Numeric Questions in the Question Bank Editor

Add a new question.
In the Question Type drop-down box, select Numeric.
It is recommended that you enter a description in the Question Description text field. (The description is used to label the question in the topic. If excluded, the question type is used.)
To use HTML, select the Use HTML check box.
You can add a comment, algorithms, information fields, hints, or a worked solution.
To proceed to the Add Numeric screen, click Next.

In the Text box, enter the question statement. Question statements can include HTML or MathML, as well as algorithmically-generated variable data.
In the Answer Number text field, enter the numeric part of the correct answer in 2-D math syntax. Do not use commas when specifying a numeric value. This is required.
If the correct answer has physical units, in the Answer Units text field, enter the units part of the correct answer. To use units in addition to the default system units, you must add a custom table of units. If you do not specify units, by default, the system does not display a Units text field in the question.

Note: To display the Units text field in a question for which the correct answer has no units, edit the question source to specify showUnits=true. To not display the Units text field in a question for which the correct answer has units, edit the question source to specify showUnits=false.

Specify the precision or margin of error for the grading of a student response.

Click Finish to place a copy of your question in the Web site cache and preview your question.

Important: Clicking Finish, does not permanently save a copy of a question to a hard drive. You must save your question bank to your hard drive as a .qu plain-text source file or install the question bank on the class Web site hard drive.