PISA 2012 Released Items
CHARTS SCORING 1
QUESTION INTENT:
Description: Read a bar chart
Mathematical content area: Uncertainty and data
Context: Societal
Process: Interpret
Full Credit
Code 1: B. 500
No Credit
Code 0: Other responses.
Code 9: Missing.
Question 2: CHARTS
PM918Q02
In
which month did the band
No One’s Darling
sell more CDs than the band
The
Kicking Kangaroos
for the first time?
A. No month
B. March
C. April
D. May
CHARTS SCORING 2
QUESTION INTENT:
Description: Read a bar chart and compare the
height of two bars
Mathematical content area: Uncertainty and data
Context: Societal
Process: Interpret
Full Credit
Code 1: C. April
No Credit
Code 0: Other responses.
Code 9: Missing.
PISA 2012 Released Items
Question 5: CHARTS
PM918Q05
The manager of
The Kicking Kangaroos
is worried because the number of their CDs
that sold decreased from February to June.
What is the estimate of their sales volume for July if the same negative
trend
continues?
A. 70 CDs
B. 370 CDs
C. 670 CDs
D. 1340 CDs
CHARTS SCORING 5
QUESTION INTENT:
Description: Interpret a bar chart and estimate the number of CDs sold in the
future assuming that the linear trend continues
Mathematical content area: Uncertainty and data
Context: Societal
Process: Employ
Full Credit
Code 1: B. 370 CDs
No Credit
Code 0: Other responses.
Code 9: Missing.
PISA 2012 Released Items
PENGUINS
The animal photographer Jean Baptiste went on a
year-long
expedition and took numerous photos of penguins and their
chicks.
He was particularly interested in the growth in the size of
different penguin colonies.
Translation Note: In French, “penguin” is “manchot”.
Question 1: PENGUINS
PM921Q01
Normally, a penguin couple produces two eggs every year. Usually
the chick from the larger of the two eggs is the only one that survives.
With rockhopper penguins, the first egg weighs approximately 78 g
and the second egg weighs approximately 110 g.
By approximately how many percent is the second egg heavier than
the first egg?
A. 29%
B. 32%
C. 41%
D. 71%
