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What are the global tools?
These tools appear in the global menu at the top of the test page
If you read that there are 24 students and all of them need 3 paint brushes, what would you need to do to solve the problem?
You have to multiply 24 x 3 or add 3, 24 times.
Where can you change the color contrast for your test?
Under "Choose Settings", in the Visual Assistance Resources
When a word problem asks for the difference between two or more numbers, what are you doing to solve?
Subtraction
What does SURF mean in our school?
be Safe
be Understanding
be Responsible
Find Solutions
What is the masking tool? How do you use it?
The masking tool temporarily covers a distracting area fo the test page.
You can use it by selecting the tool, then click and drag across the distracting area
If you need to find the difference between two numbers, what do you need to do to solve the problem?
Use Subtraction
How do you move on to the next problem when you're done answering?
Push the "next" button at the top
If you see "fewer than", "how many more", or "how many left over", what are you doing in your math?
Subtraction
How many student chairs are in our classroom?
22
What are expandable items?
Questions where something can be made bigger or smaller with arrow buttons
There once was a ship that put to sea
The name of the ship was...
the Billy O' Tea
Can you move on to the next problem without answering?
No, but you can "flag" it
WHen your question has something doubled, tripled, or quadrupled, what are you doing to solve the problem?
Multiplication
What is the first complete sentence in the introduction section on page 131 of the 4th grade history book?
It was the fall of 1875.
What is the Strikethrough tool?
For some response questions, you can cross out wrong answers. You select Strikethrough, then choose the options you want to "strike out"
When you are asked to "explain your answer", do you just show your work or do you need complete sentences?
A word question needs a word answer, you need complete sentences.
How do you use the line reader tool?
Click on the tool, click on the line you're trying to read
If you're taking a total and sharing things equally into groups OR finding the number of groups, what are doing with your numbers?
Dividing, division
Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?
Spongebob Squarepants
Can you skip a question in the test?
No, but you can "mark for review" and come back to it later, when you've answered more questions
A multiple-choice question asks you to "mark all that apply". What does that mean?
There may be more than one answer, you need to find every option that works
Can you use your number keys to type or do you have to use the numbers in the math problems?
You can use your keyboard
Can math questions have multiple steps before you find the final answer?
(One shot at this question)
Yes
How many pieces of trash do you need to pick up when Ms. Carrie asks you to pick up trash?
25 Pieces