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Plenty of Pentagons

Plenty of Pentagons is a mathematics assessment task from the Balanced Assessment Program. It is part of our Middle School Balanced Packet.

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Some facts about the task

Grade level: Middle School (6-8)

Content area(s): Shape/Space and Arrangement

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

    Modeling/formulating     4

    Transforming/manipulating     1

    Inferring/drawing conclusions     3

    Communicating     2

Task number: M005

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Last Update: 01/17/2004

	Modeling/formulating		4
	Transforming/manipulating		1
	Inferring/drawing conclusions		3
	Communicating		2