Number typing test
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Start typing to begin
Type the words shown. Press Control or Command with Enter to restart, and Escape to stop a test or open settings.
ctrl/⌘ + enter restart esc stop or settings
Type the words shown. Press Control or Command with Enter to restart, and Escape to stop a test or open settings.
ctrl/⌘ + enter restart esc stop or settings
Typing test with numbers
Digits are the part of the keyboard most people still hunt for. This number typing test mixes a whole number into every prompt, between ordinary words, so you practise reaching up to the top row and back without breaking your flow.
Each prompt holds three words, and one of them is a number between 1 and 999. The number can land at the start, the middle or the end, so you cannot predict when your hands will need to leave the home row. Prompts are lowercase with no punctuation, which keeps the attention on the digits themselves.
Digits score exactly like letters. Each one is a character toward your words per minute, and a wrong digit counts against accuracy the same way a wrong letter does.
In touch typing, every finger reaches straight up from its home key to the digits above it. The left little finger takes 1, the ring finger 2, the middle finger 3, and the index finger covers 4 and 5. On the right, the index finger covers 7 and usually 6, then the middle finger takes 8, the ring finger 9 and the little finger 0. Some typists take 6 with the left index finger instead; either works if you stay consistent.
The reach is long, so the risk is drifting: a hand comes back down one key to the side and the next word goes wrong. After every number, feel for the small bumps on F and J before you carry on.
The prompts accept a digit from any key that types it, so a number pad works too. The top row is worth learning anyway: it keeps both hands on the main keyboard, which matters when numbers are scattered through text, as they are here. Save the number pad for long columns of figures.
Treat digits as their own small skill and give them deliberate attention.
Yes. Any key that types the digit counts, including the number pad with Num Lock on. Most people find the top row more useful when numbers sit inside text, because their hands never leave the main keyboard.
Whole numbers from 1 to 999, one in every three-word prompt. There are no decimals, thousands separators or currency symbols on this page.
No. A 10-key test times how fast you enter figures on the number pad and usually reports keystrokes per hour. This test measures typing speed in words per minute with numbers mixed into ordinary words.
Usually, at first, because the reach to the top row takes longer than a letter on the home row. Number runs are recorded as their own personal best, so they never drag down your plain-word record.
Want a routine? Read The Quiet Practice, a short guide to typing faster, or browse the typing guide.