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2014 Primary Math Specimen Paper 1 The 2014 Primary Math Specimen Paper 1 is a released assessment from the Cambridge Primary Checkpoint and provides comprehensive feedback on students' strengths and weaknesses in the subject. This assessment contains a combination of free-response and non free-response questions. The Cambridge Primary Math assessment covers five content areas or ‘strands’ and further subdivided into ‘sub-strands’. These are:
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2014 Primary Math Specimen Paper 2 The 2014 Primary Math Specimen Paper 2 is a released assessment from the Cambridge Primary Checkpoint and provides comprehensive feedback on students' strengths and weaknesses in the subject. This assessment contains a combination of free-response and non free-response questions. The Cambridge Primary Math assessment covers five content areas or ‘strands’ and further subdivided into ‘sub-strands’. These are:
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Air in Soil This task (in PALM and in PALS) focuses on the Structure of the Earth System. Students must follow an experiment to calculate the percent of air in a soil sample, and then design another experiment to determine the amount of water in a sample. This task includes: |
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BTW IDK Y talking w/ my BFF costs 2 much In this task, students will collect information to be used in a new data plan for texting. This task includes: |
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Birds, Insects, Balloons: Kindergarten Flight Study In this task students will explore ratio and proportions through a flight study, designing and and creating various flying objects. This task includes: |
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BizWorld In this task, students must work in groups to create a friendship bracelet business and carry out the entrepreneurial cycle to build capital for their business. This task includes: |
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Bounce Back Ball In this task (in PALM and in PALS), students will investigate energy changes by measuring and recording the four heights a tennis ball bounces back up after being dropped. This task includes: |
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Bunting This task requires students to calculate the amount of material needed to make enough bunting to circle a yard. This task includes: |
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California, Here We Come! In this task, students will calculate the time and mileage to fly between cities. This task includes: |
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Candle Box In this task, students must design a 2D form that will be folded to create a 3D candle box. This task includes: |
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