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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 data and everyday applications, 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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1. QuestionMultiple choice

A chart shows 4 students chose apples and 6 chose bananas. Which fruit was chosen by more students?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is Bananas.

  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 chart shows 6 banana choices and 4 apple choices, so bananas were chosen more often.
  3. Check the answer: Confirm that the choice matches the information and the accessible academic skill in this Hawaii Alternate Assessment practice task.

The chart shows 6 banana choices and 4 apple choices, so bananas were chosen more often.

2. QuestionMultiple choice

A bus arrives at 8:15. Which time is 15 minutes later?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is 8:30.

  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 15 minutes to 8:15 gives 8:30.
  3. Check the answer: Confirm that the choice matches the information and the accessible academic skill in this Hawaii Alternate Assessment practice task.

Adding 15 minutes to 8:15 gives 8:30.

3. QuestionMultiple choice

Which item is most likely measured in liters?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is Water in a large bottle.

  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: Liters measure liquid volume, such as the water in a large bottle.
  3. Check the answer: Confirm that the choice matches the information and the accessible academic skill in this Hawaii Alternate Assessment practice task.

Liters measure liquid volume, such as the water in a large bottle.

4. QuestionMultiple choice

A store sign says a notebook is 3 units and a pen is 2 units. How many units are needed for both?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is 5 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: Add the two amounts: 3 + 2 = 5 units.
  3. Check the answer: Confirm that the choice matches the information and the accessible academic skill in this Hawaii Alternate Assessment practice task.

Add the two amounts: 3 + 2 = 5 units.

5. QuestionMultiple choice

A map key says one picture represents 2 miles. Three pictures represent how many miles?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is 6 miles.

  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: Multiply 3 pictures by 2 miles per picture to get 6 miles.
  3. Check the answer: Confirm that the choice matches the information and the accessible academic skill in this Hawaii Alternate Assessment practice task.

Multiply 3 pictures by 2 miles per picture to get 6 miles.

6. QuestionMultiple choice

A graph shows temperatures of 70, 72, 75, and 73 degrees. Which day was warmest?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is The day with 75 degrees.

  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: 75 is the greatest temperature shown on the graph.
  3. Check the answer: Confirm that the choice matches the information and the accessible academic skill in this Hawaii Alternate Assessment practice task.

75 is the greatest temperature shown on the graph.

7. QuestionMultiple choice

A class has 12 markers and puts the same number in 3 boxes. How many markers go in each box?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

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: Divide 12 markers by 3 boxes to get 4 markers in each box.
  3. Check the answer: Confirm that the choice matches the information and the accessible academic skill in this Hawaii Alternate Assessment practice task.

Divide 12 markers by 3 boxes to get 4 markers in each box.

8. QuestionMultiple choice

Which action is safest before crossing a street?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is Stop, look both ways, and cross when it is safe..

  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: Stopping and checking both directions helps a person identify traffic before crossing.
  3. Check the answer: Confirm that the choice matches the information and the accessible academic skill in this Hawaii Alternate Assessment practice task.

Stopping and checking both directions helps a person identify traffic before crossing.

9. QuestionMultiple choice

A schedule lists lunch at 12:00 and a meeting at 1:00. How much time is between them?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

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 12:00 to 1:00 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 12:00 to 1:00 is one hour.

10. QuestionMultiple choice

A recycling bin has 8 cans. Students add 7 more. How many cans are in the bin?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

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: Add 8 and 7 to get 15 cans.
  3. Check the answer: Confirm that the choice matches the information and the accessible academic skill in this Hawaii Alternate Assessment practice task.

Add 8 and 7 to get 15 cans.

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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.