Math Typing Practice

Q: Is the math typing practice timed?

Not at first. With No timer a run ends with the lines or when you press Finish. Under More options, 30 s or 60 s adds a clock, and the result gives words per minute and accuracy.

Type the words of math and expressions with their plus, minus, star and slash signs.

Type each word and press space after it. No timer. The run ends with the text. sum difference product quotient thousandths terminating repeating function slope intercept linear radius diameter circumference area 50% of 80 = 40 perimeter volume surface length plus minus times equals 12 * 8 = 96 domain range input output variable equation expression parallel perpendicular angle vertex quadrilateral trapezoid hexagon coefficient constant term inequality 2^5 = 32 dividend divisor equal total positive negative greater less addend factor multiple remainder 144 / 12 = 12 sequence arithmetic geometric recursive 7 < 9 and 12 > 8

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No timer: the run ends with the text, or when you press Finish. Words per minute is correct characters divided by five; accuracy is correct keystrokes out of all keystrokes.

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Operations: sum, product, quotient 8

add subtract multiply divide Double D in add.
addend factor multiple remainder Double D in addend.
composite square cube root Double O in root.
digit even odd prime Double D in odd.
dividend divisor equal total
double half estimate round
plus minus times equals
sum difference product quotient Double F in difference.

Fractions, decimals and number words 8

decimal percent ratio rate
fraction numerator denominator denominator is 11 letters.
halves thirds fourths hundredths
positive negative greater less Double S in less.
proportion equivalent mixed simplify
rational irrational integer absolute Double R in irrational.
thousandths terminating repeating thousandths is 11 letters.
whole number unit benchmark

Geometry: shapes, lines and measures 8

acute obtuse right isosceles equilateral equilateral is 11 letters.
congruent similar symmetry rotation Double M in symmetry.
cylinder cone sphere prism pyramid
parallel perpendicular angle vertex perpendicular is 13 letters. Double L in parallel.
perimeter volume surface length
quadrilateral trapezoid hexagon quadrilateral is 13 letters.
radius diameter circumference area circumference is 13 letters.
triangle rectangle circle polygon

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Algebra: equations and functions 8

coefficient constant term inequality coefficient is 11 letters. Double F in coefficient.
domain range input output
function slope intercept linear
matrix vector scalar magnitude
quadratic polynomial binomial exponential exponential is 11 letters.
sequence arithmetic geometric recursive
solve graph substitute evaluate
variable equation expression Double S in expression.

Expressions with + - * / = ( ) 12

0.5 + 0.25 = 0.75 + is Shift and the = key. = needs no Shift.
2^5 = 32 ^ is Shift and 6. = needs no Shift.
3/4 + 1/4 = 1 / is the key right of the full stop, with no Shift. + is Shift and the = key. = needs no Shift.
5 * (2 + 6) = 40 * is Shift and 8. ( is Shift and 9. + is Shift and the = key. ) is Shift and 0. = needs no Shift.
-7 + 10 = 3 - is the key right of 0, with no Shift. + is Shift and the = key. = needs no Shift.
7 < 9 and 12 > 8 < is Shift and the comma. > is Shift and the full stop.
12 * 8 = 96 * is Shift and 8. = needs no Shift.
(18 - 6) / 4 = 3 ( is Shift and 9. - is the key right of 0, with no Shift. ) is Shift and 0. / is the key right of the full stop, with no Shift. = needs no Shift.
23 + 48 = 71 + is Shift and the = key. = needs no Shift.
50% of 80 = 40 % is Shift and 5. = needs no Shift.
90 - 36 = 54 - is the key right of 0, with no Shift. = needs no Shift.
144 / 12 = 12 / is the key right of the full stop, with no Shift. = needs no Shift.

How this list was compiled: All 44 lines were put together for this page: 32 lines of terms and 12 expressions. Every one of the 126 terms is used in the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers, released 2010; PDF at https://learning.ccsso.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Math_Standards1.pdf, read 2026-10-09), whose text runs from kindergarten to high school, and is in the ENABLE word list, https://norvig.com/ngrams/enable1.txt (read 2026-10-09); both were checked. The standards are named only as the place the terms were taken from: the page gives no definitions and teaches no mathematics. Every expression was worked with exact fractions, and each is true as printed. Which key carries a sign, and whether it needs Shift, follows the United States layout file of the free KTouch typing tutor, https://invent.kde.org/education/ktouch/-/raw/master/data/keyboardlayouts/us.xml (read 2026-10-09): + on the = key, * on 8, ( on 9, ) on 0, % on 5, ^ on 6, < on the comma and > on the full stop all take Shift; the hyphen used as minus, the equals sign and the slash do not. Other layouts can differ. Licence: The lines, the choice of terms, the expressions and the notes are original to this site. The ENABLE word list is in the public domain (release statement quoted at http://wordlist.aspell.net/scowl_v1-readme/). Single words of mathematics are not works; nothing else is taken from the standards.

How it works

Math typing practice in two parts: 32 lines of terms, from sum to magnitude, and 12 expressions with their signs, such as 5 * (2 + 6) = 40. Every expression is true as printed; you work nothing out.

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Typing math: words and signs

The page opens on sum difference product quotient; after it the lines come mixed. Under More options, Practise keeps you on one set: operations, fractions and decimals, geometry, algebra, or expressions. Terms such as circumference and perpendicular are long and seldom typed, so they get lines of their own.

A keyboard has no times or divide sign: * and / stand in, as in 12 * 8 = 96.
Type the space on each side of a sign, as the lines do. A space is a character like any other.

Questions and answers

How do you type math symbols on a keyboard?

On a United States keyboard, hold Shift for plus (the equals key), the star (8), brackets (9 and 0), percent (5), the caret (6) and < and > (comma and full stop). Minus, equals and the slash need no Shift.

Where do the math terms come from?

All 126 are used in the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, the United States school standards released in 2010, which run from kindergarten to high school. The page gives no definitions: it is typing practice, not a glossary.

Is the math typing practice timed?

Not at first. With No timer a run ends with the lines or when you press Finish. Under More options, 30 s or 60 s adds a clock, and the result gives words per minute and accuracy.