State of New Jersey Department of Education

Instruction for Competency-based Assessment

Mathematics Multiple-choice Examples

Elementary
Bloom's Taxonomy Level
1. How many numbers between 20 and 50 have no remainder when divided by 6?
A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6
The correct answer is C.
 
2. What is the fewest number of coins needed to make 99¢, using only pennies and dimes?
A. 8
B. 14
C. 18
D. 19
The correct answer is C.
 
3. Using the digits 1 - 7 only once, what is the largest even number you can make with a 5 in the thousands place?
A. 7,654,321
B. 7,654,312
C. 7,645,312
D. 7,435,216
The correct answer is C.
 
4. Which of the following shows the decimals in order from least to greatest?

A. 0.5     0.45    0.54
B. 0.45    0.5     0.54
C. 0.54    0.5     0.45
D. 0.45    0.54    0.5
The correct answer is B.
 
Middle School
 
1. Which of these numbers has the greatest number of different prime factors?
a. 30
b. 50
c. 99
d. 121

The correct answer is: A.
 
2. Which of the numbers described below is the largest?
a. 0.1 divided by 0.2
b. The sum of 0.l and 0.2
c. The product of 0.1 and 0.2
d. 0.1 raised to the second power

The correct answer is: A.
 
3. A used car was priced at $7000. The salesperson then offered a discount of $350. What percent discount, applied to the original price, gives the offered price?
a. 5
b. 20
c. 80
d. 95

The correct answer is: A.