IKAN/GloSS Sample Items

Appendix B

Sample Items

Questions and Answers for the IKAN Timed Assessment (Form 1)

For an example of the video administration of the written assessment, visit: https://nzmaths.co.nz/sites/default/files/Numeracy/IKAN/new/ikan1_audio.mp4.

	Part 1 (Stage 4)	Part 2 (Stage 5)	Part 3 (Stage 6)	Part 4 (Stage 7)	Part 5 (Stage 8)
1	What number is one more than 49? 50	What number is one more than 599? 600	What number is one more than 439,999? 440,000	Which decimal is the biggest, 0.639, 0.9, 0.84? 0.9	Which fraction is the biggest, 3/4, 73/100, 7/10? 3/4
2	What number is one less than 30? 29	What number is one less than 1000? 999	What number is one less than 801,000? 800,999	Which decimal is the smallest: 2.4, 2.71, 2.084? 2.084	Which is the smallest? 2/3, 0.6, or 70% 0.6
3	Write the fraction for one half. 1/2	Write the fraction for five quarters. 5/4	Write these fractions in order of size, smallest to biggest: 1/5, 1/7, 1/6 1/7, 1/6, 1/5	Which number is the same as 3/5? 5/3, 12/20, 1 2/3, 4/6 12/20	How many hundredths are in all of 6.073? 607 or 607.3
4	Write the fraction for one fifth. 1/5	Write these fractions in order of size, smallest to biggest: 3/4, 1/4, 2/4 1/4, 2/4, 3/4	Write 4 and 1/5 as a fraction. 21/5	Which fraction is the smallest: 3/8 4/10 1/3? 1/3	What number is half way between 4.8 and 4.7? 4.75
5	How many tens are in 80? 8	How many tens are in all of the number 832? 83 or 83.2	How many hundreds are in all of this number, 53,605? 536 or 536.05	Round the following decimal to the nearest tenth: 6.49 6.5	What is the simplest fraction for 80%? 4/5
6	What is the number for nine groups of ten? 90	What is the number for 49 groups of ten? 490	How many tenths are in all of the number, 5.8? 58	How many thousands are in all of 6 457 894? 6457 or 6457.894	What is 1.3 written as a percentage? 130%
7	7 + 7 =? 14	7 + 9 =? 16	15 – 8 = ? 7	63 ÷ 9 = ? 7	What is the least common multiple of 6 and 9? 18
8	Half of 18 is ? 9	5 x 7 = ? 35	6 x 7 = ? 42	What number divided by 7 gives 6? 42	What is the highest common factor of 36 and 48? 12

Sample Items from GloSS

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