Qn.1. 3/4 + 1/7 = ………..
Qn.2. Alice made two types of cookies. She used 2/3 cup of sugar for one recipe and 1/4 cup of sugar for the other. How much sugar did she use in all?
The first question is to simply add two fractions. The second one asks a similar question in the context of a story. Both the questions assess the same set of skills but carry different format; one with a story (word problem) and the other without a story. Some students may be very comfortable with the first one while others find it very difficult. Assessments made by using such a set of questions is termed as Difficulty Factors Assessment and is used to identify which features of a problem are either