They are asked to name fractions that tell how much of the cake various people receive. When used as an assessment, this task is intended to take about 5 minutes. In this task students are asked to draw two shapes that have line symmetry and to mark each line of symmetry with a dotted line. The prompt explains line symmetry and gives an example of a heart with the line of symmetry shown by a dotted line. When used as an assessment, this task is intended to take about 5 minutes.
Students generate all the possible combinations from a given set of components.
They explain how they generated these, how they know they've found all the combinations, and describe any patterns they have noted in how the number of combinations changes as the components change. Administering the assessment - 45 minutes. Game of Checkers - Elementary Make a schedule for a checker tournament that assure that each player gets a chance to play each of the other participants one time. This item assesses the students' ability to find combinations and to schedule things. These two elements are part of discrete mathematics.