter.
Bloom's Level:
Square centimeter,
square inch.
Knowledge.
Learning Targets
I can…
Resources
Assessment
1. I can calculate the area and perimeter of a
square and rectangle when given whole
number side lengths.
1. Know how to count square units.
1. I can calculate the area of a region by
counting the square units.
C
1. Know how to count square units to find
area in a region.
2. Know how to find the perimeter of a given
shape.
1. I can use the appropriate label when finding
area.
2. I can use the appropriate label when finding
perimeter.
MEAP
Delta Math
District Assessments
Teacher Assessments
E
1. Know the difference between a centimeter 1. I can visually choose a square inch or
and an inch.
square centimeter correctly.
2. I can describe the size of a one inch square
and a one square centimeter.
MEAP
Delta Math
District Assessments
Teacher Assessments
C
1. Know that opposite sides of a square and
rectangle are equal.
2. Know multiplication facts up to 10 x 10.
3. Know how to round/estimate whole
numbers.
1. I can estimate the area and perimeter of a
square or a rectangle in square
inches/centimeters.
MEAP
Delta Math
District Assessments
Teacher Assessments
E
1. Know 16 oz = 1 lb.
2. Know 60 min. = 1 hr, 60 sec = 1 min.
3. Know 12 in. = 1 ft.
4. Know 12 months = 1 yr.
1. I can add and subtract units of measurement
correctly in word problems (in length, weight,
and time).
MEAP
Delta Math
District Assessments
Teacher Assessments
1. Know how to add and subtract whole
numbers.
1. I can add and subtract using whole numbers
with dollars and cents.
MEAP
Delta Math
District Assessments
Teacher Assessments
1. Know the values of coins and count
correctly.
2. Know measurement lengths.
3. Know how to calculate time.
1. I can solve word problems involving money,
length, and time.
MEAP
Delta Math
District Assessments
Teacher Assessments
1. Know how to find perimeter.
2. Know how to find area.
1. I can solve word problems for perimeters of
rectangles and areas of rectangular regions.
MEAP
Delta Math
District Assessments
Teacher Assessments
C
Square units,
centimeters.
Comprehension,
Application.
Skills needed & Sequencing of Skills
1. Know that opposite sides of a square and
rectangle are equal.
2. Know multiplication facts up to 10 x 10.
C
Knowledge, Application.
M.UN.03.07
*Assess
MEAP
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District Assessments
Teacher Assessments
MEAP
Delta Math
District Assessments
Teacher Assessments
Estimate perimeter and area
M.TE.03.09
Estimate the perimeter of a square and rectangle in inches Estimate.
and centimeters; estimate the area of a square and
Bloom's Levels:
rectangle in square inches and square centimeters.
Comprehension,
Estimate, area,
perimeter.
Evaluation.
Solve measurement problems
M.PS.03.10
M.PS.03.11
M.PS.03.12
Add and subtract lengths, weights, and times using mixed
units within the same measurement system.
Add and subtract money in dollars and cents.
Add, subtract.
Multiple measurement
Bloom's Level: Application. vocabulary words.
Add, subtract.
Money language.
Bloom's Level: Application.
Solve applied problems involving money, length, and time. Solve.
Money, length, time.
Bloom's Level:
Application.
M.PS.03.13
Solve contextual problems about perimeters of rectangles
and areas of rectangular regions.
Solve.
Bloom's Level:
Application.
E
C
perimeter, area, and
regions.
C
Geometry
Recognize the basic elements of geometric objects
E = Extended
C = Core
N = Not assessed @ State Level
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Math - 3rd Grade
Vocab/Bloom's Taxonomy
Level
G.GS.03.01
G.GS.03.02
G.GS.03.03
Identify points, line segments, lines, and distance.
Identify perpendicular lines and parallel lines in familiar
shapes and in the classroom.
Identify parallel faces of rectangular prisms in familiar
shapes and in the classroom.
E = Extended
C = Core
N = Not assessed @ State Level
Content Vocabulary
Identify.
Bloom's Levels:
Comprehension, Analysis
Points, line segments,
lines, distance.
Identify.
Bloom's Levels:
Comprehension, Analysis
Perpendicular, parallel.
Identify.
Bloom's Levels:
Comprehension, Analysis
Parallel, opposite
sides, rectangular
prism, faces.
*Assess
Skills needed & Sequencing of Skills
C
I can…
Resources
Assessment
*No prior knowledge needed.
1. I can identify a point, line segments, lines,
and distance.
MEAP
Delta Math
District Assessments
Teacher Assessments
1. Know basic shapes.
2. Know what a line and a segment is.
1. I can identify perpendicular lines in familiar
shapes.
2. I can identify parallel lines in familiar shapes.
1. Know parallel lines/sides.
1. I can identify parallel faces of rectangular
prisms and other familiar shapes.
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Teacher Assessments
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Teacher Assessments
C
C
Learning Targets
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Math - 3rd Grade
Vocab/Bloom's Taxonomy
Level
Content Vocabulary
*Assess
Skills needed & Sequencing of Skills
Learning Targets
I can…
Resources
Assessment
Name and explore properties of shapes
G.GS.03.04
Identify, describe, compare, and classify two-dimensional
shapes, e.g., parallelogram, trapezoid, circle, rectangle,
square, and rhombus, based on their component parts
(angles, sides, vertices, line segment) and on the number
of sides and vertices.
Identify, describe,
compare, classify.
Bloom's Levels:
Knowledge,
Comprehension, Analysis.
Names of twodimensional shapes,
angles, sides, vertices,
line segments.
Compose, decompose,
form.
Bloom's Level:
Synthesis.
Two-dimensional
shapes w/ vocabulary,
congruent, right
triangles, compose,
decompose.
Identify, describe, build, and classify familiar threedimensional solids, e.g., cube, rectangular prism, sphere,
pyramid, cone, based on their component parts (faces,
surfaces, bases, edges, vertices).
Identify, describe, build,
classify.
Bloom's Levels:
Comprehension, Analysis,
Synthesis.
Three-dimensional
shape names, faces,
surfaces, bases,
edges, vertices.
Represent front, top, and side views of solids built with
cubes.
Represent.
Bloom's Level:
Application.
Cube, front/top/side
views.
Read, interpret.
Bloom's Levels:
Comprehension and
Evaluation.
Bar graph, horizontal,
vertical.
1. Know basic shapes.
1. I can identify two-dimensional shapes.
2. I can describe two-dimensional shapes and
their component parts.
3. I can compare two-dimensional shapes
using their component parts.
4. I can classify two-dimensional shapes using
their component parts.
MEAP
Delta Math
District Assessments
Teacher Assessments
1. Know basic shapes.
1. I can compose and decompose triangles to
form other familiar two-dimensional shapes.
2. I can compose and decompose rectangles
to form other familiar two-dimensional shapes.
MEAP
Delta Math
District Assessments
Teacher Assessments
1. Know basic shapes.
1. I can identify three-dimensional shapes
based on their component parts.
2. I can describe three-dimensional shapes
based on their component parts.
3. I can build and classify three-dimensional
shapes based on their component parts.
MEAP
Delta Math
District Assessments
Teacher Assessments
1. Know three-dimensional shapes.
2. Know basic directions (top, bottom, left,
right, etc).
1. I can show (draw, build, etc.) the front, top,
and side views of solids with cubes.
MEAP
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District Assessments
Teacher Assessments
1. Understand the lanuage and parts of a
graph.
1. I can read and interpret a horizontal bar
graph.
2. I can read and interpret a vertical bar graph.
MEAP
Delta Math
District Assessments
Teacher Assessments
1. Know how to add and subtract whole
numbers.
2. Know how to read a bar graph.
1. I can read and interpret a horizontal bar
graph.
2. I can read and interpret a vertical bar graph.
3. I can find the maximum, minimum, and
range in a horizontal or vertical bar graph.
MEAP
Delta Math
District Assessments
Teacher Assessments
1. Know how to read a bar graph.
2. Know problem solving skills and strategies.
3. Know how to add and subtract whole
numbers.
1. I can solve word problems using information
in a bar graph.
2. I can compare information from two bar
graphs.
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Teacher Assessments
C
Name and explore properties of shapes
G.SR.03.05
Compose and decompose triangles and rectangles to form
other familiar two-dimensional shapes, e.g., form a
rectangle using two congruent right triangles, or
decompose a parallelogram into a rectangle and two right
triangles.
C
Explore and name three-dimensional solids
G.GS.03.06
G.SR.03.07
C
E
Use bar graphs
D.RE.03.01
D.RE.03.02
Read and interpret bar graphs in both horizontal and
vertical forms.
Read scales on the axes and identify the maximum,
minimum, and range of values in a bar graph.
E
Read, identify.
Axes, maximum,
Bloom's Levels:
minimum, range,
Comprehension, Analysis. values, bar graph.
E
D.RE.03.03
Solve problems using information in bar graphs, including
comparison of bar graphs.
E = Extended
C = Core
N = Not assessed @ State Level
Solve.
Bloom's Level:
Application.
Bar graph,
comparison.
E
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