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Calculator Question Types

When creating a calculator, you can use a wide range of question types as part of your formula.

In the question type picker, open the Highlight compatible filter and select Calculator value — this highlights every question type below that returns a value your formula can use.

Here’s a full list of those question types:

Numeric question type

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Decimal, Integer, and Currency are no longer separate cards in the question picker — they’re all Number types of a single unified Number / Money question. Add a Number / Money question, then open Show more settings and set Number type to:

  • Integer — respondents can input a whole number.

    Integer number type, as it appears to a respondent

  • Decimal — respondents can input a decimal value, with a configurable number of decimal places (0-4).

    Decimal number type, as it appears to a respondent

  • Currency — respondents can input a monetary value; the currency symbol can be manually selected from a long list, or set to Auto detect. Decimal places are configurable here too.

    Currency number type, as it appears to a respondent

    Currency number type with decimal places enabled

There is no dedicated Age number type or question card anymore — see Age Question.

A separate Numeric Slider question type is also available and works in formulas the same way.

Standard question types

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We’ll provide a list of all other question types that can be used with the calculator below. For more information on these question types, take a look at our list of all question types.

  • Multi-Choice (Single Select)
  • Multi-Choice (Multi Select)
  • Opinion Scale
  • Opinion Slider
  • Binary Yes/No
  • Net Promoter Score®
  • Star Rating
  • Drop Down List — this single question type now covers both single-select and multi-select dropdowns; set Maximum above 1 under Multiple selections in its settings to allow more than one answer.

Multi-factor question types

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  • Matrix (common scale)
  • Multi-Factor Opinion Slider
  • Multi-Factor Scale

Picture Choice question types

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  • Picture Choice — a single question type for image-based selection (configure single- or multi-select in its settings).

Picture Comments (for open-ended comments on an image) is also in the Picture Choices category, but it does not return a value and can’t be used in a calculator formula.