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Basic Addition: Fixed Addend

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Basic Addition: Fixed Addend creates basic addition questions, but gives you control over one of the addends that will appear in each question.

For example: If you would like to create a set of questions using 2 as one of the addends, set Fixed Addend to 2, and then set the range for the Dynamic Addend. The questions will look something like this - 2 + 5 = , 3 + 2 = . Each question will have the number 2 as the first or second addend.

Change the number of exercises

  1. Click on the box labeled "Number of Exercises" in the options panel.

  2. Type in a new number or use the up and down arrows to change the value. You can choose any number from 1 to 200.

Change the number of exercises in a row

  1. Select "Exercises per Row" in the options panel.

  2. Click the down arrow to choose a new number from the list or use Auto.

Notes:

  • If you are using the default auto settings, the number of questions per row will change automatically when you adjust the font size or the low/high number ranges.

  • For word problems exercises sets, you can only choose 1 or 2 exercises per row.

Change the row spacing

Set the spacing between rows of exercises in 100ths of an inch (25 = 1/4 inch, 40 = 1cm).

  1. Select the input field for the Row Spacing option in the options pane.

  2. Type a new value in the field or use the up and down arrows to increase or decrease the value. Valid range is 0 to 300.

Show title

  1. To show the exercise set Title, select the check box for the Show Title option in the options pane.

  2. To hide the exercise set title, deselect the check box.

Show instructions

  1. To show the exercise set Instructions, select the check box for the Show Instructions option in the options pane.

  2. To hide the exercise set instructions, deselect the check box.

Show the answer bank

  1. To show the answer bank, select the check box for the Show Answer Bank option in the options pane.

  2. To hide the answer bank, deselect the check box.

Show duplicate warning

When this option is selected, a warning is displayed if there are any duplicate exercises in the exercise set. To hide the duplicate warning, uncheck the Show Duplicate Warning option in the options pane.

Change the question orientation

Select whether to have the questions appear in vertical or horizontal orientation. To set the question orientation, select the desired orientation option (Vertical or Horizontal) for the Exercise Orientation option in the options pane.

Change the hidden value

  1. To change the hidden value, select the drop-down button for the Hidden Value option in the options pane.

  2. Select the desired value to hide. By default, the answers are hidden.

Change the style of the hidden value

  1. To change the style of the hidden value, select the drop-down button for the Hidden Value Style option in the options pane.

  2. Select the desired style: Line, Box or Blank.

Fixed Addend

Select the fixed addend that will appear in each question as either the first or second addend. Enter a number within the range established for the exercise set, or use the up or down arrows (check the definition area at the bottom of the options pane when this option is selected).

Dynamic Addend

Change the range of values

To achieve values within a set range, set the the high end of the range and the low end of the range.

  1. To set the high end of the range, select the input field for the Range High option in the options pane and enter a new value to the maximum allowed for that exercise.

  2. To set the low end of the range, select the input field for the Range Low option in the options pane and enter a new value to the minimum allowed for that exercise.

Note

To locate the range for any particular option, check the definition area at the bottom of the options pane when an option is selected. Some exercises allow negative values to be entered for either the high or low end of the range by using the hyphen as the negative sign, i.e. -10, -999, -1000.

Change the distribution of values

This feature determines whether the randomly selected numbers for the questions are generated completely at random (normal) or if a weighted selector is used (balanced). The balanced setting ensures that small numbers are given an equal chance of being selected along with larger numbers.

To set the distribution of values, select the desired distribution option (Normal or Balanced) next to the Distribution option in the options pane.

Optional Display Settings