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Number Box

Number Box is similar to a text box, but is adjusted to accept numeric values as input.

Use this field when you expect participants to answer with a number. It helps keep text-based entries out of numeric data, which makes the collected responses easier to calculate and compare. Good examples include age, quantity, income, or other numeric values.

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Number Box questions are best when the answer should be numeric and easy to calculate later.

Settings

After adding a Number Box question to your survey, click or tap on it to activate edit mode and access the settings panel.

You can customize the Number Box field so respondents enter clean numeric data that works well in reports and statistics.

Answer is required

Answer is required

By enabling this setting, you require respondents to type a number before they can continue or submit the survey.

Read more about when you should or should not make answering compulsory in your online questionnaires.

Enable picture for question
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Enable picture for question

This setting lets you add an image under the question when a visual explanation would make the numeric answer easier to understand.

After uploading a picture, you can also add a custom link to the picture .

Instructions for respondents
Always visible instructions

Instructions for respondents

Use instructions when respondents need a unit, format, or extra explanation before entering a number.

Read more about adding instructions for respondents .

Acceptable range

Acceptable range

Acceptable range lets you define the minimum and maximum numbers that respondents are allowed to enter.

This helps prevent impossible or unwanted values, such as ages below 0 or quantities above a realistic limit.