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I would like to have decimal half points, not fractions, in the exam class. How can I obtain this?

MWE:

\documentclass[]{exam}

\begin{document}
\begin{questions}
    \addpoints
    \question[\half] This is a question. 
\end{questions}
\end{document}
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This is one possibility \renewcommand*\half{.5}

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\documentclass[]{exam}
\renewcommand*\half{.5}
\begin{document}
This exam has \numquestions\ questions, for a total of \numpoints\
points and \numbonuspoints\ bonus points.
\begin{questions}
    \addpoints
    \question[\half] This is a question. 
    \question[\half] This is a question.
    \question[5] This is a question.
    \question[5] This is a question. 
    \question[5\half] This is a question.
   \question[\half] This is a question.
\end{questions}
\end{document}
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  • Nice and easy. Should've seen this one myself.
    – Holene
    Dec 4, 2014 at 20:57
  • This approach works just fine, however, the points in grade table are still in fractionary mode. Is there a way to change this?
    – Gustavo
    Mar 2, 2017 at 14:21
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    How can you make it to have .5, 0.25 and .75? And also how can you put total points at begining of question?
    – jlanza
    May 15, 2018 at 10:29
  • I use \renewcommand*\half{\!,5} (comma for german documents). The negative space \! cancels the space after the integer part. Otherwise you get something like 4 ,5 instead of 4,5.
    – Fritz
    Sep 17, 2019 at 11:18

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