Members of the Kansas Legislature and others had a chance Monday to experience the state assessments given to Kansas students during the first “Kansas Take the Test Day.”

The purpose of the testing activity is to demonstrate knowledge and ability Kansas students are expected to acquire in different subject areas at various grade levels:

10th-grade math

Question: A display at a store contains an arrangement of cans such that the bottom layer contains 45 cans and each layer above contains four fewer cans than the previous layer. Which would give the number of cans in the nth row from the bottom?

A. 45 (n-4)

B. 41 – 4n

C. 41 – 4 (n-1)

D. 45 – 4 (n-1)

Answer: C.

11th-grade social studies

Question: Under Article V, there are two ways to prepare amendments to the Constitution. The list below consists of four steps included in the most commonly used method.

W. Each house of Congress proposes the amendment by a two-thirds vote.

X. Citizen groups, the media or the courts draw attention to the problem.

Y. Three-fourths of the state legislatures ratify the amendment.

Z. The amendment is written to deal with the problem.

What is the sequence of events required to amend the Constitution?

a. z, w, x y.

b. z, x, w, y.

c. x, z, y, w

d. x, z, w, y.

Answer: D.