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Patterns, Relations and Functions Test Questions
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| Below are sample questions from the
TIMSS achievement tests in Science administered to twenty-six countries.
TIMSS is a research project sponsored by the International Association for
the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA). These questions may be
used in the classroom, as a tool for evaluation, or to provide examples
of test-question writing. |
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| Grades
3 and 4 |
| 1. Tanya has read the first 78 pages
in a book that is 130 pages long. Which number sentence could Tanya use
to find the number of pages she must read to finish the book? |
| A. 130+78=? |
| B. ?-78=130 |
| C. 130/78=? |
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D. 130-78=?
Answer: D
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| 2. What do you have to do to each
number in column A to get the number next to it in column B? |
| Column A |
Column B |
| 10 |
2 |
| 15 |
3 |
| 25 |
5 |
| 50 |
10 |
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| A. Add 8 to the number in column A. |
| B. Subtract 8 from the number in column
A. |
| C. Multiply the number in Column A
by 5. |
| D. Divide the number in Column A by
5. |
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| Answer: D |
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| 3. Which pair of numbers follows
the rule "Multiply the first number by 5 to get the second number"? |
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A. 15--3
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| B. 6--11 |
| C. 11-6 |
| D. 3--15 |
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| Answer: D |
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| 4. Henry is older than Bill, and
Bill is older than Peter. Which statement must be true? |
| A. Henry is older than Peter. |
| B. Henry is younger than Peter. |
| C. Henry is the same age as Peter. |
| D. We cannot tell who is oldest from
the information given. |
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| Answer: A |
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| 5. These numbers are part of a pattern. |
| 50,46,42,38,34,.... |
| What do you have to do to get the
next number? |
| Answer:________________________________ |
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| Answer: The number decreases by 4 |
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