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Exam time per question calculator

Timed exams punish uneven pacing more often than raw content gaps: students who linger on early items run out of minutes for later ones, and proctors cannot pause the clock when a section feels harder than expected.

● BetaFree · in your browser

Run — free How it works & API

Use it from WebAPIEmailTelegramApp soon

This exam time per question calculator turns a simple planning step into a reproducible budget. Enter total exam duration in minutes, the number of scored questions, and optionally minutes you want to hold back for reading instructions or a final review pass. The engine subtracts that reserve, converts remaining time to seconds, and divides by the question count so you see seconds per question, minutes per question, questions you can complete per hour at that pace, and a short pace label such as 1 min 30 sec. Teachers use the same numbers when writing blueprints; LMS plugins and study apps call the API so every learner sees the same deterministic split. The free browser widget and the paid path share one pure module, so homework planners and production workers never disagree on arithmetic.

How to use it

Enter your values in the form above. The tool checks them before calculating and shows the result on the same page.

Check your inputs

Use the labels and units shown next to each field. If something is missing or outside the allowed range, the page points to the field to fix.

Use it again or automate it

Use the browser tool for individual checks and the API when you need the same capability in an automated workflow.

What you can do with it

Get an answer now

Enter one set of values and see the result without building a spreadsheet or script.

Compare scenarios

Change one value at a time and rerun the calculation to understand what affects the result.

Automate repeated work

Use the API when the same calculation needs to run inside your product or workflow.

FAQ

How do I use this capability?

Complete the fields above and run it on this page. The form highlights anything that needs attention.

For developers — API access

Everything on this page is available programmatically. This section is for teams who want to wire it into their own systems; everyone else can just use the tool above.

API endpoint

POSThttps://api.kit.forhosting.com/edu/time-per-question

Prefer to automate it? One authenticated POST creates the task; the result comes back by webhook or a signed link. The same capability also runs here on the web, by email and from Telegram — and soon from our app too.

Call it from your stack

curl -X POST https://api.kit.forhosting.com/edu/time-per-question \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $KIT_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"total_minutes":90,"questions":60}'

const res = await fetch("https://api.kit.forhosting.com/edu/time-per-question", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "Authorization": `Bearer ${process.env.KIT_KEY}`,
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "total_minutes": 90,
    "questions": 60
  })
});
const { task_id } = await res.json();

import os, requests

res = requests.post(
    "https://api.kit.forhosting.com/edu/time-per-question",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['KIT_KEY']}"},
    json={
    "total_minutes": 90,
    "questions": 60
},
)
task_id = res.json()["task_id"]

<?php
$res = file_get_contents("https://api.kit.forhosting.com/edu/time-per-question", false, stream_context_create([
  "http" => [
    "method"  => "POST",
    "header"  => "Authorization: Bearer " . getenv("KIT_KEY") . "\r\nContent-Type: application/json",
    "content" => '{"total_minutes":90,"questions":60}',
  ],
]));
$task = json_decode($res, true);

body := bytes.NewBufferString(`{"total_minutes":90,"questions":60}`)
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://api.kit.forhosting.com/edu/time-per-question", body)
req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+os.Getenv("KIT_KEY"))
req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

Example request

{
  "total_minutes": 90,
  "questions": 60
}

Example response

{
  "task_id": "tsk_a1b2c3d4e5f6a1b2c3d4e5f6",
  "type": "edu.time_per_question",
  "status": "queued",
  "_links": {
    "result": "/tasks/tsk_…/result"
  }
}

The API is asynchronous: the call returns a task_id immediately and the result arrives by webhook. Polling is capped at 1 req/s per task.

Pricing

Per request$0.002

Published price — no tokens, no invented credits. A failed task is never charged.

Errors

HTTP	Code	Meaning
`401`	`unauthorized`	Missing or invalid API key.
`402`	`insufficient_balance`	Your balance doesn't cover the task price.
`404`	`unknown_type`	That task type doesn't exist.
`429`	`rate_limited`	Too many requests. Use the webhook instead of polling.

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