Assessment Answer Keys

1. Frame, rod, upper bead, lower bead, dividing bar (1 pt each, max 5)

2. 5

3. Three lower beads pushed up

4. Upper bead down + 2 lower beads up

5. 3

6. 3

7. Second rod from the right

8. 5

9. Numbers 5-9 need the upper bead (accept any correct description)

10. Open response — use to gauge experience level

1. 7. Steps: Show 4, use 5-comp (+5, -2) = 7

2. 3 (because 2 + 3 = 5)

3. 3 (because 7 + 3 = 10)

4. 13. Method: 10-comp (+10, -6)

5. 3

6. When adding on the ones rod produces a sum > 9, carry 1 to tens

7. 13

8. 1+4, 2+3, 3+2, 4+1

9. 8

10. When the ones rod sum exceeds 9

1. 15

2. 82

3. 36

4. Accept Yes/No/Sometimes — informational

5. 10

6. 94

7. 34

8. 3 rods (hundreds, tens, ones). Hundreds: 1 lower bead

9. 43

10. Open response — assess mental visualisation ability

1. Open response — identify which tables are weak

2. 63

3. 15 (4+5+6=15, 1+5=6)

4. 132

5. 625

6. Open response — any valid shortcut

7. 495

8. Ones, tens, hundreds (thousands etc. bonus)

9. 225

10. Open response — gauge prior knowledge

1. Good morning (before noon), Good evening (after noon/4 PM onwards). Good night = farewell, not greeting.

2. Open response — assess fluency and confidence level

3. an (vowel sound)

4. Any 5 correct family words in English

5. Any S-V-O sentence, e.g. 'I eat rice.' Not Tamil order.

6. went

7. on

8. 'She doesn't like ice cream.' (add doesn't, verb loses -s)

9. 'I was tired, so I went to sleep.' or 'I went to sleep because I was tired.'

10. 1-5 scale — use to gauge confidence, not correctness

1. Any 3: buying things, paying for services, saving, lending, etc.

2. Need (required for school). Accept 'depends' if well-reasoned.

3. Price = what the shop charges. Value = how useful it is to you.

4. Open response — reveals saving/spending habits

5. Any 3: jobs, services, businesses, chores, selling

6. A plan for how to use money: needs, savings, wants

7. Open response — reveals saving experience

8. Open response — reveals decision-making process

9. United Payments Interface — digital payment system (accept basic description)

10. Don't respond. It's a scam. Tell a parent.

1. Accept any reasonable description of connected devices/network

2. Any 3: learning, games, videos, social media, school work, messaging

3. Any 3: full name, home address, phone number, school name, birthday, photos

4. Any correct rules: 8+ characters, mixed types, no personal words, no reuse

5. Do not share. Say 'I don't share that online.' Tell a parent.

6. Someone pretending to be a trusted company to steal info (accept basic description)

7. Check for https:// and padlock. Be suspicious of strange URLs.

8. Use answer to understand current habits

9. Save evidence, block the person, tell a trusted adult

10. Open response — any prior knowledge of internet safety

1. Open response — identify current study habits (re-reading, highlighting, etc.)

2. Use to identify passive study habits

3. Pulling information from memory without looking at notes / testing yourself

4. Use to gauge attention span

5. Use to identify distraction patterns

6. 25 min focused study + 5 min break, repeat

7. Use to gauge metacognitive awareness (knowing ≠ remembering)

8. Open response — identify note-taking method (or lack of one)

9. Use to gauge AI tool familiarity

10. Open response — identify primary challenge to address