Numbers: in text
All ten digits, mixed into ordinary text.
Lessons work best with a physical keyboard. The full finger guide appears on tablets and wider.
About this lesson
In real writing, numbers arrive in the middle of sentences: dates, times, quantities, addresses. The difficulty is the switch between rows, not the digits themselves.
These lines place numbers of different lengths between common words. Accuracy matters more than usual here, because a wrong digit changes the meaning in a way a misspelt word does not. Check each one against the text as you finish it.
Hand position
- Read each number as a whole before you type it.
- Keep your eyes on the text and trust the reach.
- Slow down for long numbers rather than guessing.
This lesson is defined by its characters rather than by key position, so it is the same on every keyboard layout. It takes about 4 minutes: six short lines, passed at 92% accuracy. Speed is not part of the pass mark.