Writing the number of questions in exam class using words

Question

I am creating an exam using the exam class. To conform with the standard format, I need to be able to count the number of questions (which can be done using \numquestions) and display them as words (i.e. 1 --> one, 2 --> two etc). I have tried using fmtcount but I can;t get the two packages to work together. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Here is a MWE:

\documentclass{exam}

\begin{document}

\section*{Here are \numquestions\ questions}

\begin{questions}
    \question This is the first question.
    \question This is the second question.
\end{questions}

\end{document}

I would like the \numquestions in the section title to be in words (i.e two) instead of just the number 2.

Thanks!

you might want to have a look at this question: http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/28326/convert-any-number-to-corresponding-word — ArTourter, Mar 23 '15 at 22:04

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 23 '15 at 22:03

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% arara: pdflatex

\documentclass{exam}
\usepackage{fmtcount}

\begin{document}
\section*{Here are \numberstringnum\numquestions{} questions}

\begin{questions}
    \question This is the first question.
    \question This is the second question.
\end{questions}
\end{document}

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answered Mar 23 '15 at 22:03

LaRiFaRi

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I had tried this but kept getting an error. I see that I can now run this if I compile in nonstopmode. So thanks for the help! – AloneAndConfused Mar 23 '15 at 22:19
@AloneAndConfused You are very welcome! – LaRiFaRi Mar 23 '15 at 22:21

Writing the number of questions in exam class using words

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