10-key typing test.

How to take this numeric keypad test

Choose a one-minute or three-minute run, then select whole numbers, decimal amounts or mixed records. Click the input and type the displayed record. The first numeric character starts your active clock. Press Enter after each record; a click on Submit does the same thing. The next target appears immediately. You can correct with Backspace before submitting, or leave a mistaken record in the result to review later.

Whole numbers includes five-digit strings with leading zeros. Decimal amounts uses a point and two decimal places. Mixed records adds negative values. These are invented practice records, with no customer or employer data. This exercise deliberately uses a decimal point, even if your usual regional software expects a comma. Choose a different mode if your phone keyboard cannot enter a minus sign.

Why record accuracy matters alongside KPH

A record is exact only when the complete submitted string matches its target. If the target is 00418, typing 418 loses the leading zeros and does not count as an exact record. If you enter 00419, four character positions match but the record still contains an error. Likewise, 120.5 and 120.50 are different strings in this exercise. Enter an empty field and nothing is submitted.

Exact-record accuracy is exact submissions divided by all submissions, multiplied by 100. Character accuracy is correct accepted numeric-character attempts divided by all accepted numeric-character attempts. Backspace and Enter are controls, not data characters. A corrected mistake remains in character accuracy even if the final record is exact. Unsupported characters are rejected and are outside this numeric-attempt measure.

For example, enter 00419, delete the final 9, type 8 and submit. The final record is exact and contributes five correct data characters. Character accuracy is five correct attempts out of six, or 83.3%. Exact-record accuracy is 100% if that is your only submission. The two measures answer different questions: how carefully you entered the characters, and whether the finished record was right.

How correct data KPH is calculated

KPH expresses a rate per hour; it does not require an hour-long test. Here, correct data KPH equals correct characters in submitted records × 3,600 ÷ active seconds. Digits, decimal points and minus signs each count as one data character when they match the expected position. Enter, corrections and an unsubmitted draft do not add to that total. Incorrect rows can contribute matching positions, so also check exact-record accuracy.

Suppose you submit 300 matching data characters during 60 active seconds. That gives 300 × 3,600 ÷ 60 = 18,000 KPH. This is an arithmetic example, not a passing score or a claim about typical workers. A draft still in the field when the timer ends is excluded from KPH and record accuracy, while its accepted character attempts remain in character accuracy. Submit the record before the cutoff if you want it scored.

The result uses the unrounded count and active elapsed time, then rounds KPH to a whole number. Pausing excludes time away from the test card. A workplace assessment may use uninterrupted time or different error penalties, so scores from different services are not automatically comparable. The KPH, CPM and WPM calculator explains unit conversion; this test counts numeric data directly rather than treating it as dictionary words.

Keypad, number row or phone keyboard?

A physical numeric keypad is useful if that is the equipment you want to practise. On a standard keypad, begin by locating the raised guide on 5, and check Num Lock if keys navigate instead of entering digits. Open the optional keypad guide above when you need it. Nothing forces a visual keyboard over the exercise.

The test also accepts number-row and phone input. A small label reports whether the browser provided keypad codes, number-row codes or neither. Browser key codes can be incomplete, especially with virtual or accessibility keyboards; this is a practice hint, not hardware verification. Compare runs using similar equipment and settings. For the top-row digits specifically, use the number-row lesson.

Review the details, then change one thing

After a run, check the most recent incorrect records against their targets. Look for missing zeros, dropped decimal places, transposed digits or an extra minus sign. Slow down on that pattern and try another run with the same record mode. New generated records follow the introductory examples, so a longer session also asks you to read unfamiliar values.

Finish sample early gives a shorter practice result, clearly labelled with its actual active duration. A very short sample can produce a volatile rate. For a steadier comparison, complete the selected duration under matching conditions. Download result CSV saves only aggregate scores to your device. Your current entries and review table stay on this page until you restart or leave; this tool does not upload them or add them to Progress.

Choose the exercise that matches your task

This page focuses on numeric records and Enter-to-submit rhythm. The data entry typing test combines stock codes, dates and words in a continuous passage. The numbers challenge is another way to practise number strings. For ordinary prose, try a paragraph typing test.

No universal KPH threshold is used here. For an employment assessment, follow the employer's instructions about equipment, duration, corrections and scoring. This is an unsupervised practice tool, with no identity verification or official certificate. Our job-test preparation guide helps you identify the conditions to ask about.

Implementation note

Typing Ground created the record sequence and the scoring rules above. MDN's KeyboardEvent.code documentation explains why a browser-reported physical key position is not a guarantee about the device used. Page and implementation reviewed on 24 October 2026.