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Dinner Date AssessmentDinner Date Assessment
Publisher
Balanced Assessment
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Grade
9th - 12th
Subjects
Math
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Duration
30 mins
Instructional Strategy
Independent Practice
Year
1995
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Dinner Date

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Determine just how far to run before dinner. The short assessment asks pupils to determine the distance a person can jog in the time left before dinner. To answer the question, scholars determine the distance if the person jogs one way and walks back, and then figures out how much farther the person can go if jogging both ways.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

distance, distance rate time problems, constant rate, elapsed time, time, time intervals, time word problems, linear equations, linear equations applications, linear equations writing

Additional Tags

math

Instructional Ideas

  • Have individuals draw diagrams to represent the situation

Classroom Considerations

  • Assumes pupils know how to solve equations with variables on both sides
  • Class members should know how to create equations involving distance, rate, and time

Pros

  • Rubric provides a description of responses that should receive partial credit
  • Answer key provides the breakdown of point allotments for each category

Cons

  • None

Common Core

HSN-Q.A.1 HSN-Q.A.2 HSA-CED.A.1 MP2 MP4

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