# Variable numeric question type

<div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" dir="ltr" id="bkmrk-variable-numeric-que" lang="en">A calculated numeric question type with variable and expression evaluation. Random values are generated for each student attempting the quiz.

<div class="alert alert-info">**Note:** Keep in mind that the [Decimal separator](https://docs.moodle.org/503/en/Decimal_separator "Decimal separator") and the thousand separator are hard coded into the plugin code rather than getting them from the Moodle language file. This question type was created by and for the Open University, which only teaches in English, so we don't need this ourselves. This reduces the chance the change would ever by made (but it is not completely impossible).</div>## <span class="mw-headline" id="bkmrk-download">Download</span>

From the [Moodle Plugins database](https://moodle.org/plugins/view.php?plugin=qtype_varnumeric)

## <span class="mw-headline" id="bkmrk-see-also">See also</span>

- More [documentation is available](http://www.open.edu/openlearnworks/course/view.php?id=1581) in the [Open University's reference manual](http://www.open.edu/openlearnworks/mod/oucontent/view.php?id=52747).
- [Source control URL](https://github.com/moodleou/moodle-qtype_varnumeric)

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<small>Source: [docs.moodle.org/503/en/Variable numeric question type](https://docs.moodle.org/503/en/Variable%20numeric%20question%20type) — MoodleDocs (GPL) · Imported 2026-11-10.</small>