For Grade 4 and 7 students in British Columbia

BC FSA practice

Students in Grades 4 and 7 in British Columbia write the Foundation Skills Assessment at school in the fall. It has an online literacy task and an online numeracy task of 30 questions each, a numeracy task on paper, and written answers that the school marks. Results go to families and schools; they do not count toward report card marks.

Our FSA-style practice has both online tasks for each grade, 30 questions each, new every time a task starts and in Canadian English. The written parts are marked by teachers on the real assessment, so we leave those out.

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Grade 4 and Grade 7

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Grade 4

  • Literacy

    30 questions · 60 minutes

    Texts and their questions, and word meanings.

  • Numeracy

    30 questions · 60 minutes

    Number, patterns, measurement, geometry and data.

Grade 7

  • Literacy

    30 questions · 60 minutes

    Texts and their questions, and word meanings.

  • Numeracy

    30 questions · 60 minutes

    Number, patterns, measurement, geometry and data.

The assessment

How the real assessment works, and ours

The real assessmentOur practice
LiteracyAn online task of 30 questions on texts30 questions on stories, information texts and poems, in 60 minutes
NumeracyAn online task of 30 questions, and a task on paper30 questions in 60 minutes, from easier to harder
Written responsesA collaboration activity and written answers, marked by the schoolNot covered
GradesGrade 4 and Grade 7A literacy and a numeracy task for each

The Ministry publishes the FSA's parts and the number of online questions. It does not publish the time for each task, so our 60 minutes are our own.

A look at the tasks

Questions in the FSA style

  • Grade 4 numeracy

    645 − 292 = ?

    1. A353
    2. B453
    3. C363
    4. D937
    Show the answer and why
    AnswerA353

    1. Line the numbers up by place, ones under ones.

    2. Subtract each column from the right. When the top digit is smaller, regroup 1 from the next place first (across a zero, regroup from the next place over).

    3. Final answer

      353.

    Remember

    Line the numbers up by place, ones under ones, and work each column from the right.

  • Grade 7 numeracy

    A town's population grows by 5% this year. It was c people. Which expression gives the population after the growth?

    1. A0.95c
    2. Bc + 5
    3. C1.05c
    4. D0.05c
    Show the answer and why
    AnswerC1.05c

    1. 5% of c is 0.05c.

    2. c + 0.05c = (1 + 0.05)c = 1.05c

      One product does both steps.

    3. Final answer

      1.05c.

    Remember

    A coefficient is the number multiplying a variable, sign included, and a constant has no variable.

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Pricing

Three free practice tests. Unlimited tests and answers are CA$49.

A free account includes 3 practice tests to write. The pack opens unlimited literacy and numeracy tasks for both grades and shows your child what they got right, the right answers and how to reach them.

BC FSA practice pack

CA$49

for 6 months

  • Which questions your child got right, after every practice test
  • The right answer to every question
  • A worked solution for every question, step by step
  • Unlimited Grade 4 and Grade 7 literacy and numeracy tasks

One payment in Canadian dollars for 6 months of access. No auto-renewal: when the 6 months end, access stops unless you buy again.

Questions

What parents ask

Are these real FSA questions?
No. We write our own questions for each grade. The Ministry posts sample FSA questions on its website, and we suggest trying them too.
When is the FSA written?
In the fall, at school, on dates the school sets inside the Ministry's window.
Does the FSA count?
No. It does not count toward report card marks. It shows families and schools how a student is doing in reading and math.
Is it free?
A free account includes 3 practice tests to write. The pack (CA$49, in Canadian dollars) opens unlimited tasks for both grades, with which questions were right, the right answers and a worked solution for each.

The Foundation Skills Assessment (FSA) is run by British Columbia's Ministry of Education and Child Care. Scholar Tests is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Ministry or any school district. Our questions are written by us; they are not FSA questions, and a practice score is not an FSA result or a prediction of one.