# Answerpath, full text > Type one list of questions and answers and print a self-checking maze, a riddle decoder and an I have, who has card loop, each with an answer key. Every public page of https://answerpath.app, as Markdown, in sitemap order. Built from the exported pages at build time. The short index is https://answerpath.app/llms.txt. --- # Self-checking maze, riddle and card loop maker, Answerpath URL: https://answerpath.app/ Last reviewed: 2026-10-19 > Type one list of questions and answers and print a self-checking maze, a riddle decoder and an I have, who has card loop, each with an answer key. ## One question list, three self-checking activities Type or paste your questions and answers once, and print a maze, a riddle decoder and an I have, who has card loop, each with its answer key. ### Your questions Ready for your first question 1. Row 1EmptyQuestionAnswerWrong answersnone typedWrong answer 1Wrong answer 2Wrong answer 3Optional. A wrong answer that is the right answer to another question is never used. 2. Row 2EmptyQuestionAnswerWrong answersnone typedWrong answer 1Wrong answer 2Wrong answer 3Optional. A wrong answer that is the right answer to another question is never used. Optional, up to 80 characters. With no title, the sheets show the format's name. Your own wrong answers always come first. The maze and the decoder use more when a question has fewer than they need. ### Activities Add 4 more questions: the activities need at least 4. The maze, the decoder and the card loop appear here as you type. Your maze will show here. All three formats with their answer keys, A4. Made when all three can be made. **Saved in this browserMy questions** For your list of sets. Not printed. Changes save as you type, in this browser only. Nothing is uploaded. ### How the activities check themselves 1. **The maze.** Each box shows an answer and the next question, and only the correct answer touches the box a student is in. After a wrong turn, the next answer, right or a likely slip, is nowhere nearby, so the student goes back one square and looks again. 2. **The riddle decoder.** Every answer in the bank carries a letter. Correct answers spell your secret message; a wrong one puts a wrong letter in it. 3. **The card loop.** Each card has an answer and asks the next question, and the cards always close into one loop. When someone misses their answer the round stalls, so the class hears straight away where to look. Every rule, including how wrong answers are made and how the maze is checked, is on [how it works](https://answerpath.app/how-it-works/). The [examples](https://answerpath.app/examples/) are six ready sets to open and change, the [guides](https://answerpath.app/guides/) cover writing good wrong answers and running a card loop with a whole class, the [printables](https://answerpath.app/printables/) are blank sheets to fill in by hand, and the [FAQ](https://answerpath.app/faq/) answers the rest. --- # How the self-checking activities are made, Answerpath URL: https://answerpath.app/how-it-works/ Last reviewed: 2026-10-19 > The rules behind the maze, the riddle decoder and the card loop, how wrong answers are made, how every maze is checked, and a worked example. ## How the activities are made Every activity comes from your list by a short set of fixed rules, and each one is checked before it is shown. Here are the rules in plain words, then the times tables example worked through. ### The rules, in the order they run #### 1. The question list 1. **Rows.** Each row is a question (1 to 160 characters), its answer (1 to 60) and up to 3 wrong answers. Empty rows are skipped. A row with something missing or too long says what, and nothing is made until it is fixed or removed. Text is never cut short. 2. **Count.** The activities need 4 to 40 questions. 3. **Same answers.** Two answers that a student could not tell apart count as the same: capitals, spaces and the way a number is written do not matter, so 0.5, .5 and 1/2 are one answer, and 12 cm and 12cm are one answer. Two questions with the same answer get a note on both rows. 4. **Maths on the sheets.** A slash between two whole numbers (3/4) is set as a stacked fraction, a caret raises what follows it (x^2, 10^-3, 2^(n+1)), and an asterisk or an x between two numbers is set as the multiplication sign. Everything else, units included, prints as typed. #### 2. Wrong answers The wrong answers you type come first, in your order. Then, if you allow it under the list, the maker writes more. For an answer that is one number, with any unit or sign kept exactly as you typed it, the rules run in this order: 1. **Off by one** in the last written place: 41 and 43 for 42, 0.24 and 0.26 for 0.25, 2/4 and 4/4 for 3/4 (the bottom number kept). 2. **The sign flipped**, only when the answer is negative or the question has a minus sign in it. 3. **A mixed up operation**, when the question is two numbers joined by one operation: added instead of multiplied and the other way round, added instead of taken away, multiplied instead of divided, a power worked as a product (7^2 as 14), and two fractions added or taken away top and bottom (1/2 + 1/4 as 2/6). 4. **A place value slip**, for whole numbers and decimals: ten times the answer and a tenth of it, written as a student would (25 kg for 2.5 kg, not 25.0 kg), with at most one more decimal place than the answer. Fractions get none. 5. **Off by two, then three**, when more are needed. For a word answer, when you choose wrong answers for words too, the rules make spelling near misses of its longest word: two neighbouring letters swapped, a letter doubled or a double letter written once, and a vowel changed. Every made or typed wrong answer that is the same as its own answer, as the correct answer to any other question in the list, or as a wrong answer already kept, is dropped. So a wrong answer can never be right somewhere else on the sheet. #### 3. The maze 1. **The grid.** Squares (each touches 4 others) or hexagons (each touches 6), from 4 by 4 to 8 by 8. The automatic size is the smallest that leaves at least 2 in 5 boxes off the path. Squares hold up to 40 questions, hexagons up to 35. 2. **The path.** One box more than there are questions, from Start to Finish, chosen at random from the maze code. It never touches itself: two path boxes touch only when they are next to each other on the path. 3. **The path boxes.** Start holds question 1. Each box after it holds the answer to the question before it and the next question, in list order. Finish holds the last answer. 4. **The other boxes.** Each box touching the path shows a wrong answer, if possible one written for the question next door, and the boxes around one path box all show different answers. Every box off the path also shows a question from the list, used again (a box off the path is never on the key route), chosen so that none of the boxes it touches shows its answer or any likely wrong answer to it: your typed ones and every one the rules above make, before any is dropped for being another question's answer. It is a dead end for a right answer and for a likely slip alike. 5. **The check.** Before a maze is shown, it is searched route by route, never visiting a box twice: every route that takes one wrong turn to any box and then answers correctly, and every route that at each box gives the right answer or any likely wrong answer, as many times as it likes. Only the key path may reach Finish. A maze that fails is never shown: the maker tries again with new choices, then a larger grid. For a short list whose answers sit very close together (1, 2, 3, 4), the off by two and three fillers are let through when nothing else works; if even that fails, the page says to add questions with different answers or more varied wrong answers. The result: a student who answers correctly always has exactly one box to move to. After a wrong turn, the next answer is not next to the student, so the only way on is back one square, onto the path, which the student page says in one line: “If your answer is not next to you, go back one square and check your work.” The page also says how many boxes the path has. A student who moves at random can still reach Finish, as in any maze; the key shows the path to mark against. Two answers two steps apart on the path must differ, or the box between them would show the same answer twice; the page says so if they do not. #### 4. The riddle decoder 1. **The message** has 5 to 80 letters, digits and spaces, printed in capitals. 2. **Repeated letters**, your choice: every blank its own question (one question for each letter of the message), or every blank of one letter sharing a question (one question for each different letter). The questions are used from question 1 in list order; which one goes to which blank is shuffled from the decoder code. 3. **The bank** holds every answer used, each with its letter, and the first wrong answer of each question used, each with another letter from the message. It is shuffled from the code. 4. **The check.** Every answer used is in the bank exactly once, no two bank entries are the same answer, and a student who answers every question correctly spells the message exactly. #### 5. The card loop 1. **The cards.** One card per question. In loop order (the list order, or mixed from the card code) card 1 is the START card: it asks question 1 and has the last answer. Every other card has the answer to the question before it and asks its own. 2. **Every answer different**, or two cards would both say I have. The page names any questions that share an answer. 3. **The check.** Following Who has from the START card visits every card once and comes back to START. 4. **The sheets.** 6 or 8 cards a sheet with dashed cut lines. Blank cards, if you keep them on, fill the last sheet and say they are not in the game. Each card has a number in its corner, shuffled, so the numbers do not give the order away. #### 6. Printing Every sheet is laid out on A4 or US Letter with half inch margins, and the same layout feeds the preview, the PDF, the picture and the printed page. Text is set at the largest size that fits and never cut: a maze answer too wide for its box goes one step smaller, then onto two lines; when a maze still does not fit, each box shows its question number and the questions are listed on the next page. The maze code, the decoder code or the card code is printed on each sheet; the same list, settings and code always give the same sheet. ### Worked example: times tables: 6 to 9 The 10 questions of the times tables example ([see the examples](https://answerpath.app/examples/)), with no wrong answers typed, so every wrong answer below comes from the number rules. | Question | Answer | Wrong answers made, in order | | --- | --- | --- | | 6 × 7 | 42 | 41 (off by one), 43 (off by one), 13 (operation mixed up), 420 (place value), 40 (off by 2), 44 (off by 2), 39 (off by 3), 45 (off by 3) | | 7 × 8 | 56 | 55 (off by one), 57 (off by one), 15 (operation mixed up), 560 (place value), 58 (off by 2), 53 (off by 3), 59 (off by 3) | | 9 × 6 | 54 | 53 (off by one), 55 (off by one), 15 (operation mixed up), 540 (place value), 52 (off by 2), 51 (off by 3), 57 (off by 3) | | 8 × 8 | 64 | 65 (off by one), 16 (operation mixed up), 640 (place value), 62 (off by 2), 66 (off by 2), 61 (off by 3), 67 (off by 3) | **The maze.** 5 by 5 squares, with a path of 11 boxes from Start to Finish. Maze code 0005YV. The path, from Start: question 1 is answered by 42, then 56, then 54, then 64, then 49, then 72, then 36, then 81, then 48, then 63, which is in the Finish box. The student page as printed on A4. The path is shaded only on the answer key. **The riddle decoder**, with the message “Great work” and every blank its own question: 9 blanks from 9 questions, 18 answers in the bank (9 of them wrong). Question 10 is not needed. Decoder code 0005YW. **The card loop**, in list order: 10 cards and 2 blank cards on 2 sheets of 6. Card code 0005YX. The START card asks 6 × 7 and has 63, the answer to the last question. ### What it is not - Not a marker. It checks that each activity works as a puzzle; it cannot know whether an answer you typed is right. Check the keys. - Not a question bank. Apart from the six examples, every question is yours. - Not proof against random moves. The maze stops right answers and likely slips from going anywhere but the path; a student who moves at random can wander, as in any maze. - Not a diagnosis. Wrong answers made by the rules are common slips, not a judgement of why a student went wrong. - Not an uploader. Everything happens in your browser, and nothing you type is sent anywhere. Answerpath is not affiliated with any publisher, curriculum body or teacher marketplace. --- # Example question sets to open and change, Answerpath URL: https://answerpath.app/examples/ Last reviewed: 2026-10-19 > Six ready question sets for self-checking activities: times tables, fractions, US state capitals, parts of speech, element symbols and French greetings. ## Six question sets to start from Each set opens in the maker as your own, ready to change: add questions, edit the wrong answers, or replace the secret message. Every set makes all three activities as it stands. ### Times tables: 6 to 9 The ten products of 6, 7, 8 and 9 with each other. Wrong answers are made by the number rules: one off, the numbers added instead of multiplied, ten times too big. 10 questions. Secret message for the riddle decoder: “Great work”. | Question | Answer | Wrong answers typed | | --- | --- | --- | | 6 × 7 | 42 | None: made by the number rules | | 7 × 8 | 56 | None: made by the number rules | | 9 × 6 | 54 | None: made by the number rules | | 8 × 8 | 64 | None: made by the number rules | | 7 × 7 | 49 | None: made by the number rules | | 9 × 8 | 72 | None: made by the number rules | | 6 × 6 | 36 | None: made by the number rules | | 9 × 9 | 81 | None: made by the number rules | | 8 × 6 | 48 | None: made by the number rules | | 7 × 9 | 63 | None: made by the number rules | ### Fractions: add, take away, simplify Adding and taking away fractions, simplifying, and a fraction of an amount. The 3/4 style is set as a stacked fraction on the sheets. 12 questions. Secret message for the riddle decoder: “Well done”. | Question | Answer | Wrong answers typed | | --- | --- | --- | | 1/2 + 1/4 | 3/4 | None: made by the number rules | | 2/3 + 1/6 | 5/6 | None: made by the number rules | | 3/5 − 1/5 | 2/5 | None: made by the number rules | | Simplify 10/15 | 2/3 | 5/3, 10/5 | | 3/4 of 20 | 15 | 5, 60 | | 7/8 − 1/2 | 3/8 | 6/6 | | Simplify 15/25 | 3/5 | 5/3, 1/5 | | 1/3 × 3/4 | 1/4 | 4/7, 1/12 | | 2/5 + 3/10 | 7/10 | 5/15 | | 1 − 3/8 | 5/8 | None: made by the number rules | | 2/3 of 12 | 8 | 4, 18 | | 5/6 − 1/3 | 1/2 | 4/3 | ### US states and their capitals Twelve state capitals. The wrong answers are well known cities in each state, the classic mix-up. 12 questions. Secret message for the riddle decoder: “Road trip”. | Question | Answer | Wrong answers typed | | --- | --- | --- | | Capital of Texas | Austin | Houston, Dallas | | Capital of California | Sacramento | Los Angeles, San Francisco | | Capital of New York | Albany | New York City, Buffalo | | Capital of Florida | Tallahassee | Miami, Orlando | | Capital of Illinois | Springfield | Chicago, Peoria | | Capital of Pennsylvania | Harrisburg | Philadelphia, Pittsburgh | | Capital of Washington | Olympia | Seattle, Spokane | | Capital of Nevada | Carson City | Las Vegas, Reno | | Capital of Arizona | Phoenix | Tucson, Flagstaff | | Capital of Colorado | Denver | Colorado Springs, Boulder | | Capital of Kentucky | Frankfort | Louisville, Lexington | | Capital of Oregon | Salem | Portland, Eugene | ### Parts of speech Find the noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun, preposition or conjunction in a short sentence. The wrong answers are the other words of the same sentence. 10 questions. Secret message for the riddle decoder: “Good words”. | Question | Answer | Wrong answers typed | | --- | --- | --- | | Find the noun: The dog barked loudly. | dog | barked, loudly | | Find the verb: Birds sing at dawn. | sing | Birds, dawn | | Find the adjective: She wore a red coat. | red | wore, coat | | Find the adverb: He ran quickly to the shop. | quickly | ran, shop | | Find the pronoun: They waited for the bus. | They | waited, bus | | Find the preposition: The cat hid under the bed. | under | hid, bed | | Find the conjunction: I was tired but happy. | but | tired, happy | | Find the noun: A small boat drifted past. | boat | small, drifted | | Find the verb: The baby laughed at the clown. | laughed | baby, clown | | Find the adjective: We climbed a steep hill. | steep | climbed, hill | ### Periodic table symbols Twelve elements whose symbols students mix up, several from their Latin names. The wrong answers are near misses and other real symbols. 12 questions. Secret message for the riddle decoder: “Elements”. | Question | Answer | Wrong answers typed | | --- | --- | --- | | Symbol for sodium | Na | So, Sd | | Symbol for potassium | K | Po, Pt | | Symbol for iron | Fe | Ir, I | | Symbol for gold | Au | Go, Gd | | Symbol for silver | Ag | Si, Sr | | Symbol for lead | Pb | Le, Ld | | Symbol for copper | Cu | Co, Cp | | Symbol for tin | Sn | Ti, Tn | | Symbol for mercury | Hg | Me, Mr | | Symbol for calcium | Ca | C, Cm | | Symbol for chlorine | Cl | Ch, Cr | | Symbol for helium | He | H, Hl | ### French greetings Ten everyday greetings and polite phrases. The wrong answers are the slips learners make: the wrong gender, a missing accent, a word out of place. 10 questions. Secret message for the riddle decoder: “Très bien”. | Question | Answer | Wrong answers typed | | --- | --- | --- | | Say it in French: hello | Bonjour | Bonne jour, Bon matin | | Say it in French: good evening | Bonsoir | Bonne soir, Bon soirée | | Say it in French: good night | Bonne nuit | Bon nuit, Bonne nuite | | Say it in French: goodbye | Au revoir | Au voir, À revoir | | Say it in French: see you soon | À bientôt | Au bientôt, À bien | | Say it in French: thank you | Merci | Mercy, Mersi | | Say it in French: you are welcome | De rien | Du rien, De nada | | Say it in French: please (to a friend) | S'il te plaît | Si te plaît, S'il te plais | | Say it in French: my name is | Je m'appelle | Je suis appelle, Mon nom appelle | | Say it in French: excuse me (polite) | Excusez-moi | Excusé-moi, Excusez-je | The sets were written for this site and are free to use in class. How the activities are made from them is on [how it works](https://answerpath.app/how-it-works/). Answerpath is not affiliated with any publisher, curriculum body or teacher marketplace. --- # Guides to self-checking classroom activities, Answerpath URL: https://answerpath.app/guides/ Last reviewed: 2026-10-19 > Short guides for teachers: why self-checking activities cut marking, writing good wrong answers, and running a card loop with 30 students. ## Guides for the classroom Three short guides for teachers who use self-checking practice: why it saves marking time, how to write wrong answers that catch real mistakes, and how to run an I have, who has card loop with a whole class. - [Self-checking activities and why they cut marking](https://answerpath.app/guides/self-checking-activities/)What makes an activity check itself, why instant feedback helps practice, and how a maze, a riddle and a card loop each catch a wrong answer. - [Writing good wrong answers (distractors)](https://answerpath.app/guides/writing-good-distractors/)How to write wrong answers that catch real mistakes rather than give the right one away, with examples from number, word and science questions. - [Running an I have, who has card loop with 30 students](https://answerpath.app/guides/card-loop-with-30-students/)Dealing the cards, the starter, pace, students with two cards, absent students, and what to do when the loop stalls. The rules the maker itself follows are on [how it works](https://answerpath.app/how-it-works/). The [activity maker](https://answerpath.app/) makes all three formats from one list. --- # Self-checking activities that cut marking, Answerpath URL: https://answerpath.app/guides/self-checking-activities/ Last reviewed: 2026-10-19 > What makes a practice activity check itself, why quick feedback helps while students practise, and how a maze, a riddle and a card loop catch a wrong answer. ## Self-checking activities and why they cut marking A self-checking activity tells a student straight away whether an answer is right, because a wrong answer leads nowhere useful: a dead end in a maze, a word that does not make sense in a riddle, or a card loop that stops. Students correct themselves while practising, and you mark far less. By Answerpath. Published 19 October 2026. Last updated 19 October 2026. ### What self-checking means In an ordinary worksheet, the student writes 20 answers and finds out which were wrong a day or a week later, after you have marked them. By then the student has practised the same mistake 20 times. A self-checking activity builds the check into the task itself. The student cannot carry on, or cannot make sense of the result, without the right answer, so the feedback arrives at the moment the mistake is made. The check is not a hidden answer list. It comes from the shape of the activity: the next step only exists if the last answer was right. That is why the same idea works on paper, with no screens, in a lesson or as homework. ### Why quick feedback helps while practising When students are practising a skill they have just been taught, feedback in the same session lets them correct a mistake and try again before it settles. Practice is only useful when most of it is correct: a student who gets 3 of every 10 answers wrong without knowing is rehearsing the wrong method. A self-checking activity keeps the success rate visible to the student. When they hit a dead end they go back, recheck the last question, and carry on with the corrected answer. It also changes what you see during the lesson. Instead of walking round to check every sheet, you can spot the students who are rechecking the same box again and again, and go to them first. ### How each format catches a wrong answer #### The maze Each box in the maze shows an answer and the next question. The student works out the question, then looks at the boxes touching the one they are in. Only the correct answer is in a touching box that leads on. A wrong answer is also in a touching box, so it is a real choice, but from that box neither the right answer nor a likely slip is nearby. The student is at a dead end, goes back one square and rechecks. The path never touches itself, so a student cannot skip ahead by landing on a later part of the route. #### The riddle decoder The student answers each question, finds the answer in the answer bank and writes its letter in the matching blank. Correct answers spell your secret message. Wrong answers in the bank carry other letters, so a mistake shows up as a word that does not read properly. The student can often see which blank is wrong from the letters around it. #### The card loop Each card says “I have” an answer and “Who has” the next question. The whole class listens to each question and the student holding the answer reads next. If nobody has the answer that was given, or 2 students think they have it, the class knows something went wrong at that card. The loop always ends back at the START card, so finishing in the right place is the check for the whole set. ### Worked example: one list, 3 checks Take a list of 16 questions on multiplying by 6, 7 and 8, with answers such as 42, 56 and 48. You type the list once on the [maker](https://answerpath.app/). For the maze, 6 times 7 sits in a box, and the boxes around it hold 42 and wrong answers made by rules, such as 41, 43 or 13 (6 added to 7). A student who picks 13 moves to a box from which no correct answer leads on and stops to recheck. For the riddle, 42 carries the letter that belongs in the message, while 41 and 43 carry other letters. For the card loop, the card that has 42 is read only after someone asks for 6 times 7. The [examples page](https://answerpath.app/examples/) shows finished sheets made this way. ### How much marking it saves With a self-checking activity, the student has already found and fixed most wrong answers before the sheet reaches you. Each activity comes with an answer key, so checking a finished maze is a matter of comparing the shaded path with the key, not reading 16 answers. A finished riddle is checked by reading one line. A card loop needs no marking at all: the class either reached the START card again or did not. For a class of 30 students, that moves the marking for one practice set from a pile to a glance. ### Where it does not help - **It shows that an answer is wrong, not why.** A student who hits a dead end knows to recheck but not what the mistake was. Good feedback explains, and that part is still yours. - **A maze checks the path, not the working.** A student can reach the end by guessing between 2 boxes. Ask for working in the margin when the method matters. - **It needs one clear answer per question.** Open questions, explanations and essays do not fit. Use it for practice with short, exact answers. - **It is practice, not a test.** Students check as they go, so the finished sheet tells you they got there, not how many tries it took. ### Common mistakes - Using it for new material before it has been taught, so students hit dead ends with no way to work out why. - Wrong answers nobody would choose, which turns the check into a guess; the guide to [writing good wrong answers](https://answerpath.app/guides/writing-good-distractors/) covers this. - Collecting the sheets and marking them anyway, which spends the time the format saved. - Not looking at who got stuck. The students who rechecked the most are the ones to see next lesson. The [how it works page](https://answerpath.app/how-it-works/) explains how each activity is built and checked. Everything runs in your browser, and your questions are not uploaded. ### Sources - [The Science of Learning, Second Edition](https://www.deansforimpact.org/files/assets/thescienceoflearning.pdf), Deans for Impact. Targeted practice of a skill benefits from immediate feedback that allows correction and further attempts in the same session; good feedback is explanatory and focused on improvement, not just verifying performance. Last reviewed 19 October 2026. - [Principles of Instruction: Research-Based Strategies That All Teachers Should Know](https://www.aft.org/ae/spring2012/rosenshine), American Federation of Teachers, American Educator, Spring 2012. Students should achieve a high success rate in practice, about 80 percent, because practice without it risks students practising and learning errors that are hard to undo. Last reviewed 19 October 2026. Answerpath is not affiliated with any publisher, curriculum body or teacher marketplace. ### Frequently asked questions **Does a self-checking activity replace marking?** It replaces marking the answers to one practice set, not looking at the work. The activity tells the student an answer is wrong. You still need to look at the working of students who got stuck to see why. **Can a student cheat a maze by guessing?** A student can guess at each box, but a wrong guess leads to a dead end, so guessing costs time. Most students find that working the question is quicker than trying every neighbouring box. **Which of the 3 formats should I use first?** The maze suits a student working alone, the riddle decoder suits pairs or homework, and the card loop suits the whole class at once. All 3 come from the same list, so you can use one in class and another later in the week. --- # Writing good wrong answers (distractors), Answerpath URL: https://answerpath.app/guides/writing-good-distractors/ Last reviewed: 2026-10-19 > How to write wrong answers that catch real mistakes instead of giving the right one away, with the rules the maker uses for times tables and fractions. ## Writing good wrong answers (distractors) A good wrong answer is one a student who made a real mistake would get: 13 for 6 times 7 because they added, or 2/6 for 1/2 + 1/4 because they added tops and bottoms. It should look like the right answer, use the same units, and never be right itself. By Answerpath. Published 19 October 2026. Last updated 19 October 2026. ### Why wrong answers matter in a self-checking activity In a maze, the boxes touching the student's box hold the right answer and some wrong ones. In a riddle decoder, the answer bank holds right and wrong answers side by side. If the wrong answers are silly, the student can find the right one without working the question, and the activity stops checking anything. If they are mistakes the student might really make, the student has to work it out, and a slip leads to a dead end or a wrong letter, which is the point. ### Five rules for a good wrong answer #### 1. Start from real mistakes The best source is your own marking. Which wrong answers come up again and again for this topic? A student who writes 56 for 7 times 9 has mixed up 2 facts. A student who writes 0.5 for 1/5 has read the fraction as a decimal. Those are the wrong answers worth printing, because they catch the exact mistake you want the student to notice. #### 2. Make it plausible A wrong answer should be close enough that a student who has not worked it out cannot rule it out at a glance. For 6 times 7, the answer 1,000 is no use. The answer 43 is. #### 3. Keep one clearly right answer Check that no wrong answer is also right in some reading of the question. If the answer to “half of 10” is 5, a wrong answer of 5.0 is also right. If the question can be read 2 ways, rewrite the question rather than the answers. #### 4. Keep the same form and units If the answer is 3/4, the wrong answers should be fractions too. If the answer is 12 cm, write 14 cm, not 14. A wrong answer in a different form stands out and gets ruled out for the wrong reason. The same goes for length: one long answer among short ones draws the eye. #### 5. Avoid all of the above, and other questions' answers “All of the above” and “none of the above” do not fit a maze or a riddle, and in any activity they test spotting rather than knowing. Do not reuse the correct answer of another question in the same set as a wrong answer either. In a maze or a riddle it would send the student to the wrong place for the wrong reason. The maker drops these for you. ### How the maker writes wrong answers Your own wrong answers always come first. For number answers, the maker can add more by fixed rules, in this order: 1. off by one in the last written place, so 0.24 and 0.26 for 0.25; 2. the sign flipped, only when the answer is negative or the question has a minus sign; 3. a mixed-up operation, when the question is 2 numbers and one operation: added instead of multiplied and back, added instead of subtracted, multiplied instead of divided, a power worked as a product (7^2 as 14), and fractions added top and bottom (1/2 + 1/4 as 2/6); 4. a place value slip, for whole numbers and decimals: ten times the answer, and a tenth of it; 5. off by two, then off by three. Any candidate that equals the answer, another question's correct answer, or a wrong answer already kept is dropped. The [how it works page](https://answerpath.app/how-it-works/) sets out the same rules. ### Worked example: a times table and a fraction #### 6 times 7 = 42 Before any are dropped, the rules give these wrong answers, in order: - off by one: 41 and 43; - sign flipped: none, because there is no minus sign and the answer is positive; - mixed-up operation: 13, the 2 numbers added; - place value: 420, and no tenth, because 4.2 is not written as a whole number like 42; - off by two and three: 40, 44, 39 and 45. If the same set also asks 5 times 8, then 40 is that question's correct answer, so it is dropped from the list for 6 times 7. If you typed 48 yourself, because students mix up 6 times 7 and 6 times 8, it comes before all of these. #### 1/2 + 1/4 = 3/4 - off by one, over the same bottom number: 2/4 and 4/4; - mixed-up operation: 2/6, tops and bottoms added, and 1/8, the 2 fractions multiplied; - then off by two or three, such as 5/4 (a fraction has no place value slip). 2/6 is the wrong answer you most want here, because it is the mistake students most often make with fractions. A student who lands on it in a maze hits a dead end and goes back to the question. You can try both questions on the [maker](https://answerpath.app/), and see finished sheets on the [examples page](https://answerpath.app/examples/). ### Word and science answers For words, the optional word mode makes spelling near misses of the longest word: 2 neighbouring letters swapped, a letter doubled, a doubled letter written once, or a vowel changed. That suits spelling practice. For meaning, such as the name of a process or a part of a cell, the useful wrong answers are the ones students confuse with it, and only you know those. Type them in yourself. ### Common mistakes - Wrong answers nobody would choose, so the student picks the right one without working. - A wrong answer in a different unit or form from the right one, which gives the right one away. - A wrong answer that is also correct, such as 0.5 when the answer is 1/2. - Typing the same wrong answer for every question, so students learn to skip it. - Relying on rule-made wrong answers for a topic where the real mistakes are about meaning, not arithmetic. ### Sources - [Designing Multiple-Choice Questions](https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-teaching-excellence/catalogs/tip-sheets/designing-multiple-choice-questions), Centre for Teaching Excellence, University of Waterloo. Make distractors appealing and plausible, base them on common student errors, avoid all of the above and none of the above, and make sure exactly one option is the best answer. Last reviewed 19 October 2026. - [Improving Your Test Questions](https://citl.illinois.edu/citl-101/measurement-evaluation/exam-scoring/improving-your-test-questions), Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Make all alternatives plausible to the less skilled student, keep them similar in length and grammatically parallel, and make sure only one is correct. Last reviewed 19 October 2026. Answerpath is not affiliated with any publisher, curriculum body or teacher marketplace. ### Frequently asked questions **How many wrong answers should I type for each question?** You can type up to 3 for each question. For number answers the maker can add more by its rules, so 1 good wrong answer of your own, from a mistake you have seen, is often enough. **What if my wrong answer is the answer to another question?** The maker drops it. A correct answer in the set is never used as a wrong answer, because in a maze or a riddle it would point the student at the wrong question. **Can the maker write wrong answers for word answers?** Yes, if you turn on the word mode. It makes spelling near misses of the longest word, such as 2 letters swapped or a vowel changed. For meaning mistakes, such as a wrong capital city, type your own. **Why does a rule-made wrong answer sometimes not appear?** Each rule is skipped when it does not fit: the sign is only flipped when a sign is in play, a place value slip is only made for whole numbers and decimals, and a tenth only with at most one more decimal place than the answer. Duplicates are also dropped. --- # Running a card loop with 30 students, Answerpath URL: https://answerpath.app/guides/card-loop-with-30-students/ Last reviewed: 2026-10-19 > How to run an I have, who has card loop with a class of 30: dealing the cards, the starter, pace, 2 cards or pairs, absent students and a stalled loop. ## Running an I have, who has card loop with 30 students Make one card for each student if you can, give the START card to a confident reader, and keep the teacher key in your hand. With fewer cards than students, pair students up; with more, give some students 2 cards. If the loop stalls, the key tells you which answer comes next. By Answerpath. Published 19 October 2026. Last updated 19 October 2026. ### How the loop works Each card says “I have” an answer and “Who has” a question. The student with the START card reads only its Who has question. Everyone works it out, and the student whose card has that answer reads “I have” and their answer, then their own Who has question. The cards always close into a single loop, so the game ends when the last question is answered by the START card. The maker checks this on every set it makes. One limit matters before you start: every answer in the set must be different. If 2 questions both have the answer 24, 2 students would both say they have it, so the maker refuses a list with repeated answers and names the questions to change. ### Before the lesson - Print the sheets, 6 or 8 cards a sheet, and cut along the dashed lines. Cutting takes longer than printing: a student helper or a guillotine saves time. - Print the teacher key too. It lists the cards in loop order, from the START card round to the end. - The number in the corner of each card is shuffled, so it does not give the order away. Use it with the key to find a card quickly. - Shuffle the cards before you deal them, so students sitting together do not hold neighbouring cards. ### Matching the cards to 30 students #### 30 cards, 1 each The simplest game. With 30 questions at 6 cards a sheet, you print 5 full sheets. At 8 a sheet, 30 cards need 4 sheets with 2 spaces left over. If you turn on blank cards, those 2 spaces print as blank cards marked “not in the game”, so every sheet cuts the same way. Keep them as spares and do not deal them. #### Fewer cards than students A list of 24 questions makes a loop of 24 cards. Give 18 students a card each and 6 pairs a card to share. Pairs work well for students who need support, because they can check the answer with each other before reading. #### More cards than students A list of 36 questions makes 36 cards, so 6 students take 2 cards. Give the second card to students who are quick and confident, and check on the key that their 2 cards are not next to each other in the loop, or they will have to answer their own question. ### Worked example: a loop of 24 with 30 students A class of 30 students practises the 8 times table and division facts. The teacher types 24 questions on the [maker](https://answerpath.app/), such as 8 times 7 and 64 divided by 8, with all 24 answers different, and prints 4 sheets of 6 cards. In class, the teacher deals 18 single cards and 6 shared cards, and gives the START card to a pair near the front. The START pair reads “Who has 8 times 7?” Everyone works it out on scrap paper. The student holding the 56 card reads “I have 56. Who has 64 divided by 8?” and so on round the room. The teacher follows on the key and ticks each card as it is read. The loop ends when a question is answered by the START card, which reads “I have” its answer. You can see a full card set on the [examples page](https://answerpath.app/examples/). ### Pace and listening The loop only checks the class if everyone listens to every question, not just the student who thinks they hold the answer. Ask everyone to work out each answer, on scrap paper or a mini whiteboard, before the holder reads. That way every student answers every question, and the holder is checking their card, not guessing from it. - Ask readers to read the question twice, clearly, and wait before the next card is read. - Go slowly the first time. Speed comes once the class knows how it works. - Keep the room quiet enough to hear a reader at the back. ### When the loop stalls A stall means nobody has said “I have” for the question just read. Usually a student has worked out the answer wrongly, or not noticed it is on their card. Read the question again and give the class time to work it out. If it is still quiet, look at the key: it lists the order, so you know the answer that comes next and the number on that card. Ask “Who has card number 17?” and carry on. If 2 students stand up, the key shows which answer is right, and the other student has a question worth going over afterwards. ### Absent students Every card must be in play, or the loop breaks at the missing card. When students are absent, deal their cards to others so some students hold 2, or hold the spare cards yourself and read them when they come up. Never take a card out of the set. ### Running it twice to beat a time Once the class has finished one round, time the second. Collect the cards, shuffle them, and deal again, so most students get a different card and different questions to listen for. The class tries to beat its own time. Keep it low stakes: it is practice, and a mistake costs seconds, not marks. The maker can keep your list order or mix it from the card code, if you want a new loop for a later lesson. ### Common mistakes - Starting without the teacher key, so a stall has no quick way out. - Leaving out the card of an absent student, which breaks the loop. - Giving one student 2 cards that sit next to each other in the loop. - Letting only the card holders work out the answers, so most of the class is waiting, not practising. - Dealing the blank cards, which are not in the game. The [how it works page](https://answerpath.app/how-it-works/) explains how the loop is built and checked. Your questions stay in your browser. ### Sources - [Principles of Instruction: Research-Based Strategies That All Teachers Should Know](https://www.aft.org/ae/spring2012/rosenshine), American Federation of Teachers, American Educator, Spring 2012. The more effective teachers in the studies it summarises checked for understanding often and required responses from all students. Last reviewed 19 October 2026. - [The Science of Learning, Second Edition](https://www.deansforimpact.org/files/assets/thescienceoflearning.pdf), Deans for Impact. Retrieval practice does not have to look like a test and should not be high-stakes; teachers can use low-stakes practice and frame it as practice. Last reviewed 19 October 2026. Answerpath is not affiliated with any publisher, curriculum body or teacher marketplace. ### Frequently asked questions **Why does the maker refuse my list for the card loop?** Every answer in a card loop must be different. If 2 questions share an answer, 2 cards would both say I have it and the loop would split, so the maker names the questions that repeat and asks you to change one. **How long does a card loop take?** It depends on the questions. Short facts such as times tables move at a few seconds a card once the class is used to it. Questions that need working take longer, so allow time for everyone to work each one out. **Can I use the same cards with another class?** Yes. The card code printed on the sheets makes the same set again, and the order on the teacher key stays the same, so a set of cards can be kept in an envelope and reused. --- # Free printables for self-checking activities, Answerpath URL: https://answerpath.app/printables/ Last reviewed: 2026-10-21 > Free blank sheets to download as a PDF on A4 or US Letter: a self-checking maze grid, I have, who has cards and a riddle decoder to fill in by hand. ## Printables Three free blank sheets for self-checking practice: a maze grid, a set of I have, who has cards and a riddle decoder, each ready to fill in by hand. Each is a finished PDF on A4 or US Letter, made in your browser with nothing to type first. Last updated 21 October 2026. Made by the Answerpath team. ### Sheets to print - [**Blank self-checking maze grid** A free blank maze to fill in by hand: a 5 by 5 grid of squares, a 5 by 5 grid of hexagons, and a page to plan the path and the wrong answers beside it.](https://answerpath.app/printables/blank-self-checking-maze/) - [**Blank I have, who has cards** Free blank I have, who has cards: 16 cards on two pages with dashed cut lines, lines for I have and Who has on each, and the first card marked START.](https://answerpath.app/printables/i-have-who-has-blank-cards/) - [**Blank riddle decoder** A free one page blank riddle decoder: 12 numbered questions with answer lines, a 16 box answer bank with a letter in each, and blanks for the secret message.](https://answerpath.app/printables/riddle-decoder-blank/) Want the activity made and checked for you from your own questions, with an answer key? The [activity maker](https://answerpath.app/) makes a maze, a riddle decoder and a card loop from one list. The rules it follows are on [how it works](https://answerpath.app/how-it-works/). --- # Blank self-checking maze grid to print, Answerpath URL: https://answerpath.app/printables/blank-self-checking-maze/ Last reviewed: 2026-10-21 > A free blank maze to fill in by hand: a 5 by 5 grid of squares, a 5 by 5 grid of hexagons, and a page to plan the path and the wrong answers beside it. ## Blank self-checking maze grid Two empty maze grids, one of squares and one of hexagons, with Start and Finish marked and lines in every box for an answer and the next question. It is for teachers who like to write a maze by hand, or who want a blank for students to make one for each other. Last updated 21 October 2026. Made by the Answerpath team. ### Download the PDF Free, with nothing to fill in first. 3 pages, made in your browser. Free downloads carry a small credit line in the page footer, below the activity: Made with Answerpath, answerpath.app. ### What is on the page - Page 1: a 5 by 5 grid of squares, with Start in the top left corner and Finish in the bottom right, a line for the answer at the top of each box and two lines for the question under it. - Page 2: the same on a 5 by 5 grid of hexagons, where each box touches six others. - Both grids carry the student instructions, a name and date line, and the rule under the maze: go back one square (one cell on the hexagons) if your answer is not next to you. - Page 3, for the teacher: a 20 row table from Start to Finish to plan the path box by box, with what each box shows, what it asks and the wrong answers for the boxes beside it. To make a filled-in maze, riddle decoder and card loop from your own questions, each checked and with an answer key, use the [activity maker](https://answerpath.app/). More sheets are on the [printables page](https://answerpath.app/printables/). --- # Blank I have, who has cards to print, Answerpath URL: https://answerpath.app/printables/i-have-who-has-blank-cards/ Last reviewed: 2026-10-21 > Free blank I have, who has cards: 16 cards on two pages with dashed cut lines, lines for I have and Who has on each, and the first card marked START. ## Blank I have, who has cards Sixteen blank cards for an I have, who has game, eight to a page with dashed lines to cut along and the starter card already marked. It is for teachers who want to write a quick card loop by hand, for any subject and any age. Last updated 21 October 2026. Made by the Answerpath team. ### Download the PDF Free, with nothing to fill in first. 2 pages, made in your browser. Free downloads carry a small credit line in the page footer, below the activity: Made with Answerpath, answerpath.app. ### What is on the page - Two pages of eight cards each, two across and four down, with dashed cut lines round every card. - On each card: I have with a line for the answer, then Who has with lines for the question, and a small No. for numbering the cards. - The first card is marked START and says to read its Who has first; its I have ends the game. - The card loop instructions at the top of each page. To make a filled-in maze, riddle decoder and card loop from your own questions, each checked and with an answer key, use the [activity maker](https://answerpath.app/). More sheets are on the [printables page](https://answerpath.app/printables/). --- # Blank riddle decoder worksheet to print, Answerpath URL: https://answerpath.app/printables/riddle-decoder-blank/ Last reviewed: 2026-10-21 > A free one page blank riddle decoder: 12 numbered questions with answer lines, a 16 box answer bank with a letter in each, and blanks for the secret message. ## Blank riddle decoder A one page riddle decoder to fill in by hand: questions, an answer bank where each answer carries a letter, and blanks that spell a secret message when the answers are right. It is for teachers who want a decoder for a lesson without typing, and for students writing riddles for each other. Last updated 21 October 2026. Made by the Answerpath team. ### Download the PDF Free, with nothing to fill in first. One page, made in your browser. Free downloads carry a small credit line in the page footer, below the activity: Made with Answerpath, answerpath.app. ### What is on the page - Twelve numbered questions in two columns, each with a line for the question and a line for the answer. - An answer bank of 16 boxes, each with a small square for its letter, so there is room for the right answers and some wrong ones. - The secret message: rows of blanks, each with a box under it for the number of the question that gives its letter. - The student instructions, a name line and a date line at the top. To make a filled-in maze, riddle decoder and card loop from your own questions, each checked and with an answer key, use the [activity maker](https://answerpath.app/). More sheets are on the [printables page](https://answerpath.app/printables/). --- # Questions about self-checking activities, Answerpath URL: https://answerpath.app/faq/ Last reviewed: 2026-10-19 > Answers about Answerpath: pasting a list, wrong answers, maze sizes, repeated letters, blank cards, codes, other scripts and saving. ## Questions about the activity maker Pasting a list, wrong answers, the maze, repeated letters and the card loop, answered plainly. Every rule is on [how it works](https://answerpath.app/how-it-works/), and the [activity maker](https://answerpath.app/) is where you try it. ### Frequently asked questions **What does it make?** Three self-checking activities from one list of 4 to 40 questions: a maze where only correct answers lead from Start to Finish, a riddle decoder where correct answers spell a secret message, and an I have, who has card loop. Each comes with an answer key, as a PDF on A4 or US Letter, as a picture, or printed from the page. The footer of every page carries one small credit, Made with Answerpath, answerpath.app, below the activity and never inside the maze, the decoder or the cards; Premium sheets leave it out. **How do I paste a list from a spreadsheet?** Put the question in the first column, the answer in the second and up to 3 wrong answers in the next ones, select the rows and copy them. Then choose Paste a list and paste. Comma and semicolon separated lines work too; a cell that holds a comma goes in double quotes. Every line shows how it was read, and a line that cannot be used stays in the list marked Needs a fix rather than being dropped. **How long can a question or an answer be?** A question can be up to 160 characters and an answer up to 60. Longer text is not cut: the row says how long it is and waits for you to shorten it. On the sheets, an answer too wide for a maze box is set one step smaller and then on two lines, and a question wraps; when the boxes are still too small, each box shows its question number and the questions are listed on the next page. **Where do the wrong answers come from?** Yours come first: up to 3 for each question. For a number answer the maker also writes wrong answers by fixed rules: one off in the last written place, the sign flipped when a sign is in play, the operation mixed up, ten times too big or too small, then two or three off. Units are kept as typed. A correct answer to another question in the list is never used as a wrong answer. **Can a student get through the maze by luck?** Not by answering. Only the correct answer to the question in a box touches that box, the path never touches itself, and every box off the path is a dead end: none of the boxes around it shows its right answer or a likely wrong answer to it. So after a wrong turn the next answer is not nearby, and the student goes back one square, as the sheet says. Every maze is searched route by route for this before it is shown. A student who moves at random can still wander, as in any maze, and the sheet says how many boxes the path has. **How big is the maze?** From 4 by 4 to 8 by 8 boxes, picked from the number of questions so that plenty of boxes are left for wrong answers, or chosen by you. Squares hold up to 40 questions and hexagons up to 35, because the path may not touch itself and hexagons touch more neighbours. **My secret message has the same letter several times. What happens?** You choose. With every blank its own question, each letter of the message needs its own question, so students cannot fill in a repeated letter by guessing. With repeated letters sharing a question, every blank of one letter shows the same question number, so the message needs only as many questions as it has different letters. The page says how many each choice needs. A message has 5 to 80 letters, digits and spaces. **Why does the card loop refuse two questions with the same answer?** Each card says I have and an answer. If two cards had the same answer, both students would stand up for the same question and the loop would split. The page names the questions so you can change one of the answers. **What are the blank cards?** When the number of questions does not fill the last sheet, the maker can fill it with blank cards so every sheet cuts the same way. Each blank card says it is not in the game and is listed on the key. You can turn them off in the card loop settings. **What is the code on each sheet?** The maze, the decoder and the cards each have a 6 character code. The same questions, settings and code always give the same activity, so you can make the same maze again later. Type a code in the format's settings to bring one back, or make a new one for a different maze from the same questions. **Can I use other scripts, like Arabic or Chinese?** On screen and when printing from the page, yes: the page uses your device's own fonts. The PDFs and pictures are set in fonts that cover Latin, Greek, Cyrillic and maths signs. If a question uses other characters, the page says which ones and where, and offers printing from the page instead of a PDF, rather than printing empty boxes. **Where are my questions saved?** In this browser only, as you type. Nothing is uploaded and there is no account. Save a backup file to move your sets to another browser or keep a copy. Answerpath has no copy of anything you type. **Can I share a question set with another teacher?** Yes. Share this, beside the downloads, makes a link that holds the question list (questions, answers and typed wrong answers), the title, the secret message, the paper and every format setting with its code, so the other teacher gets the same maze, decoder and cards. The link is not stored anywhere: everything is in the part after #, which a browser never sends to a server. It opens as Shared with you, and nothing is saved in their browser until they choose Keep a copy. **Can I keep it on my phone and use it offline?** Yes. On an iPhone or iPad, open the site in Safari, tap the Share button, then Add to Home Screen. On Android and on a computer, choose Install Answerpath in the menu or at the foot of any page when your browser offers it. After one visit online the maker, the examples and the printables open without a connection, and PDFs and pictures work offline once one has been made. **Is it affiliated with a publisher or a teacher marketplace?** Answerpath is not affiliated with any publisher, curriculum body or teacher marketplace. --- # About the self-checking activity maker, Answerpath URL: https://answerpath.app/about/ Last reviewed: 2026-10-19 > What Answerpath is: a browser tool that turns one list of questions into a maze, a riddle decoder and a card loop with keys, and what it is not. ## About Answerpath A tool for teachers of any subject who want practice that marks itself: type one list of questions and answers, and print a maze, a riddle decoder and an I have, who has card loop from it, each with an answer key. ### Why we made it Self-checking activities are a classroom staple because a student finds out straight away when an answer is wrong. A maze that dead-ends, a riddle that spells nonsense or a card loop that stalls tells the student to look again, and the teacher sees who is stuck without marking a pile of sheets. The trouble is the making. Each format is usually a separate template filled in by hand, and the careful part, making sure no wrong answer accidentally leads somewhere, is easy to get wrong late at night. We built Answerpath so that one list does all three, and so the careful part is done by fixed rules that are checked every time. The maze is searched route by route to prove that only correct answers lead from Start to Finish. The decoder is read back as a student would read it, to prove the correct answers spell the message. The card loop is followed card by card to prove it closes into one loop. ### What it is - One question list, typed or pasted from a spreadsheet, with a status on every row. - Three formats from that list, with the settings that matter: box shape and size for the maze, how repeated letters work for the decoder, 6 or 8 cards a sheet for the loop. - Wrong answers you type, plus wrong answers made for number answers by rules stated on [how it works](https://answerpath.app/how-it-works/). - Student pages and answer keys as PDFs on A4 or US Letter, pictures, or printing straight from the page. - Six [example sets](https://answerpath.app/examples/) to start from. ### What it is not - Not a question bank. Apart from the examples, every question comes from you. - Not a marker. It checks that each activity works as a puzzle; it cannot know whether an answer you typed is right, so check the keys. - Not guesswork. The same questions, settings and code always give the same activity, and the code is printed on every sheet. - Not an account. Nothing is uploaded; your questions stay in your browser. ### On your phone On an iPhone or iPad: open the site in Safari, tap the Share button, then Add to Home Screen. It then opens like an app, and works offline after your first visit. ### Contact Questions, ideas and reports of an activity that does not work as stated go to socialreminderinfo@gmail.com. Please include the code printed on the sheet. Answerpath is not affiliated with any publisher, curriculum body or teacher marketplace. --- # Premium for the self-checking activity maker, Answerpath URL: https://answerpath.app/premium/ Last reviewed: 2026-10-19 > Premium adds every answer key and PDF, the one PDF with all three formats, and more than 3 saved sets. The maze student page stays free. ## Answerpath Premium The question list, all three activities on screen and the maze student page are free. Premium adds every PDF and answer key, the one PDF with everything, wrong answers for word answers and more than 3 saved sets. ### What Premium adds - Every PDF: the maze key, the riddle decoder and its key, the cards and the card loop key - All three formats and their keys in one PDF - No site line in the footer of your sheets - Wrong answers made for word answers, not only numbers - Up to 50 saved question sets in one browser Weekly, yearly and lifetime plans are available. #### Free forever - The question list, with paste import and a status on every row - The maze, the riddle decoder and the card loop, made and shown on screen - The maze student page as a PDF, a picture or a print - Wrong answers made for number answers - 3 saved question sets, with backup export and import ### Choose a plan Loading plans. Subscriptions renew automatically and can be cancelled anytime from the link in your receipt email. Access is tied to this browser; keep your receipt email for account recovery. Already subscribed elsewhere? [Restore access](https://answerpath.app/restore/). ### Frequently asked questions **What stays free?** The question list with paste import, all three activities made and shown on screen, the maze student page as a PDF, a picture or a print (with a small site line at the foot), wrong answers made for number answers, up to 3 saved sets, and backup export and import. No account is needed and nothing you type leaves your browser. **What does Premium add?** Every other PDF and picture: the maze answer key, the riddle decoder and its key, the cards and the card loop key. Also the one PDF with all three formats, no site line on the sheets, wrong answers made for word answers, and up to 50 saved sets. It does not change how any activity is made: the rules are the same for everyone. **What happens to a backup with more saved sets than the free limit?** Everything in the file is kept. The first 3 saved sets stay editable, and the others open read-only: you can see their activities. --- # Privacy: your questions stay in your browser, Answerpath URL: https://answerpath.app/privacy/ Last reviewed: 2026-10-19 > How Answerpath handles your questions and answers: they are made into activities, saved and printed in your browser, and never sent anywhere. ## Privacy: your questions stay in your browser How Answerpath handles your questions and answers: they are made into activities, saved and printed in your browser, and never sent anywhere. Last updated 19 October 2026 ### What you type Answerpath asks only for what an activity needs: your questions, their answers, any wrong answers you add, a title, a secret message for the riddle decoder, your choices, and a name for each saved set that can be anything you like. It never asks who you are or who your students are, and it has no field for a student's name, an email or a photo. ### What stays on your device Every maze, riddle decoder, I have, who has loop, PDF and picture is made in your browser. There is no server side to this site: it is a set of static files. Nothing you type, save or print is transmitted anywhere. Your saved question sets are written to your browser's own local storage, under keys beginning with `questionset` and nowhere else (one of them is a short test that storage works, removed straight away). They belong to one browser on one device: they do not follow you to another computer, they are not backed up by us, and nobody else can read them. Clearing site data for this site removes them permanently. Use Save a backup file to keep a copy; that file is saved wherever you choose and is yours to keep or delete. ### No accounts There is no sign up, no sign in, no email capture and no password. Every page, including the activity maker, the PDFs and the print, works without identifying yourself in any way. ### What is collected No account, no advertising identifiers, and nothing you enter. Standard web server logs kept by the static host may record the request for a page, its time and a network address, in the ordinary way any web server records a request. ### Page counts If page visit counting is switched on for this site, visits are counted through Cloudflare. The count sets no cookie, cannot follow you to another site, and records that a page was opened, never what you typed. ### Purchases If paid plans are offered, a purchase is handled by RevenueCat and Stripe, who receive what a payment needs, such as your email address and card, and never your questions. An anonymous purchase id is stored in this browser so your access is recognised here. ### Typeface Headings are set in Outfit by The Outfit Project Authors, under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. The font file is served from this site, so no font service sees your visit. The licence sits beside it at [/fonts/OFL.txt](https://answerpath.app/fonts/OFL.txt). The PDFs and pictures are set in Noto Sans and Noto Sans Math, also under the SIL Open Font License 1.1; they are part of the page's own code, loaded only when you make a PDF or a picture, and embedded in the PDF so it prints the same anywhere. ### Cookies Answerpath sets no cookies of its own and carries no advertising or cross site tracking scripts. ### Changes If this policy changes in a way that affects what is collected, the change will appear on this page. ### Contact Questions about privacy go to socialreminderinfo@gmail.com. Since nothing is stored on a server, most requests are answered by telling you which local storage keys to clear. --- # Terms of use for the activity maker, Answerpath URL: https://answerpath.app/terms/ Last reviewed: 2026-10-19 > The terms that apply when you use Answerpath: what the activities it makes can be relied on for, your data, refunds, and what stays free for everyone. ## Terms of use The terms that apply when you use Answerpath: what the activities it makes can be relied on for, your data, refunds, and what stays free for everyone. Last updated 19 October 2026 ### What this is Answerpath is a teaching aid. It turns the questions and answers you type into a maze, a riddle decoder and an I have, who has loop by fixed rules, and prints them with their answer keys. It checks that each activity works as a puzzle, but it cannot know whether an answer you typed is correct: the activities are only as right as the list behind them. Check the answer keys before a lesson. The activities are not a curriculum, not a published resource and not an assessment of any student. Wrong answers made by the rules are plausible slips, not a diagnosis. ### Names used Activity names such as I have, who has are used descriptively. Answerpath is not affiliated with any publisher, curriculum body or teacher marketplace. ### What is free The question list, all three activities on screen, the maze student page as a PDF, a picture or a print, wrong answers made for number answers, up to 3 saved sets, and backup export and import are free to use with no account and stay that way. A paid plan adds every other PDF and its keys, the one PDF with everything, no site line on the sheets, wrong answers made for word answers and more saved sets. Nothing free is moved behind a gate to make room for it. ### Your data Anything the site remembers is stored by your own browser on your own device. You can clear it at any time, we cannot recover it, and it does not follow you to another device. Save a backup file if your question sets matter to you. ### Refunds Not happy with a purchase? Email [socialreminderinfo@gmail.com](mailto:socialreminderinfo@gmail.com) within 14 days of a first purchase, or within 7 days of a renewal, and we will refund it. Send the message from the email address you used at checkout, and include: - the email address used at checkout (if you are writing from a different address) - your access code, shown on the [Premium](https://answerpath.app/premium/) page while you have Premium on the browser you purchased from - roughly when you purchased, and which plan (weekly, yearly or lifetime) - the last 4 digits of the card, if you have the receipt handy That is everything needed to find the purchase and process the refund. This policy does not limit any statutory rights you may have. ### Acceptable use Use the site to make activities for your own classes and the students you teach, and share the printed sheets as you like. Do not scrape it at a rate that degrades it for other people. ### Warranty and liability The site is provided as it is, without warranty of any kind. To the extent the law allows, Answerpath is not liable for any loss arising from its use or from reliance on an activity it makes, including time and printing. Check the answer keys before you print a class set. ### Contact Questions, and reports of an activity that does not work as stated, go to socialreminderinfo@gmail.com. Send the code printed on the sheet and the list it was made from. An activity that breaks a stated rule is a defect and gets fixed.