Number Row Typing Practice

Type the ten digits above the letters one finger at a time, starting with a1a1.

Type each word and press space after it. No timer. The run ends with the text. a1a1 a1a1 a1a1 a1a1 s2s2 s2s2 s2s2 s2s2 d3d3 d3d3 d3d3 d3d3 f4f4 f4f4 f4f4 f4f4 f5f5 f5f5 f5f5 f5f5 j6j6 j6j6 j6j6 j6j6 j7j7 j7j7 j7j7 j7j7 k8k8 k8k8 k8k8 k8k8 l9l9 l9l9 l9l9 l9l9 ;0;0 ;0;0 ;0;0 ;0;0 f4f5 f4f5 f4f5 f4f5 j7j6 j7j6 j7j6 j7j6

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Reach drills: each digit from its home key 12

a1a1 a1a1 a1a1 a1a1 Left little finger from A up to 1. The same finger types Q, A and Z below it.
s2s2 s2s2 s2s2 s2s2 Left ring finger from S up to 2. W, S and X belong to this finger too.
d3d3 d3d3 d3d3 d3d3 Left middle finger from D up to 3. It is the finger of E, D and C.
f4f4 f4f4 f4f4 f4f4 Left index finger from F up to 4. This finger has two digits: 4 and 5.
f5f5 f5f5 f5f5 f5f5 Left index finger from F up to 5, one key to the right of 4. T, G and B are its letters in this column.
j6j6 j6j6 j6j6 j6j6 Right index finger from J up to 6. Some courses give the 6 to the left index finger; this page follows the chart that splits the row between 5 and 6.
j7j7 j7j7 j7j7 j7j7 Right index finger from J up to 7. U, J and M sit under it.
k8k8 k8k8 k8k8 k8k8 Right middle finger from K up to 8. The same finger types I, K and the comma.
l9l9 l9l9 l9l9 l9l9 Right ring finger from L up to 9. O, L and the full stop are its other keys.
;0;0 ;0;0 ;0;0 ;0;0 Right little finger from the semicolon up to 0, the last digit of the row, above P.
f4f5 f4f5 f4f5 f4f5 Both digits of the left index finger, with a touch of F between them.
j7j6 j7j6 j7j6 j7j6 Both digits of the right index finger, 7 first and then the longer reach to 6.

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Left hand: 1 2 3 4 5 8

12 21 23 32 34 43 45 54 Neighbouring digits, up the left hand and back down.
11 22 33 44 55 44 33 22 Each key twice. The finger lifts between the two presses.
13 31 24 42 35 53 15 51 One digit skipped each time, so two fingers that are not neighbours take turns.
123 234 345 543 432 321 Runs of three: a roll from the little finger inwards, then back out.
1234 2345 5432 4321 Runs of four. In 2345 the index finger takes the last two digits.
12345 54321 13524 42531 All five left-hand digits in each number, in four different orders.
145 154 245 254 345 354 Every number ends on 4 and 5, the two digits that share the left index finger.
1212 2323 3434 4545 Two keys back and forth. The last pair, 4545, is one finger moving sideways.

Right hand: 6 7 8 9 0 8

67 76 78 87 89 98 90 09 Neighbouring digits, out along the right hand and back.
66 77 88 99 00 99 88 77 Each right-hand key twice, with a lift between the two presses.
68 86 79 97 60 06 70 07 One digit skipped, then the widest jumps of this hand: 6 to 0 and 7 to 0.
678 789 890 098 987 876 Runs of three: a roll from the index finger outwards, then back in.
6789 7890 0987 9876 Runs of four. In 6789 the index finger takes the first two digits.
67890 09876 68097 79068 All five right-hand digits in each number, in four different orders.
667 677 767 676 776 766 Only 6 and 7, the two digits that share the right index finger.
8989 9090 7878 6767 Two keys back and forth. The last pair, 6767, is one finger moving sideways.

All ten digits: pairs and runs 10

1234567890 0987654321 The whole row as one number, left to right and then right to left.
19 28 37 46 55 64 73 82 91 Every pair adds up to ten, and all but 55 change hands between the two digits.
13579 24680 97531 08642 Odd digits, then even digits, then each of the two backwards.
1010 2929 3838 4747 5656 Matching fingers of the two hands: little with little, ring with ring, middle, then index twice.
11 00 22 99 33 88 44 77 55 66 Doubles from the two ends of the row to the middle.
123 456 789 012 345 678 901 Counting on in threes, with 0 following 9 as it does on the row.
102 304 506 708 900 A zero inside every number, so the right little finger works in each one.
314 159 265 358 979 The first fifteen digits of pi in groups of three.
2 4 8 16 32 64 128 256 512 1024 Each number is double the one before it, from 2 to 1024.
1 4 9 16 25 36 49 64 81 100 The squares of 1 to 10.

Everyday numbers inside words 12

flat 12 on floor 3 A flat number and a floor inside four short words.
row 14 seat 26 Two two-digit numbers: left hand, then both hands.
page 218 of 304 Page numbers, with a zero in the middle of the second.
bus 47 leaves from stop 9 4 and 7 are both index-finger digits, one for each hand.
room 305 on level 3 The 3 comes twice, and the room number has a 0 in the middle.
aisle 7 shelf 12 bin 40 Three numbers of the kind found on a stockroom label.
lap 9 of 52 One digit, then a pair that starts on the left index finger and ends on the left ring finger.
bake 12 rolls for 18 minutes Two numbers that start with 1, the left little finger.
set the oven to 180 for 25 minutes A three-digit number that crosses from the left hand to the right.
years 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 Five years, five apart, so each one ends in 5 or 0.
count 10 20 30 40 50 and stop Tens: every number ends on 0, the right little finger.
wake at 6 and leave by 7 6 and 7 are the two digits of the right index finger.

How this list was compiled: All 50 lines were written for this page; none is taken from a typing course or book. The finger for each digit (1 left little finger, 2 left ring, 3 left middle, 4 and 5 left index, 6 and 7 right index, 8 right middle, 9 right ring, 0 right little) and the letters each finger also types are read from 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), which agrees with the chart The standard placing of fingers on QWERTY keys, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FingerHandPosUSA.gif, shown at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touch_typing (read 2026-10-09). That article also describes a method taught since the 1960s in which the left index finger takes 5 and 6 and the right index finger 7 and 8, and says ergonomic keyboards are split either between 5 and 6 or between 6 and 7; that is why the page says courses differ about the 6. The home keys A S D F and J K L ; are from the same article. The sums in the notes (pairs that add up to ten, doubles, squares) and the first fifteen digits of pi were worked out on 2026-10-09. The numbers in the everyday lines are made up for practice: none is a real address, timetable or record. The left-hand lines hold only 1 to 5 and the right-hand lines only 6 to 0, and no line is a line of this site's numbers and symbols practice. On a keyboard that is not laid out as QWERTY the letters named in the notes differ; the digits stay where they are on most layouts, though some, such as the French AZERTY layout, want Shift for a digit (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AZERTY, read 2026-10-09). Licence: The lines, their order, the groups and the notes are original to this site. KTouch is free software; only the finger for each key was read from its layout file.

How it works

Number row typing practice for the ten digit keys above the letters, on any keyboard, with a number pad or without. Every digit starts as a reach from its finger's home key, and no line needs Shift.

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Keyboard number row practice in five stages

1. Type the first line, a1a1: the left little finger goes from A up to 1 and back. 2. The drills follow in order, 1 to 0. No clock runs; Finish ends a run early. 3. Under your result, the main button moves you on: the left hand, the right hand, all ten digits, then numbers inside everyday words.

Which finger types which number

1 belongs to the left little finger, 2 to the ring finger, 3 to the middle finger, and 4 and 5 to the left index finger. On the right hand the index finger takes 6 and 7; then 8, 9 and 0 go to the middle, ring and little fingers.

Questions and answers

Which finger types 6 on the keyboard?

Courses differ. The standard chart gives 6 to the right index finger, beside 7. Another method, taught since the 1960s, gives 5 and 6 to the left index finger. The j6j6 drill here uses the right hand; keep to whichever you learn.

How do I practice the number keys without a number keyboard?

A keyboard with no number pad still has all ten digits in the row above the letters, and that row is what this page trains. Both hands stay on the letter keys, so numbers inside a sentence cost no change of position.

Is this for the number row or the number pad?

The row above the letters, typed with two hands. To practice typing numbers on the keyboard's pad, where one hand rests on 4, 5 and 6, use the number typing test.

How do I type numbers without looking at the keys?

As with letters: each digit is a reach from a home key and back, eyes on the screen. In keyboarding numbers practice that reach is two rows up, so the raised marks on F and J matter: the index fingers find home again by them.