Marker's assessment (Math).l  Southern New Hampshire University BUS 5130

You are required to mark the questions and give necessary comments that are constructive
towards the student’s learning. We will need to assess carefully as students may only
provide final answers. An example has been provided for your reference.
Kate has some stickers. If she gives her friends 7 stickers each, she will have 3 stickers left. If she
gives them 8 stickers each, she will be short of 6 stickers. How many stickers does she have?
[4 marks]
Solution Student’s answer
Score:
Student 1: 4 marks
Student 2: 3 marks
Student 3: 3 marks
Student 4: 0 mark
Possible Comments:
Student 1: Well done!
Student 2: Careless mistake. You forgot to add the 3 stickers that are left.
Student 3: You might have made a careless mistake, do check through your working
if there is any mistake and try again to see whether you can get it.
Student 4: To recognize and solve such question, look out for “shortage” and
“excess” of items after distribution. Due to the difference given to each
friend, it cause a gap in the total amount required. Hence, we will find the
no. of friends by using the gap and difference to perform division.