# AI worksheet brief

## The sheet

- Skill being practised: [one skill, stated as a verb]
- Objective or standard text: [paste the exact wording from your own source]
- Learner group: [year/grade, class, prior experience]
- Item count: [number]
- Time on task: [minutes]
- Output: [printable worksheet + separate answer key]

## The items

- Item forms: [short answer, multiple choice, matching, working-out, word problem]
- Number ranges and constraints: [ranges, denominators, sign rules, units]
- Difficulty ladder: [block sizes and what changes between blocks]
- Distractor rules: [name each error mode a wrong option must represent]
- Forbidden content: [contexts, vocabulary, symbols, calculator-only values]
- No two items may be the same item with different numbers.

## The key

- Every answer must be computed by code, not written from memory.
- Every printed answer must be substituted back into its printed question and checked.
- Use exact arithmetic (fractions, not decimals) wherever the answer is not an integer.
- No multiple-choice distractor may equal the correct answer.
- Report any item the check could not verify instead of printing it.

## Layout

- Paper size and margins: [A4 or US Letter]
- Working space per item: [lines, grid, or blank box]
- Name/date/class header: [required or not]
- Must be legible photocopied in black and white, with no colour-only cues.
- Answer key on a separate page.

## Review

- Solve three randomly chosen items by hand and compare with the key.
- Print one copy at 100% and check nothing is clipped.
- Confirm the items practise the stated skill and not a neighbouring one.
- Reviewer: [name or role]