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Fermi Weight

Fermi Weight is a mathematics assessment task from the Balanced Assessment Program.

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Some facts about the task

Grade level: High School (9-12)

Content area(s): Number/Quantity

Mathematical processes: (weight of each process on a 0-4 scale)

    Modeling/formulating     3

    Transforming/manipulating     1

    Inferring/drawing conclusions     3

    Communicating     2

Task number: HC006

Last Update: 03/01/2015

	Modeling/formulating		3
	Transforming/manipulating		1
	Inferring/drawing conclusions		3
	Communicating		2