Worksheet Crafter User Manual
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The number pyramid allows you to create inspiring exercises for all basic arithmetic operations. You can choose the number of levels to create different degrees of difficulty. Each box of the number pyramid can be filled with custom text. You can also use the Exercise Generator. |
Creating a New Number Pyramid
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Use the toolbar icon pictured on the left to place a new number pyramid on the worksheet. For more information about this topic see the chapter "Creating Items". |
Editing the Number Pyramid
By default the Exercise Generator is active for the number pyramid. In this case you can configure the exercise in the Property Editor. Worksheet Crafter then automatically fills in the fields of the number pyramid. You can also switch the number pyramid to the manual mode to edit each field individually.
The format bar in the upper part of the window enables you to set the font for the complete field. Apart from font, font size, and color you can also choose the format options "Bold", "Italic", and "Underline".
Exercise Generator Properties
When using the Exercise Generator you can select the following settings in the Property Editor:
Levels: |
Number of number pyramid levels |
Number Space: |
Specifies the allowed number space for the exercise |
Visibility |
Enables you to define which fields are visible for the students and which fields they have to calculate. Example: For the visibility "Basis" only the lowermost line is visible for the student. |
Limitations: |
This property is only available for exercises in number space 100 and higher. It enables you to further limit the applied number space (e.g. "Decadic Numbers only"). |
The Number Pyramid in the Manual Mode
In the manual mode you can completely control the number pyramid. Each number pyramid consists of several boxes that can be selected as input fields for entering text. Consider each of the number pyramid 's input fields as a little text box. If you're not familiar with the input fields refer to the chapter "Working with Input Fields". Press Enter to switch from one box of the number pyramid to the next.
When entering text consider the following distinctive feature in exercise items: in Worksheet Crafter the multiplication sign usually depicted as an asterisk will automatically be displayed as an "x" which is more adequate for elementary school students. The same goes for the division sign: any enter colon will show up as an appropriate division sign. So there's no need to search and insert a special multiplication or division sign.
In the manual mode the Property Editor provides the following settings:
Levels: |
Number of number pyramid levels |
