Using different question types for Math

Last Updated:
Apr 3, 2023
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🌟 Show Your Work

Students can draw, type, underline, and even upload images in a Show Your Work question. Teachers can likewise draw, type, and upload images to the background! Here are some of our favorite uses for Math:


  1. Upload an image of a word problem to the background, and have students use the "CUBES" (circle, underline, box keywords, evaluate, solve) strategy to solve it.


  1. Upload an image of different shapes, and have students circle ones with specific properties.


  1. Upload or draw or type a solution to a problem that contains a deliberate mistake. Ask students to circle the mistake and/or annotate by typing.


  1. Upload a blank graph, and ask students to complete it by drawing:


🌟 Math keyboard - use with any question type!

You can choose any question type, and add a Math equation to it by clicking on the "+" icon within the question and utilizing our in-app equation editor:

🌟 Use LaTeX with any question type

Need a symbol that's not available in our Math keyboard? Use LaTeX to write it instead! Simply write the LaTeX, highlight, and select "LaTeX" from the formatting menu that appears:

Check out the list of supported functions here.

🌟 Give students clear guidelines

Need a symbol that's not available in our Math keyboard? Use LaTeX to write it instead! Simply write the LaTeX, highlight, and select "LaTeX" from the formatting menu that appears:

Check out the list of supported functions here.

Need a symbol that's not available in our Math keyboard? Use LaTeX to write it instead! Simply write the LaTeX, highlight, and select "LaTeX" from the formatting menu that appears:

Check out the list of supported functions here.

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