ABCTE MSE EXAM 1 CERTIFICATION
EVALUATION 2026 GRADED A PLUS
ACTUAL PAPER SOLUTIONS
◉ What is rote counting?. Answer: Recitation of numbers. No
physical objects at all.
◉ Leaning a straight board against a wall that is perpendicular to
the floor will result in what type of triangle?. Answer: Right
◉ which of the following would be next group in the series: abt, bcu,
cdv, dew.... Answer: efx
◉ What would you use to find the perimeter of a square for which s
= 16?. Answer: 4s
◉ What tool is used to draw arcs and circles of varying radii?.
Answer: A compass.
◉ What is the best way of presenting an annual budget would be
using a. Answer: pie chart
,◉ What is a bar chart good for?. Answer: They typically present one
variable over a certain amount of time.
◉ A stem and leaf plot is good for.... Answer: graphing data on an
interval scale
◉ A scatter plot is good for. Answer: graphing two variables
◉ Change 450% to decimal form. Answer: 4.5
◉ Simplify the expression 7(5 + 2) - 5. Answer: 44
◉ What is this notation? n!. Answer: Factorial: the factorial of a
given number is the product of all positive integers less than or
equal to that number.
◉ what would be the first step in teaching 4th grade students how to
calculate the area of a rectangle?. Answer: Define "area."
◉ Given an initial position of 13 on a number line, what is the final
position once -2, -3 and -8 are added?. Answer: On the whole
number zero.
,◉ What is an accurate value for an acute triangle?. Answer: 60
degrees. An acute angle measures between 0 and 90 degrees.
◉ What is an accurate value for an obtuse angle?. Answer: One
measuring more than 90 degrees.
◉ If two of the angles in a triangle are 40 degrees and 50 degrees,
how could you determine the measurement of the third angle?.
Answer: Subtract 90 from 180; the angles of a triangle add up to 180
degrees.
◉ Which units of measurement would you most likely use to weight
a grape?. Answer: grams.
◉ Which units of measurement would you most likely use to weight
a little bit of sand?. Answer: milligrams - indicates mass of very
small objects
◉ The kilogram is equivalent to what?. Answer: about 2 pounds
◉ What is an inappropriate use of calculators in teaching
elementary math?. Answer: increasing fluency during a subtraction
drill... you would be measuring how well a student could use a
calculator.
, ◉ What does math fluency measure?. Answer: the rate at which a
student can complete a set of problems accurately.
◉ How many different ways can 5 books be arranged on a shelf?.
Answer: 120; 5! In a factorial, start with the number given, and
multiply that number times each whole number smaller than it
counting down to 1. In this case, 5! = 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1 = 120
◉ What is the absolute value?. Answer: The distance the number is
from zero. The number inside the absolute value can be positive or
negative.
◉ what is the equation for a line that is parallel to the x axis in the
Cartesian coordinate plane?. Answer: y = 2 This is a reduced form of
the equation y = 0 x + 2
◉ Formula for volume of a square pyramid. Answer: 1/3(area of
base)(height)
◉ Formula for area of a triangle. Answer: 1/2bh
◉ How does the "partial sum method" algorithm work?. Answer:
tally the total sum of each place value and then add those place value
totals to get the final answer. Often uses base 10 blocks.
EVALUATION 2026 GRADED A PLUS
ACTUAL PAPER SOLUTIONS
◉ What is rote counting?. Answer: Recitation of numbers. No
physical objects at all.
◉ Leaning a straight board against a wall that is perpendicular to
the floor will result in what type of triangle?. Answer: Right
◉ which of the following would be next group in the series: abt, bcu,
cdv, dew.... Answer: efx
◉ What would you use to find the perimeter of a square for which s
= 16?. Answer: 4s
◉ What tool is used to draw arcs and circles of varying radii?.
Answer: A compass.
◉ What is the best way of presenting an annual budget would be
using a. Answer: pie chart
,◉ What is a bar chart good for?. Answer: They typically present one
variable over a certain amount of time.
◉ A stem and leaf plot is good for.... Answer: graphing data on an
interval scale
◉ A scatter plot is good for. Answer: graphing two variables
◉ Change 450% to decimal form. Answer: 4.5
◉ Simplify the expression 7(5 + 2) - 5. Answer: 44
◉ What is this notation? n!. Answer: Factorial: the factorial of a
given number is the product of all positive integers less than or
equal to that number.
◉ what would be the first step in teaching 4th grade students how to
calculate the area of a rectangle?. Answer: Define "area."
◉ Given an initial position of 13 on a number line, what is the final
position once -2, -3 and -8 are added?. Answer: On the whole
number zero.
,◉ What is an accurate value for an acute triangle?. Answer: 60
degrees. An acute angle measures between 0 and 90 degrees.
◉ What is an accurate value for an obtuse angle?. Answer: One
measuring more than 90 degrees.
◉ If two of the angles in a triangle are 40 degrees and 50 degrees,
how could you determine the measurement of the third angle?.
Answer: Subtract 90 from 180; the angles of a triangle add up to 180
degrees.
◉ Which units of measurement would you most likely use to weight
a grape?. Answer: grams.
◉ Which units of measurement would you most likely use to weight
a little bit of sand?. Answer: milligrams - indicates mass of very
small objects
◉ The kilogram is equivalent to what?. Answer: about 2 pounds
◉ What is an inappropriate use of calculators in teaching
elementary math?. Answer: increasing fluency during a subtraction
drill... you would be measuring how well a student could use a
calculator.
, ◉ What does math fluency measure?. Answer: the rate at which a
student can complete a set of problems accurately.
◉ How many different ways can 5 books be arranged on a shelf?.
Answer: 120; 5! In a factorial, start with the number given, and
multiply that number times each whole number smaller than it
counting down to 1. In this case, 5! = 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1 = 120
◉ What is the absolute value?. Answer: The distance the number is
from zero. The number inside the absolute value can be positive or
negative.
◉ what is the equation for a line that is parallel to the x axis in the
Cartesian coordinate plane?. Answer: y = 2 This is a reduced form of
the equation y = 0 x + 2
◉ Formula for volume of a square pyramid. Answer: 1/3(area of
base)(height)
◉ Formula for area of a triangle. Answer: 1/2bh
◉ How does the "partial sum method" algorithm work?. Answer:
tally the total sum of each place value and then add those place value
totals to get the final answer. Often uses base 10 blocks.
