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Hawaii Alternate Assessment Practice Test

Build confidence with five focused 10-question practice sets for accessible reading, mathematics, science, data, communication, and everyday academic applications.

Hawaii Alternate Assessment practice sets

This Hawaii Alternate Assessment Practice Test page provides five short practice sets with 10 original multiple-choice questions each. The sets use clear directions and familiar situations to review reading, mathematics, science, data, communication, and everyday academic applications.

Skill areas covered

  • Reading directions, identifying main ideas, making inferences, using vocabulary, recognizing opinions, sequencing events, and finding evidence
  • Adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing, comparing numbers, using fractions, telling time, measuring, identifying shapes, and recognizing patterns
  • Observing living things, matter, magnets, light, shadows, heat, forces, weather, plants, and simple investigations
  • Reading charts, schedules, maps, graphs, time information, equal groups, safety directions, and practical measurement situations
  • Connecting reading, mathematics, science, communication, evidence, and review strategies in short accessible tasks

How to use this page

Complete one 10-question set at a time. Read each direction carefully, use visual or written information, allow appropriate accessibility supports, and review the explanation after answering.

This is supplemental State Test Practice, State Assessment Practice, and Standardized Test Practice for Hawaii alternate assessment preparation. It is not an official assessment and does not reproduce secure test content. Assessment names, participation rules, formats, accommodations, and procedures can change, so check current Hawaii Department of Education guidance before test day.

Review the official Hawaii Department of Education testing information for current assessment guidance.

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Hawaii Alternate Assessment Practice Questions

A 10-question Hawaii Alternate Assessment practice set on mathematics and numeracy, with answers and explanations.

Read or listen to each short task carefully, use the information given, choose the best answer, and review the explanation after responding.

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Unanswered 10
1. QuestionMultiple choice

What is 7 + 8?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is 15.

  1. Identify the task: Read the short passage, number sentence, science situation, or daily-life problem and identify what it asks you to find.
  2. Use the information given: Adding 7 and 8 gives 15.
  3. Check the answer: Confirm that the choice matches the information and the accessible academic skill in this Hawaii Alternate Assessment practice task.

Adding 7 and 8 gives 15.

2. QuestionMultiple choice

What is 24 ÷ 6?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is 4.

  1. Identify the task: Read the short passage, number sentence, science situation, or daily-life problem and identify what it asks you to find.
  2. Use the information given: Six groups of 4 make 24, so 24 divided by 6 equals 4.
  3. Check the answer: Confirm that the choice matches the information and the accessible academic skill in this Hawaii Alternate Assessment practice task.

Six groups of 4 make 24, so 24 divided by 6 equals 4.

3. QuestionMultiple choice

Which number is greater: 438 or 483?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is 483.

  1. Identify the task: Read the short passage, number sentence, science situation, or daily-life problem and identify what it asks you to find.
  2. Use the information given: Both have 4 hundreds, but 8 tens is greater than 3 tens.
  3. Check the answer: Confirm that the choice matches the information and the accessible academic skill in this Hawaii Alternate Assessment practice task.

Both have 4 hundreds, but 8 tens is greater than 3 tens.

4. QuestionMultiple choice

A shape has 4 equal sides and 4 right angles. What shape is it?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is A square.

  1. Identify the task: Read the short passage, number sentence, science situation, or daily-life problem and identify what it asks you to find.
  2. Use the information given: A square has four equal sides and four right angles.
  3. Check the answer: Confirm that the choice matches the information and the accessible academic skill in this Hawaii Alternate Assessment practice task.

A square has four equal sides and four right angles.

5. QuestionMultiple choice

What fraction shows 3 shaded parts out of 4 equal parts?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is 3/4.

  1. Identify the task: Read the short passage, number sentence, science situation, or daily-life problem and identify what it asks you to find.
  2. Use the information given: Three of four equal parts are shaded, so the fraction is 3/4.
  3. Check the answer: Confirm that the choice matches the information and the accessible academic skill in this Hawaii Alternate Assessment practice task.

Three of four equal parts are shaded, so the fraction is 3/4.

6. QuestionMultiple choice

A class starts at 9:00 and ends at 10:00. How much time passes?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is 1 hour.

  1. Identify the task: Read the short passage, number sentence, science situation, or daily-life problem and identify what it asks you to find.
  2. Use the information given: From 9:00 to 10:00 is one hour.
  3. Check the answer: Confirm that the choice matches the information and the accessible academic skill in this Hawaii Alternate Assessment practice task.

From 9:00 to 10:00 is one hour.

7. QuestionMultiple choice

A rectangle is 5 units long and 3 units wide. What is its area?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is 15 square units.

  1. Identify the task: Read the short passage, number sentence, science situation, or daily-life problem and identify what it asks you to find.
  2. Use the information given: Area is length times width: 5 × 3 = 15 square units.
  3. Check the answer: Confirm that the choice matches the information and the accessible academic skill in this Hawaii Alternate Assessment practice task.

Area is length times width: 5 × 3 = 15 square units.

8. QuestionMultiple choice

A student has 10 apples and gives away 3. How many apples remain?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is 7.

  1. Identify the task: Read the short passage, number sentence, science situation, or daily-life problem and identify what it asks you to find.
  2. Use the information given: Subtract 3 from 10 to find 7 apples remain.
  3. Check the answer: Confirm that the choice matches the information and the accessible academic skill in this Hawaii Alternate Assessment practice task.

Subtract 3 from 10 to find 7 apples remain.

9. QuestionMultiple choice

Which number is even?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is 26.

  1. Identify the task: Read the short passage, number sentence, science situation, or daily-life problem and identify what it asks you to find.
  2. Use the information given: 26 is divisible by 2, so it is even.
  3. Check the answer: Confirm that the choice matches the information and the accessible academic skill in this Hawaii Alternate Assessment practice task.

26 is divisible by 2, so it is even.

10. QuestionMultiple choice

A pattern is 2, 4, 6, 8. What comes next?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is 10.

  1. Identify the task: Read the short passage, number sentence, science situation, or daily-life problem and identify what it asks you to find.
  2. Use the information given: The pattern increases by 2, so the next number is 10.
  3. Check the answer: Confirm that the choice matches the information and the accessible academic skill in this Hawaii Alternate Assessment practice task.

The pattern increases by 2, so the next number is 10.

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Frequently asked questions about Hawaii Alternate Assessment Practice

What skills are covered?

The page covers accessible reading, communication, mathematics, science, data, measurement, directions, safety, and everyday academic applications.

How many questions are included?

There are five practice sets with 10 questions each, for 50 questions in total. Each set can be completed separately.

Are these official Hawaii alternate assessment questions?

No. These are original supplemental practice questions and do not reproduce secure assessment content. Check the Hawaii Department of Education for current participation rules, standards, accommodations, and procedures.