Arizona 2016 Mathematics Standards — Arizona
Understand ratio concepts and use ratio reasoning to solve problems. This Grade 6 reporting domain maps to 6 practice skills and 8 representative questions from the playable bank.
Arizona 2016 Mathematics Standards — Arizona
AASA is Arizona’s statewide achievement test for Grades 3-8, and its math item specifications are aligned to Arizona’s 2016 Mathematics Standards rather than a national framework like SBAC or SAT. The public AASA page does not show a fixed common-core-style domain blueprint; instead, the official math coverage is embedded in grade-level item specifications and scoring guides.
AASA uses the Independent / state-specific framework (by grade domains structure).
Arizona Department of Education AASA
Arizona Department of Education Mathematics Standards
A package of nuts weighs ounces. What is the weight in pounds? ( pound ounces)
Use a conversion factor with pounds in the numerator so ounces cancel: .
Write as a percent.
Multiply by 100: .
is what percent of
There are students in sixth grade. On Friday, of the students went on a field trip. How many students went on the field trip?
Convert to a decimal and multiply: students.
What is of
Then
A battery test lasts hours. How many seconds is that? ( hour minutes and minute seconds)
Convert hours to minutes, then minutes to seconds: .
A cooler holds gallons of water. How many quarts is that? ( gallon quarts)
Use a conversion factor with quarts in the numerator so gallons cancel: .
Write as a decimal.
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The AASA placement starts with this test's real coverage map and finds the right difficulty.