Partial credit for question in Mastery Connect

[DWeisman]

One of my math teachers has the following question:

I am trying to create a question that could give partial credit for an unsimplified answer.

The question is about slope.  The student is given a graph to count the slope.  The completely correct answer is -4 but a student also might put -4/1.  Another example might be completely correct  1/2 but partial correct 4/8.

I want to give half credit for -4/1 because the student is counting the slope correctly but not simplifying.  Is this possible?

I tried to list an alternate answer and reduce the points to 0.5 but when tested it still marked correct.  If I list penalty points it marks it all wrong.

Please advise and see pictures below.

[stephenwatts1]

Hello @DWeisman ,

This is certainly possible. Under the "More Options" section of a question, you can ensure that the scoring method is set to eQuivsymbolic. This will allow what you have above to work. It will look for anything that is mathematically equivalent, no matter the format, as long as it's valid. 

So in this case, just set the answer as -4 and ensure it is set to equivalentsymbolic and it will accept answers such as -4/1, -6+2, etc. Literally any math that results in -4 as the answer. 

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