ParaPro Classroom Application of Mathematics Concepts 4

Question 1

A student is struggling to understand place value. Which manipulative would BEST help reinforce this concept?

Accepted Answer

Base-ten blocks representing ones, tens, and hundreds

Answer

Flash cards with multiplication facts

Answer

A number line from 1 to 20

Answer

Fraction circles

Question 2

A teacher asks a paraprofessional to help a student who keeps writing 31 when dictated the number 'thirteen.' What is the most likely error?

Accepted Answer

The student is reversing the tens and ones digits based on the spoken word order

Answer

The student cannot count to 13

Answer

The student has a vision problem

Answer

The student does not know what 3 and 1 look like

Question 3

A student correctly solves 8 + 7 = 15 but cannot explain how she got the answer. What strategy should a paraprofessional encourage to build conceptual understanding?

Accepted Answer

Ask her to use a number line or counters to show how she combined the two groups

Answer

Tell her to memorize the fact faster

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Give her a calculator to check her work

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Move on since the answer is correct

Question 4

During a geometry lesson, students must identify shapes with exactly 4 right angles. Which shape should a paraprofessional confirm is CORRECT?

Accepted Answer

Rectangle

Answer

Rhombus

Answer

Trapezoid

Answer

Equilateral triangle

Question 5

A paraprofessional is helping a student measure the length of a pencil using a ruler. The student places the pencil starting at the 1-inch mark and reads the endpoint at 7 inches. What answer should the student record?

Accepted Answer

6 inches

Answer

7 inches

Answer

8 inches

Answer

1 inch

Question 6

A student needs to convert 2.5 meters to centimeters. Which reasoning should a paraprofessional model?

Accepted Answer

Multiply by 100 because there are 100 cm in a meter

Answer

Divide by 100 because there are 100 cm in a meter

Answer

Multiply by 10 because metric uses base-10

Answer

Add 100 to convert larger to smaller units

Question 7

A student is learning to tell time and reads 3:45 as 'three forty-five.' The teacher asks the paraprofessional to also explain this time using a different phrase. Which is CORRECT?

Accepted Answer

Quarter to four

Answer

Quarter past three

Answer

Half past three

Answer

Quarter past four