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We have added a new Greek letter command to Efofex parameters. You can now define a parameter like: $x=greek() This will randomly select a Greek letter from a list of acceptable letters (excluding letters like pi which have specific meanings). … Continue reading →

Often, when writing a question, you will want to include a small number in a sentence “A bag contains five red and three blue marbles” Creating these sorts of questions using parameters has been difficult as the parameter system only … Continue reading →

We have added two commands to Efofex Parameters that allow you to create algebraic questions with less hassle. Often, you will want to create a question that operates with both positive and negative numbers, but you need to exclude 0 … Continue reading →

We have added a new exact display mode to Efofex parameters. We have also added the ability to select the display mode from the Parameters toolbar in FX Equation. When you set FX Equation to the Exact display mode, rational … Continue reading →

We have added another way to define a parameter $a=factor(value)$a=factor(value,low,high) When you regenerate a parameter defined with a factor command, $a will be allocated a random value selected from the factors of the number you have selected. For example $a=factor(72) … Continue reading →

We have added a new pronumerals command to Efofex parameters. You can now define a parameter like: $x=pronumeral() This will randomly select a pronumeral from a list of acceptable pronumerals. In this case $x might be turned into a,b,c,… x,y,z … Continue reading →

As we have been working with the new parameter system to create self-modifying documents, we have created a small library of documents which would be useful for all teachers. Work on the library is slow at the moment (mainly because … Continue reading →

As we have been creating questions with the new parameter system, we noticed that we were often seeing issues that were caused by a parameter value repeating. For example, if we created the following parameters… $p=range(1,10)$q=range(1,10) We usually wanted the … Continue reading →

We have added new prime and composite commands to Efofex parameters. You can now define a parameter which is guaranteed to be a prime number like this: $p=prime(1,100) $p will be a randomly selected prime number between 1 and 100. … Continue reading →

We have created a new newsletter – Efofex Insiders – which is where you will publish all of the technical changes that go on. This is the sort of information that is crucial and interesting to a subset of our … Continue reading →