CCT-IV (FEB 2020) Mathematics Literacy Scoring Key

UNIT 01: APPLES ORCHARD

Context: Occupational
Content Category: Quantity

1.
n Number of apple trees Number of conifer trees
1 1 8
2 4 16
3 9 24
4 16 32
5 25 40

Full Credit: All 7 entries correct

No Credit: Two or more errors.
Correct entries for n=2,3,4, but BOTH cells for n=5 incorrect.
Both ‘25’ and ’40’ are incorrect; everything else is correct
Any other answer or missing answer

2. Full Credit: Responses with the correct answer, n=8, such as:
n2 = 8n
n2 – 8n = 0
n (n – 8) = 0,
n = 0 & n = 8,
n = 0 is rejected, so n = 8.
Responses including both the answers n = 8 and n = 0.
No Credit: Other responses, including just the response n=0.
 n2 = 8n (a repeat of the statement from the question)
 n2= 8.
 n=0. You can’t have the same number, because for every apple tree,
there are 8 conifer trees.

3. Full Credit: Correct response (apple trees) accompanied by a valid explanation. For
example:
 Apple trees = n X n and conifer trees = 8 X n both formulas have a
factor n, but apple trees have another n which will get larger where the
factor 8 stays the same. The number of apple trees increases more
quickly.
 The number of apple trees increases faster because that number is being
squared instead of multiplied by 8.
 Number of apple trees is quadratic. Number of conifer trees is linear. So
apple trees will increase faster.
 Response uses graph to demonstrate that n2 exceeds 8n after n=8.

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Partial Credit: Correct response (apple trees) based on specific examples or based on
extending the table.
 The number of apple trees will increase more quickly because, if we use
the table, we find that the no. of apple trees increases faster than the no.
of conifer trees. This happens especially after the no. of apple trees and
the number of conifer trees are equivalent.
 The table shows that the number of apple trees increases faster
OR
Correct response (apple trees) with SOME evidence that the relationship
between n2 and 8n is understood, but not very clearly expressed.
 Apple trees after n > 8
 After 8 rows, the number of apple trees will increase more quickly than
conifer trees.
 Conifer trees until you get to 8 rows, then there will be more apple trees.

No Credit: Correct response (apple trees) with no, insufficient or wrong explanation.
 Apple trees.
 Apple trees because they are populating the inside which is bigger than
just the perimeter.
 Apples trees because they are surrounded by conifer trees.
-Other Responses:
 Conifer trees
 Conifer trees because for every additional row of apple trees, you need
lots of conifer trees.
 Conifer trees. Because for every apple tree there are 8 conifer trees.
 I don’t know.
Any other answer or missing answer

Classification of Test Item:

Item Process category Item Format Cognitive
No Demand
1 Employing mathematical concepts, Fixed Response Easy
facts, procedures and reasoning (Open)
2 Formulating, applying and evaluating Fixed Response Average
mathematical outcomes (Open)
3 Interpreting, applying and evaluating Open High
mathematical outcomes constructed

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UNIT 02: SKATEBOARD

Context: Personal
Content & Category: Quantity

4. Full Credit: Both the minimum (80) and the maximum (137) correct.
Partial Credit: Only the minimum (80) correct or only the maximum (137) correct.
No Credit: Any other answer or missing answer

5. Full Credit: Option (D). 12

No Credit: Any other answer or missing answer

6. Full Credit: 65 zeds on a deck, 14 on wheels, 16 on trucks and 20 on hardware.

No Credit: Any other answer or missing answer

Classification of Test Item:

Item Process category Item Format Cognitive
No Demand
4 Employing mathematical concepts, Fixed Response Easy
facts, procedures and reasoning (Open)
5 Interpreting, applying and evaluating MCQ Average
mathematical outcomes
6 Formulating, applying and evaluating Fixed Response Average
mathematical outcomes (Open)

UNIT 03: SPEED OF RACING CAR

Context: Personal
Content Category: Change and Relationship

7. Full Credit: option (B) 1.5 km

No Credit: Any other answer or missing answer

8. Full Credit: option (C) at about 1.3 km

No Credit: Any other answer or missing answer

9. Full Credit: option (B) The speed of the car is increasing.

No Credit: Any other answer or missing answer

Classification of Test Item:

Item Process category Item Format Cognitive
No Demand
7 Formulating, applying and evaluating MCQ Average
mathematical outcomes
8 Employing mathematical concepts, MCQ Average
facts, procedures and reasoning
9 Employing mathematical concepts, MCQ Average
facts, procedures and reasoning
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UNIT 04: NUMBER CUBES

Context: Personal
Content Category: Space and Shape

10. Full Credit: Top row (1 5 4) Bottom Row (2 6 5). Equivalent answer shown as
dice faces is also acceptable.

1 5 4
2 6 5

No Credit: Any other answer or missing answer

11. Full Credit: No, Yes, Yes, No, in that order.

No Credit: Any other answer or missing answer

Classification of Test Item:

Item Process category Item Format Cognitive
No Demand
10 Employing mathematical concepts, Fixed Response Easy
facts, procedures and reasoning (Open)
11 Formulating, applying and evaluating Binary Choice Average
mathematical outcomes

UNIT 05: FARMS

Context: Personal
Content Category: Space and Shape

12. Full Credit: 144 (unit already given)

No Credit: Any other answer or missing answer

13. Full Credit: 6 (unit already given)

No Credit: Any other answer or missing answer

Classification of Test Item:

Item Process category Item Format Cognitive
No Demand
12 Employing mathematical concepts, Fixed Response Easy
facts, procedures and reasoning (Open)
13 Formulating, applying and evaluating Fixed Response Average
mathematical outcomes (Open)

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UNIT 06: EXCHANGE RATES

Context: Personal
Content Category: Change and Relationship

14. Full Credit: 12 600 ZAR (unit not required).

No Credit: Any other answer or missing answer

15. Full Credit: 975 SGD (unit not required).

No Credit: Any other answer or missing answer

16. Full Credit: ‘Yes’, with adequate explanation.

 Yes, by the lower exchange rate (for 1 SGD) Myra will get more
Singapore dollars for her South African rand.
 Yes, 4.2 ZAR for one dollar would have resulted in 929 ZAR.s
[Note: student wrote ZAR instead of SGD, but clearly the correct
calculation and comparison have been carried out and this error can
be ignored]
 Yes, because she received 4.2 ZAR for 1 SGD, and now she has to
pay only 4.0s ZAR to get 1 SGD.
 Yes, because it is 0.2 ZAR cheaper for every SGD
 Yes, because when you divide by 4.2 the outcome is smaller than
when you divide by 4.
 Yes, it was in her favor because if it didn’t go down she would have
got about $50 less.
No Credit: ‘Yes’, with no explanation or with inadequate explanation.
 Yes, a lower exchange rate is better.
 Yes it was in Myra’sfavor, because if the ZAR goes down, then she
will haves more money to exchange into SGD.
 Yes it was in Myra’sfavor
 Any other answer or missing answer

Classification of Test Item:

Item Process category Item Format Cognitive
No Demand
14 Employing mathematical concepts, Fixed Response Average
facts, procedures and reasoning (Open)
15 Employing mathematical concepts, Fixed Response Average
facts, procedures and reasoning (Open)
16 Interpreting, applying and evaluating Open High
mathematical outcomes constructed

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UNIT 07: LICHEN

Context: Scientific
Content Category: Quantity

17. Full Credit: 14mm (units not required). Full credit should be given as long as the
correct answer is 14 whether working out is shown or not.
d=7.0×√16 − 12 14mm
d= 14
d=7.0×√16 − 12 (Note that here the calculations are all correct,
but the
d=7.0×√4 unit is wrong. We will assume for now that it
is the
d= 14 years slip of the pen)
Partial Credit: Partial responses including:
 Correct substitution of value in the formula but incorrect answer
or missing answer.
 Incomplete answers (eg, 7√4).

d=7.0×√16 − 12 (wrong answer but correct substitution)

d= 16 years
d=7.0×√16 − 12 (complete answer)
d=7√4

No Credit: Any other answer or missing answer

18. Full Credit: 37 years (unit not required) whether working out is shown or not.
35=7× √t − 12 35÷7=5
5= √t − 12 7×5=7× √25
25=t−12 =7× √25 + 12
t =37 =7×37
⸫ 37years

35/7=5 (Strictly incorrect algebraic representation, but we know

52 =25 what the student is trying to do)
25+12=37

t = 15 d = 12.1 (Note that here the answer 37 is embedded in an eq.

t = 25 d = 25.2 that is correct)
t = 40 d = 37.0
t = 35 d = 33.6

t = 37 d = 35

So 37 years after the ice disappeared

756 = 35 = 7 ×√(37 − 12) = 7 ×√25 = 7× 5 = 35

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Partial Credit: Correct substitution of values in the formula but incorrect answer or
missing answer.
OR
36 years or 38 years. (Students may arrive at these answers using the
trial and error method)
35=7.0√t − 12 35=7.0× √t − 12 35=7.0× √t − 12
2 2
35 = 7 × t-12 5=√t − 12 5=√t − 12
2 2
49t = 1237 25=t -12 5=√t - √12
t=25 t=13 Too hard!
No Credit: Any other answer or missing answer
35=7.0√t − 12
28=√t − 12
784 = t-12
t= 796
40 years

Classification of Test Item:

Item Process category Item Format Cognitive
No Demand
17 Employing mathematical concepts, Fixed Response Average
facts, procedures and reasoning (Open)
18 Formulating, applying and evaluating Fixed Response Average
mathematical outcomes (Open)

UNIT 08: CHOICES

Context: Personal
Content & Category: Quantity

19. Full Credit: 6.

No Credit: Any other answer or missing answer

Classification of Test Item:

Item Process category Item Format Cognitive

No Demand
19 Formulating, applying and evaluating Fixed Response Average
mathematical outcomes (Open)

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UNIT 09: EARTHQUAKE

Context: Scientific
Content & Category: Uncertainty and Data

20. Full Credit: option (C) The likelihood that there will be an earthquake in Zed
City at some time during the next 20 years is higher than the
likelihood of no earthquake.
No Credit: Any other answer or missing answer

Classification of Test Item:

Item Process category Item Format Cognitive
No Demand
20 Interpreting, applying and evaluating MCQ Average
mathematical outcomes

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