Area of a rectangle

Let's select which type of question we will use. As above, the best of the possible options here is Short answer because we expect the student to answer with just the result.

Second, let us write the statement of the problem. We will ask the students, for instance, to compute the area of a rectangle with base 4cm and height 5cm.

WirisQuizzes can automatically grade the student's answer once we provide the correct answer. It will not only compare if the answer is the same, but it will also check if the answers are mathematically equal. In our example, it will grade as correct both 4·5cm² and 20cm². We will provide, for instance, 20cm² as the correct answer.

Go to the Input options section and check the units of measure and prefixes you are interested in under Input syntax. In this case, you have to select, at least, m (for the unit meters) and c (for the prefix centi).

Note that now both c (centi) and m (meters) are coloured blue because they are selected as explained above to be understood as a metric prefix and a unit, respectively.

It is always a good practice to test how they behave using the Test this question section, even with simple questions. We can check that all the correct answers the student may provide are indeed correct. Moreover, we can see that if the students forget to write the units, they will get zero points.

Once you have finished testing the question, go back to the home page and click to save changes and WirisQuizzes Studio window closes.

Finally, we must assign the full grade to the correct answer and save the question by clicking Save changes and continue editing. This way, we will save the question, but we will be left on the same page.