Type each number on the number pad and press Enter. Your result is in keystrokes per hour (KPH), the unit data entry tests use.
A 10-key test measures how fast and accurately you enter numbers on a keyboard's number pad, the skill bookkeeping, accounting and data entry jobs ask for. Postings for these jobs often ask for about 8,000 keystrokes per hour or more, and some employers' tests set 10,000 as the minimum. Accuracy counts as much as speed, because a wrong figure is worse than a slow one.
The test gives you numbers of three to six digits, some with two decimals. Type each one and press Enter (or the space bar) to go to the next. KPH here counts the correct keys you pressed, Enter included, per hour. Turn Num Lock on first.
Rest your right hand on the middle row: index finger on 4, middle finger on 5 (it has a small bump) and ring finger on 6. The index finger also types 1 and 7, the middle finger 2 and 8, and the ring finger 3, 9 and the decimal point. Your thumb types 0 and your little finger presses Enter. Keep your eyes on the numbers, not on the keys.
No number pad on your laptop? The test still works with the digits above the letters, but it then measures a different skill.
Around 8,000 KPH is a common requirement for data entry jobs; experienced operators go well above 10,000. Check what the job posting asks for.
Correct keystrokes, Enter included, per hour. A 5-minute test with 1,000 correct keys is 12,000 KPH.