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Numeric keypad typing test

Ten-key speed is a separate skill from typing prose, and it is what most data-entry work actually measures. This test uses the figures you meet in real work: decimals, currency amounts and thousands separators, rather than bare digit strings.

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Getting faster on the keypad

  • Anchor on 5. It carries a tactile bump for exactly this reason, and finding it by feel is what lets you stop looking down.
  • Index on 4, middle on 5, ring on 6. The thumb takes zero, and the little finger handles Enter and the operators.
  • Practise the decimal point deliberately. It is where most people lose accuracy, and a misplaced decimal is the most expensive mistake in data entry.