322 Preassessment Name:

Instructions: This is NOT a quiz, but a tool for gathering data about where we need to concentrate on
content. Questions come from mathassessments.mscenters.org.

On the following problems, (1) try to answer the questions. (2) If the answer was available to you by
recall, circle the problem number. If the answer was available by one or two steps, square the problem
number. If the problem required more thought than that, star the problem number. If you do not know
how to begin the problem, or cannot answer, you don’t need to guess – just put a triangle around the
problem number. Please put any work on the paper.

1 What shape would most likely be a refrigerator? Grade Level: Kindergarten

1. Sphere Strand: Geometry
2. Cone Topic: Create, explore, and
3. Prism describe shapes
GLCE: G.GS.00.01
2 What do all squares have? Grade Level: Second Grade
1. 4 unequal sides Strand: Geometry
2. 4 equal sides Topic: Identify and describe
3. 6 equal sides shapes
GLCE: G.GS.02.01
3 What shapes can be created when these two triangles are put Grade Level: Second Grade
together along congruent edges? Strand: Geometry
Topic: Identify and describe
shapes
GLCE: G.GS.02.02

4 Measure line segments I and II to the nearest ½ cm and tell how Grade Level: Second Grade
much longer segment I is than segment II. Strand: Measurement
Topic: Measure, add, and
subtract length
GLCE: M.PS.02.02

5 What figure has four triangular faces and one square? Grade Level: Third Grade
1. square prism Strand: Geometry
2. triangular prism Topic: Explore and name three-
3. triangular pyramid dimensional solids
4. square pyramid GLCE: G.GS.03.06
6 Draw a 4-sided figure that does not have perpendicular sides. Grade Level: Third Grade
Strand: Geometry
Topic: Name and explore
properties of shapes
GLCE: G.GS.03.04

7 Jack wants to put a border around a bulletin board that is 54 Grade Level: Third Grade
inches long and 43 inches high. How much boarder material will Strand: Measurement
he need for this job? Make a drawing to explain how you solved Topic: Solve measurement
this. problems
GLCE: M.PS.03.13

8 Bill made brownies for himself and five friends. The pan he used Grade Level: Third Grade
to make the brownies is 12 inches by 12 inches. If Bill cuts the Strand: Measurement
brownies into six equal pieces, how big will each brownie be? Topic: Solve measurement
Make a drawing and show your work. problems
GLCE: M.PS.03.13

9 Grade Level: Fourth Grade

Strand: Geometry
Topic: Understand perpendicular,
parallel, and intersecting lines
GLCE: G.GS.04.01

Which lines are parallel?

Which lines are intersecting?
Which lines are perpendicular?

1 Grade Level: Fourth Grade

0 Strand: Geometry
Topic: Recognize symmetry and
transformations
GLCE: G.TR.04.04

Which of these shapes has line symmetry? Show this by drawing

the line of symmetry on the figure, then choosing the correct
answer.
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How long is the pencil, answering as precisely as is appropriate?

Grade Level: Fourth Grade; Topic: Measure using common tools and appropriate units
GLCE: M.UN.04.01
1 Grade Level: Fourth Grade
2 What is the best estimate of the Strand: Measurement
area, in square centimeters, of the Topic: Measure using common
shaded figure on the grid below? tools and appropriate units
One square equals one square GLCE: M.PS.04.02
centimeter.

1 Find the area and perimeter of Figure A. Grade Level: Fourth Grade
3 Strand: Measurement
Topic: Use perimeter and area
formulas
GLCE: M.TE.04.06

1 Which angles are acute? Grade Level: Fifth Grade

4 Which angles are obtuse? Strand: Geometry
Which angles are right? Topic: Know the meaning of
angles, and solve problems
GLCE: G.GS.05.02
1 Below is a parallelogram with an obtuse angle of 120o. What Grade Level: Fifth Grade
5 does the acute angle on the bottom edge measure? Strand: Geometry
Topic: Know the meaning of
angles, and solve problems
GLCE: G.GS.05.06

1 Which of the following is NOT equivalent? Grade Level: Fifth Grade

6 1. 1 ton = 2000 pounds Strand: Measurement
2. 1 mile = 5200 feet Topic: Know, and convert
3. 9 feet = 3 yards among, measurement units
4. 60 minutes = 3600 seconds within a given system
GLCE: M.UN.05.04
1 Skip reads the juice bottle label and finds that it contains 1.89 Grade Level: Fifth Grade
7 liters of juice. His cup only holds 240 milliliters so he wants to Strand: Measurement
convert 1.89 liters to milliliters. The bottle contains how many Topic: Know, and convert
milliliters? among, measurement units
1. 1.89 milliliters within a given system
2. 18.9 milliliters GLCE: M.UN.05.04
3. 189 milliliters
4. 1890 milliliters
1 The area of a triangle can be found using the formula A = bh÷2. Grade Level: Fifth Grade
8 Which of the following figures is labeled correctly to apply this Strand: Measurement
formula? Topic: Find areas of geometric
shapes using formulas
GLCE: M.TE.05.06

1 What makes two geometric objects congruent? Grade Level: Sixth Grade
9 Strand: Geometry
Topic: Understand the concept of
congruence and basic
transformations
GLCE: G.GS.06.02
2 What would need to be true for two quadrilaterals to be similar? Grade Level: Seventh Grade
0 1. All four sides would have to be the same length. Strand: Geometry
2. The tops and bottoms would have to be parallel. Topic: Understand the concept of
3. The figures have to look identical and have two angles of the similar polygons, and solve
same size. related problems
4. All angles have to be equal and all sides have to be in the GLCE: G.TR.07.03
same proportion.
2 A drawing of a house has a scale of 1 inch:5 feet. What are the Grade Level: Seventh Grade
1 actual dimensions of the living room if a drawing shows the Strand: Geometry
width to be 2 1/2 inches and the length to be 3 inches? Topic: Understand the concept of
similar polygons, and solve
related problems
GLCE: G.TR.07.04
2 Find the volume and the amount of water in a circular swimming Grade Level: Eighth Grade
2 pool if the diameter of the pool is 10 feet and the depth is 4 feet. Strand: Geometry
Round to the nearest whole unit. There are 7.48 gallons in one Topic: Solve problems about
cubic foot of water. geometric figures
1. 314 cu ft; 42 gallons GLCE: G.SR.08.03
2. 314 cu ft; 2349gallons
3. 1256 cu ft; 168 gallons
4. 1256 cu ft; 9395gallons
2 5. Jamie decided to walk around the outside of the park. The Grade Level: Eighth Grade
3 park is pictured below. How far did she walk? Strand: Geometry
1. 320 m Topic: Solve problems about
2. 440 m geometric figures
3. 1,200 m GLCE: G.SR.08.04
4. 1,500 m

2 What is the area of the figure? Grade Level: Eighth Grade

4 1. 16.1 m2 Strand: Geometry
2. 8.0 m2 Topic: Solve problems about
3. 6.6 m2 geometric figures
4. 4.6 m2 GLCE: G.SR.08.04

2 You are planning to paint the Grade Level: Eighth Grade

5 front and back of your barn, one Strand: Geometry
shown here If a gallon of paint Topic: Solve problems about
covers 120 square feet, how many geometric figures
gallons should you buy to cover GLCE: G.SR.08.05
the front of the barn? Show your
work.
Extension: Seeing this sampling of the K-8 GLCEs, what are you curious about as a teacher? Look back
over the preassessment, and think about trying to teach you students this material. Keep track below of
your questions.

Go back over your questions and pick 2 that you would most like to follow up on.