Numeric questions

A numeric question asks the participant to enter a number as their answer, and grades on the numeric value rather than the text they typed. It's the format for anything with a right figure: a calculation, a measurement, a percentage or a count. Some learning platforms, including Canvas, call the same thing a numerical response question.

Because numeric questions compare values, they treat equivalent forms of a number as equal. A participant who enters 2.5 and one who enters 2.50 both match a target of 2.5, so a correct answer is never marked down for formatting. And with no options to pick from, numeric entry rules out guessing an answer off a list.

The one thing to get right is how close counts. A question with a single tidy answer wants an exact match, while a calculation that involves rounding needs a little room. TestSetGo gives you both, plus a range, so you set the marking to fit the maths rather than forcing the maths to fit the marking.

Numeric questions grade automatically the instant an attempt is submitted, and scoring is all or nothing: the value is either accepted or it isn't. You choose how it's judged per question, an exact value, a range between a minimum and a maximum, or a target value with a tolerance either side for rounding.

The comparison is on the number, not the characters, so 2.5 and 2.50 are treated as the same answer and a correct value is never penalised on format. A blank answer scores zero. Set a tolerance when a calculation rounds, and a range when a band of values is genuinely correct.

You write numeric questions in the editor, set the points, and add an explanation participants see after submitting. The dashboard shows per-question accuracy, and if you need to widen a tolerance or fix a target after answers arrive, apply a correction and affected attempts regrade automatically.