Scoring Guide: Saving, Giving & Civic Action

Read each question. Circle or write your answer. Show your math.

1. 1.

   Ben wants a scooter that costs $43. He already has $7. If he saves $6 each week, how many more weeks until he has enough?

   (2 pts)

   Answer: 6 weeks (43 − 7 = 36; 36 ÷ 6 = 6, or count by sixes from 7 to 43)

2. 2.

   Juice boxes: a 6-pack costs $5. A 3-pack costs $3. Which is the better buy for 6 juice boxes, one 6-pack or two 3-packs? By how much?

   (2 pts)

   Answer: one 6-pack, by $1 (two 3-packs cost 2 × 3 = 6; 6 − 5 = 1)

3. 3.

   Lina gets $12 each week. She puts $5 in her Save jar and $2 in her Give jar. How much goes in her Spend jar? How much will be in her Save jar after 3 weeks?

   (3 pts)

   Answer: $5 to Spend (12 − 5 − 2 = 5); $15 in Save after 3 weeks (3 × 5 = 15)

4. 4.

   Which is a way to give your TIME?

   (2 pts)

   Answer: helping at a park cleanup

5. 5.

   Ava wants headphones that cost $45. She has $30. Use two smart spending tips to give her advice.

   (2 pts)

   Answer: Answers vary. Look for two tips that fit: do not spend money you do not have (she is $15 short, so keep saving); compare prices at other stores; wait a day to be sure; ask if it is a need or a want; check the quality with an adult.

Read Kai's notes in the source box. Then answer each question.

1. 6.

   Source box: Kai's research notes (made up, written for this test). Issue: the bike rack at the Elm Street library is always full. Tally of bikes with no space in the rack: Monday 7, Wednesday 9, Saturday 12. Interview: the librarian said, "Kids lock bikes to the railing, and that blocks the ramp for people who use wheelchairs." A neighbor said, "Bikes make the library look messy." How many bikes in all had no space in the rack on the three days?

   (2 pts)

   Answer: 28 bikes (7 + 9 + 12 = 28)

2. 7.

   Kai's big question is "How can the library help kids park bikes safely?" Write one supporting question that Kai's tally helps answer. Then name the other kind of source Kai used.

   (2 pts)

   Answer: Answers vary. Look for: a supporting question the tally answers, such as "How many bikes have no space in the rack each day?"; and the interview (with the librarian and the neighbor).

3. 8.

   Claim question: What should the library do about its bike rack? Write a claim. Support it with two pieces of evidence from Kai's notes. Do not use an opinion as evidence.

   (4 pts)

   Answer: Answers vary. Look for: a claim such as "The library should add a bigger bike rack," and two facts from the notes: 28 bikes had no space over three days; 12 bikes had no space on Saturday; bikes on the railing block the wheelchair ramp. The neighbor's opinion does not count as evidence.

4. 9.

   Which sentence in Kai's notes is an opinion, not a fact?

   (2 pts)

   Answer: "Bikes make the library look messy."

5. 10.

   Who in the community could fix the bike rack problem? Name one polite way Kai could ask them for help.

   (2 pts)

   Answer: Answers vary. Look for: the library, the library board, or the town's public works or parks department; a polite letter or email, speaking at a public meeting, or a petition.

6. 11.

   Kai's petition goal is 60 signatures. He collects 18, then 23, then 14. Did he reach the goal? How many more did he need? Name one good next step.

   (3 pts)

   Answer: No. 18 + 23 + 14 = 55; 60 − 55 = 5, so he needed 5 more. Next step: answers vary, such as keep collecting, share the petition anyway, or try a new place to ask.

Read Ruby's proposal in the source box. Then answer each question.

1. 12.

   Source box with a map: Ruby's proposal (made up, written for this test). "I propose two benches at the Pine Street bus stop to help older adults and parents with small children. Map: north is at the top. The bus stop is on the east side of Pine Street, next to the post office. Cost plan: bench 1, $38; bench 2, $38; paint, $9; bolts, $7. Budget: $100. History: an old photo from 1950 shows a wooden bench at this same stop." What is the total cost of Ruby's plan?

   (2 pts)

   Answer: $92 (38 + 38 + 9 + 7 = 92)

2. 13.

   How much of Ruby's $100 budget is left?

   (1 pt)

   Answer: $8 (100 − 92 = 8)

3. 14.

   Use the map in Ruby's proposal. What building is next to the bus stop, and on which side of Pine Street is it?

   (2 pts)

   Answer: the post office; the east side

4. 15.

   Which fact in Ruby's proposal is the history (then-and-now) part?

   (1 pt)

   Answer: the 1950 photo of a wooden bench at the same stop

5. 16.

   Give Ruby one strength and one fix for her proposal. (Hint: Does she say who decides and what she is asking them to do?)

   (2 pts)

   Answer: Answers vary. Look for: a strength, such as a clear map, a cost that fits the budget, or saying who it helps; a fix, such as naming who decides (for example, the town's public works or transit department) and making a specific ask, or adding evidence of how many people wait at the stop.

Read each question. Circle or write your answer. Show your math.

1. 17.

   A lemonade stand's costs are $11. On a hot day it sells 24 cups at $1 each. What is the profit? On a rainy day it sells only 8 cups. Does it make money or lose money, and how much?

   (3 pts)

   Answer: Hot day: $13 profit (24 − 11 = 13). Rainy day: it loses $3 (it takes in $8 but costs are $11; 11 − 8 = 3).

2. 18.

   Chocolate is made from cocoa beans, and much of the world's cocoa grows in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana in West Africa. Explain how a chocolate bar in your store shows global interdependence.

   (2 pts)

   Answer: Look for: cocoa grows in warm places far away, so people in the U.S. depend on farmers and shippers in other countries, and those farmers depend on buyers here.

3. 19.

   Which part of a map tells you what each symbol means?

   (1 pt)

   Answer: the key