The student is given a number in base 10 and asked to write it in a given base, between 2 and 16. The number has at most 3 digits in the other base.

Until it's possible to derive the expected answer for a part in the marking algorithm (see the issue tracker), this question has "show expected answer" turned off, because it just shows the base 10 number.

This question defines an otherwise-pointless pre-submit task of "wait for a while" before marking the student's answer, in order to demonstrate how to use the pre-submit tasks feature.

Use two points on a line graph to calculate the gradient and $y$-intercept and hence the equation of the straight line running through both points.

The answer box for the third part plots the function which allows the student to check their answer against the graph before submitting.

This particular example has a positive gradient.

Shows how to retrieve the student's answer to another part from a custom marking script.

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Based on Chapter 8, quite loosley.Putting a pair of linear equations into matrix notation and then solving by finding the inverse of the coefficient matrix. 

Three parts, where the student has to collect together polynomials in $\mathbb{Z}_3$, $\mathbb{Z}_5$ and $\mathbb{Z}_7$, respectively.

The answer to part a has no $X$ term, because they cancel out.

Multiplying matrices (pre-defined sizes in answers)

Multiplying matrices (student-defines sizes in answers)

Multiplying matrices (pre-defined sizes in answers)

This set is designed to emphasise non-commutativity.

Multiplying matrices (pre-defined sizes in answers)

Introduces unit/identity matrices

Multiplying matrices (pre-defined sizes in answers)

Zero matrices AND AB = 0 does not imply that either A = 0 or B = 0.

Determinant of 2x2 and notation

Students are asked to form the calculation before giving answer.

Determinant of 2x2 and notation

Input answer only.

A couple of different ways of showing the correct answer to a single part as soon as the student submits an answer. One way allows the student to change their answer, while the other locks the part.

A third part includes a "reveal answers to this part" button, which allows the student to choose to reveal the answer to the part.

Think very carefully before using this: by revealing the answer, you are removing the opportunity for the student to later on realise they've got that step wrong, as a consequence of some further work. It's often possible to use adaptive marking to use the student's answer in place of the correct answer in later parts.

Compute a table of values for a quadratic function. A JSXgraph (the graph paper) plot shows the curve going through the entered values. The student input is now disconnected from the graph so that they slide the points usually after they input the values and the answer fields are not updated.

A 2D linear programming problem: optimise the profit from producing two different kinds of product, which both use the same limited resources.

A JSXGraph diagram illustrates the problem and can be used to find an answer.

Simple multiplication including multiples of 10, with answer that can be multiples of up to 1000.

Used for LANTITE preparation (Australia). NC = Non Calculator strand. NA = Number & Algebra strand. Students need to add two fractions with different denominators, then subtract the answer from 1. There are 9 different versions of this question.

This question puts the candidate under pressure as the answer is nto obvious.

These questions focus on using the 4 basic maths operations to answer numerical reasoning tests.

In this demo question, you can see either 2 or 3 gaps depending on the variable \(m\), and the marking algorithm doesn't penalise for the empty third gap in cases when it is not shown.

Reason to use it: for vectors or matrices containing only numbers, one can easily use matrix entry to account for a random size of an answer. But this does not work for mathematical expressions. There we have to give each entry of the vector as a separate gap, which then becomes a problem when the size varies. This solves that problem. For this reason I've included two parts: one very simple one that just shows the phenomenon of variable number of gaps, and one which is more like why I  needed it.

Note that to resolve the fact that when \(m=2\), the point for the third gap cannot be earned, I have made it so that the student only gets 0 or all points, when all shown gaps are correctly filled in.

Note the use of Ax[m-1] in the third gap "correct answer" of part b): if you use Ax[2], then it will throw an error when m=2, as then Ax won't have the correct size. So even though the marking algorithm will ignore it, the question would still not work.

Bonus demo if you look in the variables: A way to automatically generate the correct latex code for \(\var{latexAx}\), since it's a variable size. I would usually  need that in the "Advice", i.e. solutions, rather than the question text.

In this demo question, you can see either 2 or 3 gaps depending on the variable \(m\), and the marking algorithm doesn't penalise for the empty third gap in cases when it is not shown.

Reason to use it: for vectors or matrices containing only numbers, one can easily use matrix entry to account for a random size of an answer. But this does not work for mathematical expressions. There we have to give each entry of the vector as a separate gap, which then becomes a problem when the size varies. This solves that problem. For this reason I've included two parts: one very simple one that just shows the phenomenon of variable number of gaps, and one which is more like why I  needed it.

Note that to resolve the fact that when \(m=2\), the point for the third gap cannot be earned, I have made it so that the student only gets 0 or all points, when all shown gaps are correctly filled in.

Note the use of Ax[m-1] in the third gap "correct answer" of part b): if you use Ax[2], then it will throw an error when m=2, as then Ax won't have the correct size. So even though the marking algorithm will ignore it, the question would still not work.

Bonus demo if you look in the variables: A way to automatically generate the correct latex code for \(\var{latexAx}\), since it's a variable size. I would usually  need that in the "Advice", i.e. solutions, rather than the question text.