Fermi-Aufgaben - Mathematik kompetenzorientiert7/8

How many piano tuners are there in Chicago? Enrico Fermi was able to answer this question quite precisely. His only clues were researchable data and reasonable estimates and model calculations. At first glance, tasks of this kind have little to do with mathematics. Nevertheless, they have become more and more popular in recent years. With these Fermi tasks you train important skills such as problem solving and modelling. It is precisely these skills that students need in everyday life for open questions, for which only rough estimates are usually available for answering: What is the probability of dice for a certain number of different types of dice? How much paint is needed to paint a room in the attic? The more reasonable the estimates are made, the more accurate and useful the final result is. What the.