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What questions are used in the NAEP mathematics assessment?

Explore sample questions from the mathematics assessment, and see how the NAEP mathematics questions relate to student performance.

 

Test Yourself in Mathematics

Select one of the grade tabs below to try out 10 questions from the 2009 NAEP mathematics assessment. After answering all the questions, compare your score with that of students nationally.

Grade 4
Grade 8
Grade 12


 Grade 4 Sample Questions

Question 1 of 10:

table: 2 + n = 5; 3 + n = 6; 4 + n = 7; 5 + n = 8

What number does n represent in the table?

  1. 2
  2. 3
  3. 4
  4. 5
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The correct answer is: B
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Question 2 of 10 :

It takes Ms. Wylie 15 minutes to drive from her house to the store. Which is the best estimate of the distance from her house to the store?

  1.     5 feet
  2.    5 miles
  3.    20 feet
  4.  200 miles
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The correct answer is: B
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Question 3 of 10:

Kiara set her beads on a table to make a repeating pattern. Some of the beads rolled off the table.
Here is what was left.

bead pattern in the following order: long long, short short short, long long, short short short, long long, short short, broken segement, short short short, long long, short short short

Which of the following should Kiara use to replace the missing beads in the pattern?

  1. bead pattern in the following order: long long, short short short
  2. bead pattern in the following order: short, long long, short
  3. bead pattern in the following order: short, long long
  4. bead pattern in the following order: long long
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The correct answer is: C
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Question 4 of 10:

five pointed star with a shaded pentagon in the center

What is the shape of the shaded figure inside the star?

  1. Hexagon
  2. Pentagon
  3. Quadrilateral
  4. Triangle
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The correct answer is: B
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Question 5 of 10:

301 minus 75 equals

  1. 226
  2. 235
  3. 236
  4. 374
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The correct answer is: A
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Question 6 of 10:

List of student names: Kara, Paula, Caitlyn, Pablo, Peter, Janet, Tanisha, Clara, Bill, and Matt.

One student will be chosen at random from the list above. What is the probability that the student's name begins with the letter P?

  1. 1 out of 3
  2. 1 out of 10
  3. 3 out of 7
  4. 3 out of 10
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The correct answer is: D
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Question 7 of 10:

Four figures. A: right triangle, B: Square, C: Isosceles triangle, D: Rectangle

Which figure has the greatest area?

  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. D
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The correct answer is: B
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Question 8 of 10:

Which picture shows that three-quarters is the same as six-eighths ?

  1. figure with four attached rectangles with a dotted line in the center, three of four are shaded
  2. figure with five attached rectangles with a dotted line in the center, four of five are shaded
  3. figure with four individual circles, three of which are shaded
  4. figure with four attached rectangles with a dotted line in the center, three of four are shaded on the top half only
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The correct answer is: A
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Question 9 of 10:

A loaded trailer truck weighs 26,643 kilograms. When the trailer truck is empty, it weighs 10,547 kilograms. About how much does the load weigh?

  1. 14,000 kilograms
  2. 16,000 kilograms
  3. 18,000 kilograms
  4. 36,000 kilograms
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The correct answer is: B
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Question 10 of 10:

Which fraction has a value closest to one-half ?

  1. five-eighths

    2.  

  2. one-sixth

    3.  

  3. two-halfs

    4.  

  4. one-fifth
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The correct answer is: A
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The chart below shows the percentage of questions that you answered correctly, as well as how students at each of the achievement levels performed on this set of questions. For instance, fourth-grade students at Proficient had a percentage correct of 77% on average.

[Overall|62],[Below Basic|37],[Basic|57],[Proficient|77],[Advanced|93] Fourth-grade percentage correct on selected mathematics questions: 2009

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NOTE: Eligible and not eligible refers to eligibility for the National School Lunch Program.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2009 Mathematics Assessment.

Comparison of your results with district results
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2009 Mathematics Assessment.

View this set of questions in the NAEP Questions Tool to see student performance by participating states.