Numeric Free Response (NFR, or Open) Questions

The Numeric Free Response questions invite numerical answers to be inserted in. As long as there are more than 10 unique answers with more than 1% range across them, these questions can also be converted to multiple choice at the click of a button.

Numeric answers can be submitted as an integer, decimal, or scientific notation without spaces. By default, a given answer will be scored as correct if it is within 1% of the correct answer. However, this value can be changed when editing the question. The Quest system will calculate answers to at least six digits. For most problems in Quest the system does not calculate based off significant figures.

Students can use scientific notation for very large or very small numbers. For example, you could write 468 as 4.68e+02.